The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-01
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH.


thought occurred 70 him he always jotted
it down. Often at night lie would awake,
get out of bed and strike a light. His
wife would ask, Are you i'll, Waldo;"
NO, dear; only an idea"
Lowell also had two wives The first,
Miss Maria White, as lovely in person as
she was in character, was highly accom-
plished and intellectual. 4 collection OF
her POEMS marked by great sweetness and
delicacy, was privately published at Cam
bridge soon after her death. The second
Mrs. Lowell was an invalid for years pre-
ceding her end and was most affectionate-
~ cared for by her husband. He was as
much poet of the heart in his own home
as he was Il poet Of the mind IN the liter
ary world.
The wife of Wendell Phillips, who as
most brilliant, polished orator may be
considered literary, was chronic invalid,
never stirring out of her room. Her hus-
band, who was all chivalry to her, passed
whatever time he could spare from his
studies, lecture engagements and anti
slavery IabOrs in administering to her
wants. lie read to her, amused her with
accounts of the queer, droll things he bad
seen il the streets ard his quaint expe-
Iiences in travelling from town TO town.
He was her faithful companion and most
loyal friend, being to her what n loving
father would be to his only child His
husbandship was a sacrifice be delighted
in and deserves tho name heroic.
Poor Poc's Troubles.
Even the eccentric, I'll fated, often liq-
uor mad Edgar Poe, who at 80 rashiy mar
ried bis cousin, Virginia GLENN, as pen
niless az himself, loved her passionately
and did all that so unbalanced and wholly
impractical fellow could do for her main
tenance. She exercised a wholesome in
fuencc on BIN for awhile, but his poverty
and turbulent disposition when drinking
got him into perpetual trouble Her death
drove him 10 despair and finally 20 death
from a debauch az 40
Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson
had sad experience with bis first wife
not Gissimilar 20 that Of Wendell Phillips.
She had some arrangement Of the rnuScu-
lar system which prevented her from NOV
ing without assistance, though her fine
mind vas never IN the least o!ouded- Her
most intimate friends regularly called on
her, the colonel on those occasions carrying
her u Z sofa in the psfl0r. and listened -
her sparkling talk. seasoned with satire On
persons. places and things Her comments
IN current topics were so pungeDt that
they were frequently repeated in Cam
bridge and Boston and are said 70 have
suggested some OF tie cleyerest bits il her
husbands essays. She was often urged
20 dictate articles for publication. but she
Invariably refused 70, saying that when
we are deprived II TIE use OF ouE limbs it
is plain we sre DOS intended 70 p8t o1r
voices into prin- She was wont 10 tim
those gatherings peasant babc,s frori
the uucloset tomb Sho was vsTg argent
before he, death thai the colonel should
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yo=ug wife ard Two yoang children ana
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Investment tut they have si~7ys bad
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wolf and ste dun from the coor-
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