The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-24
WOMAN AND HOME.
SOME OF THE SElF-MAOE WOMEN or
OUR COUNTRY.

French .as She Is spoke" In Cookery
Death on Flies-Hou,@ Cleaning To
the siarried-Ths fsrisis nne-A singer
NO PSge-Note>
The sweet possess. Lucy Iareom, Was
mill hand
Adelaide Phillips, the singer, now deaf,
wss treasury girl, and 50 tor time Was
Sara Jewett, the actress
Pretty Maude Granger, with the goti-
brown eyes and shapeiy form, first earnsd
her livelihood by running sewing ma
chine.
Minnie Hanks father was a German AMI
a shos maker, in the most straitened circum-
stan, Is Her voice early attracted the at
tsntioa Of one Of New Works. ri hest men,
Way to fame for her.
Charlotte Cushman was the daughter OF
poor people, who, however, gave her an OK
cellent education in the publ schools In
orier to maintain herself she aspirei TO lie
come an opera singer, hut, accinentally hos
Ing her voice, became an actress instead
Tho mother OF Clara LOUISE kellosS
strained every nerve to give Clara a musical
edu alton, and at ono time MAS profess
sional spiritual medium Mis-, Kellogg
failed three times Each time sh. retired,
not discouraged, but to devote herself IA
the still further development OF her voice.
FINALLY she took the public by storm Her
trst failures were her last
Tue lady doctors and lawyers have hal
the hardest time ~ enter professional ranks
Nevertheless, they have made great heal,
way since Elizabeth Blackwell vainly
spplsl for admission to the medical col
leses in New York, Boston, AMI rhilaiol
phia She Wa, finally admitted rs "A
student in the medical college Of Geneva,
n V Her youth was ono Of struggle,
hardship, Encouragement, and restricted
means
tdmonia Lewis the sculptor, Ia colorel
Overcoming the prejudice against her ssN
and color, and self educated, Miss Lewis is
now successfully pursuing her profession in
Italy only one other colored woman ever
gained distinction in the tine arts, that
was the singer who called herself The Black
Sman,n and who iiourished about fifteen
years ago There has never been an au
thoreSs or actress OF color Deyond tho mer-
est tyro, but no ono can predict what the
future may hold for color, d people
We have had two great female astrono-
mers, Miss Herschell AMI Miss Mitchell
both were single women and both took up
tho study Of astronomy IN order to assist
their brothers Miss Herschells pathway
to fame was over smooth road, but Miss
Maria Mitchell had everything to hattlc
with Sho WAS the daughter Of q small
tt ,t.N al. s.,l 40.
exc out his income by teaching school Mt I! IA
week Maria was constantly occupied with
household duties, AMI she describes her
childhood ss being an endless washing OF
Dishes
II Is a curious fact that so many Of our
celebrated litssary women were tho
daughters Of farmers AMI began their life
work by teaching school gradually
acquiring fame and ahluence by writing
Take the Cary sisters to begin with, AMI
Mrs Lydia Sisourney, the poetess, before
them, then Grace Greenwood, and lastly
Ella Wheeler Ella Wheeler never taught
school, but her parents were poor farm l@o'
pie in tho west The first poem sho ever
wrote she sent TO Mrs Frank Leslie, who
saw enough merit in it to accept 1t Ella
has bought her parents home out Of her
own earnings, and Is in every respect most
excellent daughter.
clara Morris mother was cook in a
restaurant In Cleveland when Clara was u
lanky girl Of - years OF age Manager John
Ellsler advertised for some extra girls Tor
the ballet In pantomime he was getting DIP
Clara applied for place in the extra bal
let She wore an old, faded calico dress
much too short for her long legs, thin
shawl, and q ragged WOODEN scarf Wrapped
around her head When the extra girls
were no longer required Clara was retained
for small parts That was the beginning Of
the career Of the great emotional actress
Clara Morris, who, by the way, Is of En-
glish not American, birth
Anna Dickinson began life as "a school
teacher Wearying Of this, sho ono day
went to Mrs John Drew manageress Of the
Arch street theatre, Philadelphia, and IN
treated her to give her All opportunity to
go upon the stage. Mrs Drew heard her
re,ite, told her that she had a very hal ac
cent, that she did not think she would ever
make AN actress, and advised her to go
back to her school teaching. The war
broke out soon afterward, giving Miss
dickinson an opportunity to emerge from
obscurity Sne still secretly cherished hisr
onic aspirations but years were destined to
elapSe before she was enabled 10 test whether
Mrs Drew had been true prophet or not
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