The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-02
THIS is NOT THE NEW WOMAN

In this age of progress and invention
ana rapid travel and all that sort of thing,
there are not many people in the United
States who have lived for half century
within few miles of metropolitan city
and not riducn on railroad or street car.
Mrs. Nancy Rowland of Lone Jack, this
county, is one of them. She is "a years
old and has lived within thirty-fve miles
or Kansas City and was never in city
until sho came to town this morning.
She came from Lees Summit over the
Missouri Pacific railroad and it was the
first time she had ever been in a railroad
car. Sne never saw street car until this
morning, when she rode up town ON one
from the union depot
Mrs. Rowland's lack of womanly curl
osity is not the only remarkable thing
about her. She is the mother of eleven
children and all of then are alive and in
good health. The eldest is 4S and the
youngest Is years old. She has twenty
two grandchildren and there is not a
sickly one among them. Mrs. Rowland
was never sick day in her life and new
er took dose of medicine until three
years ago. when she had slight attack
of pneuomnia. She has never drunk
coffee, has never seen a play or circus,
was never to dance, never saw a woman
in boomers and was never out of Jackson
county since she was 4 years old until
today, when she took train at
O'Clock to visit her married daughter,
who lives in Oklahoma.
Mrs. Rowland was seen this afternoon
at 1913 Oak street, where her son, James
Rowland, lives and whore she spent sew
eral hours before leaving for Oklahoma.
She is large woman, rather stout, with
figure as straight as that of girl of 20.
Her hair il brown, with gray hair
showing here and there. Her face is full
and pleasant looking and without wrin-
kles except few crows feet about her
eyes. She appears to be well-preserved
woman of about so years OF age. She is
strong minded woman and she does not
think there Is anything to wonder at in
the fact that she has gone about so little
and has seen so little of what the great
world was doing around her.
II always had my hands full on the
farm. raising my children and attending
to the house," she said today, "but now
the children are all big enough to do
without my care and l thought 1 would
run around little"
Mrs. Rowland was asked to give the
began: "Tnere's Mary Parker of Pleas
ant Hill; she's the oldest. The next is
Finis Rowland, who lives near Lees
Summit. Dora Kersey of Lees Summit
comes next. The next was Saloma e.
Eesley. She's the one I'm going to see
in oklahoma. Lotion A. Rowland lives
near me at Lone Jack, Lizzie Philips lives
at Chapel Hill, Lafayette county, james
lives here and Luther, Maggie and Homer
live with me at home" ''Bpt that's
only ten" said the reporter, who was
writing down the names as she gave
them. She went over them again. studied
a moment and then said: 20, yes, for
get Dolly Rhodes. She lives at Lone Jack,
too"
Mrs. Rowland's father was Samuel Yam
kee who moved to Lone Jack in 1886
when she was years old. He lived to
be ~ and his wife 80 years old.
Mrs Rowland gazed reflectively out of
the window at the street cars passing
along Tenth street. II was never IN Kan
sas City BEFORE" she SAID, ''but was
here before Kansas City was thought of.
That was-let me see She tapped with
her fingers on tho window pane while
she studied for moment. "That was