The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-09
THE MOST REMARKABLE WOMAN
Mary Anderson, Margaret Fuller and
Helen Wilmans Are Named.
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Helen Wtlmans Are Named.
From the Ne1O York World.
1t must interest women 70 know the opin-
ions Of men as to different members of the
sex and TO see the wide range that has al
ready been made in the selection Of the
most remarkable woman Of the century,
Queen Victoria, Patti, Bsrnhardt, Clara
Barton, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and
Nine. Blavatsky make an assortment Of
types that ought to please any one.
Some OF the letters received are enthusi-
asticaily aggressive enough in their praise
Of the woman selected TO the exclusion Of
all Others to excite friendly comment or
criticism. Women who understand the
true greatness Of their own sex might
gently point out to these injudioious adj
mirers the mistakes they make
The two letters selected to-day are in
praise of women not yet mentioned The first
writer chooses Mary Anderson. Many will
agree with him that she is a remarkable
woman indeed. On the other hand many
will consider that he has taken things too
much for granted when he assumes in his
confident way that there is an odium about
the lives Of actresses as GLASS, There is
no such thing Mary Anderson was no more
an exception TO the theatrical profession
than she was to American womanhood in
general when she chose an American hus-
band.
To the Editor Of the World: Frances Folsom
Cleveland, by virtue of her sweet courtesy,
beauty of feature and grace Of form, has right
fully been considered a remarkable woman. but
there is another American woman to whom, in
my opinion, the gracious queen OF democracy
must yield the palm-Mary Anderson de Ma
varro.
Few, very few. women have reached the
nights of theatrical fame and borne above the
footlights the immaculate reputation of the
Kentucky belle so zealously guarded and so
purely kept intact. She has done more than
any sister actress to ennobe her avocatiou,
aud remarkably well has she succeeded in shift
ing the odium society has placed round the
very name of actress. All who appreciate great
and good womanhoOd will agree that Mary An
derson is par excellence the remarkable wo-
man of our time. The Kentucky idol, the
tional pride. she receives and deserves cosmo-
politan respect
A POETS OPINION.
To the Editor of the World: From an ethical
standpoint of view l would name Margaret
Fuller, American poet, as the most remarkable
woman of the nineteenth century from her
likeness to the great poet of Nazareth in her
sympathetic nature.
From an intellectual standpoint would name
Helen Wilmans, an American teacher OF mental
science, from her clear insight of natural truths
and her logical conclusions based upon them,
Margaret Fuller was remarkable all
through her life, but perhaps the most re.
markable thing sne did was that which
brought about the death of her husband,
her child and herself A woman who will
stand on the deck OF a doomed ship and in
sist on drowning with her united family
rather than be separated ana incur the risk
Of losing one while they left the ship, as the
captain ordered, one by one. has qualities
that few can boast of.
The allusion to the poet of Nazareth is
one calculated TO attract attention.
The average reader will probably have 10
take Poets word for the fact that Helen
Wllmans is the most remarkable woman.