The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-05-29
FILA WHEELER WILCOX.
A Bright and Brainy Woman Who Does
Not Look Like a Crank.
Edith Sessions Tnpper in the Chicago Herald.

Edith Sessions Upper in the Chicago Herald.
l was showing new photograph OF Ella
Wheeler Wilcox to a pretty young LADY not Ioh9
since. 1t is taken in awhile silk empire gown the
pose is effective the tender face wears charmnely
serious expression. She looks as though size might
have lust come from the salon OF Nine. Recanier or
Nine, De seyigne, and was thinking it over. The
pretty girl exclaimed: "Why, she doesn't look one
bit as ! thought she did! supposed Sue had sort
OF strong-minded, women's rights look"
There seems yet to be q popular idea that q
woman who steps aside the least bit from the ordi-
nary feminine path-be she writer, artist or re-
former-must of necessity have masculine aprear-
ance or, at least must by some outward and visible
sign show she is different from the average woman.
Some minds slow to recognize the TACT that
beauty and brains may possibly go hand IN hand;
that fenninity and genius need not necessarily lie
at swords point
Some of the brightest hrainiest women have
known have been at the same time the prettiest,
best dressed and best bred. cannot understand
why there are such distorted ideas of artists and
literary people. BY tie average mind they are
looked upon as set of cranks and all sorts of ride
ulous actions are credited to them The mere fact
that woman writes for publication is not sufficient
to warrant all of eccenrictes to be laid at her
door,
There seems to be decided propensity on the
part of the average newspaper man, both in and out
of New York city, to decry the literary society ofhe
metropolis. They speak of ii as ''the so-caed lit
erary society,"" 1.-THE semi Bohemian circles" "the
mixed gatherings" and so on. have been in this
society enough to form pretty correct view of it,
and compare it with the ultra fashionable circles
which l have also entered. I can say truthfully. l
can conceive of no more delightful, entertaining or
well-bred society than l found in certain literary
parlors of New York city.
do not see why it is called Bohemian, for it avs
strict adherence to the rules of society proper
perhaps because it is SO charming. Take Ella
Wheeler WicoX's Sunday afternoons, for example
Her social success is not, think, fully appreciated
by her friends in the west. She is drawing card
for every hostess heard one bright young society
woman say to her evening: "Be sure you are at
my reception next week. The people most desire
will be sure to come if promise them you as an
attraction
Well to return to her Sundays I positively
know that 40 one can gain admission to her after
noons' without a letter of credit q voucher from
some Of her friends. In her tiny parlor, well as
in other parlOrs where it has been my good fortune
to be invited have heard such music and recita-
tons rs one often pays good sum to be permitted
to hear in public, and / have met and conversed
with creative and brilliant minds whose ideas in
book form sell to an eager public.
In Baltimore it is proposed to put letter
boxes in the street cars This will bring a letter
to the postofiice from any part of the city in half
an hour. The plan has been in for years in
Antwerp and other European cities