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REALLY INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT
REALLY INTERESTING WOMEN
Mrs; Hany Stephens
Abbott
ami :»hc is again taking up the work of interior fur
nishing, designing of furniture and converting homes
into French palaces and Italian villas.
Mrs. Abbot was the first to make heraldic devices
according to the rules of that branch of decorative
work. From painting them on parchment she grad
ually began to supply embroidered ones for hangings
cud furniture covering?. This led her into the field of
interior decorating. She has; recently become asso
ciated with two women decorators, and together they
have done sonic of the best and most luxurious houses
in New York. Mrs. Abbot is particularly successful
in obtaining contracts, but she is familiar with all
branches of this interesting work.
l~y EFORE David Bclasco had reached the top rung
|3 '" t-hc theatrical ladder, in fact when his foot
was on the first step and he was a small and
ob>curc play producer in San Francisco, he was one
time rehearsing a melodrama at the old Alcazar
theater. The play contained a few biblical lines and
the rest was stirring western drama. The company
rehearsing was none too intelligent and none too
familiar with the great literary works of history.
Melodrama was about all some of them understood.
When the hero came to the quotation from the bible
he looked a little puzzled and turned to a companion
to ask who wrote that part with, the quotations marks
around it. \
"Oh. David," replied the other actor.
"Well, Belasco always was a rotten writer," ex
claimed the hero in disgust. "Somebody ought to
stop him.*'
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I OIIX BURROUGHS, naturalist and philosopher,
has rather a contempt for wealth. "Money means
nothing to me," he said to a friend who was visit
ing him at S&bsides. He went on to deliver a tirade
against predatory wealth and concluded with the
statement that he was of the opinion that many
millionaires forget the teachings of the golden rule.
"Then you don't believe that any considerable
amount of money can be made honestly?" insinuated
the guest •
"Oli, I wouldn't go so far as to claim that," said
Burroughs. "Now, I think I can safely say that every
dollar I have in the world was made honestly."
; "How many dollars have you?" asked the guest.
..' The old naturalist's eyes twinkled as he rattled
some coins in his trousers pocket. "Well, I've got
98. cents," he chuckled. '
jpjITTLE SE R M GLNLS.
,O> fO R
V\'"X> M E N
rEW women know- how
to grow old gracefully,
for the reason that
woman naturally rebels .at
the idea of the inevitable.
This explains -why, in, many
cases, the natural dignity of
advanced years is made to
give place to intemperate
caprices of makeup and the
assumption of the perpetual ingenue, which
frequently is amusing but more often grotesque and
pathetic. No woman can express youth who has not
.7i young heart. For it is not entirely a thingof years,
but much, of feeling. It can as. readily be simulated
through the aid of rouge, enamel, hair dyes and other
. artifices of "beauty doctors" as tropical fruits can be
rnadc to grow amid the stark, white wastes of the
eternal cold. And where age is regarded as a calamity
no amount of assumed philosophy can soften the- in
c.vyablc fact. %
•.. .' OIKC lr avded in Egypt with a party Uiat : rr>.cjaicvc -
a distinguished New Yorker and his wife. He was
.proud of his buoyant old age and pointed with pride
;to. his*. ruddy, healthful checks and his hair and mus
\u25a0 tachc, which were snow white. As Puvis^de Cha
v.anncs and our own Jofin A. La Farge have trans-"
figured cold, dead wall^ into spaces of warmth and
beauty, so was the good wife decorated by her French
i::;i<I. one of those obscure geniuses whose mastcr
picccs keep a very considerable portion of society in
good f countenance.
V.iicn tlic good old soul talked' with a girlish sim
j>cr-and a^.^unled the manner of a miss.of 16 the'!
effect, emphasized by her* makeup, was so artificial,'
io palpably unreal, that one felt he was witnessing
;i hopelessly poor stage imitation. And the present
o^cra season is plentiful in examples not a' whit less
striking. *
Certainly a woman may be young at 70 and have
an appealing beauty which scorns adventitious things.?
