The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-16

Hughes of the Kellam Book company
was called to the house by Mrs. Well
man to see about framing some pic
lures. A very slight piece had been
Clipped off the costly heavy gold leaf
frame in which there is a portrait of
Mrs. RObinsOn's mother and this must
be replaced by another. Miss Robin
sons picture looked cramped in her
frame, Mrs Wellman said, and this
must have q new frame She wanted
q, frieze made OF the pictures of the
poets to hang over the upstairs win
dOWs- In all she ordered work of the
kellam company which would have
cost S4O0. Mrs. Wellman sent a num-
Der of pictures to the store to be franz
ed and have screens made of them, but
nothing was done to them.
One afternoon when MI Hughes was
there she kept him two hours telling
him that A A Robinson was Jesus
Christ, and going on in q pitiful way
The same thing happened to Carpenter
Keener one day, and he only managed
to get out in three hours Mrs. Well
man was a most vOluble talkcr and it
was impossible to escape. Her theme
was always reHgiOny A. A. Robinson,
and k3ndergartens. She believed she
Germ of THE Kindergarten Insurance
company" and thought she would soon
have a great income.
Mrs Wellman ordered a kimbau
piano from T. p Gully, although there
is most excellent three cOrnered
grand in the house. This is slightly
scratched, and at one time she was
going to have 1t scraped and repOlish-
ed. Yesterday, however, she had an
other idea about it.
call a dray right away" she ex-
claimed. Send the piano down and
have it painted white. Have white an
gel wings painted upon it, silver with
gold tips When the lid is raised the
wings will be raised for fight 1t must
be done, the Almighty has ordered it
Tuesday night at IL o'clock she aWOke
the household and told them that she
wanted to beA1r. RObinsOn's stenOgraph
er. She just lOnged to have that place
and she did not think it right that he
had not given it to her. 1t was 2 o'clock
in the morning before she was gotten
back to bed.
One of the phases of Mrs Wellman's
demented condition was rhyming. She
would say things like this, That's nice
little mice, do it twice, in a trice," and
keep going on until her list of rhyming
words was exhausted. Whenever peO-
pie came to the house she worked their
names into poetry.
What's your name,7 she asked of
the meat man yesterday. Il must write
q poem about you for my book that is
going to be published" This is what
she said to everyone. The barber
came and she began to write, The bar
Der came to shave the man." etc She
wrote a poem about each one and the
only way the others kept her busy was
by telling her that they did not like the
poems, so she would write them over
again Papers are scattered all about
the house with poetry upon them. In
some of them the name Jake occurs,
and this is the first name of Mr.. Keen
er
Whenever Mrs. WelIman began sing
ing she would become more agitated
than at other times. Once yesterday
she rushed into the kitchen, threw
lot Of food into a frying pan and put
it on the stove, few upstairs and began
tearing down and packing up every
thing in the room. The inspiration is
right on me now" she cried. II must
do this must do this Even the mag
netism is in my fingers. See how L am
led to the different articles"
Dr w. S. Lindsay has taken charge
Of the 14-year old daughter and she viii
be sent to Bethany. DR.. Lindsay has
been Mrs Welman's physician.