The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-28
mastering its mysteries with the ardor
she always gives TO a new role.
AC A NETGHROR
AS A NEIGHBOR.

AS A NEIGHBOUR
And she is actually our neighbor.
Mahomet has certainly come to the
mountain in this case, for when the
sweet little lady in brown, as we
called her, came to visit at the farm,
that had been for many generations in
the Smith family, little did we know or
guess that her fame was world wide.
We would have gone any distance Tor
a chat with her, and here We have her
running into our family sitting room,
asking advice, comparing experiences
and behaving in every way lust like
folks as the farmers about here say.
The red letter day" of all was the one
in which she brought he" sunny pres
ence into our kitchen.
On this particular morning Miss
Maud Adams ran in for moment just
as l was on my way to the store, and
when she was invited to make her call
then and there, she exclaimed: "Oh,
may I? Thank you; l love a nice
kitchen, and nc wonder, for it certain
~ is the most important room in the
house"
And if Miss Adams admirers could
see and hear her during some Of these
neighborly visits, when entirely self
forgetful, and unconSciously as grace
full and pretty as ever she is on the
stage. they would love her as they
never did before. She takes one of her
prettiest attitudes when she has
thrown off ali restraint, and is very
much interested in talking over farm
or household matters. 1t is a Semi-rest-
full position in a low easy chair, with
her feet crossed and head thrown back.
Then the bonnis blue eyes are as
changeful as a summers day, and the
sweet face dimples and smiles ike a
child'S
Bald Hills" is the unpoetical name
given to the high land directly in front
of Miss Adams house, and the larger
part of her property is covered with
beautiful cedars, while noble silver
leaved NAPLES crown the summit. From
the hills the Great South bay is seen,
though even as the crow flies the water
is full ten miles away The pines and
cedars occupying so much of the outly
ing country are the secret of the soft,
restful, healing qualities of the air,
which Miss Adams tested by visiting
in the neighborhood for two years be-
fore she bought land.
MISS ADAMS HOME.
She has owned her farm for just u
months, and is constantly improving
it without in the least spelling the dear
old fashioned house and grounds. The
original portion of the house is at least
$50 years old, a genuine Queen Anne
with generous fireplaces and big CHM
neys The present owner has fur
nished this gem of a cottage with ar
tistic appreciation Of values, and it has
lost none of its old time charm in her
hands. One can almost fancy that our
ancestors, the '"Tangier Smiths" who
settled the farm originally, are still liV
ing there. They kept stables and lived
royalty, the young people often going
to parties on horseback to visit in New
Jersey. The name "Tangier'' comes to
the family from Colonel William Smith,
who, in 1873, was governor of IanSier In
Africa, and afterwards settled here. /
And Miss Adams place is not so far
from Smithtown, where ''Tangier'' and
Pull Smith are the two leading fam
lilies. The latter won vast possessions 1
by gaining q promise from the Indians /
that he should own all the land he /
could ride over on bull in one day, I
and the old fellow rode to some pCr /
pose.
The old Rouse is set upon slightly /
rising ground, which slopes in natu- /
raj terrace of soft green grass to the /
shores Of q clear mini2< ure lake of llV- I
ing water, a small edition of Lake Rom /
fed by springs, upon which 1
Miss Adams has a beautiful little boat. |
The two or three immense walnut 4
trees for which the place is famous are
Gust grove in the rear, give delightful
shade without darkening the rooms, as
is too often the case on old places.
The grounds are entered by high iron
gates, set in solid stone masonry, and
there is a drive Of a few moments
length before the house is reached.
There are 80 or 30 acres of ground in
the farm, and good crops of corn, rye
and oats prove that a clever actress
makes a good farmer.
Miss Adams adjoining neighbors on
both sides are her staunch friends, and
as they own much of the land near her,
her privacy and seclusion are secured.
She, however, does not seclude herself,
but is familiar figure TO the quiet
farmers, fitting about in her road
wagon, drawn by a brisk pony often
With no covering on her head but her
OWN pretty hair. Many Sunday, even
n the depth of winter, she takes the
morning train, and, passing a quiet
lay, returns refreshed and rested to
her busy city life. In the winter she
< known as the lady with the brown