And it strikes inc. that every woman can be \u25a0so who
f< entirely frank with herself, who puts aside shallow
vanity and looks upon the world with that nice sense
r>[ adjustment which comes from the wisdom of years.
Rccar.-c of its freshness of feeling, its sunny hopc
fuincfcs and its; love; all youth is beautiful. And it has
a rare, exalted clurin .wheja set ia the suows of lifcV;
winter.
I AN DSCAPE gardening, which might well be
_ - termed "outdoor decoration," is a field of work of
which many. women have availed themselves. It
is a profession'which Involves a great deal oMicalth
ful outdoor work and calls for a combination of in-;
tellectual, commercial, and esthetic gifts such as are
seldom found under the same head of hair. .
A distinct feeling for color, a deep knowledge o/
plants and soil, a keen eye for effects in trees, foliage
and rocks, a fundamental knowledge of surveyingand
hydraulic engineering and, above all, an aptitude for
getting a great deal for a very little money and
achieving the maximum of result with tlic minimum
of excavation and embankment — these arc among the
ten talents that arc the inheritance of the successful
landscape gardener.
A pioneer among the women who have taken up
this profession is Miss Beatrix Jones,. a daughter of
Mrs. Cadwalader Jones and a v relativc of the gifted
Edith Wharton and Dr. Weir Mitchell. The fruit of
Miss Jones' handiwork may be seen in Newport on the
grounds of James Van Alcn,. in the great park of
Percy Chubb, on the Hudson river, and in the quaint
old fashioned garden of Washington's old home at
Mount ycrnon. y
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WILLIAM LOEB JR., the president's secretary,
likes nothing better than getting away from civ
ilization and. losing his identity in the western
forests and in the northern hunting fields. The mo
ment he reaches his destination he becomes plain
"Bill," and' under no circumstances arc his compan
ions and guides allowed to reveal his official name.
Not long ago he made a trip to Montana, where he.
met a trapper and cowboy who had long been a con
spicuous figure in the northwest. The cowboy and
Locb became friends at once. After they had hunted
together for two weeks some one took the cowboy
aside one day and told him that the man with the
black mustache with whom they had been camping
was none other than the president's secretary.
"Oh, the — — he is!" exclaimed the cowboy. —"I
don't believe any man as good as he is would be tied
up with a politician." Then the cowboy went over to
Loeb, took him confidentially by the. arm and said:
"Say, I heard something about you that is very dis
couraging. Is it true that you affiliate with those
fellows in Washington?"
"Yes," confessed Locb.
"Well, I suppose you and me'll begin to 'Mister'
each other now."
"No, Jack," said Loeb, "nothing of that sort."
"All right, Bill," responded the cowboy. And to
this day he thinks Loeb was merely joking and is
not the president's secretary. U? ;
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S(f\ NC E a business
\_J womSn always a :
- business woman,"
says Mrs. Harry Stephens
\.bbot, in explaining her
eturn to the wage earning
vorld after a temporary
etirement. Mrs. Abbot,
,vho is a sister of Mrs.
: rcderick Roosevelt and
Airs. Bruce-Brown, began
.\u25a0arningher own livelihood
•rome time ago when the
family met financial ;re
.•crses, and the charming
socictv woman took up
the profession of painting
.-oats of arms. Later she
included decorating and
had a delightful" studio in
New York city. Now,
after a two years' rest,
she confesses to a fond
ness for a business career,
was reclmstened A Derelict for serial purposes,
but for the book literary courtesy seemed to demand
some more radical difference. Yet it is bitter to
give up a cherished title. Locke was appealed to
to decide the matter, and, with the sound business
judgment of the poetical nature, replied that he had
no objections to the similarity, but the new book
would probably sell better under another name. He
suggested various synonyms of the "Driftwood"
order, but the more cheerful title of "Open 'House"
was finally chosen.
