The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-08

TIE shock 20 tls family. who fairly
tsoeizaS bin. 20 his friends ard neigh
bors. many % whom didn't even know re
was "a. was well nIgn unhearabls. and the
early morning scenes about that stricken
home are beyond the power OF ny pen 70
describe
The Field home Is az Baena Park.
beautiful suburb OF Chicago. on tire North
Shore drive almost Eve miles from the
center Of the city. Tntl last July Dir.
Field resided On Evanston avenue, In the
park At that tine Re purchased large.
oId-fashfoned frame house, surrounded BY
handsome and spacious grounds, and nam
e. MS nex hgrns the Sabine Farm. The
house was remoaeIed enlarged and entire
~ modernized. anGw as planned 20 meet
Mr Fields idea or a spacious and hospit-
able home He built 3 great room Tor
his library. and II was fitted up 20 accom-
modste his collection 81 rare and valuable
books. A room upstairs was made into
q yer1table den. and here - was that ne
did hts work. entertained his friends and
spent much OF his time. surrounded by
his endless array Of curios. rare manu-
scripts and the odds and ends that he had
picked up in all parts OF the world.
Pet Names Of His Children.
Tho bereaved family consists Of Mrs.
Field: the daughters. Mary French Field
and Ruth Field. the former 70 years and
the latter IL months old, and his sons,
Eugene Field 1r., AIRED IS: Fred Field.
aged II. and Roswell Francis. aged He
years. All Of the children are famliarly
known by pet names. Miss Field Is Frat
~: Eugene, Jr.. is pinrey, name given
him during the "P.nafore" craze: Fred
Is Daisy. Roswell is Posy. and the little
Ruth II Sister Girl. The intimates OF the
family scarcely know them by their real
names
Eugene tr, IS cadet at e.. Johns mill
tary academy, at Delafield. Daisy is
home boy and was his fathers shadow. lie
WAS always with him. shared his bed with
him, carried his copy 10 the office each
day and fairly idOlized him. Mr.. Field
was very domestic IN his tastes. He loved
his home and his family. was a thought
fui, tender and devoted husband and faith
err made pets of his children and never
refused then. anything within reason.
He vas a. home a great. Big, romping
child himself. played with the children and
was always considerate. tender, affection
ate and indulgent in his treatment OF every
member OF the family.
Mr.. Field used 10 say OF himself that
he WIS., arist0crat but lie was an ar-s-
tocrat OF a very domestic sort. Every
body I'm his neighborho0d knew him. and
everybody liked him. A visitor TO his
home tn Buena Park met all the people OF
the neighbGrho0d. II Il was in the sum
mer the visitor was sure TO find the lawn
and porch crowded with callers and Field
entertaining them all. He was remark
ably witty and an inimitable story teller.
Astounding with incessant fun. He always
responded To "A call TO help entertain peo-
pie. and his neighb0rs always called on
him.
He was gentle and cherry, and every
body loved him. Children swarmed about
him. and he told them wonderful stories,
which he invented on the spot. He COM
posed little stories. verses and songs for
his babies, drew grotesque pictures for
them and left whole scrapbooks Of orig
inal matter OF this kind never seen outside
of the nursery walls. The picture books
he made for the babies with original songs
are held by the family priceless treas
ures. GEO. III. YENOWINE.