St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-29
FRANCIS POWER coRBE.

sweet, sanity face could forget? Who
that ever heard the tones of that persuasive
voice could fail to be moved by them? 1t
was at an anti-slavery convention that
first saw her, with Abby Kelly Foster, a
beautiful Quaker woman also, and saw
them both stoned, and shared in the rotten
eggs thrown at the modest, courageous
figures i'll their straight gowns of Quaker
gray and brown.
Mrs. Lille DevereuX Blake, as the presi-
dent of the New York State Woman's Suf-
frage association, presided on the occasion
of Mrs. Stanton's birthday celebration.
suffrage leaders, having been born in
Raleigh, n. c., in 1885. Her father.
George Devereux, was a Southern gentle
man of Irish descent; her mother, a John
son of Stratford, Conn.,, direct descend
ant of William Samuel johnson, one of the
first two senators from that state. Both
her parents were descendants of Jonathan
Edwards. Mrs. Blake was amuch-admired
beauty and belle in her young days and dis
played also much literary ability. She has
been twice married, the first time to Mr..
Frank Umstead, a lawyer, in 1855, who
died in 1859; the second time to Mr.. Gren-
fill Blake in 1866. Her principal work
previous to 1870 was done for Harper's
Magazine, the Evening Post, the Philadel
phia Press and other journals. She pub
lished also
SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL NOVELS
and was and is correspondent to some
leading journals still. Since 1870. how
ever, her efforts have been largely directed
toward the enfranchisement of women,
and it was owing mainly to her efforts that
the bill was passed in New York state con-
ferring the right of school suffrage upon
women Mrs. Blake still retains youthful
and attractive appearances; she dresses with
taste and is an energetic and untiring
worker. Her home in New York is a
pleasant and hospitable one, and she has
two handsome and accomplished daughters.
both grown to womanhoOd. one of whom
is married and now known as Mrs. Beverly
johnson, the other occupying the position
of vice principal in one of the large public
schools.
Frances Power Cobbe is strong figure
in this day and generation, with face and
form not unlike our own Elizabeth Pea
body, but possessed of astonishing versa
tility and power. Her ''hobby" is, and has
been for years past, vivisection, but she
| has written also excellent books like her
Duties of Women, one of the noblest text
books to put into the hands of girls that
ever was written, and she still lectures and
writes constantly for magazines and news
papers. Her intellect is strong and versa
tile and her life too serious to admit of the
wasting of time, but she is a thorough lady,
very gentle and courteous of manner, with
a serene face on which the sunset calmness
has fallen, for she was born in Dublin in
1922, and the religious doubts which
agitated her younger days long ago gave
place to abiding trust in the dictates of her
conscience and the goodness which controls
| the world. Some of her works have been
Intuitive Morals, Broken Lights, and she
also edited Theodore Parker's works. She
! has been steadfaSt worker also along the
line OF modern progress, and with her letter
| of congratulation to Mrs. Stanton sent a
photograph of which the picture is copy.
The following is her letter:
Hengwrt DolgeIly, n. Wales.-My Dear
Mrs. Stanton: This letter will, l hope
reach you on or about the 18th of Novem-
Der. which understand to be your 10th
birthday. Pray accept, my dear and hon
ored friend. my sincere good wishes on this
occasion. l hope the day may find you in
health and happiness. surrounded, as you