Although Miss Tompkins comes from the west, her
native state being California, she frankly admits that
she does not like the country as well as the city and
she has no desire to own a farm. Nothing pleases
her more than to get back to. New York after a
summer in camp.
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MISS KATHERINE CARL, the portrait painter,
has an interesting jewel presentedto her bythe
empress of China, which reveals Tsi Ann, even
amid her cares of state, as a remarkable enthusiast
for the minor harmonies of life.";
It; was while Miss Carl was living at the palace for
the purpose of painting the portrait of the empress
that the incident occurred. The empress had often,,
advised the painter to wear flowers' in her hair^;lay
ing that decorations of flower? were \ peculiarly suit
able for an artist. One day, however; Miss Carl, heed
less of this admonition, appeared beforethc empress
wearing no flowers at, all and ' gowned in a gray cos
tume, which her imperial highness declared to-be
lacking in charm of color.
; "It. needs a finishing touch of color," declared the
empress, "and I think flowers arc exactly what will
supply it." \u25a0' . * -'(
Sending for the eunuchs she ordered them W bring
-flowers from the garden. This they did and' the em
press tried i first one branch of blossoms' and their an- "
other>against the'paintcr's: hair andgown.' :
._' But; none of^ the combinations of color suited her,
for it happened that the^ flowers which had been
brought were all red or pink in tone and these shades'
did not look well against the gray of the gown. '
"No, they won't" do,V- said the empress," who was
herself an artist and a.wonderfulpainter of flowers.
Finally she drew from her own hair, the floral deco-.
ration which she herself, wore. This was* jof jas
mine blossoms", worn in .the Chinese; fashion, with the -
leaves all removed and a longpin thrust through rows
of blossoms, which were packed:, tightly together
on the. pin. The -head of; the pin has ; a^branch: of : :
coral, with a setting" of two large, pearls. The^ flow r V
crs 'were all; on the -upper half of the pin.'the. lower
half being thrust into the^iiair,; from 'which' it stoocl
out in the approved ' style.^ .'/.-j ..--
W'hon •flic empress hnd. tried t liis firnvrVi strung/ pin \u25a0
~ BY
A, MODEST
WHEN one writer
happens to choose
the same title as
another trouble follows—
at least, matters are made
a little disquieting for
the one whose , cjaim is
secondary, 1 - whatever the
legal situation may be:l
This was an experience
that Juliet Wilbor Tomp
kins had when publishing
lier last book ,in serial
form. The story had been
advertised as "The Dere
licts," but this brought
~«i prompt remonstrance
from . the publishers of
William J. Locke's novels
in behalf of his "Dere
licts," published about 10
years ago in England.
Miss Tompkins' story
lulfet WStfeor
Tompktoa, .
against Miss Carl's hair and gown she was pleased:;
with the note of color it afforded, and, thrusting, itj
into Miss Carl's hair, she said: "Keep this pin when!;
the flowers- have faded as a souvenir of me, and t to.
remind you also that it is the duty of all of us to look,
as well as we can at all times, and especially is it the
duty of wojmen."
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ONLY four Avomen have been permitted to break
through the long established rules of the Players'
club. Gramercy park, and enter the 'portals; of
this rendezvous of writers, artists and actors, except
on 'ladies' day." Once a year the wives,, sweet
hearts and women friends of the members arc. invited
to-come and inspect the historic rooms, take a bite
and chat for a while, but at other times, not even the
cleverest subterfuge will carry ' them past, the door.
