Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-01-02

ldusudRhS- EEe mas published q tn6
translation of Mime. Bazan's Russia
and Life of Nine de Stael (" She III
careful in her work to maintain the idea
Of the author, yet has the happy art of
investing if with an originality and
flavor all her own.
Mrs Lindon W. Bates is another one
Of thnse young writers who are making
the west proud Of itself ~ literary
way She Was born and educated III
Illinois and before her marriage To Mr.
l Bates was Miss Josephine White, and
her earlier work was done under that
name. She says, anent the changing Of
her pen name, that while travelling in
the far west she was interviewed by the
| iconoclastic reporter Of q local paper
The following day an article appeared
with the startling headline, What
i Josephine says. After that Mrs. Bates
decided to retain her Christian name for
4 her friends alone.
For about eight years Mrs. Bates has
been a contributor to the magazines east
and west During that time she has pub
1 hshed two novels; also a collection Of
short stories. iii person Mrs. Bates j. d
handsome brunette. Brilliant ana mag
netic in manner. she might easily be ~
lectec in an aSsemblage as a woman Of
fashion rather than a literary light, so
versatile a being is the American liter
uy woman.
There is another Mrs Bates-Clara
Doty - whose stories and poems are
known to the readers of children liter
ature the Land over.
No writer for Young people has come
SO close to the hearts Of children since
the days of Louisa Alcott as she Mrs
Bates was born il Ann Arbor, Mich
There We're five children il the family,
and they We're known III title little flock
Of DDtys. Tho home, called Hearts
Content, WIS a little Out uf the village,
and 1T j. =till told how many times
round the world bIr. DOty travelled i'll
taking his children to school. Mrs. Bates
has most interesting personality. She
IS much alb Ne he ordinary height Of
TomaI, with 4 delightfully."- modulated
voice and q persuasive earnesness and
gracioUsncss Gf speech and manner She
has what aH old Irish woman friend of
mine calls the reprisite word. She
has the intuition TO know when such
word Is needed
The Columbian Ode" made Mss
Harriet Monroe's fame national Previ-
Gus to that her name had appeared I'D
The Century and other periodicals over
notably excellent poems. iii 1891 Miss
Monroe collected her poems in book
form. The first edition, superhly gotten
up, was sold by subscription only. oh
er editions, soon called for, reached the
/ public through the usual channels Miss
Monroe writes technically perfect
poems, poems that appeal to the intellect
rather than tile emotions. She d. Az pres
ent doing some very clever short story
writing and seems likely to achieve sue
4 cess in this difficult line. In person Miss
Monroe is small and slight. with re-
served and gentle manners and a low,
sweet voice. Like all the others named,
she belongs 70 several clubs and il ac-
tive along varions social and intellec-
t1al lines
Miss Blanche Fearing ~ y young
Chicago writer Of whom many good
things are deservedly said. Personally
she is a slight, graceful woman, delicate
in feature. with curling dark brown
halr and a very sweet and refined man
ner. TO one oh=ervant Of signs there are
manifest a certain tirmDess and gentle
persistence lid her speech ard expression
that betoleu ability Of practical order.
Miss Fearing j. a lawyer, III the active
practice of her profession, but her verses
do not begin with "'whereases or
'know all men by these presents. Her
second novel, Roberta, II has recently
appeared 1T deals with the labor ques-
tion, especially III affecting children and
youth 1t j. well written, but with the
certain signs Of youth and iHexperience
upon it, but with also the equally GER
tain signs of power that the years and
wider experience will develop. Beyond
question Miss Fearing has a successful
career before her, both in law and art.
Frances Oviatt Lewis j. rapidly win
ming a wide recognition from editor and
reader alike. Her name signed to poem
or story arrests attention and deserved
ly. We are learning to look for it IN
the magazine and paper She writes
poems that are characterized by truth
and freshness Of sentiment and thought
that are both strong and sweet. Mrs.
Lewis j. equally happy in her prose
work. HeI short sketches are bright and
forceful with sympathetic quality that
reaches the heart. This writer is the
wife Of Mr William T. Lewis, one Of
the editors Of The Times Herald.
Mrs C Emma Cheney does literary
work of al excellent quality a. C-
v McClurg IL soon to publish 4 book from
her pen. Mrs Cheney il the wife ot
Bishop Cheney of Chicago and j. well
known in social and literary circles.
1t may be said Of Miss Lillian Bell
not that she is a rising star, but that
she has already risen and is diffusing a
very generous light in the literary
heavens. III 1.-The Love Affairs Of an
Old Maid, published about three years
ago. Miss Bell made her first literary
venture Of Importance. Her latest book,
"A Little Sister to the Wilderness, -
brought out in Chicago and London
simultaneously, is proving very success
full Miss Bells work j. clean and
wholesome There j. no suggestion Of
the unspeakahle, 1t j. pleasant to record
that her present success has not turned
her head Her aim j. to 10 good work,
and she knows that achievement means
untiring effort and study. Personally
she is very attractive-tall, graceful
and slender yet giving the impression
of strength and force She j. delight
fully original "A conversation and says
unexpected things in an unexpected
way.
Truly Chicago has a literature, and
women aIe helping to make il. Let rs
hope that some of them at least belong
not to one place only, but to all time
and the world CARLoTTA PERRY.
The Broom Corn Crop.
"A large broom corn crop has been se-
cured in the three states where COM
mercially grown. The compilation Of
reports sent to The American Agricultur-
ist points TO a total acreage of goo, 100
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