Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-14

Of this lady the New York World SAYS.
II must haY9 been strong conviction indeed
OF the need Of improvement in woman'S social
condition which induced a woman at the age of
twenty-five to desret the gayetes of a London
life (AlisS Faithful was presented at court in
1866 for the inerminable drudgery of public
one. For Miss Faithful does not only talk she
acts In fact she goes through such course of
hard labor through the week as only an Amer
lean himself could do. In 1860 she collected a
band of female compositors, and after 'out-
Herculesing Hercules in the matter of difficulties
she oyercame, the Victoria Press, a printing
establishment in which women alone are en-
ployed as compOsitOrs, was started. Meeting
with the appreciation Of her majesty, the venture
proved a success, and is now the means of fGd-
ing employment for large number of women.
Besides managing this business, Miss Faithful
is editress of tue Victoria Magazine in which
also many of the articles bear the impress of
her great literary ability. Among the
contributors to this, essentially the wo-
mans organ of Great Britain. NAV
be mentioned Messrs. Moncure D. Conway, A.
Trollope, Matthew Arnold, Mrs. Oliphant, and
the late Frederick d. Maurice. But this is bv
far the smallest portion of her labors. She is
taYorably known throughout the United king
dom as most agreeable lecturer and reader
and whether she speaks of her beloved 'wo-
mans mission" or treats her hearers to
glimpses of great men, 'toiling Masses Eng
ish aristocracy,' or the middle classes she is
always certain Of a large and appreciative au-
dence. When woman can do all this preside
over number Of societies, yet still find time to
teach elocuton to members of parliament, and
look always happy and free from fatigue and
boredom, she may, without any misappropria-
ton OF the term, be called a wonderful woman,
few words on her personal appearance NAV
not be out of place here. Let us take her as
she stands before the lecturers desk q position
in which she always looks her best Git requires
all the authority of Men of the Time to con-
vince us that Miss Faithful is thrty-seyen
years Of age, and yet her own statement that
she was born at Headley rectory, in Surrey, in
1888, would lead to that conclusion
A tall, stout woman, whose face first attracts
by It's amablity of expression, and then calls
forth admiration by its highly intellectual char
acter; a pair Of dark and very piercing eyes,
oYerhung by massive forehead and brow; nose
somewhat masculine, and mouth large, firm,
and backed by set of good teeth, make up a
face in which manly intellect is intimately
blended with manly firmness. Her style Of
dress undoubtedly brings out all that is mascu-
line in her general appearance. Her hair,
winch borders very closely on black in color, is
kept extremely short, a fashion which is all the
more remarkable on account of its straightness,
She usually wears MORE antique skirt with a
velvet Zouave jacket and white waistcoat, white
shirt front, and tie la Rosa Bonheur. But her
great charm lies in the geetness of her voice.
Clear and decisive, but soft, womanly and con-
vincing, this voice, coupled with the gentle ar
gument and broad views which characterize
her discourses, goes further to dvest her subject
OF that somewhat ridiculous aspect which it
must bear 10 the generality of men than all the
hot ranting Of those lrothy bluestockings whom
the female sex, unhappily for its cause, has
to call its champions"