The fouV guests for \vhom luncheons" werc-given arc
Ellen -Terry, M.mc. Modjeska, Sarah Bcrnhardt and
Eleanora Duse. • v
p RANK A. MUNSEY
|; drvides -his" day in
two, . literally .' going
to bed, sleeping and then
getting up," changing his
clothes and beginning the
second half of his day at
nightfall. Not" once docs
he break through this
rule ;of retiring ,. every
afternoon /and sleeping
until 7 .':\u25a0 o'clock, and 'no
important business mat
ter or social engagement'
is permitted to interrupt
or.^interfcrc \u25a0'-.with';' this
rule.- vHc' docs not : take
a or snatch -40
winks, but sleeps soundly
until time to dress for
dinner. '-\u25a0'\u25a0 And "he can sleep
just as : soundly .when he
turns in again at midnight or later. He takes practi
cally no exercise,* sometimes walking to and from
Sherry's to;tha Flatiron building, where he 'has; his:
offices. "' \u25a0,-v--' : ' '•- ' \u25a0: '_'\u25a0;\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 , t .
Either he has greater-strength of. mind than most
of us or food does not appeal to him as it docs to the
majority of men, for no matter'how much he may
like a certain dish, if it disagrees with him he never
touches it the second time. /- \ -\u25a0 -;
All the furniture he has in his apartment and offices
is from his own designs. His: greatest' recreation' is
to arrange plans for his own buildings, every detail
of which, comes under his ' own supervision, from a
brass knob to a front elevation^ lt is no secret among
his associates that the .'pubHshcr- and- financier,
"cleaned up" two million and a halflast year in stocks,
He \ personally ;looks after the of ' six
magazines, four newspapers andvfiicxrr-.cus Wall street;
investments.. ' ' * /' *- _ \ ''-)'%&:\u25a0' '\ ~C '"'\u25a0 '\u25a0 '\u25a0•\u25a0 ' .'\u25a0 /^ v-^
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""p* HIS is a story of six pri|*f apf 1 s, Samuel G.\
] Blythc, editor, writer awu ii *r * president of
the Gridiron club, and of :Ropert .11. Davis, editor,
writer and good all around -fol^Otf:-'; : happened in"
Washington, when Davis \u25a0c.i)ie.i i i',>pn,- Blytlie in-his'
office. There were six lry-ge,- pet feet: and ; luscious
looking apples standing in a; row on the office window
sill, their, rosy checks polished till they gleamed like :
rubies. "They tempted Davis/and hclpromptly ate one: .
Then he ate .another while talking jo' Blythc. Then
he put the third in his pocket for refreshment on the
Way home. J .. •
About an hour later Blythe" received a note from '
Davis by messenger, with a request, tolplease give the
bearer the three remaining apples.; Blythe's sense of
chivalry made him comply with the request, and he
wrapped up the three ruby cheeked prize apples, put"
them in a box and delivered them to the. messenger
boy without the least appearance of regret at "relin
quishing that for which he had worked and planned
for months. . ', •.- \.'
The apples were. the largest of a specially fine va
riety and had been carefully, cultivated by Blythe on
his farm in the northern part of the 'state. vThcy had
arrived that morning and had been set. aside f or Uhc
moment, to be later packed and sent. to the comrn^ittec.
on. awards at the agricultural exhibition. Blythe
had hoped to get a prize for them, but he was too
magnanimous and gallant to deny them to a friend,
and so Davis ate all of the six prize apples. *\u25a0
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"7T Gutzon Borg
h\ him received the dis
tinction and honor of
having his statue of the
Horses of \ Diomedes ac
cepted by the : Me^opoli
taii Galleries the.'sculptor
held a little gathering:in
his studio and invited a
few friends to sec the un-
veiling of the statue. One
of' the guests, a man, of :
average height, but of
more than average ro
tundity, greeted the host"
with the^qucry, ''Do' you
- remember me?"' Borglum
Ilad t o con f es s t h a t hcj d i d .
