Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-02-06
THE INTERVIEW.

About three O'Clock yesterday after
noon q reporter Of the APPEAL sent
up his card to No. 6, the room in
the Peabody hotel occupied by Mrs.
Woodruff, the irrepressible and irrestst-
ible Tennessee Claflin, and the octo-
genarian mother, whose every thought
is of her handsome womans-rigbt
daughters. The response to our card
was, "Walk up,h and once at the
door a rap brought q "Come
in," and we were in their presence, ard
in five minutes were interview
iDg the notable parsonage who aroused
he siumbering Beecher scandal and has
given the suffrage movement an impe-
tus il never could have had from other
hands After the usual preliminaries
we addressed Mrs. Woodruff, and
asked:
Question-Will you be kind enough
to tell me where you were born, when,
and under what circumstances?
Answer was born in Homer, Lick
ing county, Ohio, in 183S-the same day
Queen Victoria was crowned. l was
named after Queen Victoria because OF
being born in the year OF her coronation.
Yoa remember that Queen Victoris
promised legacy to all children born in
that veal, and l had come correspondence
with her on the subject.
Mrs. Woodruff here incidentally re-
marked that she also hal some cor
respondence with the late Emperor Ma
poleon, growing out OF the fact that bel
sister, Tennie G.. Clsfiin, prophesied to
him his downfall, either by assssslna-
tion or by political removal. This
prophecy, she said, was madein the par
Tor Of Commodore Vanderbilt, in the
presence OF the commodore aud 8 large
party, and was the result of a sudden in
spiration.
Ques.-Where were you educated?
Ans.-I am 8 self-msde woman en-
tirely, never spent one year in the
schOol-room.
Ques.-When were you married, to
whom, and where?
Anal was married in Cleveland,
Ohio, in the year 1853, to DR.. Woodruff
whose father was then a prominent
Judge residing at Rochester, New York
and his uncle mayor OF New York City
Qnes.-Hsd you any children? and
how mauy?
Ans.-TWo, by DR.. Woodruff; boy
and girl, both Of whom are living My
first boy is the son Of 3 dissipated father
He is eighteen years of age, and my lit
tie girl will be fifteen next April. They
are both healthy and strong children
My little girl is q remarkable child
sweet aud divine like. My boys minC
is affected In such 8 way as to prevent
q concentration of ideas.
Quss.-You were divorced from DIR
Woodruff?
Ans.-I was.
Ques.-When and where?
Ans.-In Chicago, in 1854.
Ques.-What was the cause OF tha
divorce?
Ans.-By mutual agreement, growing
out Cf the fact that DR.. Woodruff wal
confirmed in the use Of liquor AnC
morphine. After our divorce hC
lived in my house until his death
which occurred in 1871. Or
account Of his helplessness, and becaust
he was the father of my children,
cared for him until his death as woulC
for q child, for be was more helples
than q child.
IHere Miss Tennessee Clafiin said ths
| DR.. Woodruff told her, some time befor,
1 bis death, that he would not, under adj
circumstances. again bear the relation O
I husband 10 her sister, Mrs. Woodruff
on account Of bis dissipation; that b,
would not curse Ter that much, es al
| deserved far better Of him ]
Qges.-When did you enter publ
lifef
AMI began writing for small papers
or the country press and periodicals, il
the early part of my nATried life.
kept diary for q number of years, aps
hsd always desirCd 70 preserve the prip
cipAi incidents Of my life. Hence.
commenced writing them In that form
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