The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-02

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Il - ko-ro,ssr that Mrs. ssoxe cncs wrote
a dramatic vsrsSoz czzas1 TIE Ezr1zt1@1
Save" bar IRE ysaT~rigat socx nS1G Q
r are a. ora the ST Lor1on rses<srx
rers cazvinx Tee Tens czhiz-" Il
wa Translated. q course. trso Fre1-H and
German, ard re peo2&e % Europe wsrs
n0s Only wee-sng ever Tzris Tom. bat
wers aa@a Ssfa interest = tas Tar&ee Cd
naxia 0yha.ia- a be1Eg o. whora tSeT
could have 60 af5GEass eoTTsrrsEerstoss-
H-sshsr Sfs0rt tire '-Euets Tom" passed
sato twenty eight soEslga Languages.
s--T0zsy- danced on tke equatorial lzs and
szl5pe6 70 either pole q coarse there
wss 3szDut. ard 6enzseszsso1- The truth
Of tie rset1re was denied. TIE story was
an exzgxs-zs3on or even q Hs. but every
bossy who had ever seen slavery knew that
everything re7Te&anfed IN sEncle To-n .
Cabin might have happened and even
lad happened somewhere and beside.
what was the Use &c Ess28sIzr when HAS
GERS o. Eifsrztars Ike Charles Kingsley
and Cazrsas Dickens we're writing 10 Mrs.
Stove. 1T Is oerfs-f." ard ths book was
selling BY the millions 9rs. Stowe Sas
represented On the American stage f.
farce az 'sfrs. ScreSehe- Grow" bat she
was meanwhile ;he s1ht@et o. osations
sach "a raier Of The psops. might well
have received gz.h p~iSes and vas the r.
CtnieEt o social honors ~ The highest CIR
elss az England Perhaps g was the time;
perhaps II was the question % ire hour:
for there was 70 question when 'sTrete
Toms Cahta" s1-eareH save slavery and
IS existence as Involved gith that %
the Arus-z-ars Tnior. sn3 the discussion
went On. EntH the takers were thrust
h2c. on either side ans INTO each ready
and gras7Ersx hand was threx. 3 swor1-
Be this as & may. the preachers daugh-
ts~ ard ths biacksnfth's daughter had
written q hook 20 I've While the battle Is
remembered ard inscribed her rAms be-
sifs that % the greatest wAo oagnr or tell
This box was the ere great achieve
rnsrt OF Mrs. Stoves rse 3rtt3n wro.e
hglt ore Paradise Last" 2aayzn bar s,rs
Pilgrims Progress" De Fee but ore
Robinson CruEoe.' tho1gh each wrote
F1yua bess1e. Mrs. S<sws having written
r.ss story o. slavery, wrote another,
'Dre6." which compared wt1E1 'fTnri.
To<n" as cold and bszckened fireplace 10
the leaptng fame. Then Sae w-o-s che o.
many scenes ard psopIss a. home and
aD-1ad. and occaslonaIiy eaers would be
fash Of TIE Old quality. as IN The Min
sstsr's Wog.nx" and sOI1towa Felix's" and
al ex1uls.tely wrought but now half-sor-
gos-ea story. TIE Pearl ~ O~r.s Island"
Then she bad great trouble FOR awhile.
and ceased writing tor Il does net sse-n
ne 3est.ny % q B-egsaer 70 pess through
iris world as some DO w1ehou. ssaSck or
s0zset. and IN The later years back In Old
Hartford. her mind ioxx TIE ncsi On sorne
seventy or aghiy years gone By. and
sAe lived among the trees and sSe flowers
and the children as they played n L1-ch-
Hsia. Fer several Years her rntnd hsd
been e3s1dst, she played with dolls. call
81 herself 'Hsttie." srd was fond OF sing
Ing ne os1 hymns and Sunday school
songs o, her chtEsooa. accompanying
he-sss; On the piano.
The following sketch OF Harriet Beschsr
stowe - from the pen Of her son. Rev.
Charles Edward stowe:
Harriet Be~cher Stowe wss born In
I4tch1ela. Conn. June "a ts17 and was
the third daughter and sixth czalld OF Rev
DR.. Lyman Bescher When Harriet was
mere ehnd OF years. Mrs. Beschsr
died. yet she never ceased TO influence the
lives q her children Mrs. Stowe wrote.
Although my mothers bodily presence
eissppeared from our circle. I thing that
her memory ard example had more snau-
ence "a rnoidins her family than the liy-
ing presence OF many mothers" After
her mothers deata. Harriet was PLACED
under THE care OF her grandmother az
Guifford. Conn. Here she listened with
unttrfng interest 70 The ballads OF Sir
HCnfspr - e
Burns. The Arabian Nights also. was
- her a dream OF eeltEht--an enchanted
palace through which her Imagination ran
via After bsr fathers second marriage
her education was continued az the Tafch-
Ssid academy under the charge % Sarah
Fisree sad john Brace. or &r. Brace and
hta rethcds q Instructions Mrs Stowe
ever spoke with TIE greatest entnuafax7sl-
AIR. Brace exceeded al feschsrs that I
ever knew n the faculty q teaching com
position" she wrote. Much % The su-
splraffon and training % rsy early DAYS
e0nSssteE rot tn the thirgz was supposed
10 Pc studying bat 10 hearing whiIa seat
81 unnatiee8 Al ny desk. the converse
5laz q Mr. Brace with the older classes q.
Nor. indeed. were the influences In hep
home less stimulating - the intellect
~. fsechsr. IKE TIE majority 81 TIRE
CAivinistic aivines - bis dsy hae Nfs
sy~sssa % theosoEY. vast RrS couprchen.
sfFe enough - err 1TErs tFs fafs OF rrer
ard angels and 20 tathetn ths eounseis ~
tae Innnite. His nind was kept n a state
Of intense ard Joyous Intellectual ac5fv-
tty hy constantly esafsoTat ting sxr,c.7r. T.
snw anA defending as system s.e-saa-
auently hss chli9ren grew up fn an atnf-s-
phsre Hgrchar<ed vigh usental ars raa~al
enthusiasm. There vas no trace % r,rr-
. hff uarlzncAolv or ase~tfc elaors f- pr
+ Eeecnsr- he was sound fn body sound
IN mind. sra 49, ri xtcus influence which
BE eyertea on the suiu6k 81 hls rhflsre-
VS. heaifhv ard cheerful T-nssr sls-s
circumstance q wss -. SURPRISING "a
hni a bright and tnosaghtfuI chtls - q
Years writing = schooi composition ca the
profound therse. "-fsaa fha Trsrsorra fgfs- a
ths Soul Be Proven Fro-s tha TAx~f q,
Nature TIE writer tock tie agxasses
sl9s & Use Gaesttea ard argued zfth sncs
power knd originality taas T- Fseerac-
when Il wsE gSaa n his preze--~. rso.
knowing Ire sutAor. askef WITH emma
ssss ~ DO wrote that 'Yaur saueN.
ter siT aEtrSiV answered Nfr Ftre~e
SAD Mr.. Stove. sDssktvE o. iris event
"It was tss p-ea&est -,a-srt ~ nv 'gea
E There was ~ ratstzSIax fathers g.
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