"not. but the man went on ':
to say that he .knc\v. Bor
glum 20 j'cars ago . when
% . they wercboth struggling:
for; a living in Los An
gclcs,;thc; sculptor in a paint sliop and the other, "iiu
a printer's shop. They Uiscd^ to r nicct at the. noon
hour iin a cheap, restaurant near by. The stranger
explained 'thattime'and better : meals, since then; had
added about 80 pounds to his avoirdupois, which "-'fact;
might account, for his not- being easily recognized i: by
his old friends, but he added that the sculptor had.
not changed L in the least, - not even in ' his appearance,
except .for the; slight marks that time leaves' in two
decades. : . • ' . '
' As* the evening Avore on the time came for unveiling
the statue. " As . Borglum was about to draw the* cur
tain he lost heart, and broke down completely. Then,
the ; man who/ liad known* him, 20 .years lago stepped
forward and .lifted the veil, exposing .to view the
glorious' work of '-.the. now famous . sculptor, and. iic
told. :t lie story, of the j; struggles^ of "the; •'Lqs;. : Angcl"es' >
youth." * ' -'"_'\u25a0
Turninrrjto-BortritVin. he- rrpcnte<l»thc»rcnjnvk:mndVi
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Frank > A.
Munsey.
Gutzon Bcrglurn.
earlier in the evening that- the sculptor. had remained
just;as simple, as unspoiled and as unchanged as he
was before, success and prosperity had come to him."
This' ; compliment was acknowledged by the sculptor,
who said- that he appreciated it even more than he
did the honor conferred upon him by Sir Purdon
Clarke and the Metropolitan committee who had
accepted his work It was the greatest that had ever
been paid him! • • .
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rROM a 15 years' service' in St. Bartholomew's
parish house, 1 Miss Anna D. Hunsdon has been
promoted to the financial department of the
Protestant Episcopal church in Manhattan and the
Bronx, which is in charge of Bishop David 11. Grccr.
Miss Hunsdon looks after all the disbursements of
the, wealthy Episcopal parishes, she attends to the
details and has a. force of clerks under her. The
son of Bishop Grcer, William A. Grccr^ whoHs" a
member of the New York stock exchange, gives
his counsel and advice to the young, business woman,
and together they relieve the bishop of a great deal'
of worry and detail, thus giving him 1 more time -to
devote to his diocese.
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ONE of; the hobbies of Dr. Leslie Ward, first vice
\u25a0president of the Prudential insurance company, is
>,-/- raising terrapin. He has a home in Newark and
a country place on the Chesapeake, where he keeps a
large supply of diamond backs, with which he replen
ishes his Newark stock from time to time. In the cel
lar of his Jersey- home you will find from fifty to. a
hundred of these rare turtles crawling around in their
pen waiting their turn to be transformed by the chef
into his famous piece dc resistance, terrapin a la W r ard.
When St. John Thaddcus, a well known English
painter, was invited over to the Wards' to look at
the. doctor's private galleries, which arc among the
finest in- this country,- Ward had terrapin served for
dinner. 'Thaddcus ate some— in fact, he had two help
ings—and finally, curiosity, getting the better of him,
he said: "Pardon me, Mr! Ward, but what kind of
a bird is this?"
For answer Ward took the painter down^ccllar
and showed him- the terrapin crawling around the
floor. Thaddeus then wanted to know if it would be
possible to transplant the delicacy to England, and
the doctor' handed him one of the terrapin, which
immediately closed up, drew feet and head into its
shell and lay in the painter's hand, apparently a ball
of shell. •' . '
"Why, it would be perfectly simple to put this in
one's trunk," remarked Thaddcus, "it is so compact."
Mrs. Nelsop Herrick
> Henry.
contact .jwith' not only the women who arc concerned
in the. ways; of bettering civic conditions, but with the
street cleaning brigade and the captain and police
men of -the. neighborhood.- -It 'is the hope of the so
ciety to make their district the model of the city.
