Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-29
WOMAN'S WORLD.
elIFe OF IDA LEWIS, THE FA-
no" soIs LIGHTHOUSE HEROINE.

New outdoor Game-she Kept Silent
Years-Stunning Racing Toilets.
!. p,st Who Does Housework-some wo
UprratefuIness Odds and Ends.
or;nc from the mainland of the
~ Newport, r. l., into the west side
cay ~ harbor is a staunchly built log
"a Were you to find your way to
W sD md YOU would ere long see from the
~ .t.bonse beyond a woman appear and
DEE gnca in your direction. Presently
gi: az agile step she runs down the mar
WI" ladder fastened to the stone wall,
II" nimblv inc n boat, unties it from
luiup l'ooring. takes the heavy oars and
us lno beauty of stroke all her own pulls
WIZ long and strong pull that sends
WIZ ving toward the steps Of the pier on
ph;cb YOU wait. Her back is as erect as
.hat Of young girl, her powerful
' 49,. manifest in the great strides the
sa,rboat makes, and yet when she deity
nm it around and you get "a good look
- her face it can be seen that it belongs
woman in middle life, but upon
S.hom time has left few telltale marks.
cho nuts out a welcoming hand with a
heantiful white wrist, adding a CHEEKY
nile and word cf ,.eeting as she makes
raady to take you over to Lime rock as
ber 9uest. You have cause for self con-
r,ratnlation in being thus favored by the
5eroine-Ida Lewis.
Life on light house situated as is
lime Rock light is not the grewsome
thing generally imagined. With six
r0o,11ed house there are cares that fill the
day. and, like any other guide wife, g
Miss Lewis has her pots, kettles and pans
to attend to, rooms to sweep, beds to
make. papers and magazines to read
letters to write, and all the various ct
cpteras to manage which fill the time of
sbusv woman A devoted church woman.
she spends Sunday on shore whenever
her brother is at home.
As the only woman light house keeper
in the cOuntry-and the last one that
will be given light-for such is the YER
dict of the powers that be-Miss Lewis
has other duties that are unique. Exactly
at shutdown she must light her lamp. and
preciselv Il -; night another must be
substituted. All through the night it
must be watched. and Miss Lewis likens
this constant care to that demanded by
an infant The wick might flare or burn
low. the chimney smoke or crack, or any
of the hundred and one accidents happen
that are ever taking place with the use
Of kerosene oil.
She can but catch cat maps; hence the
nearness of her sleeping room to the
light At sunrise the law requires he1
lamp, like the foolish virgins, to have
gone out, and from this fact she is an
early riser. The responsibility is nc
small one, for the slightest neglect OF
duty or accident to her light or lenses
would bring a report from the first se.t-
man who suffered by it. Lives hang
on her vigilance, but to her credit nc
light on all the coast is as regularly or
perfectly attended to, nor does any other
gain from the government inspector SO
high a report. Miss Lewis keeps "a daily
expense book, noting just the amount of
wick and oil burnt. and the time to a
second of the lighting and putting out
Of the lamp In addition a record of the
weather must be entered daily. As Lime
Rock light Is a first class light no rations
are allowed, the yearly salary being $15C
and two tons of coal.-Ellen LIE Garde
in Ladies Home Journal.