The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-24

states, II Il the last that will ever com
from her pen. It Is thrilling narrative
of her life from infancy 10 old age. por
traying the sunshine and shadow o
| seventy years OF most marvellous ca
reer, told in her own words.
II seems almost incredible that a wo
man now so famous made mud pies i,
her childhood. was often sent supper
less to bed. and was frequently bouncst
down into kitchen chair with an EN-
| phasis which caused her 10 '''see stars.
When a young girl. struggling to sup
| port herself, she took in "shop-work.
made shirts, and subsequently learned
| the trade Of dressmaker, at which she
| worked for twenty-five cents a day. Al
| eighteen she ran away from home like
boy" and spent three eventful year;
| on southern slave plantation-years
full Of comedy and tragedy and packed
with thrilling experiences.
She tells OF the eventful Christmas
night when she wandered into <he
church OF a strange young preacke-.
who soon afterwards became her has-
band. Their comical experiences in their
first attempt al housekeeping. the ig-
nom.nius fate that her husband award
60 to her first FISH chowder Che buried it
after dark In the GARDEN; and the many
trials and tr.bulations that followed are
msrveiously entertaining. They were
poor. She tried her hand at tailoring
and with the money saved by secretly
making pair of trousers for her hus-
baad she paid years subscription 10 a
weekly newspaper.
Mrs. Livermore threw her whole hear.
and soul into measures for the relief Of
sick and wounded soldiers and spent
tours years as nurse in the Union ar
my. Her intellectual gree tness and no.
bility CT character led her to rise from
those thrilling experiences to become the
best known woman in America. and OPP
en- the way to her phenomenal platform
career, that has continued for more than
thirty years. At her feet millions of
people have sat and listened in admira-
ton and wonder. The rich and poor. the
high and low. the learned and unIeaned
have been alike thrilled and moved by
her burning words. She has swayed
brilliant audiences OF fashion; has spo-
ken in state prisons. jails and penitentia-
ries; to audiences composed OF outcasts
and to audiences numbering thousands
Of children. In this autobiogra ply she
gives many "reminiscences OF her plat
form experiences. with anecdotes and in
c!dents 'too funny for anything"
Many distinguished men and women
have long urged Mrs. Livermore to tell
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letters from thousands of men
and women. unknown TO her. expressing
the hope that such a volume would be
written.
This work is wholly and entirely new.
II contais nothing that appeared in her
Story of the War" QSsO Of which sixty
thousand copies were sold.
The book is splendidly illustrated by
beautiful and costly full-page photo
gravue plates and portraits, and over
100 fine text illustrations. Many of them
are intensely humorous. while others de-
pict thrilling scenes full of pathos and
tragic interest.
We do not know when $50 pages has
given us more genuine pleasure. If we
speak warmly Of the book ii is because
IL richly deserves it. II Is sold only by
agents, and is meeting with large sale.
Agents who introduce first class work |
IKE this ought to be cordially welcomed. |
We believe that the best way 10 keep out |
poor books Is by introducing good ones. |
and better one than this has never been !
brought 70 our notice. Put 1t into your |
homes. 1t will be read over and over |
again by old and young, with pleasure |
and lasting profit, and may well be |
handed down from father to son and !
mother to daughter sa priceless legacy. !
The book is sold only by agents. and |
is published by the old and well-known |
firm of A. D. Warrington & Co, Hart |
ford. Conn, whose imprint is sufficient !
guarantee OF the excellence OF this first |
class volume.