Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-10-06
THAT LASTED FOR
YEARS.

Many Interesting Ones Quoted Where
Women Are Devoted to One Another
The New York Word tells some en-
tertaining stories of women's friend
ships for each other. The first case
quoted is from Wales. In Llangollen
churchyard two women who used to
live in Il cottage in the village in the
eighteenth century are buried together.
According to the epitaph Lady Eleanor
Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby en-
joyed more than half century of
uninterrupted friendship" 1t must
have been a very happy affair, for
Lady Butler was rich and seventeen
years older than Miss Ponsonby, who
was poor
In later days Miss Anthony, who
of course has always been on close
terms with the other two members of
the great suffrage trio, Lucy Stone
and Mrs. Stanton, has taken the great
est comfort in her friendship with Mrs.
Jane Spofford. of Washington. Mrs
Sp0fford has been good friend and
stanch adherent to Miss Anthony's
aims. A pretty friendship that is al
ready past the stage when friends joke
the two women, and has yet many
years in which to grow more famous,
has one party in the Anthony family.
Aunt Susan has Il niece, Susan An
thony, who halls from Kansas and is
known in all suffrage movements for
her own sake as well as for her famous
arnt. She is the Fidus Achates of
Rev. Anna Shaw. Miss Shaw, of
course, is travelling continually, but
both women have ideas on homes,
and Miss Anthony for some time has
seen to it that when the brainy lee
turer got a chance to rest she had a
home to go into. A friendship that
ought to be famous simply from the
atmosphere in which it exists is that
between Elizabeth Marbury, the
dramatist, and Elsie de Wolfe, the
actress and society girl. They are
both working for more fame. and
meantime they live in ideal friendship
in Washington Irving's old house. at
Irving place and Seventeenth street.
Their friendship is Of some years
standing, and apparently they have so
many interests in common that the
only rupture viii come through we'd
ding bells.
Perhaps playwriting has a charm to
make women peculiarly capable of
friendship, for Margaret IMerington,
the author Of Captain Lettarzlair, long
enjoyed the intimate friendship Of the
famous Bostonian Margaret Detand,
author Of John Ward, Preacher. They
are rarely away from each others
vicinity very long. Mrs. Deland Is Il
woman quick to see hidden capabilities
for success and to stimulate it. some
thing Il woman who is destined to
write clever dramas often finds vallk
able. This friendship antedates Miss
Meringt tons career as a dramatiSt.
For years there existed the closest
kind Of a friendship between Clara
den. In Miss Barton's house are many
pictures Of herself and the duchess,
taken at the same time and the re-
Semblance between them is so complete
that it is confusing. When Miss Bar
ton was in Europe after the war she
visited the grand duchess, and a friend
ship was started that has lasted for
years. She has received many gifts
from the woman across the ocean,
and one Of her favorite ornaments
is brooch from the duchess, with
whom she has always corresponded.
The grand duchess and Miss Barton
found a common interest in the Red
Cross movement
A Friendships that always attracts
attention is that between Mrs. Logan
and Mrs George Pullman. Tt has ex-
listed for only a few years, but in that
time they have spent much time to-
gether. Mrs. Pullman likes to stay in
Washington near Mrs. Logan, or else
they are travelling together Mrs Pull
man is not strong, and seems to de-
light by contrary in Mrs. Logan's
strength and active life.