The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-31
DOINGS OF WOMEN.
what the Fair SEX Tell oss
Another In Their Bsudoirs-


ssxss Eyes-Kse-
IL Z said that Ella Whesier Wilcox 3
@Po~uas c< Pazsionr has had the sxrg-
exf saie Of say vofure Of poez1s ssssed
ia saGs ceuntry. Itcrezsed a. she tine
Of sss appearance yery Bsariy a. vide
~p-saa . senazfs0n Is Amelia Riss's
aQniek o. the Dead. 2 and for the same
reasoa--thzt TIE world was startled BY
she sudacity 81 shonxbs and exrfes-
sion Ia = yoang girs. fit bad besn
told fhat the snthor wss an saasriy
mar The book weuId verv probably
have been much slower 70 yin saEh
universal attention The fact xhs<h
made II 20 interesting was that these
verses. hot with reckless and tsrnpesta-
Gus emotion, wess penned By girs too
voung 10 kpow Che faii meaning Of
what she said, and as the xorsd
VIII crowd 70 hear dsfnpBsd chEld
rsny Beethoven ia fashion they
sosId not tolerate from a cider per-
former, or listen b sosas euried ehefub
at ! part Ia little shriif, stiff, self
eonsr'or. fsiaetto, so il vii read with
intense interest the bsld swagKertaSs
OF An Innocent In pefiie0ats. Who y
suSrsste kiaz the deep notes Df q male
yoics. They are delighted stfh the
pyefty Young things gfriish tsnpu-
denes. aad they sfniie a. the naughty
words from her fresh, unkEzsed lips,
which they woald fr0Nn down hastily
sere The Bold. naive young eyes more
ss,x.hsxslcatssd 20 they al fesa tie
nsfyroKs confessions 81 q sxteen-yssr
Oh eeaxiing -flle matFons with mach
shaking Of heads and predictions q
tlte bad end os tbs writer, the young
thing ol Der own years with many
serre4 trensors and q sense Of delicious
wieksaness. whiIs the older folk
smiled srsd said that the child bad q
ysrsifying Gift and would BE- heard
from again and more sHflsfaetori3y
later on.
Meanfltne Ella Wheeler had great
yogsfe. The funny paragrapbess iesres
nj her, the people 81 one Of the West
eru cities gave her reception 81 Their
grand opera hoase where al the town
gathered 10 shake hands with and
stare AZ her. and tbe mayor ~ httle
spe.stl presented her witb the freedom
III the PLACE And al the while the
hook continued 10 sell and the impe-
cupious author grew richer, and found
Whenever she needed new pair Of
slipper or a fresh ribbon she had only
10 seribbie of verse or two. and II
changed by magic into the desired ar
tlcie. Bat Ella Wheeler verse has
hal a stronger and snrer hold on the
American public than the mere cufios-
ity excited by her daring. II J. the
verse Of the multitude, OF the Phills-
tine, who likes his sentiments OF the
mild domestic type. and stated 70
him with unnaissakabie iueiolty. Ella
Wheeler flied all the poeticai cravings
of the average American. she was the
embodied voice OF the Poor Richard
spirit. Cheerful, shrewd, piain-spoken,
sprsghtiy. and succinet. she furnished
precisely the pleasant musical truisms
that the world enjoys the rriterasion
Of. which il cuts out and carries
about In its poeketbook. And Ella
Wheeler therefore became a very
distinct entity In American literature
and came 70 stay. Her third volume
viii appear very soon, under the title
Of Poems Of Pleasure, sequel and
A correction Of Poems OF Passion.
She says in a note sent with the adj
vanee-sheets Of her book II wish il
10 be seen that | can write something
besides erotic verse;" and the quality
OF snch portions OF the books IS the
publishers have sent out Is In marked
contrast 10 her f6rmer work. The
s'sturm ind Drang" period Is done,
and the poet has drifted into the quiet
waters OF a peaceful and eontented
affection. She explains her eariier
work and her present Ia one verse Of
poem entitled Peace at the Goal !"
with the voice Of the craving passions
We can picture love 70 come,
But the heart once Allied, 10, The voice 10
stiiied,
Aad we stand In the .iisaee-dumh.
She watches the dance and. a.
matrons will, signs little over her
own past days OF romance, but cheer
fslly, as matrons will, concludes
that
rhsrv IL deeper pleasure 10 the slower
That Times grand orchestra is now
playing
IT, mellow minor Is saddes but tner.
Aud life grows daily moro worth the living,
The whole book is the balf-uneonsei-
Gus revelation oi the heart OF a woman
In happy marriage. She stops once In
a while 10 moFaiiEe over relics Of her
girlhood. but always quite reconciled
that girlhood and her faneies are past.
Later she makes a new note in her
charming "Babyland voice Of q
woman sweetest hope,
Have you heard Of the Valley OF Baby land,
The realm where the dear little darilngs
stay,
TIL the Kind storks 20, As all men know.
Aud oh, so tsnderiy bring them away
The paths are winding sad past all finding.
by all save the storkk who understand
The gates and the highways and tho iairi-
cate hYwsys
That lead 10 Babyiand
All over the valley Of RahyiaHd
sweet flowers bloom IN the soft green
NOS.
And under the ferns fair. aud aader the
plants there,
lie iluie heads like spools Of iioss.
With sooihing number the river Of stun,
her
Flows Ger be,iway Of silver sand
And angels ara keeping watch e'cT the
sleeping
4 hope unfulfllei for later she tells
that
---undeF the sol Of wee greea grave
A great, sweet hope Ia darkness Pesished
II iss nioe book, simple, sweet and
pure, and after reading such a vol.
ume from the tamGitueas author OF
The Ftems 81 Passion, there Is hope
that Mrs. Annette kives CHAMBER viii
yet give the world sone gentle love
idyl which viii take the taste 81 the
"Quick Or the Dead ont 81 The public
mouth.
There Is an odd little story aneni the
beautiful Nine Hading drifting about
town. which Is very likely untrue. but
h queer and fantastic enough 20 de
serve repetition. whether enc accepts
Il or nut Her ewes art very rcmarka-
bic not eniy 81 the elcaresi ard par.
est brown. like that Of mountain
brook, of the eyes 81 Gwcnd0lcn Har-
ietN which George Elliot described
as rvsetntAiug wave Washed ONYX e..
hut they are Yvilesl wsih 4 thick fringe
OF black and silky lashes and are niost
unusually. extraordinarily teuF. tits
ths NEST noticeable thing in her faee
ard when she turns her ewes upoB a
man he begins al oncs 10 recall al be
has ever read concerning the ewes ~
odAlis4Usf and loag.ryei CircAssians
whom she Oriental poets are never
done sith praisinr. fbe story i that
Moe. Hating owes this marvellous
length 81 $50 to artificial means used
BY her rssvats tn Der rhildhood. Il Is
said thar Il i s ecmmon practice
among the TURKS. Nha hold loag ewes