Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-11-28

Fancy a young matron OF medium
height, dark brown hair, hazel eyes,
mouth that Is cupid's bow, and per-
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 well 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 u faVorite with her, is
the quantity beautiful enc, Il shall
not pass this way again; any good,
therefore, that | 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 solemn, awe-inspiring
young woman; on the contrary, she is
always bright and happy, and Il most
I delightful ConverSatiOnalist, quick at
rCrartec and Astounding III tact.
The reCt0rs wife is what one might
call an oldfashoned housckeeper, FOR
=, while taking time for charities and
various ministrations, in Sunday
J 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 households; no sign or
sound of domestic machinery is ever
noted
Mrs. Clendenin Is quiet in her at
! tire, although lpon ocCas 0ns she
/ hItoOCS lltIly IoI J1 NNllS pll~ III -
| little, in fact, never wears any, cNc4pt
! a brooch for convenience sake
On the eve of her marriage superb
casket arrived bearing the name of
New Yorks greatest jeweler. Inside
was $4,000 worth of splendid orna-
ments sent as a wedding gift. The
prospective bride unlocked the box,
I admired the treasures, and then per-
I 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, club formed for boys
and young men, by DR.. Clendenin,
about two years ago.
Mrs Clendenin IS often present at
the meetings of the club, when she
gives the boys little talk on temper
ance; she speaks we'll and easily, and
what she says Is always told in q
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 great
pet.
Upon one occasion, some one fearing
that 81 was being petted too much
to give the story in her own words.
said Mr.. Greeley, don't tlatter the
child
But | answered in his defense,
Pussy just loves tlattery, and il gem
tlencss and a great loving heart in
iures 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
{
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 a letter to which speedily came
back the reply: Yes. Cable is a
reprobate knew but then | dearly
love reprohates 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 wooden dogs head
as handle. His little daughter
heart was set at once upon preserving
that canine eftlgy. In vain Mr.. Gree
ley offered her 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 of and
went back to town with a handles
umbrella.
When a very little girl she was sent
to the Convent OF the Sacred Heart