The morning times., 1895-07-14

would be insignificant Her eyes are of
that varying hue common to neither the
blonde nor brunette type OF beauty, but
suggestive OF a combination of both. Her
hands are large, but they taper in the
fingers, and never seem ungainly She
wears rings on three of her fingers, and
not infrequently jeweled bracelets adorn
her wrists Her shoe is seventeen inches
long exactly, and her arms are decidedly
lengthy
But impressive as these physical char
acteristIcs of the young lady are, they
would not have given her anything but
uotOriety were they not combined with
qualities to which she is indebted for her
fame as the sanity gianteSs. The Rev
George W sharp, one of the most sue
CesSful of the missionaries of the Amer
lean Sunday school Union, has had Ucca-
sion to pay a glowing tribute more than
once to the record Miss Ewing has made
in her church work. He first saw the
young lady i'll the village Sabbath-schOOl, ,
and the unaffected modcsty, dignity. and
good taste with which she carried her
self aroused his admiration to the highest
degree.
In the study of the Bible Miss Ewing
has, during a period Of fodr years, shown
surprising quiCkneSs. Her interest in this
has grown since first she concerned herself
with church matters and before she had
been connected with the Sunday School
of the mission very long il became manifest
that here was a natural aptitude asserting
itself Miss Ewing was not content with
memOrizing the lessons. She drew from
every source all the light attainable Her
quick intelligence has enabled nor co master
even the most abStruSe biblical questions,
and to surpass even her teachers.
Wilkie Collins once remarked that, by a
merciful dispensation of Providence, giants
are, for the most part, created gentle. He
then applies his generality to a character
in one Of his. finest novels, aud portrayed
the inlmit4.lle Mrs Wragge for an Gdmiring
world Everything gentle and loYable in
Mrs Wragge iScharaCteriStiCOf Miss Ewing.
But here the parallel ends. For the former
giantess was Sdeficientintellectually whereas
! the latter is mentally far above the average.
! She converses snloSl intellig emily on general
| topics. From her very babyhood she dis
! played a thirst for knowledge, and had
| her lot been cast among the bTead-Win-
| ners of the world, her natural ability would
| have placed her high among them.
The great popularity of Miss Ewing in heI
native viliages and the boundless capacity
| she possesses for holding character to her
| will have been traits OF inestmable value to
| the spiritual inter6stsof Price, Mo. Through
| her influence Sunday school affairs have
prospered there Theattendance hasgrown
Revivals have prospered.
In the matter of physical strength, this
young girl might arouse the jealousy of even
Mr.. Sandow The tasks which two meI
| together might feel an embarrassment il
undertaking are accomplished by her witt
| the utmost ease. There is some difficulty
in being precise on this point, however, be
cause the young lady shrinks from any dis
play of her accomplishments in this direc
| ton The fact that she is giantess, and q
sanity one in the bargain, is not an occasion
of fake pride in her. On the contrary, she
is averse to notice of this sort, and that is
| why her excursions are rarely farther of
| than the country round about her village
home. She will not be induced to enter 6
circus or to exhibit herself, notwithstand
ing the tempting offers that have been made
| her Her feats of strength, therefore, have
not been seen except by her immediate
| friends
Mr. and Mrs. Ewing, the parents of this
wonderful girl, are devoted to their child
| and feel great pride in all her qualities
Her father Is himself six feet high, and The
mother is of more than medium height
| On her fathers side there seems to be NJ