Milford chronicle., 1888-06-08

pretty woman, above medium height,
gentle hammered, smooth browcd, UNI
rufiied and pleasant to look upon.
Mrs. Lizzie W. Champney, Of New
York. the author of Three Yassar
Girls" and the wife Of Champney, the
artist, is as pleasant to the eye as her
books are bright. She is brown haired
slender and rather delicate looking, with
grave face. She has a wonderful
talent as a teller of dialect stories
Some one made a remark to Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe the other day about tin,
literary talents of her daughters. ''Yes,
she replied, Col. Higginson said to me
once, Imagine the confusion of proof
sheets in IA family where there are fouI
or five writersp But as we do not all
live together the proof sheets have
luckily never yet been mixed"
Miss Minnie Freeman, the brave young
Nebraska school teacher whom the
blizzard made famous. has decided to
make California her home for the future,
She has received 50, 700 in cash from the
subscription raised for her benefit, be-
sides two costly gold watches, three
diamond pins and many pieces of
jewelry.
Rosa Bonheur does not always wear
male attire, as the popular idea has it.
She is seen on the streets Of Paris dressed
quite as the average well-tO-do matron of
France is accustomed to dress, distin.
glished only by the red ribbon Of the
Legion of Honor pinned at her breast.
When she is at work however. she does
wear trousers and broad brimmed hat.
Miss Grace Frances Bigelow, a western
girl. who can whistle with remarkable
skill and sweetness, is winning fame and
fortune through her peculiar talent. She
is described as very pretty girl, about
% years OF age, blonde, with a pro
fusion of golden hair and blue eyes
She discovered her talent for whistling
some years ago while living with her
parents in Colorado.
Margaret Andrews Oldham, the new
southern poet, is an attractive little
woman, whose years are not much be
yond a score and a quarter. She has a
pretty, intelligent face. with a shapely
nose, large blue eyes, expressive mouth.
and shell pink complexion. She in
father, who was college president,
while her mother is at the head Of an
educational institution. Her husband is
a journalist and writer, and her brother
is a lawyer-editor.
Laura C. Holloway, who has been Wis
| iting in Hartford. describes a call made
upon Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe as
some thing delightful to remember. Mrs.
/ Stowe had been out walking and met her
| guest at the door, her cheeks flushed from
exercise and her beautiful eyes sparkling
with expression. Il could but note with
surprise the animation of the whole
countenance, says Mrs. Holloway. ''She
/ looked so young and handsome that it
seemed hard to believe the record Of her
| years. In appearance she was fifty in
stead of seventy-six, and quite as active
and pleasing in manners as she ever was.
If expression is beauty, Mrs. Stowe may
now be called beautiful think her
| greatly improved in this respect, and
/ found her after ten years to be quite the
/ handsomU.t of all her family. She spoke
| Of her illustriOus brother, and as she was
| speaking and looking at his portrait,
which stood against an easel facing the
door, could LNt realize the softening
effect of sorrow OH her very strong face.
For a time she talked to me in a spirited
and cheerful way, taking much interest
in telling me facts asked for, and speak
| ing with strong approval of book which
/ one of her neighbors, Mr. House, was
writing. / was fortunate in my visit
and met her at a time when her mind
seemed as wonderful as it was in other
days"