St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-30

lady for private secretary when he
was at the. head of the New York street
Cleaning department. Miss Cynthia
| WeStoVer made quite a reputation in
that position, and is often quoted as a
me example of what such Semi-official
Should be. In truth, the Office of private
secretary requires a happy union of
many qualities, most of which we have
been taught to consider peculiarly
FEMININE. One must have a deal of
tact, ability to catch an idea without
requiring too many words in setting it
forth, and especially if there are many
callers must the secretary have the
talent TO say something to all and yet
leave none with any phrase that may
atterWard be quoted against the princi-
pal.
Mrs. John A. Logan is credited with
having trained her own private secre-
tarY Tor several years, and as she had Il
GOOD subject to start OH the result is
admirable. In her home there is very
retired but comfortable and well lighted
| room where Mrs. Logan does her work,
and the ornament and pride of that
room is Miss Edith Marshall.
Miss Marshall is rather slender and
tlmid-looking Pennsylvania girl who
had worked her way steadily to a posi-
tlon III Washington city when Mrs.
Logan met her and found her assist
confidence" says that lady, land has
charge OF all my mail, the details of my
business affairs, draws checks for the
payment Of all my bills and is my other
self when l am absent" Mrs. Logan
has an immense amount of work to do.
Her mail is seldom less than 100 letters
day. She is president of the Garfield
hospital, editor of magazine, contrib
utor to other periodicals, collaboration
of army literature, land has much private
business besides. And in all this Miss
Marshall is not only secretary, but
trusted agent, and sometimes adviser
and friend.
During her four years IN Washington
Mrs. Levi T. Morton had for private
secretary Miss Hunt, or Louisiana,
whose life is so very retired that even
her given name is not generally known.
Yet she Is scion Of one of the oldest
Official families, and her father was
minister to Russia at one time. She
was also companion to Mrs. Morton and
assisted at her receptions, holding
place I'D Washington society by her own
right. Among those who knew her
we'll Miss Hunt is considered exception
ally clever, and even brilliant, and as
private secretary Mrs. Morton thought
her jewel. Mrs. Cleveland has a
happy faculty of avoiding literary re-
sponsibiilties, and during her husbands
hrst term she employed one of his sec
retarleS when necessary, but there has
lately been vague rumor that young
Southern lady was to be her special sec
rotary for this term. Miss A. b. SAIL
ger is typewriter at the White house.
Mrs. Eliza ~ROardman BuruZ of New
York, is the veteran of her sex in ste
biography, and is the author of 'Burnz's
Fonlc Shorthand" She was born Oct.
81. 1928, has long been retired, of course,
from active work, but is so much in
love with common senSein spelling that
she will not even allow an to be used
in her name where the sound is that of
2. Miss Preston ranks as an official
court reporter at Denver, and so do
Misses Flora b. HaddOx and OZella
Beman in Iowa, Miss Mamie A. Stock