Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-30

MARY SEYMOUR.
aided by a phenomenal memory which. am
told has often enabled her 10 reproduce,
word for word, an entire lecture, whom sue
had taken no notes whatever Macaulay |
used to perform like feat and few In |
stances Of similar wonderful memories oAisti |
but Miss seymour Is probably the only !
American woman who has ever possessed |
this peculiar gift. She was the nrst woman !
Ia America to open q school OF stcnography' |
and tho institution may be regarded as the
pioneer Of many hundreds OF establishments
which have sont forth thousands OF woman
| typowrlters all over the country, 70 enliVen
| the tclium OF multitude Of business offices
with the merry click Of the keys.
Miss Seymour Is now president OF the
Union stenogmphic and rypewriting Assoc
citation, commissioner 81 the United States
court Of claims, commissioner Of deeds OF
New Jersey, and notary public Of New York
county. she Is among tho brightest and
most successful women Of her day. She IL
also editor and publisher Of the business
Uopans journal aud her work In its col
umns nroyes that she Is endowed with the
editorial instinct. Her.artlcles have "a fresh,
breezy, healthful ring about them ana are
brimfui Of facts and useful hints la regard TO
woman's work. Hor chief pleasure is IN
journalism, although she docs not neglect
her other business. but maintains a personal
supervision Of all It's branches with tho sktll
and acumen Of n bank or nllroad president
In legal forms she is said to DO as thor
oughly versed as any good lawyer. When
she first presented her petition for commits
stonership Of deeds, there was some heaita-
ton on the part Of the governor OF one state
as to the legality Of appointing woman.
Yet. even while he hosltatod, he remarked
that he considered Miss Seymour was "com-
petont to an any Office in the state" How the
old-school lawyers must have looked at such
compliment TO woman
IL Is now ten years since the brave little
woman set out to conquer the big buHtling
business world OF Now York. She started
with ono operator IN tiny room on Broad
WAY. Now she has nourlshlng Offices IN four
lar,e business buildings, a great business
college for women, and d newspaper el her
own. and successful. too. She has high
rating with the commercial world, and Is a
valued, member of several clubs, Including
snrosis Of which Mrs. William Todd Helmuth
is preeident. Her hisholor home Is n cosy
nest. full Of books, pictures and such artistic
beione,inrs as only women Of tastoAnd culNire
: know now TO yalpe. She Is a popular enter
tainer TOO. for eyon amid her many business
dpties she docs not overlook the socinl
oneniijss and the recreatlons Of he. Mis-
q seymour has won her way by sheer talent
& ana muck combined. Warm and generous.
Z hearted she has boon the means Of helpihg
= many other wtilnen 10 success in lie VINO
I'M Tor nor mid. would hayc found iha wNl
long and arduous indeed. lt il not surpns
"a ING ma. she should bea prime iayortsc amoni
4 ~ business women OF New York as wei al
4 among many others who though not IN com
@ norcial re. have learned to appreciate IN
+. brl,ht Illinois girl hayiDg watched her brav
pglt and her wonderful success.
tLlscnE ErIioTf-
person with large stock u spring coli
n tsn,t aoosirophlEng the geni 81 nature
renalssanes 20 any considerable extent.
a speaking Of wedding gifts. there is a YER
v,tnal,le mint contnl;--l IN the vi-e solariio
ii, made ly a good-hersi.'. Our smail-pafse
ola lady who wiBtel 10 present iavorit
vslth sorothins. So whose means would 10
> nil,w her 10 70 IN Tor solid silver, cut glna
: ~ cen,mIes. shs therefore improylsed
iargo basle, into which she put cake an
t-saa.nan That had bpan testod Ia their ofe
II ,,,.lI.ies and which were hundred per cen
,nora servieoanlo than the shiny tins that 81
,ic,nes n mart Of a young housekcaper's fr
or.ni rhen ~ covered an lroning-boai
r Mn IA sbeot~ aud blankets. made iroi
halsers ana laid IA besides ncyoral bundle
~ dnst eloihs. Very pfosaic it sounds, b.