The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-25

lady who might truly be said in many
ways to have been her predecessor.
Among her treasures are two fine portraits
of Miss Martineau and lock of her sill
very-white hair, given to its present owner
by an old friend of the Martineau family.
1t is now many years since Mrs. Miller
undertook the lady's column for the Illus
trdted London Nems. Although in it due
regard is paid to the modes of the moment,
she gives week by week an interesting ac-
count of woman's work up to date, and
correspondents from every part of the
English-speaking world write and thank
her for what is to them the pleasantest
feature of the great illustrated London
weekly.
Mrs Fenwick Miller is often asked for
her opinion as to the suitability of jour
nalism as a professor for women. She
believes that at present there is room for
any quick, bright, intelligent girl who
possesses the knack of writing easily on
current events, and also that of Selling
every opportunity to do good work. She
does not think literary life unhealthy,
but will observe with laughing shrewdness
that the lady journalists late hours are
not more firing than those spent by many
debutante at theater or bail. Still she
make literature a profession, must make
up her mind to abandon the more frivol-
GUS sides of social life. Yet she herself 10
a charming hostess. and no private view
or large political party would seem COM
plete if Mrs. Fenwick Miller's genial and
kindly presence was not there.
The subject of my sketch is also one of
the few women lecturers in England who
have made distinct mark on public plat
forms. She is a popular speaker of wide
spread popularity. and has in her day
addressed thousands of men and women
on every conceivable subject which can
affect those of her own sex. For nine years
size was one of the lady members OF the
London school board and constantly spoke
on committees.
Some fifteen years ago Florence Fenwick
Miller became the wife of Frederick A.
Ford. By mutual desire the bride re-
tanned her maiden name, and fruitiess
attempt was made to upset the first cleo
ton to the school board, which she fought
after her marriage on that account. How
ever, it was proved legally that she was
well within her right, and she is convinced
that in the course of a generation or two
the action of which Lucy Stone in Amer
lea and she in Great Britain have been
the pioneers. will be taken by every wo-
man who has before marriage made a
distinct place for herself in the world of
workers.
Miss Honnor Morten, although little
known to the outside world, is very popu-
lar and much esteemed in both Journal
istic and medical circles, for she edited
the Hospital for some years and had a
great deal TO do with the foundation of the
Royal British Nurses Association. When
still quite girl she spent three years in
hospital training; then, her health being
no longer able to bear the strain, she took
to writing as 3 relaxation. Her first arti-
Gle appeared in the Daily Ne,0s, and she
shortly became q regular contributor to
both that paper and the Globe. Later on
a selection OF her articles was published
under the title Sketches of Hospital
Life" little book which was much appre-
ciated both by those who knew and those
who did not know how singularlv true to
life were the experiences described therein.
Although Miss Morten is a niece of the
great novelist, William Black (who is
said to have had her in his mind when he
wrote THAT Beautiful Wretch, she has
never written any stories, preferring to
keep to philanthropic and useful literary
work. After Miss Ciementina Black,
probably few people know as much
about How the Poor Live" as Miss
Morten; she has worked and lived for
| months together in Whitechapel, and has
written much on the East End.
Four years ago Miss Morten started the
Literary Ladies' Dinner, function which
aroused considerable amusement and in
terest in the general public. Most of the
| London women who write fell heartily in
| with the scheme, and the dinner has be.
| come quite an institution; Miss Morten
| acts as honorary secretary; a prominent
| lady journalist taxes the chair and pro-
| poses the toasts, and even if it did moth
| Ing else, the dinner proves that number
| OF clever well-educated women can pass
| quite as pleasant an evening IN the com
| pany OF their own sex as IN one enlivenei
| by the presence OF their sweethearts
| brothers and husbands.
Miss Hulda Friedrichs has the honor oil
having been the first lady taken on the
| regular staff of a London daily paper. Al.
| though OF German nationality, she can
both write and speak English eloquently
and knows both Russian and French sutfi,
GENTLY we'll TO act as special correspond
ent In both or either st. Petersburg O,