FIFTEEN.'; years- of active interest in looking af
ter, the vjelfare of the laboring classes have
equipped Miss Gertrude Becks, the secretary of
the .welfare department of the National civic fed
eration, to make unique and extensive investiga
tions into the conditions under which all sorts of
labor, is accomplished, She has .-. traveled exten
sively and has visited hundreds of factories and
plants. One, of the most important - tours of in
vestigation connected » with her work was, a trip
to V Panama, ; under the. direction of William Taft.
It was here that Mis 3 Becks became acquainted
with' a young woman whom she . was instrumental
in. later smarting in a new field of work in the
south. . ' '
A few Weeks after her arrival in the canal zone
Miss : Beeks met an American young woman who
had been nursing in this district for., nearly ten
years. She was Miss Clara E. Kenyon, and her
work had;. been, so exhausting that ; Miss Becks
encouraged her to take a rest from her tropical
nursing and become interested in the civic fed
eration; .Miss Kenyon returned to New York for
a ..holiday and studied the scope of this organiza
tion. Later, through Miss Becks, : she was " offered
the chance to' go south and become a visiting
nurse in one of-. the largest cotton mills there. She
has' the distinction of being the pioneer in this
branch; of work in that part of the country, and
the way she i.has ': taught the poor white mothers
to, care- for .their ; babies -and has interested them
in cleanliness has started a revolution among these
people!* Their dirty houses and untidy appearance
no longer .offend the eye and jeopardize health.
They have learned to keep house in; air-> orderly
and Systematic fashion, even though they do lack
many of our twentieth century equipments. ?
Miss Becks says that conditions under which, the
laboring classes .work have; improved tremendously,
especially during the last five \ years,: and that -in
the south employers, are quick to follow the ex
amples.: set by old clients of * the. federation.
A GOOD? many people do. not realize that Thomas*
A. Edison is .'growing, deaf as he- advances in
years, yet despite this .affliction no one en
joys :a story "about a deaf man ; better than the
great inventor.' Some one! told him the other, day
the story of .the man.' who" askVd a.friend for $20, '
"and, his request not being \u25a0] heard . the "first time,
in;_thc v repetition <he doubled the ; amount.
"Well, 1 would not.-; have heard, him at all," re
marked 'Edison, < with a 'relish ' for predicament
of the' man: Avim: hnd been struck fr»r. the; loaii.
real home, short as the
time is that she can spend in it,, for her season here
is long and both- the singer and her husband arc de
voted to automobiling. •\u25a0.
Last summer, when Mine. Gadski's plans did not
permit of a stay in her home at the beginning ot
the; season,- she did not engage her servants, but
during the four or five days that she spent. at home
she took upon herself the duties »»f marketing and
cooking, an experience which she,, found most ex
hilarating, forjicr theories of cooking arc as well
defined, and as seriously regarded by herself- as her
theories of singing. Lurking dust was hunted 'out
and favorite personal. recipes that had been long crav
ing expression were freely indulged in.
OXE of the party^of English suffragettes that rc
f ccntly visited this country attended a social
function, during the course of which there was
presented to her a gentleman who seemed disposed to
poke fun at the principles so dear to the lady and
her following.
''All this goes to show, my dear young lady," said
he, "how utterly you women lack a sense of humor."
"I perceive you share the general error in that re
spect,"', said the suffragette.
"That women lack humor? Yes."
."Really, sir, you're most unobservant," continued
the suffragette. " There is in every married woman's
life at leastonc occasion when she evinces the keenest
sense of humor?"
"You astonish me!" exclaimed the man. "May I
ask you to particularize?? , SpS|
."Certainly. Docs she not get by the 'love, honor
and obey' part of the marriage ceremony without su
much as a snicker?*'
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TV* N energetic and" versatile American woman has
f~\ for some time past been directing the actual
operation of a Colombian gold mine with re
markable success. Mrs. S. H. Hazard, the American
wife of a distinguished French engineer, has been,
it is believed, the first woman to undertake such a
work. She, is now in New York on a short visit before
returning to resume her work. The mine in question
is more than 200 miles inland, and to reach it means
making a long and trying journey from the coast.
