Arizona republican., 1892-08-23
KEYED TO HAPPINESS
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX ENJOYS THE MELODIES OF EXISTENCE.

An Interesting Estimate of a Complex
 Character-The Busy Life of the Poet
 ess-She Is a Theosophist and Believes
 in Her Own Good Luck.
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 The ease with which she lives is per haps the most interesting feature of Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox's life. Like a speck of light in ray, a duck in a shower, petted child in we'll man. aged family, she fits, dips and dances through life, unburdened by environ ment. It is not that she shirks blows of fate. in time of real trouble no one is better able to grapple with the lions of difficulty than the poetess, but she is born without the power to anticipate harm or evil. Keyed to happiness, it requires the coarse crash of some disa- greeable chord to attract her attention from the sweet melodies of existence.
 She never sees obstacles arise in the path of accomplishment Risky and venturesome, her mind concentrates it. self upon the end, and the intermediate drops into parenthesis. She never i'm agines that messages may miscarry; that expected people or checks will not come; that the weather may be unfit for the picnic. She never calculates "what if," but takes for granted the desirable and "grapples" only when interference real ly comes. This is not the result of phi losophy; it is her nature. This leaves her an immense fund of vitality and animal spirits, and is by herself said to be the cause of her extremely youthful appearance.
 She firmly believes herself cared for by guardian spirits, and truly it would seem as if she were. Her plans are sell dom thwarted; things seldom go wrong. Upon the fingers of one hand She could count the things in her life for which she has earnestly desired that have not come to pass. Just my luck" is a common expression of hers; Just your luck, Ella" as common with her friends. She is withal timid and humble in spirit. She believes unselfishness to be the pro- pitiation of these good angels. "When- ever seek for myself they leave me-" she says; "I can feel their support so long as do and plan for thegood of others" Certainly 'good luck" or its equivalent in some more scientific term is with Ella Wheeler Wilcox eight times in ten. The most careful calculation cannot score better record.
 She never broods or reflects on past misfortune or disappointment. Indeed, her friends say she does not dwell long enough upon pleasure to get the good out of it. Her mind is like a bow, tense always for the next arrows flight Her mentality has an abnormal capacity for reaching forward-going on, building up, accomplishing, getting into new molds, finding new worlds to conquer. Events drop out as soon as happened not oueOf memory, for she has a remark able faculty of recalling the right thing at the right time, but like knitting or weaving, each row of stitches is dropped off the needles as soon as made, not to be lost, but to go into the wool of &C., ton.
 She will not fuss with a perplexity, hunt for lost article, undo or do over for the sake of possible improvement no matter how easy the improvement may appear. She acts with a sharp, quick, clear insight, and direct force. That done, Let it go" Ut will come," Cant waste time" Package, poem or | seam must stand as it has come. We'll | for her that she has a clear intuition to | steer clear of the rocks in this currentl We'll for her that she had natural ear for poetic rhythm; she never would | have acquired it.
 Hers is nature of reserve forces. ! Womanly to a degree, with all of the | weaknesses of the sex, beyond certain | limit she is fitted to guide and direct both preacher and philosopher. Coquet- | tish and fascinating, dangerous girl hood was passed safely through un- guarded. Open handed and free with money, and with passion for purchase, her obligation record is straight as that | of the most able and honorable finan- cier. She will not owe postage stamp or overrun an allowance one dollar.