Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-07

| lace. that smiles down upon you. Mrs.
Kendall has written on a large photograph
of herself, To Bah | send my first Ameri-
can picture. as she Is my best American
| friend. -
There is one of Fanny Davenport. ell
bowed by another of the Princess of Mon
AGO, while Ellen Terry looks just over the
head of a water color of Carmencita.
But the pride o. Bah heart is her silver
toilet set-some Of It is modern more of it
old. Curiolisly carved salt cellars. found
IN second hand shops in Ireland, are used
to receive pins of all sorts; relic box that
came from Italy is full of nail powder: the
brushes owe their birth to Firenze; the
powder boxes are modern; all the curling
tongs, glove stretchers and buttoners are of
modern make, with antique handles. while
the candlestlcks stood at feasts hundreds
of years ago, when Bah wasn't dreamed
of. One mirror is a most marvellous piece
of hand carving, representing Venus arts
ing from the sea, and was made especially
for It's pretty owner, there having onl :
been one more like it.
The room and the woman are so much
alike that, as she stands in the center of it
welcoming you, you think she could not
live any place else and that no other wo-
man would suit it so we'll A bird who re-
Jolces in the realistic name of ''Zola"
sings a merry tune close to the writing
desk. and a little fox terrier, who, to all
her lntimates, is known as ''Bab's Chum, ="
Is standing up beside his mistress to give
his approval of her visitor.
GU ask something about her work and
this Is what she says: Il believe in sys-
tematic work, and believe in working
whether you feel like it or whether you
don't. If one gets in the habit of stop
ping because one doesn't feel quite up to
the mark this inclination will grow and
laziness and bad work will be the re-
suit"
''What time of the day do | work? In
the morning. As far as possible | do all
my work before l o'clock, and, with the
exception of time when | had the rheu-
matism so badly that the pains in my right
arm would not even allow me to dictate, |
have never disappointed an editor. If
women would only learn to work steadily
and regularly they would succeed, and if
they would only be themselves and not try
to initiate somebody else they would all
get better pay. [ think it's all nonsense
about women not being paid we'll There
never was such demand for good work
from women as there is nowadays Be
tween you and me | think she stands a
better chance than man does. Dress?
Yes, like pretty clothes. Why shouldn't
|? Because | earn my own living that is
no reason why I shouldn t continue to be
a woman, and In my heart | should sus-
pect any woman who didn't like dainty
belongings Yes. am fond of gray and
l am fond of red-of gray because l am a
rebel, and of red because | have got
drop of Quaker blood in my veins that
makes me yearn for bright color as if il
were forbidden fruit"
Somebody else is ready to take your
place, but you carry photographed upon
your memory picture of brave little
woman who has fought her fight in a
womanly way to success, and WHO stands,
well dressed, surrounded by beautiful be-
longings, and evidence of what southern
woman can do when she makes up her
mind to it.