The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-05-12


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Katharine Weatherly SGT atone In the li,-
Tie north studio
katherine Tes.hrrly sat alone in the
little north studio, gazing long al the Bit
Of lanalsc@p- framed in by the lower hal.
window-the r-i sunset aery-s th.. snow
! The thread If river tAngls-l among far
away hills, and the tall rel chimney OF the
distant foundry towering with as MUCH
dignity a. though il marked the site
Of falncas battle or the burial place of
. hero Al little distance cluster of
hocses-,-eir briyh sides rurrl4,l toward
the sitting sun-gAye an inhabited Look
10 the landscape. and rising Whit q.
smoke from the yellow brown chimney
OF yellow brown house n-ar By assured
katherin- that she was not th. sole in
hAbiranr Of the univers-
This httl= north studio. unfurnish4,l
save by huge fur rug ami the neceAsa-
~ chairs and easel. together with some
studio -pruf,erti-s bits Of drau--ry and
| the hke-wa, nevertheless layi.hly dee
| Grated as 10 IL walls. where charcoal
| ApDllcs ard Min-ryas and nuIneruu.
siShiless cray0l people hung in prvfn-
SION. together with dashy little water
color LANDSCAPES, ~-pla sketches. still life
studies, and some more ambitious at
tempts from life. Katherine Weatherlv
herself ~itrin, in ,h,. falling hyh- mich,
have male An iu.er.-,rin, .tu1y IN ,nnn.
ochrora- with her lov.. a,--,v ..o,Sr h.
face 50 wan ana nal. alnosr ..fv ;,
hue, AMI the -ofr riuns Of her hair ;,-av
| -ah. - yrav.
Yet - Wa NOT oil Only ,vrs,.,--
four wears I'll passed over that ..i-
| mead. brt row hal lx..lt mach u,i,b
| her; her a,l,yy day, w.r. .a.;l,. -,,,,,.
bered. In rI,llhnoI firrl. k.,,ha-.-.
Star hal had 4 l,y,.l---. horn. A-is.h.
married P.,,,,.r W.,,h..-,,- ,b;ri-;r,, -
sorrow, We, ended and M. b-,l 49,,
at last. Thy went abroad fer 4, nm.
Means we-. not Lnrk,ny Lis.. bro,J.
ened. No LONGER dr..,r and rpnno.,n,,,.
i. was bright AMI eventual a..i,,, al
too fast. On their return from Enrnr..
the youny colpl. WENT, :. ..t-hu,,.k ~.
early ho,u. 81 rh, W-,-b,.-iv. ~. -.
MANY Of that family, hal di,.I anil ~.
4 short lived race wer. they. and r ,,.r
the only remaining Wea,h-rlv vas ma.
favored above hi. kin - tha- ia III
homestead AZ Sou;hwick urnyal no. an
abidiny home for him. for In. c,-,.n,rr,-
tive tendencies which w,.r, mart ~ ~
birthriyht became stranger than ,.nJ.,,.
cies and finally yuin..l the rna.t..rv
So Katherin. W.atherly yid,,v.J a.
20 with an infant son and r..l,.,-c--,
somewhat d..r,l.t.l throu,h ,oi.sp7,-,,,,.-
ment, had 10 fac. Hf., and her ,hill..
future with what cnur,ya IL. iii
muster. There was sorn.thip., Iaf, ~,
her husbands portion and a nall an.
nuity Of her own I'm, .cC,o,,,., 90,
needful 10 maintain tha horn. AMI ,ba,
in due time the boy. edncation r,;g,bt h..
comuassed
| Katherin.'s love Of ART hal t..,., 40
rainbow on the storm rlouI ~ h..- ~.
In her Young yirlnoaI aIv,av. I,a,yi,,,
in after year, she wa. ,..r,uit,.I . r.,,
Lessons with cDlgrs: and afr..r bar mar
riaye. in the hal,,y tray-lip., d,v. H..
had seized with ayidity .y.rv ch,rc,.
| offered for less1u,-in Paris .tnJia. fr,,,
| the antigue: A, Nice in water c,Inf-z. j.,
| Munich and Dresden in oil. from ~.
50 that a fair art e,lr.. lion alf..i, so,,a.
what dcsultory. was her. ami ,yh,,,;rn.
she gave I, her ART 't.,,-tbar vyith th..
care Of her child. occnried all her dav.
| Although thus f1lly enyr.rs..I ,h.r..
were vet many lonely hours ,vhen com
age falter.I and heart failed Ka,b, i'm,
| Weatherly wa. (. woman 81 d.er.-st mi,
bilities. of warm heart and earnest gym
pathies. Few thought il. however 4
cool reserve concealed in Iay,a Is1r...
her trne natnr. Tbi. ,a..-,,.. ,,t7,r,i
TO her. had been intensified by her spr.
roundngs all her life. and now her vri..f
but increased it, With the ouf,id.
world she had very little 10 do. Her
chiId: her art, her home constituted her
world. The other occupants If that
nome were Oh Prudence. the house
keeper at the Oh inan7s from time ian
memorial ana John P1d3ln, the boy,
VINO ny caring Tor the hors: and the
garden earned ms home and schooling.
Inc iittie town OF 5outhwick dated its
ea'iy history BACK INTO colonial times.
ana many OF It's families were descended
rom revolutionary heroes and worthless
Oh that Tune Inc architecture of many
Vi It's Duih'ihSs bore the stamp Of those
early days some OF them quite English,
ZONE c"ti7idffapiy Dntch: altogether co
'ohiai were the dwellings, in the quaint