The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-06

Washington Special 10 the New York sun.
as that the way she looks?" is the
common expression on first seeing Bclva
Lockwood. About five feet eight inches
high, weighing $50 pounds, aud Of the
type known as gray blonde, she possesses
an indcfnablc expression OF motherliness,
earnest good humor and gentle good will,
not unmixed with an old school grace
that is winning rather than remarkable.
A nurse, perhaps, after years Of self.
denying, patient control of self and others,
or teacher who, while fitted TO prepare
classes for college, prefers charge Of large
kindergarten through vein Of motherli-
ness, which undcrlics the strong intellect
uality and makes child-love necessity.
Such is the impression she gives M she
lays aside satchcl and keys aud extends
her hand with a gentle, smiling dignity Of
manner that makes you mentally echo the
sentiment, sis that the kind Of woman
you are2" She docs not pretend to style
in dress, never did, but there is none Of
the soilcd tawdriness OF attire OF some
gentlewomcn who utterly repudiate her
views, neither the aggressive mascuin-
ity which many Of her own school
OF thought affect. A "short walk
ing suit" il her idea Of dress, with
nothing remarkable, uncomfortable or
unhcalhful about il. OF the nice turns OF
armholc hip line, and skirt effect 90 bo
observed on broadway belle, she certain
~ Is uncOnccrncd. Nevertheless, n gen
tleman meeting her recently, being asked
how she was dressed said: "Shc must
have been well dressed, for pom my word
] cannot tell what she had on The first
time saw her she wore a light blue cash.
mere, with tucked skirt. very full over.
dress, and that loose slccvcd, long shout.
dcrcd effect Of basque, ruching in the
neck and sleeves, and q pink rose at her
throat. She has no sympathy with DIR.
Mary Walker Ia either yicws or dress.
She ahjurcs the bloomcr idea on the plea,
characteristic enough in itself, that "wom.
anhool demands a style OF covering that
shall not make maternity q conspicuous
feature She never wore q corset, and at
tributes the remarkable uniformity Of her
good health Ia her freedom from H. Yet
she knows many women apparently as
healthy with H. use. Her daughter is.
She herself could not be. In the course OF
fifteen years practice before the bar she
has invariably worn dark clothes and
avoided nll ccCcntricity In make, not
through lyar Of comment, but from dictates
Of her own tastes
She Is great home lover aud liver,
making her inst financial success contrib
ute 10 this feeling by the purchase OF q
property. This iur thirteen ycar has held
herself aud mother and now shelters under
H. vine and liz tree four generations. Her
theory and practice In regard 10 an ahid-
ing place might we'll be cmultcd 10y those
OF her sisters who are never satisfied unless
the Black Maria oi q storage wagon IL
doubled up opposite their doom every LOT
OF MAY.
She has an her life been n scholarly. In
tcllcclua woman from choice, the instinc
AS so many leading instincts ap-prcna
inl, the result OF a mothers warnings "
that dipClion during the year Of her hahy'i
birth. She thinks she narrowly escaped
being bow having also an athletic dispo,
sition, which made indoor life unhcamblc
and her icats oi running, rowing. Jump
ing aud horseback riding proycfbial. IN
her girlhood she was accustomed 10 have
exalted periods Of mentality, in which the
arguments and PHILOSOPHERS OF life aud
humanity would work within her without
any apparent cause or assistance. Many
n time has her mothers gentle "llcly,
Bennett brought her back todishwaicr az
needle from these transports. Royalton,
Niagara county, n. y, Is her birthplace.
She was married at seventeen. Her
hrst husband, a farmer left her widow,
and she married again the Row DR.. Lock
wood, a Baptist minister, meantime teach.
Ing school aud continuing her own clucn.
ton. In lsil she graduated from Gcncsc,
college. Ia 1870 she took a second de-,
gvc from the Syracuse university, and
later the degree 81 LIB in the Naiioua
Law school nt Washington. being the iiu
woman Who achieved a like distinction
She has lived boz Washington twenty .thrr,
years, pmctcug law fifteen. She claim
10 be the iiui woman who "rlIlcl up De-
sleeves" 10 the work and made q rrgula
business Of H. Il d. recorded 81 her tha
abe has been every week DAY OF the 80