The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-15

MRS. LOGAN'S GRAND-ORPHANS OF
VETERANS.
daughters OF Hudson River farmers. She
viii certainly fete them. for the invita-
tons have been sent out, and ii Will he
no wonder. so greatly do the Rockefellers
desire to please their humber neighbors.
If the popular young bride and handsome
bridegroom dance upon the green with the
farmer lads and lasses, as the tonantry
Of England dance upon their landed es-
tates.
1t Is most certainly with them the pure
est good-nature to do these things with
out even a smack Of the affection Of
which some might be accused The bride
herself on this occasion will give away
thousand times as much as she receives,
for she has conceived the unique idea OF
giving all her Sunday-schOol scholars a
vacation trip simultaneously with her
own wedding journey.
This celebrating Of events I'm her own
family has always been popularity of
Mrs. Rockefeller. and both the sad and
the joyous have been commemorated.
\ few years ago she lost daughter. a
beautiful girl, the present age Of Miss
Edith, and chastened by the hand OF
God. she did not forget to thank Him for
the mercies that remained. Those In
attendance upon the sick girl were all
given large sums Of money enough fer
a comfortable lifetime allowance. and the
physician who had been so attentive 10
her and who was one Of the yachting
party intended 10 restore the sick girl,
received a fortune Of $1,000 as his fee.
QUEEN" BOUETTuL.
"Queen Bountiful IL at home again"
is the joyful exclamation Of the villagers
and needy neighbors of the town in which
Mrs. Potter Palmer happens to be dwell
ing. Tired with her years touring in
foreign countries. surfeted with the la
bors Of the Worlds Fair. poorer by half
million than she was before her Fair
benefactions began. this wonderful Lady
Bountful dropped down at Bar Harbor 10
rest awhile. But the rest" has been a
peculiar one. Letters from everywhere,
from writers who knew her at the Fair.
from Chicago benevolent societies, from
the poor Of that city, from men who want
employment In other towns, and from the
whole United States 50 Il would seem
from her daily mail. have kept her busy.
Queen Bountiful answers all her let
tess Even the autograph fcnd Is not
despised. Bertha Honore Potter Palmer"
is written I'm the tiniest French tracery
upon all cards and photographs sent her.
and return postage comes from the al
ways open eXcheguer. There is no wC-
man in the world between whom and the
United States there is such a correspond
encc daily opened up.
Bar Harbor IS not a poor place. But
THE poor ye have with ye always" SO
no wonder that Mrs. Palmer has found
people who need things. And such strange
things. one man writes for a pair of
shoes and a derby hat. so he can apply
for a situation; another says that a win
ter Oyercoat would feel comfortable these
September nights 4 letter from a v0-
man mentions that her Johnny will need
money for an education in ten years and
that money deposited now IN the savings
bank, even so small a sum as 50. would
go a great way ten years hence. Then
there are letters from old ladies'. letters
pitiful, beseeching. plaintive and touching
10 the last. Queen Bountiful feels these
deeply. for her brown eyes are wet when
she lays down the sheets.
What are her bundle benofactiOns."
as IN admirer calls her practice of car
rying things TO the poor. no one bur her
groom knows. This digntary early in
her career Of autOcracy found out it was
of 10 h'use" 20 rebel against awkward
predicaments and he has learned 10 ac-
cept the boundles and the situation ami
ably Loaded down he may be seen at
least twice a week as long as his mistress
is IA this country.
MRS. LoGAS'S WAY.
A magnificent woman Is Mrs. John \.
Logan. No one who does not know her
can appreciate her brOadness of charac-
ter. Her mature beauty is seen from her
pictures, but one must behold her man
agement of the many charities of which
she stands at the head TO enjoy fully her
intellectually and superiority. There is
no association which does not claim her
as a patroness. In many she is the head
worker as well as head name. Her great
est charitable work was the raising or a
million dollars for Bishop Hursts uni
versity. and her smallest charitable work.
literally speaking. is the weekly duty OF
helping the Orphans Home.
Many of the sons OF sons OF veter-
ans are destitute. These third genera
ton warriors are to be found everywhere
I'm Washington, for their mothers think
that the nation should care Tor It's war
riors unto the third and fourth generation
of those who fought in the war. Mrs.
Logan thinks so. too, for she works IN
cessantly among them, and il is pleas
aut sight to see her good face and stately
figure offset with her inevitable black
gown.
Three marvellous Ladies Bountifui
thesel And IL Is doubtful II the cities
where they spend their winters would
know how 10 conduct their annual chart
ties without them.
CONSTANCE MERRIFIELD.