The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-04-29
JOURNALISM.
strons'Minded but Sweet Kate Fields Paw.
Tribute to the Power OF the Press
Glowing Words From a Gentle sanr,.

stronx-Minded but sweet Kate Fields Paw,
tribute To the Power of the Press
Sio"lng Words Prom a Gentle source.
Miss Field is the one woman of lettsrs-;,
would hardly be an exaggeration to saw IN,
only one-who has any kind of lust idea
ABOUT Journalism. 81 honor the journal
ISL" she once wrote. because he Soe,
work that is needed from day to day. He
is the contemporary historian, and quietly
submits to oblivion; in fact, takes II for
granted and puts on no airs ~ As Mis-
REID herself says she does no, banker al
ter prosperity" She does not nose Tor AT
iects before the public but il is no matter
Tor surprise that strangers should fancy So
t0r she Is so much talked OF and written
about. Those who know her know better
lnah TINS ana see the woman-earnest, sim
oere III every plan and purpose, but who is
ench nunHiy free from element OF the com.
monplace by the pre-eminent force of her
artistic temperament.
ferhaps no one ever stopped TO think of
II, but there is a distinctive difference ha
tween the people who read the daily news.
papers aud the people who do not. In Miss
fleld's apartments neither bellies. len ras
nor bric-a-brac crowd out the semi.dsilv
papers. They havea place in her parlor
ana space IN her life and us a natural con.
sequence she brings to bear on the current
question OF the hour n Just and thorough
acquaintance with them. A vigorous daily
journal crowds out an immense amount OF
nonsense and trlppery in woman's life. If
once one happens to reflect upon it.
1t is no eSaggeration to say that among
the American women of letters not one has
the breadth, the power the original force
that characterzes Miss Field. The keen
inClslVe style, much AS IL is liked has neyar
received the tribute due it, because lis AN.
thor has never sought the notoriety which
masquerades rs tame. She has been cnn,
tent to do good work and let il 20, and in
our hurried aud thoughtless rush of life we
are apt TO accept well-advertised nedtoc-
orlty at It's own standard and ignore the
genius that makes no demand on us,
IA few beings in the world have written
what all the countries desire to read, once
wrote Miss Field in private letter. Ho.
mer, Virgil, Goethe, Montague, Ceryantcs
Shakespeare, Dante, Tasso, aud half doy
en- other geniuses constitute to my mind
what Is lasting in literature, after deluge
OF seconi larry brains that are doomed To oh
llvlon sooner or later. What difference
does II make ailer We are dead whether we
are remembered or not? Who is SO con.
celted AS TO suppose that his work will be
READ even during ms liietime2 The ambi-
tlon that thirsts for immOrtality-that is
eVeriasungly craving Tor MOTORCYCLES, in
IVY oplhl9n, beneath contempt, The only
none ambition Is the desire to be fully
ones sell 10 act out ones whole nature. r.
py walking towpath man or woman
does one thing that Is remembered twenty
years longer tnan the varied work OF hui.
man oellg VINO mas bad the pleasure OF
many experiences, l, personally, see no
e"in 10 tne INDIVIDUAL. Au cohtraire,"
Nj. hkrhosrECr AND PROSPECT.
MSS fleiu uie-so lar as she has yet
i II iI-has peeh thoroughly cosmopolitan.
Dolh III ot. LOUIS partially educated in
BOSTON, going abroad when very young.
ttiaVeiins over England and the continent,
n ,n hiother nhaiiy established herself in
rlorence' Where the young girl pursued her
sbeuIaities OF music, art and languages.
d, mere as school Siri, she became "a great
ihvQli'e WIN many distinguished soiourn-
ers III lhat enchanting city of flowers and
lowers vi al citles. walter Savage Land
CT oohcoiVeu great Loneliness Tor her, gave
her iessohs III Lalln, ana LETT her, at his
ucath' avaiuaoie PORTFOLIO OF ancient draw
Iuss. MS interest was richly repaid by the
young elti, VINO contributed to the Allan
VIZ mon.lliy her "reminiscences OF Lander in
manner whose sympathetic brlllianoy of
his lite and achievements. Here, too. she
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