Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-02-09

young uluUle lie. a lew years ago
she lost a house of little children, who
died of an infectious disease, within
short time of each other Since that
time, "to beguile the lonely hours" as
Mrs Trask says in her preface, she has
written verse and poetic prose. Her
books are brought out in exquisite
form, and they win very fair praise
from the critics, which is saying a
great deal for the work of a society
woman.
MRS. TRASK'S RAILING.
When Mrs. Trask composes her
verses she likes to seat herself upon the
railing Of one Of the balconies of "Yad-
do" her Saratoga summer home, and
there plan the motif for the verses.
This she afterwards works over in
pretty room with vines at the win
dows. From a distance she can see the
peaks of the AdirOndacks where they
overhang Lake Champlain, and her
vision takes in Mount McGregor and
the loneliness of many counties.
1t was seated here that Mr.. Trask
had his wife painted life size for the
family portrait gallery.
Women with time on their hands,
with or without sadness intheir hearts,
can make a place for themselves in the
literature Of the world by following
this unselfsh woman's example.
The methods. MOVIES, etc, Of Amelie
Rives Chanler are altogether different,
but they would suit many tempera-
ment
AMELIE RIVES'S SOLITUDE.
Amelie Rives works alone, when no
one is supposed to know she is busy.
For days she Will roam around the
house in an aimless, preoccupied man
ner. For long hours she will play with
| the dogs and horses: for weeks she will
not appear in the family sitting room,
and then of a sudden she has disap-
peared altogether from the house. No
one must ask where she is. No one
must look for her.
Amelie Rives's family circle is pas
sionately devoted to her If it were not
for her peculiar home surroundings she
could never have done her famous early
stories. "My daughter is a wonder
Superb Marvelousi exclaimed her
father to a friend aboard a steamer
taking them to Panama, "and we aid
her by our sympathy"
The sympathy" consists in letting
her alone. An eye at the keyhOle tells
the family that Amelie is writing. I'm
mediately the Railways are hushed, and
| the only person who comes and goes is
the great African woman who has been
Amehe's companion from childhood,
even accompanying her Oh her wedding
tour.
Meals sre brought quietly in and as
quietly removed. This may last for a
day or for a week, or maybe for three
weeks. But Amelia Rives does not
| emerge from her retirement until her
story is completed. Then it is read
to the assembled family The world
owes a countless debt to the people whC
can charm by story or verse. And the
people themselves owe it to the world
to keep single, as double harness Sc
dom sets well upon the neck OF genius
MISS SLOANE'S IDEALS"
Emily Vanderbilt Sloane, he newest
member Of "the nice set TO dabble with
the pen. planned ideals" mostly while
horseback riding. The book is a com
pilation. but the extracts were made il
the inspiration Of the b-eezes. Bern
bardt does her choice bits Of prose while
Ltcvcling. Either way the breezy tons
of the work s complete. In ideals, th'
Ioftest sentiments are pucked from
the writings Of the older authors, writ
ten IN their best mood There is Il;
maudl.n sentiment, JUS the hearty
healthy tone one gets IN the open air
! Miss Winnie Davis. who is a write
Of no mean pretensiOns. plans her stor
les. they say. lying upon a couch look
| ing at the tip of her pen. She owns
countless things to write with. but use
a plain little :mpement that might have
cost a quarter. Her stories are good