Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-01-10
a WONDERFUL WOMAN.


Woman Suffragist-An Example of Wo-
mans Ability to Combine Business With
Household Affairs.
There is prevalent idea that wo-
man who possesses business and fnan-
cial ability, and who holds any public
position, is sure to be poor house.
keeper, and socially unattractive. A
striking illustration of the fallacy of
this idea is furnished by the case of
Mrs. Mary E. H. e. Dow, of Dover. n.
H., who has lately become famous as the
president of the Dover Horse-Railroad
Company. 1t is necessary here to review
Mrs. BOWS buying up the railway and
her reduction of the fares; all this,
together with her business ability, and
her interest in woman suffrage, has
been previously spoken of in these col
umns, as well as proclaimed broadcast
over the country by the daily press.
Mrs. Dow is as successful in all house.
hold arts as in the management of her
large outside business.
She took the first premium at the New
Hampshire State Fair twice for the best
iellies and canned fruits; the first
premium for best brown and white
bread and butter; the first premium
for imported French Houdan and Buff
Cochin fowls. She had best darning at
the State Fair, having stocking on ex-
hibition that was more darns than any
thing else, there not being any of the
original part of the foot visible, but all
a shapely and smoothly darned mass;
also for greatest number of different
patterns of tatting. crocheted edging
and knitted lace, many of which pat
terms she originated herself; also first
prize for best varieties of cake and
frostings, and best Charlotte Russo
made of whipped cream; also French
and English cooked meats. She has
been very successful in raising celery,
grapes, and several kinds of small
fruits, such as gooseberries, strawber-
ries, raspberries, blackberries, cur
rants, pears, apricots, Russian mulber-
ries, etc. She has the finest asparagus
bed in Dover, every root OF which she
has set out herself after the trenches
were properly prepared. She raises
the finest, largest, and best favored
mushrooms ever seen in the Granite
State" She learned this art in France.
She has made and successfully sold but
ter from fifteen cows at one time. In
addition to all this, she is a good shot
with gun, rife or pistol, enjoys hunt
ing, fishing and swimming, and has
taken prizes for swimming and floating.
Among her other experiences, Mrs.
Dow lived on farm a few years, and
managed it, her father being in poor
health. She thoroughly understands
horses, and has raised and successfully
broken colts. She understands much
about treating sick and disabled horses;
and she can tell good horse as well
as any professional householder.
Mrs. BOWS mother was famous cui-
siniere, and her abilities have descend
ed to the daughter. Mrs. Dow has also
acquired the fullest information and
the best training obtainable. She has
been one of the pupils of Prof. Halves.
of Boston, who lectures on Practical
Marketing" She understands cutting
up any kind of a fowl or animal, from
an OK down. and can get up fine din
ner, furnished with all the delicacies of
the season at one-tenth the cost of what
an inexperienced marketer would pay.
Her finely favored French, English and
German dishes have won for her the
admiration OF all who have been privi-
legged to partake of them, and the very
small cost of her most tempting side
dishes is said to be something wonderful.
In one of her recent lectures on cookery,
Mrs Dow said: MY maxim is to save
and utilize every thing; and l believe
that many American families waste
enough, through ignorance sometimes,
to place them in much better circum-
stances than they are. In very many
instances, The Lord provides, and the
devil sends cooks. '"'
As young girl, she took part with
Nellie Grant in the dramatic entertain
ments given at the great Sanitary Fair
in st. Louis. in aid of the wounded
soldiers, and her acting was so good as
to make some of her friends wish that
she would go upon the stage. For
many years she was the successful
assistant principal of the Rochester
High School. and afterwards in St
Louis, No., she was for three years in
structor in French and German in
well-known female academy. Mrs.
Dow has been twice married. and is the
mother of three children. Before her
marriage. she was correspondent for
several newspapers, among them the
Boston Journal and Traveller, New
Hampshire Statesman, Dover Enquirer,
and some Southern papers The Street
Rai:Uay Gazette, from which we have
taken most of the foregoing particulars
of really remarkable career, says In
conclusion: Mrs Dow stands very
high in the estimation of her neighbors
and vide circle of friends Her reputa-
ton 10 the best all round And her