The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-21


puny, sickly child grew.
st. Louis was the scene OF the young
sculptor's first studies. Many Of her most
beautiful works are 10 be found there, for
Rome itself did not wipe out her recoileo-
ton Of what she owed to her first training.
An artists income Is perhaps more than
that OF any other worker, a matter known
only 20 himself but we have one clew 10
Miss Hosmer's ability as a money -maker in
the knowledge that she Is to receive S25 ,00C
for statue Of Queen Isabella for the
worlds fair.
1t is rather transition from the marble
statue TO live stock But the woman oil
70 day is capable of 1t. ID certainly seems
a trife odd, but women appear 70 have
what lie called - knackn for cattie-raising.
In the west 10 IL by no means unusual to
find feminine ranchers. Not all Of them,
however, are cattle queens" q title which
is worn deservingly by Mrs. Barber OF
White Oaks, N. NJ. This plucky little
woman went out to the undeveloped plains
of the west In 1874 She was bride, but
| in less than ten years became widow. Her
husband was murdered before her eyes.
Her house was burned over her head, and
| she passed through such heartrendtng expe'
riences as would have broken the spirit OF
| most women or men.
| But she was not dAunted. She went TO
| White Oaks and engaged in ranching. She
| Oulib nor a nOIncs lAlG every hoSh !
| made every decreasing, hung every door
and then proceeded to add carpets, curtains,
books, pictures, music and all the dainty
accessories of home life which d woman
loves. The ranch lies at the foot Of the
| White mountains aud the Three rivers, IA
sort Of cooperative stream runs directly
through the placs aud supplies constant
| irrigation. There are fields OF corn, oats and
alfalfa; there is q vineyard an orchard and q
garden.
The range controlled by the Three Rivers
ranch is very large. and the stock belong
| Ing TO the company number 5000 head
| Mrs. Barber has two nonresident partners
living in Milwaukee. But she is the heed
OF the enterprise. and 1t was she who
acquired the land 10 the beginning by TAX
| ing It up or by purchasing from SETTLERS.
She alone does the buying, selling and ship
| ping OF the cattle. She selects, employees
| and CONTROLS all the men on the place. She
is an excellent judge Of human nature and
! has never been burdened with bad man OF
her own choosing. She is such a good
| judge of 4-footed cattle as well that she does
a great deal OF buying and selling for other
| parties.
But Mrs. Barber is not only a cattle
queen. She runs a silver mine, too. A few
years ago New Mexico was in a fever OF ex-
citement over mining interests. Mrs. Bar
Der caught it. She would mount her red
roam pony Buoephalus, and Pompey, her
factotum, would secure some other quad
| ruped, aud the two would set out, Mrs.
Barber TO do the prospecting, and Pompey
to serve as aide,de-camp and protector.
| Mrs. Barber knows all about "leads, " ''con-
facts" and all those fascinating and gener-
ally unknown features of mines. She pros
pected over a good deal OF territory, but
while she was clever enough to know good
thing when she saw It, she didn't see 1t for a
/ lov,a nh 10 Inn lsya hn 4 hav ND
| is now halloween of a valuable silver mine
only seven miles from ths ranch.
Incidentally Mrs. Barber gives card
parties, plays the guitar and does all sorts
of feminine things which other women do.
There used to be another "cattle queen.
She was Mrs lift of Denver. Her husband
died and left her with Eoodly ranch,
which his business-like widow managed
with skill which manlfolded her pos
sessions Mrs. Tiff married Bishop War
ron, OF the Methodist church, and has de-
voted her wealth to all sorts OF benevolent
purposes.
But the west cannot boast of all tbe
women who are successful stock raisers.
One mile from Rosyn, l.. l., is farm of
"Old Brick" is historic, for it was
the. first brick house built on the
island. The occupant is the owner and
manager OF tho farm, aud appears In a
| business correspondence as 'S. +. Taber-
Willetts.n But "S. P. Tabsrn Is "Phnbs"
at home, and the grandiloquent name has
10 have u Mrs" before 1t when you cd
dress the tiny so-pound woman who is be-
hind it,
Mrs. Willetts' father left Der the old
homestead and q love f1r fine cattle. When
she was a little girl she knew as much about
pedigrees OF cows and horses as average
children know about dolls ana kites. Seven
L. A..
lifelong fancy. She bought Guer nsey
COW for family use, Having yielded &C
temptation TO this extent. she very soon en-
larged her bovine company to seven.
Cattle raisers shook their heads. Jerseys
were then the breed par excellence. aud the
COW wiseacres looked very doubtful OF this
httlo woman's judgment. But they have
been converted. Mrs. Willetts now has q
herd Of 50 head of cattle, and she makes 15(
pounds of butter a week-butter which sells
at so cents a pound, mind you She also
has Al blooded horses and porkers and pork.
hngs galore. "A million and a quarter IT,
perhaps, moderate estimate OF
the value of the farm. which ha:
proved TO be regular ''old brick"
In the hands of its clever mistress. She, by
the way, Iuves her work, and says she i.
never 80 happy as when experimenting the
farm. She Is by no means masculine, thi:
tiny cattle raiser. but Is a cultivated and
agreeable woman OF the world
There are a good many women who In q
sort OF surreptitious way are managing
large and prosperous establishments Of theil
own. They are not millionsires, but they
have accumulated comfortable little for.
tunes. 10 is quite a drop from Hetty GREEN'S
$50, QUO, 900 TO a modest holding Of $50, 900
but even the latter sum is quite mouu
ment to the financial genius aud energy oil
a woman.
There Is Mrs. William B. Dean, for In
stance. Mrs. Dean is widow, who carries
on a wholesale glassware business on War
rem street with q skill and enterprise which
is bringing her very substantial returns
She hides herself behind the firm name
William B. Dean, but she is the controlling
and directing power of the concern, and
$50, 600 would have TO look mighty big be.
fore it would buy the business which SD,
has built up.
On the whole. the hand that rocks ths
cradle seems to be reaching out with in
creasing eagerness and power after the
dollars. One gets almost tired nowadayi
chronioling the Ad vance OF women. We are
blase over their achiev ements. But the
merry chink Of gold always rouses our In.
terests and we look long and ouriously al
the all too short but ever increasing process
sion of the men who have made money. And
every EYES daughter of us would like tc
subscribe herself, in the words Of the am,