Produced by Fritz Ohrenschall, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net +-------------------------------------------------+ |Transcriber's note: | | | |Obvious typographical errors have been corrected | +-------------------------------------------------+ Vol. I. JUNE, 1906 No. 4 MOTHER EARTH [Illustration] CONTENTS PAGE Mrs. Grundy VIROQUA DANIELS 1 A Greeting ALEXANDER BERKMAN 3 Henrik Ibsen M. B. 6 Observations and Comments 8 A Letter EMMA GOLDMAN 13 Libertarian Instruction EMILE JANVION 14 The Antichrist FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE 15 Brain Work and Manual Work PETER KROPOTKIN 21 Motherhood and Marriage HENRIETTE FUERTH 30 Object Lesson for Advocates of Governmental Control ARTHUR G. EVERETT, N--M. 33 The Genius of War JOHN FRANCIS VALTER 36 Dignity Speaks 36 Paternalistic Government (CONTINUATION) THEODORE SCHROEDER 38 Aim and Tactics of the Trade-Union Movement MAX BAGINSKI 44 Refined Cruelty ANNA MERCY 50 "The Jungle" VERITAS 53 The Game is Up SADAKICHI HARTMANN 57 10c. A COPY $1 A YEAR MOTHER EARTH Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature Published Every 15th of the Month EMMA GOLDMAN, Publisher, P. O. Box 217, Madison Square Station, New York, N. Y. Entered as second-class matter April 9, 1906, at the post office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Vol. I JUNE, 1906 No. 4 MRS. GRUNDY. By VIROQUA DANIELS. _Her will is law. She holds despotic sway. Her wont has been to show the narrow way Wherein must tread the world, the bright, the brave, From infancy to dotard's gloomy grave._ _"Obey! Obey!" with sternness she commands The high, the low, in great or little lands. She folds us all within her ample gown. A forward act is met with angry frown._ _The lisping babes are taught her local speech; Her gait to walk; her blessings to beseech. They laugh or cry, as Mistress says they may,-- In everything the little tots obey._ _The youth know naught save Mrs. Grundy's whims. They play her games. They sing her holy hymns. They question not; accept both truth and fiction,_ _(The_ OLD _is right, within her jurisdiction!)._