The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-21

1t is stated that Mrs. Clara F. Nye,
widow of THE celebrated flumorist, Bill
Nye, is now a poor woman with little
or no income for the maintenance of her
children and herself. She has recently
returned from Europe whittier she went
soon after the death of her husband to
educate her children, to learn how Sc
rious her financial reverses are, and that
it must be necessary for her to exert her.
self in some way to support her family.
She has a handsome home near Ashe-
willie, N. c., which she desires to sell,
and afterwards buy a less expensive
place. Until she can do this she PEI oses
to fill her present home with boarders.
Mrs. Nye contemplates publishing book
of memoirs of her distinguished husband
which may yield her satisfactory reve-
nue.. She has five children, the two
eldest being pretty, attractive girls 10
and II years of age, and three sons, one
IA, one IL years old, and one only
eighteen months of age. Mrs. Nye is a
woman of intellect cheerful and hope
full notwithstanding her monfsd troubles.
She spoke recently unreservedly of her
losses, and accounted for the shrinkage
of her estate thus:
II lost every dollar of ready money 1
had by the failure of the First National
Bank" said she. 1.-THE amount WIS
$1,000. 1t was made UP of the $4,000 in
surance on Mr.. Nye's life, the proceeds
of the sale of the right to tine publica-
ton of Mr.. Nyes book, which was sold
after his death, and such other cash as
I had on hand after buying my tickets
for Europe. 1 took my family to Ger
many to give my daughters every pcs
sible educational advantage. I thought
it could be done cheaper there, every
thing considered. Five thousand dollars
of the money was to-draw interest, the
remaining lying subject to my Gle k. But
that friends in Chicago, knowing my con-
dition, sent me money, / should not nave
been able to get home.
.You have met with other losses?"
Eyes" answered Mrs. Nye. MY most
: serious loss was in New York City.
Five years before he died Mr.. Nye, as
am investment, bought fiat house ON
One Hundred and Eighty-trird street.
lie exchanged for 1t property on Staten
Island estimated to be worth $4,000.
The fiat house was valued at $4,000.
There was a mortgage on 1t for $4,000,
which Mr. Nye assumed, and upon which
he made yearly payments until he died.
These, together with the value of the
Staten Island property, amounted to
about $4,000. In January or February
last 1 was notified by the Lorillards, of
New York. who held the mortgage, that
taey would foreclose unless payment
could be met. 1 could not pay, and the
property went for the mortgage. / had
no one with whom to advise added
Mrs Nye, for the moment, helpless y,
cor might have saved somethng from
the wreck.
"Have you no income from royalties
on Mr. Nye's books?"
ss,rhe revenue from that source Is
very small. not exceeding $500 ysar,
she answered. 'This is all paid by the
Jippincotts publishers eff the histories OF
the United States and England. The
History of England" said she, was
never finished and the royalties from 1t
have been very small. The Lippincotts
are the only publishers of Mr. Nye's
works who have made any returns,
either to Mr.. Nye himself while he lived
or to me since his death. j Sold the
hook outright since then. and the remit
tances from Lippincott now constitute
the sum total of my income"
Every woman who rides wheel loves
to attire herself in pretty, becoming cos
tunes when she enjoys spin, and the
following foreign notes of bicycle styles
may prove helpful:
Agitation of the autumn dress gu s.
ton is bringing out many natty and
stvIish costume to be worn on the fall
tours that so many women. are making
now. For three months every autumn
we enjoy the most comfortable, delight
full time of all the year for long cycling
Journeys, and wheelwomen make the
most of these cool, glorious days. Heav-
Ter and darker costumes dispiace the
light suits of duck or linen that have
bsen worn throughout the summer
months, and warm Jacket that may
be tightly buttoned over the chest is
now a necessary accessory to every
woman's cycling wardrobe. The fash
ions in bicycle suits for women grow
prettier and more suitable as the pas
time becomes more popular, and as the
majority of women have oeen in prac-
tice long enough to ride gracefully, most
of Them appear quite captivating when
awheel. IT some changes have been