Telegram-herald., 1889-05-14


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rot tosia<d, lEs ssFy aisn=sI thai = occupied
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atty q ne -gIuan = ID 80 ~en Z oy asr
"a s1Es .nd lndastry az ~ortny u more
tI41Ll a soTd u zgJle
M. SaESa<r y brooklyn ~Ou4n- That
h, hsT aOass . Ia Lls eastern dlsrrlcG u that
suburb, ana shs has there f1r many years
aispenss,i aaspitAltY ~alen nas u.Ade Der
houss a faVorits res5rl la a elrcls u lT-snlls
-ao~e rennement AID social standing are "a
. par with ths very prou1sst Ia rhe lanA
shs h ~oIaan u maruTs ags. having a.
most U not quite complsted tas ha1 OF
csatgTy. aud being proud grandmoJh=F, a.
her sou ~as married s3ms years ago. Her
widO~n0od - therefore lot s.Lao4t sweet
solace.
FROM her pen have come for many years
some u o.. choicest courriDati0us % tne cur
reuE literature n tl-s colltry. and 10 Is .aii
that few poets have ucel more widely copicd
Ia ths ue~spaler press q toe country than
she she Is auLhor oy instinct All began
writing ~nen stiu m her tens Her first
work eHls a llf.e collection of rel giou, poems
al essays and sas published W4rtout a
thought. she SAYS, II prcuniary gain, bat sirn-
ply a ulssus ~ enabling Ler o. make a
pretty hoilay present to some ~ her friends.
TIE publisher however. % whom she olf-red
it was more than pleased ~ accrpt &c and paid
her literally Tor hrr work Probably moth
ing ~as uoo,iod 10 n Ia the direction " her "a
reer for nature u-ad done thar already bat
&c Is certain taat after This experience there
vas no talIerlnz sno couuuG1d % write
al has main aimed LeIssli ever since with
her pea,
\ number Of books have been published
Over her signature. the best known Icing
Hours With Girls." Nay Ssauh0pe and
Her Friends. Splendid Times, "' Mss Dew
bsrry's scholars" Five Happy Weeks"
Poems q tho Household7 and oue or two
other VOLUMES OF poems Tho first named
has been ono u tho remarkable SUCCESSES Of
the publishing business, both IN this country
and abroad, and was the occasion Of we'll
known English publisher applying % her
Hs asked her earnestly % l.. him know in
advance before publishing another work in
this country, 80 that lie could make arrange
ments 20 publish It simultaneously on the
other side.
In addition % these works Of authorship,
and her almost continual contributions 70
newspaper columns, Mrs. Sangster has been
for number of years a hard working e,litor.
She was FOR long time associated with
Eggleston Ia the editorial work Of Hearth
and Home. and 70 Der ability was largely
due the great success OF that publication
moro than a dozen years ago. The firm Of
Harper Brothers, always On the lookout for
available talent, then secured her services in
the aiitIng II Harper's Young People, and
she took charge OF tho Post Ofice Depart
meut" N that iourna1 This position she 70
tained Until Si1e was called ~ I'll Miss Booths
place.
This ~ns q position most oongeuial 70 her.
and ons fDr Which she WAS peculiarly lifted.
Sunny snd ~zrIn hzarts-a. aIthnogh retiring