Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-07-29
FANNY FERN"
CONVERSATION WITH A BROTHER OF
THE BRILLIANT WRITER.
A Woman with q Great Heart-''Fanny"
and the Estortionate Landlord
Her style a Bicnding of
HumOr and PathOs-
Detroit Free Press.I


sAnd so YOU want 10 know something
about rauny Fern from her brothers
lips" said ir hichard otorrs Willis
s. eaSing in that tone of cultured repoSe
which is uuw almost lost art, &" / can
tel you this she was woman with
great heart When she was young she
went 10 hO0l TO tatherinG cecLcr "A
sister of Henry ward Beecher. Van
years after when Miss Beecher was quite
au old lady my sister met her and REGAL cd
her school days. Yes. yes, said ass
Beechrr, | remember you perfectly. on
were the most trouD esome scho.ar had
and loved you the best
IT Viii ; laid that sarah made them
all lively ut home with her pranhs und
alluded ieCliDgiy to her happy married
life with Mr. L.dridge, his death AMI HcI
subsequent pcCuniary losses which made
her pen Il necessity.
" 4 was ia ii that she began 10 wr.to,r
said Mr.. Willis "her husband had died
the preceding year. Like the rest ri her
family. Mrs Eldridge found ready d
good friend in her pen, ana a. amy
Fern achieved both reputation ana or,
tune Bonner treated her in a priuccly
manner LIT she also increased the circu.
laiion of The cdgcr immensely. nee
she wrote an article commcIdiUg The
manner in which A. T. Stewart
clerks waited upon customers With
out regard TO their dress or re-
lation. Mr.. stewart was 50 pleased
mat he seat a man 10 The Ledger Once to
Let the address OF Fanny / crn, but it was
Iun cd to him as il was 10 all others. But
A. I. Stewart was not a man 10 be de-
MED. lie discovered the writer anG sent
her an elegant outfit which was iJdig.
nanuy returned. One day when she was
Mrs artOn she was in his store buying a
navy suit for child. Mr. stewart had a
habit of walking about the store and
watching sales unknown often 10 both
clerk and customer. be approached Fanny
+ Crn and asked 'Ilave you child Old
enough to wear navy suit?
The bright woman looked at him and
responded
100 away. Mr. :tcwart, and mind
your own affairs.
This is my affair" he answered, aud
had the suit sent 10 her address. and posi-.
lively forbade any expense incurred say.
Ing that he was already deeply in her
debt.
a characteristic story of my sister
sarah, said Willis, "was the way she
treated a graspiDg landlord at Richmond.
Va, when she and her husband Mr.
PaTiOG, were staying there for few days.
Fanny had the misfortune 10 break q
nick out of very ordinary toilet chamber
sci and the landlord included the price of
he whole set in the bill When It was
paid the angered Fanny inquired IL the set
was now hers. The landlord had not
taken that view OF II. but finally acknowl
edged that il was, since she had PAID for IT,
Then ! can do what please with my
own said the indignant and i'm ulSive
woman, and Selling poker she went into
the room and broke every piece OF the set
TO eternal smash Her keen sense Of jus.
tice was outraged by such contemplate
conduct
Her marriage 10 James Parton, the his.
lorian, was II singularIy happy one. Mr..
willis remarked, as suggestive Of the
amily heritage. that granddaughter Of
fanny fern is one of the leading editorial
VII Crs on The New York ! cdgcr at the
present time. while the granddaughter OF
another member Of the iami y is spark.
Ing AID popular write: on the Boston
uurIa,s
81 may lie OF interest 10 refer briefly &c
Ler sly "l Wflung. IL was b'euulhG
oil 'Gnor anu pathos toid III wquant
seIlt'"es She fldlcaieu inc lolO'eS OF
fashion and society. INC LlchIhs i she
llynGlcd a Eospel ~ mummy. her
Mte'cs were 'erSe ana slrucH popular
VEN at once \ quarter eV'uuh news
paper S"II was eapt'onei a nioueL
WluoW nc gust OF the WHO { thlng
wa iAe -. Gang sentence VI Sarcastic