The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-14
MRS, DAvIs's INDIANA FARM.
The Press Club Artist Tells How She
Spends Her Vacation.

The Press Club Artist Tells How She
Spends Her Vacation.
Jessie Bartlett Davis spends her summer
on her farm in Indiana near Chicago where
she inhales enough ozone to supply her with
youthful vitality for the arduous labors
of her winter season. OF this delightful
retreat and how she spends her vacation
she wrote as follows in the Christmas ORA
matte Mirror.
At the trotting races at Washington Park,
Chicago. one day in September last, l met
the well-remembered and never excelIed
prima donna contralto, Zelda Seguin, with
her delightful farmer husband. Mr.. David
of Indianapolis, and she said to me, 1T
seems to be the fate of American contra1tos
candor what is there in the life of farm
er's wife. even though it may take up no
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the Christmas Mirror?
I suppose that the common idea is that
the prinla donna spends her vacation in SUI
premest idleness, resting. as 1t were, at the
seashore, on the mountain top, or at the
fashionable watering-place resorts of the
vacation in some such manner ! could by
drawing ON my imagination, write story
that would be not only accepted by your
readers. but never questioned.
The truth is that when my season with
the Bostonians finished last June I fastened
to Chicago. stored away my costumes and
stage finery, delved into trunks and closets
that had not seen for months, and TAX
ing therefrom my old clothes. fastened to
summer home. ..WillOwdale farm" in
Lake county, Indiana.
Now, warn you that if you read any
further OF my doings for the summer it will
reveal to you a particularly plain story OF
country life. Excepting the one day when
my husband brought the employees of both
his Chicago theaters and many members of
the Lillian Russell opera company to the
farm for a picnic. time passed very quietly
with me during my entire vacation.
Wil1nwdala iS a considerable bit of farm
land, and lies adjoining one of the qu,etest,
sleepiest, oid-fashi0ned towns in all In.iiana
There are a few modern ideas demonstrated
in the place. The only one of which we
took advantage was the incdndescent cleo
trio light. which we introduced to our farm
house and our barns.
/ found on my return home very hand
some, pure white mare. Paloma by name,
which had been procured especially for me
telligent and extremely docile animal,
passed many delightful days around and
about Wiliowdale The roads are smooth.
the lanes charming. beautiful lake within
easy distance of our home, the air clear.
pure and delightful, so what wonder that
phaeton behind a horse that was Thoroughly
under my control rather than to Toll away
the summer months on the vcranda OF
seek fashionable resorts wat time fashion
DEGREES that they must absent themselves
from their own homes. Ny face became as
tanned, my appetite grew amazingly, and I
suppose would have taken on many
pounds OF flesh except for the activity which
Driving was my pastime. made a pre-
tense Of business BY paving strict attention
day by our flock Of chickens: to the NUM-
Der or chickens and turkeys that were
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'' Then had = small hover garden, upon
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