Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-04-08
EMMA D. sOUTHwoRTH,


We are indebted to The Washing
ton correspondent of the st. LOU,
Globe tor the annexed facts:
Mrs Southworth, the very sensa,
tional novelist, is about Eve feet two
inches in height, rather broad and
square in form. The top of her head
IS square and massive IN shape, and
fnli view of her face presents the
same general characteristics. Her
mouth is quite large, with very thin
closely shutting lips, and she has q
trick OF every now and then open
ing and closing them. as if they
were not yet tightly enough COM
pressed. Her profile is very fine
forehead not too high, nose straight
and good sized, with well.cut chin,
She is now engaged on her forty,
second book, and says: II am fright.
cd to think of how much trash I have
been guilty Of sending into the
world" She has written for the
Ne'o York Ledger twenty years, and
her income is sc, ZOO per snnum.
She complains of weak eyes. and ID
SAID to be drifting into spiritualisn
She Is great reader and ardent ed .
mlrer OF Swedenborg, believing, how.
ever, that the New Church origina.
tor bad no intention of founding a
religion that should bear his name.
She believes in her own clairvoyaut
powers. She g. i'd that until q year
since, at which time she commeno
to have these visions, she would not
believe in such q thing as supernat-
ural manifestations; but her own ex.
perience bad convinsed her that such
things are possible. She says these
visions come to her just after awak-
ening in the morning. But she
must close Der eyes again in order 10
sec them. She said one time while
10 that state, sho caught O glirps
OF the corner of portico, with bean.
tifully-carved pillars, all of alabsster.
Against the corner pillar was lean
ing her own sister. with dress like
flowing waves of sapphire, the crest
OF esch fold or wave beaming with a
b lighter hue, and the whole figure
with the golden hair and blue eyes
glowing with brilliant inner light.
Most of the conversation occurred
ir the little library 10 which she took
US soon after We entered the house.
We had imagined that her study
must be where she could look out up-
on the river, but the Library is not
on that side of the house; still, from
its windows, perhaps, can be caught
q glimpse of the river as it turns OF
toward the sea. Only the spaces
needed by windows and door are not
occupied by bookspaces. The win-
dows are shaded by plain white cur.
Hsia'' ,s smu IA la snv ooaSao Vi the room
books OF engravings, etc., Here it ia
that most Of her stories are created.
although she says that she goes oil
over the house to write. / asked
her if she employed q photographer.
bat she replied she did all her own
writing. / asked her what people
were TO do when they could not
write fast enough to keep pace with
their thoughts. and often lost part of
thought or sentence before it was
expressed. She said, Get up and
walk around it will all come back
to you. ! do that very often"
| asked why she lived 80 far away
from the city, where 1t Was with diff
ficulty her friends could call upon
her. She replied that only the view
of the river kept her at prospect
Cottage )" that she missed the socie-
ty and pleasure proourable 10 W ash
ington, but could not dare to give up
the river.
Mrs. Southworth's son, Whose age
| would be at loss to guess, for be
may be Is and be may be 3O) is q
Observation-Disclosures. He is way up in
the clouds sll the time. He has an
immense head. 1t is not the sosare.
well-balanced head of his mother.
being all top and not enough base to
ever bring him down.