The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-27
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A WONDgRFUl WOMAN,
Reauttfpl and Wealthy She peVotps Her
Lifote cAafitaAls Works

W0NnRpHm WOMAN.
Beautiful and wealthy She peVotps Her
Lifeto Charitable Works,
Asp YofE Grpphie, h
Hizabeth Rowell GREW nm amid grim
nvya,jons n az r,ornt ina n ye,montl
49,
Wheh young glElBhe sEaItsn 70 boston
10 learn the dressmaking business, On
the train was Thomasl THOMPSON. n well.
awn ps..an ,-,;,,,onoi,o wbo tsll In
love win her, and refused %
the acquaintance until she married MN,
a tiny !oFgnette, IN which there - 9
profile view Of hFs, Thompson Eaken on
her Weadlng,day, when heL hpspAna
always wore on ms NsIch-enAln Lsxsal
9 nee q spen exclusive peaps XIV lns
Fomantc maEFlage neeus no lulgneF lex
PLANTATION. during her huspsnuB we,
nme Mrs. thompson was wen KNOWN "a
Boston tor her charities, On his death
Mrs, thompson came mo 9 me estate
Whlen produces an income 81 itom
S2o,Ugg 70 soO,1OO, she receives lhls y
monthly installments, ana am tod 9
week alter often has 70 borrow
money. But " IS the manner
IN which her generous impulses
move that distinguishes mel, me
greatest gllt that Wea4lh can psstoWl SUE
says, Is opportunity, Mrs; thompson
does not identity herself WIN all the op'
iects Of her generosity, whether people
or causes. she asslsIs ana ihen shs
rests; she mas put one enthusiasm, ana
that y reserved Tor lhe men who advance
civilization. Inc men VINO control ana
compel natures forces IN new comblna'
tons set her mind atiame, u y scarcely
necessary oadI thaI she ana Mr. Eqlson
are great friends me heN. y heper
Newton anu ffoI, Auler. nave louna ner
. desirable ally IN tnelr various hgmanl'
tartan schemes, ~ IS remarkable TITO
lin most things diverse, YET meeting on
one slle' Mrs; thompson concerns het'
sell put slightly WIN q Infinite. a
Deist ~ BELIEF, she does not pother WIN
Rpeculatiols concerning q divine person.
any; " y wei Known tnat sne iurn;
lsned the slnsws OF war lor ING hcot
school Of fhllos9phy ana pull me
chapel N the mlast o. Mr. Alcotts
Old apple orchard; AS q instance
q the way WINCH mLs'
thompson separates herself from the
causes which she ilrtners, sue was ask
60 what was the opleGt OF the senool.
Visa mulual aaGlltallon oelety Az
the same une " isa conlolt 70 kuoW
tnat There Is one place WheFe anybody
WIN an ldea can 60 Wlthout lear o. .
ing knocked 9oWn LOT u Asior the MS
cusslons, l aon,t are ior tnem. y
lact Vas we haa uod served up Q
breakfast warmed up i9r Gunner anu
hashed ior supper, anu llke tne Snina-
mans Kitten tlat was oKe ~ MY az
lerent ways, u ls the same Gou all the
time, alIhoqgn tast q very pfetty
way 10 pull sne teils a story o. the
driver Who TOOK her rom the lraln AT
Concord. folks 9 ,they can't unaer-
stand MI. Emerson, ne SAD, connuen-
TALLY, but I've lived nigh him three
years, and / q understand everything
he says" Butte return 70 Mrs: Lhomp-
sous system Of giving. she mas
been one OF the sponsors OF the
Rugby scheme, and largely interested
In another project OF the same kind In
the far West. Admitting the writing OF
the Rev. Mr.. Alger, and hearing he was
In bad health, she urged MS resting q
year abroad and paid him his salary,
5000, for a year. sho bought OIL Mr.,
Frank Carpenter the painting oil the
Signing oil the Emancipation Proclama-
ton and presented u to Congress, In
return, she is the only woman who has
received the freedom Of the ioorot Con
gress. One oihercommon ways Of help
ing people to help themselves is In set
ting up cabmen. she never kept q car
riage but patronized her cabbies, who
were able to work off some Of their debt
in that way. She enabled Mrs. Stanton
and Miss Anthony to publish their work
on Female Suffrage. She also helped
Stephen Pearl Andrews to issue his
ponderous universology. why dtd
you do ttY'' she was once asked; His
vile was dying. Inc dream Of her NE
wac TO see her husbands work IN print;
| wanted her to uie happy. never reau
aline nthe book myself" Mrs. Thomp'
son is not q reader. Life is so much
more interesting" she said. She never
read but two novels, Jano Eyre and The
Scarlet Letter, When she wants q new
book she reads these oyer; She had
happenedt to pick up a6ook o. biography,