Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-11-28


feet teeth of a dazzling white. Fancy
such a woman with low, sweet voice,
high bred, cordial manners, and you
will have fair idea of the late Hor-
ace Greeley's only surviving daughter,
Gabrielle, now the wife of Rev Dr.
Frank Montrose Clendenin, of West
chester, n. Y.
Although we'll fitted from her posi-
ton, beauty and wit to take part in
most brilliant society functions, Mrs
Clendenin finds her chiefest joy in her
home, her husband and her baby
daughter, the little Gabrielle, and in
ministering to others less fortunate
than herself.
Her life is spent for others. A
motto, always a favorite with her, is
the quantity beautiful enc, L shall
not pass this way again; any good,
therefore, that l can do, let me do it
at once"
There is nothing overwhelmingly
serious in her mode Of life, and that
she prefers benefting others to plan
ming amusement for herself has not
made her a solemn, awe-inspiring
young woman; on the contrary, she is
always bright and happy, and most
delightful conversationalist, quick at
rCpartee and Astounding III tact.
The rector's wife is what one might
call an old-fashioned housekeeper, FOR
while taking time for charities AMI
various ministrationS, in Sunday
school, guild room or hospital, she
does not neglect her house or family.
She looketh we'll to the ways Of her
household, and there everything moves
along in the most orderly manner.
If fortunate enough to be a guest at
''the rectory," you wonder at the
charm and ease with which the mis-
tress rules her household; no sign or
sound of domestic machinery is ever
noted
Mrs. Clendenin is quiet in her at
tire, although Ipon occas Gus she
dresses richly; for jewelry she Csres
little, in fact, never wears any, cyc4nt
a brooch for convenience sake.
On the eve of her marriage superb
casket arrived bearing the name of
New York's greatest jeweler. Inside
was $4,000 worth of splendid orna-
ments sent as a wedding gift. The
prospective bride unlocked the box,
admired the treasures, and then per-
suaded the giver not to waste so much
splendor on her, but spend the money
for others who needed it more.
Temperance, both in dress and food,
she always advocates, while the cause
of temperance, as the word is gener-
ally understood, is very dear to her
heart, and among the various good
works in which she is actively inter-
ested, is the club of the knights of
Temperance, a club formed for boys
and young men, by Dr.. ClenUenin,
about two years ago.
Mrs. Clendenin is often present at
the meetings of the club, when she
gives the boys a little talk on temper
ance; she speaks we'll and easily, and
what she says is always told in a
bright, humorous manner that cannot
fail to keep the attention. and as she
is very clever at drawing, she often
illustrates her stories by pictures
drawn on the blackboard.
Mrs. Clendenin revers her fathers
memory, as we'll she may, and many
are the charming anecdotes she tells
of her childhood in connection with
her father, with whom she was a great
pet
Upon one occasion, some one fearing
that Il was being petted too much
to give the story in her own words
said " Mr., Greeley, don't flatter th
child
But | answered in his defense,
Pussy just loves flattery, and if gen
tleness and a great Loving heart in
jures anyone, he would have given me
some excuse for being spoiled"
Upon another occasion Gabrielle
called down upon herself the righteous
Indignation Of a member of the family
for some misdemeanor that required
heroic treatment, namely, that her
father should be told just how naughty
she was. He was absent from home at
the time, and the case was laid before
him in letter to which speedily came
back the reply: Yes, Gable is a
reprobate I knew, but then I dearly
love reprobates" That this letter was
not shown to the young offender at
the time goes without saying.
One day, Mr.. Greeley brought home
on umbrella with a wooden dogs head
as a handle. His little daughter S
heart was set at once upon preserving
that canine effgy. In vain Mr.. Gree
ley offered her a whole dog either
wooden or alive, but she pleaded that
no other head in the world would be
like that head. and the result was that
the indulgent father sawed it off and
went back to town with a handles
umbrella.
When a very little girl she was sent
to the Convent of the Sacred Heart
although neither of her parents were
Roman Catholics, Mr.. Greeley at
tended DR.. Chapin's chuch; Mrs
Greeley was too much of an invalid tC
leave home, and Gabrielle at the time
was not member of any denomina-
ton. To the questions of her young
COMPANIONS who were interviewing hel
upon the subject of religion soor
after her arrival, she found some diff
ficulty in giving satisfactory answers
especially when they asked her tt
what church she belonged. But al
ways equal to any emergency, she a
last said. "PerhanS if yCu will nam,