Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-03
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.Do not write about me, she said 10
. reporter who asked tor some ez'a OF
her life, 81 have done 80 little IL
had ever reached my own isiesi II would
b. different. Though there are slnlss--
When have received sneh letter az
this, tor ,nsiancs whsa-l feel that my
lilo has not been ell ia vsln,' ADD the
| speaker showed letter IN which =
stranger told how one Of her sketches
had nelped and cosuforted him.
such were the words OF one who IN
the west holds an enviabie reputation
among Journalists mare especially for
! discovering place aud opening the
Nay for wonans sork upon the daily
/ papers.
Mrs. Eayne writes rs the iiEd sing,
because she cannot help II. Asa Klri
she wrote skrtchrs gladly accepted by
editors OF Juvenile papers. their appre-
cialion anu pay stimulated the natural
Gift until il became the habit OF her
lie. OF Engiish birth aud education,
coming OF an ancektry which may be
traced ON the Erglish SIDE To the iiouse
ot Northumberland, and 10 the stuidy
reformer. John Knox of Scotland. yet
she has thoroughly identified nsrse.t
with American thought and sympa-
th,es. For veral ycasssIe held posi-.
ton As sunday writer on the Oh ca9o
| Tribune, afterwsrd rsnisv.ng Ia De rot
she took her place on the editorial staff
| OF tire Free frees. at first rs hook re-
viewer. but Of late ycirsa a. free lance.
| Accurate, shrewd and Observing she
4 can in her repor,orili life record many
| important scoops. Her report Of Fred
Grant wedding supplied 10 five leading
| dailies OF the country gave occasion for
a page of favorable editorial comment
in Harper's Magazine. She gave fuil
report If Gen. Sherdan's marriage
| when all reporters were excluded and
dett ctives placed III the house to pre-
vent news heing gwen cut. Seeing III
| the papers that reporters we're denied
access To Mrs. Abraham Lincoln in the
| insar asylum 1t Batavia, ILL.,, she re-
solved to try what a woman could do,
went to the place and published an in
terview with Mrs. Lincoln, that within
twenty-four hours was copied in most
! OF the leading papers of the Union. ana
led to her immedf9te release. She OBJ
tanned for the New 81 X Daily Graphic.
| during the famous trial, intery ews
| with the Beecller family and photo
| graphs of the different members, where
| others had failed.
In the midst of other engagement
| Mrs. Rayne has found time to publish
| several novels which have been well
| received, also r work ia the interests
| of women, ''What Can a Woman Do?"
which has reached y circulation of over
| 100000 copies. As her name became
more widely known she received so
many letters asking for hints on writ
| ing, or for criticism OF work, that the
| at last decided upon establishing a
| more systematic way IN which those in
| quiries could obtain Help. She there
! fore in 1886 began tire school OF jour-
| naIism, the first Of Its kind in America.
Through it's agency many have been
| protited. There are many successful
writer's who would never have been
| able tn put their talents TO any practI-
! cal use without her training and skill
iupruning their exub-rince. or slim
ulating their ina ynation. Among those
who have been her pupils may he
named Mrs. Custer. or military fame;
| Mrs. Cristnc Anderson, now society
| editor of the Detroit Tr hume. anu coil
lrbntor TO Puck and Judg.; Mrs. Kate
! A. Bradley, a writer o. grnceful and
! pathetic sketches; and Miss Annetta
J.. Halliday, young author VINO Is
rapidly winning her way AMONG the
Doyelists and magazine writer's of the
dav.
But Mrs. Ravne's success depends
| more than ali this upon the WI le pcpu-
! lsrty of her character sketches which,
rs quickly as they appear. are copied
| from one part OF the unio tn ~"
other in newspapers and magazines OF
every imagine BILE grade. Those sseict es
will be at one Tine f,ili of quaint. sub
tie pathos; al another possessed of the