Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-19
Ing WIDOW snIrn.
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what y Careful study Of nroaLiyn's CITY
Directory Reveal. About iisr
The Widow Smith ia 10 most interesting
Individual. She u young aud old. placid
and irritable, rich and poor, lean and iAi,
tall and short, dark aud Hight. beautiful
aud plain, blessed with many children. dies.
tltuts u any n dcvout church member, a
non.churchrocr. devoted 10 bread making
aud unable 10 cook At at. She Il fond III
drrss. and she takes no heed ~ her clothes.
She Il gay aud sah nj once, sick and we'll,
tired aud overlooking with bueyant splrits.
wise In tho learning Of the antlcnis aud
unable TO write her uauic She chcfish-s
the most contradictory hopes, fears, prciu.
diccs, beliefs. opinions, loves, hates, ten.
denotes. She has D passion fur candy and
pickics, tragedy and comedy. Booths
Hamlet aud iioyt'a Tin solilcr.H
The Widow Smith lives In brooklyn
brooklyn Is indcol the paradise N widoNa
IL would b. nn Interesting tnhlcct Tor In.
VesilRation why the City q Churchc,
should h. 20 fatal. apparently. 20 married
mon. or l. Il that 10, quIcter streets form
calm cddcs In tho rushing curruuts of
metropolitan NE unto which thuau ship
wrecked Of hope steer their shattered
waters. or for peaceful anchorage, await
ing the fnal diasoluiIoui brooklyn l. an
immsnae harhur full % such disabled vo..
sells
Some 81 these hlfks bend rev shill b
their masin. aud make brave shift against
the winda and tides. brooklyn widows
are found. 10 drop the mriuphuf, earning
their bread At drrssmakinf. millinery aud
minor arts aud crafts of thousand dc.
scfipiluns. They krup candy aud station.
cry siurrs. they sell harlwarn. two ~ them
arc unlcftaksfs aud one runs ilih mar.
kct They fs,i1le milk md fmli aud but.
ter about the streets, they prrssrvu fruits
aud experiment with home bakeries. They
engage Ia larso ventures once In while.
One Of then carried on Tor years an iEi'
poFtant dry good. business, and retired
with An aniplg fortune n couple of seasons
ago Her masculine Successor, who tried
10 improve upon her methods ou tho same
site. became bankrupt with astonishing
pfomptltndr. Il IL a widow who runs,
over n mascnluo name, we'll known
mems clothing foru
The widow smith-who though Lost In
scnsfnlltles must not b. i1rguticn-ls able
10 cherish such n variety Of taste, and OK
hiht such Inconsistencies 81 character b.
cause therc arc los u her, without count
Ing the young widows Smith who live
At home with thrlr parents hui 10 are nm
known 20 the directory, and without max
ing reckoning either % The smyth, smythr,
Smltt, smits, smidh, Smelts, sm.i, smrt,
schmlts, schmlite, sgbml'L sghm.is,
gchmit, schmlits, Sshmldt aud schmll
widows. who form Of themselves - largl
and influential element he tho clmmuuiiy,'
Il l. interesting 90 note tho uamcs horn'
hy the widows Am|ih. Thirty u hrr afe
known ns Mari Smith, 'airircn o. Cath
crime, twelve Hs Elmlsth, ten a. sarah,
flx a. Elifa. eve each ~ Ann, Annie, Mar
rarct aud susan. There aru four huisois,
three EmilYn, three i.oulsaa, thrcu llelcns,
thrre MArlas aud two each who arr called
Ahhie. Alice. Amelia, Anua, Annc, Caro-
line. Carrie. Ellen Emrliue, Jo,sphlhe'
Julia, Martha. Minnie, llolicfca gnd Hose
Therc I. only ono widow Adelln, Adgline,
Annette. barbara. Charlotte, Chary CHRIS
tiana, Deborah. nglla, Dora, lila. liar
nett, Ilnrrleiie. Hattie, Kate, Laura, lat
lie. Likzie, Lucfctia, Lydia, Marguerite
Marie, RosAnni, Selma, Jane, hlnln, 80
ply, Veronica, Susanna and Vida Smith
-NeW York Ircnnler