Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-29

A FEMALE ANIMAL PAINTER.
But She Uses the Pencil Instead OF the Brush In
Her DelineatiOns

And so let us strike up the music and
re-arrange the treasures of our booths,
and with smiling faces greet the new ar
rival of visitors to our VANITY Fair
writes a New York correspondent. The
first arrival is our New York Rosa Bon
heur, Miss MILDLY Morgan, only she
paints horses and cattle with pen and
ink in daily newspapers, instead of
with brush and colors from palette.
She is one of the most noted women in
the city. | wonder why she has strayed
into Vanity Fair. All, have it. She
has come to inspect our cattle, for she
is the cattle reporter for number of
papers here, among them the Tribune.
What she does not know of horses and
cattle and farm and turf is not worth
knowing. 1t is rather a strange occur
ence for a woman, perhaps. Miss Nor
gan commands respect, and she is an
earnest, honest worker, who loves her
somewhat bizarre occupation, and
brings to it practical knowledge which
few men possess. She is of Irish birth,
descendant of one of the oldest fami-
lies of Irish gentry, had from childhood
been devoted to outdoor sports, and
could ride horseback better than any
boy of her native country. She was
thoroughly educated, and was sort of
Lady Clancarty in elegance and grace
of manner.
Domestic reverses found her here in
New York, poor and proud and penni-
less. 1t seemed as if she could not find
any field in which to exercise her tai
M laCt l.o f.,J ha, old IA
haired philosopher, Horace Greeley, for
advice. During that chat he al
lnded to the need of a reporter of cattle
sales, and jokingly suggested that she
try the occupation. Il will do it, she
exclaimed; and, rising to her full height
(she is immensely tall--six feet two
inches) and squaring her firm. broad
shoulders. she looked veritable ANA
zon as she grandly stalked from the
room. But she is an Amazon in height
and intellect only, for otherwise she is
not at all mannish, and has dainty
complexion despite her constant expos
ure to wind and sun. Her eyes, of not
Irish blue celestial blue,n as FIR. Nc
Gowan describes them-are very ex-
pressve. She is a bright, intelligent
talker, full of anecdote and adventure
She believes that, if she behaves herself,
woman can earn her living wherever
she develops most aptitude. In short,
Miss MILDLY Morgan says: 1T is the
woman who makes the occupation
She is domestic as well as business-like.
She loves the opera and a good play.
She knows how to choose the best of
Delmonico's dishes, and she has been
known to write sweet verses. She is
one of those women who rest one to even
look at, and while always retaining her
gentle womanlncss, at the same time
she impresses one that she is a jolly
good fellow. As gentlemen express it,
''she is woman after my own heart
| hear it rumored, after the hearts of
of many of the sterner sex, whom she
manages, with rare tact, to convert into
good friends.in place of incoming sweet
hearts, as she could marry if she liked,
and where she liked Why doesn't she?
Here is a wee romance as answer to the
question: A little bird once sung to me
that it was romance over the seas