Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-05-22

drich's being too fancy. The rest of our hu.
morists all write miserable hands Josh Bill
| lings (H. w. Shaw, who vouchsafes the IN
l formation that politeness is the gallantry
of the heart" TX Marvel (D. q. Mitchell),
| Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), and Mrs.
| Partington, who ventures into verse i'll this
wise:
"My autograph most surely, Miss,
rs truly yours appending this.
B. =. SHILLABER."
SOME of the most charming letters were,
however, written by our literary women.
| The venerable Mrs. Howitt, who, though
| English, belongs to us too as tho great liter
| ary benefactor Of youth, whose translations,
sketches and poems are still q delight to
| thousands of children, though her name is
| less familiar household sound to-day than
| II was fifty years ago, wrote in a firm hand (:
al am near the close of my SD year, and
hope, II God spares your life 80 long, YOU
may have IA many blessings to thank Him
for as Your sincere friend,
"MARY HowITT."
Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge took time in the
midst of her work on the 81. Nicholas to
send at least her name SO did that tho
roughly Americanized English woman, the
author of "That Lass q Lowrie's,' A Fair
Barbarian" Sc., Mrs. Frances Hodgson Bur
nett, writing In large, slender hand, In
strong contrast with Charles Egbert Grad
docks MARY n. Murfree), who writes like
a heavy-iisted professional copyist, so mascu-
line and strong that ! don't wonder our
dainty Boston literati never suspected hers
OF being fresh Young girls manuscript.
Mrs A. ID. r. Whtney's writing closely re-
sembles Mrs. Burnetts. Six years ago flar-
riet Beecher Stowe still wrote in fine
youthful hand, despite her we'll nigh three
score years and ten, to send
" A Happy New Year, from 4
Your unknown friend,
"H. Is. STOWE"
Sarah Orne Jewett, from whose gifted pen
We have already received some exquisite
work, aud have reason to expect still better,
writes a cordial note of thanks tor the request
for her autograph. Harriet Prescott Spot
lord sends hers, n very feminine hand,
With great pleasure :" Louise Chandler
Moulton " With best wishes" Celia Thax-
ter's autograph Is in rather pretty back
hand, while the lamented author OF Ra-
mona" wrote her name In a plain, legible
hand. SO does Lucy Larcom, who says, rs
We may indeed judge from some OF her ex-
quisite poems
" In many things feel perhaps as young
as any of you yet-although it might not be
true to the sisterhood , to tell you exactly
how many years l shall have lived in the
world on the next fifth of March,"
Rebecca Harding Davis, the Philadelphia
writer of some excellent short stories and
poems, sends a very pleasant letter while
Mrs. Clemmer, whose volume of poems has
recently been published, sent, not long be-
fore her death, copy of one of them so
Lexington, Va.
ANOTHER one OF our most promising fe
male writers, whose "Guenn " is an oxqui-
site piece of work, writes thus :
Z" / send autographs as desired, with many
thanks, for I'VE school girls kind express
sions of approval of one SnmDef, and regret
that iun IScrenG has failed to satisfy that
august tribunal. Sincerely,
" BLANCHE WILLIS HOWARD"
Her letter is dated from " Lindenstrasse
l3.rStuttgard," where the request reached
her while on her European tour. The author
of "Fhe Led Horse Claim" and whose
"John Bodewin's Testimony is just out,
writes long, modest letter, closing with
" l can only thank you for your apprecia-
ton, over-appreciation, tho 1t may be, OF the
work the name is associated with.
4" Very sincerely yours,
MARY HALLoCK FoOTE."
The following bit of fattery was drawn
from Mrs. Terhune
If my handwriting were one tenth as
good as that on the card which conveys to
me your tiattering request, l would proudly
supply autographs for the millions.
Yours truly,
"MARIoN IIARLANp."
A little poem is the Offering of Miss Wool
sey, signed " Yours very siDcerely-Susan
Coolidge"
FIND that il l wait for good place to
stop in this autograph Drift l shall go on for
pages one place is as hard rs tho other at
which to leave OIL. SO | shall quit right
| here No, | really can't without at least CIV
| ing two more notes, from two OF our younger
| writer's who have already done so much for
our literature ; the first one ot our most
| hopeful novelists the other, in the front
| rank of American female poets, "A true lover
| and exquisite delineator OF the inner spirit OF
natures varying forms:
| FLORENCE, Italy.
| Dear Young Ladies':
/" Your letter has been forwarded to me
| from Sorrento, and | comply with your re-
| quest with pleasure the more so because
| myself once had n great fancy for collecting
autographs | thought | could read charac
ter in them. But | hope you will not set
| mine in these very poor strokes l am max
ing now | have been i'll and my hand is mo-
steady. You will lind the signatures ON the
second page.
81 have always wanted to see that part o.
| Pennsylvania from which you write Il
must be very beautiful.
:" am glad you liked Anne My owI
schoolgirl life was very happy one, and
| like 10 please school girls.
Very truly yours,
90. +. WooLSoN."
The other is dated Geneva, Ohio":
Dear Young Ladies';
"You sec that your hattering little not,
has successfully achieved its errand. That i
perhaps because / can afford to take tn
bother which our great men and women
cannot, through lack of time and because @
the many applicants.
"Sincerely yours,
/" EDIrn NJ. THOMAS"
Here ! really will stop, though ! am nc
half through with the album. uNcAs.