This journey alone might daunt a far less cour
ageous woman. Mrs. Hazard leaves the steamer at
Puerto Colombia on the north coast.of South America,
travels first by rail a short distance, then by boat,
and finally on mule back over the rugged moun
tains and vast wildernesses of the interior. Few white
women have attempted the journey, much less es
sayed to live in this region.
While not qualifying as a regular mining engineer
Mrs. Hazard, from her long association with her hus
band, has become skillful in making assays and in
actually carrying on the operations of mining. 'The
earth is dislodged by great jets of water, after which
it is scientifically treated to extract the gold.
TTLTHOUGH much oc
/-\cupicd with and inter
'\u25a0" cstcd in the official life
at the state capital, Mrs.
Nelson VHcrrick "Henry,
wife - of the New York
adjutant general,,, finds
more, time to devote- to
other matters than " does
the average woman whose
life is purely 'a social one.
She rarely misses a regi
mental review and is de
voted to the interests of
the. national guard.
The greater part of her
year is spent in Albany,
but when the family re
turns to New York Mrs.
Henry renews her active
interest »in the Greenwich
improvement so c i eTy,
where she is brought in
Robert Burns to Mrs. MacLehose
BURNS met Mrs. MacLehose in Edinburgh in
1787. She was then 28 years old, with three
children. The family had been deserted by the
father, who^ was a West Indian planter. The two
fell in .love with each other for a brief period and
exchanged letters under the names of Sylvandcr
and Clarinda. The following letter was written by
Burns in acknowledgment of a copy of original
"I do. love you, if possible, still better for having
so. fine a taste, and turn for poesy. I have again
gone wrong in my usual unguarded way; but. you
may erase thes, word and put 'esteem,' 'respect' or
any other tame Dutch expression you please in
its place. I believe there is no holding converse or
carrying on correspondence with an amiable woman,
much less a gtoriously amiable, fine woman, with
out* some mixture of that deliciou3 passion whose
most devoted slave I -have more than once had the
honor of being. But why be hurt or offended on that
account? Can no honest man have a prepossession
\u25a0for a" fine woman but he must run his head against an
intrigue? Take a little of the tender witchcraft of love
and add it to the: generous, the lionorablc sentiments
of manly friendship and I know but one more delight
ful morsel which too few in any rank ever taste. Such
a composition is like adding cream to strawberries;
it not only gives the fruit a more elegant richness,
but has a peculiar, deliciousness of its own.
"You can not imagine, Clarinda (I like the idea
of -Arcadian', names in a commerce of this' kind),
howmuch store IjHave set upon the hopes of your
future, friendship. /if don't know if you have a just
idea of ray char* /er, but I wish you to see me
as. l am. I am, as most people of my trade are, a
strange will-o-the-wisp. being; the victim, too fre
quently, of much imprudence and many follies.
My great constituent elements are pride and pas
sion;, the first I have endeavored to humanize into
integrity; and honor, .the last makes me a devotee to
the warmest degree of enthusiasm, in love, religion
or friendship, cither,. of them or all together, as I hap
pen to be, inspired.
'/An*?r\i. : .;niv flrnr. Clnrmrfar SYLVANDER."-
The" San Francisco Sunday Call
AN indefatigable fcaus-
frau is the Wagncr
ian opera singer Jo
hanna Gadski. Her scorn
for the girl ignorant of
the machinery of the
household is thinly veiled.
Sewing is to her another
art, and she is' frankly
proud x of. her skill in
dress making and fine
sewing. Many of her
young daughter's sum
mer garments have been
made by the prima donna
and the girl herself has
been thoroughly instruct
ed in these matters.
Mmc. Gadski keeps
house in Berlin. She can
not bring herself to relin
quish her possession of a
Mmc Gadski
Famous Love Letters