St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-03-09
Tribute to Hiss Ide. = The Chicago

Saturday Evening Herald of February
26 contained a beautiful portrait of the
late Miss Adelaide NJ Ide, and accom-
panying the picture was the folio wing
appreciative tribute from the editor of
tn. paper:
A brieI telegram was received here last
Saturday from Judge Henry C. Ide, at
st. Johnsbury. VT, stating that his eldest
daughter, Miss Adelaide Iue, had passed
away, and would be buried on Tues lay.
No further details Of the sad event w,re
received duri 6 the week, although
multitude OF friends have been anxiously
waiting Tor tidngs that would tell some
thing of the last hours OF this popular
young lady. Mss Idle was in truth one
of the most popular and brilliant young
ladies that ever attended the University
OF Chicago. She was the daughter OF
the former Chez Justice OF Samoa, where
the deceased lived Tor four years prior to
her coming to this city to pursue her
studies at the university. When she
came here she brought with her letters
from The late Robert Louis Stevenson,
who had been her intimate friend, and
her teacher in French. Mr.. Stevenson's
letters to the university authorities spoke
in the highest terms OF her scholarship,
her knowe ige OF German and French,
and her brilliant talents. After studying
here two years, Mss lde graduated in
1896, with the highest honors, having
also won the favor of the hundreds OF
students and professors. Coming here ia
October OF 1891, Miss Ide soon won dis
nction socially, for she had the highest
gifts OF mind and heart and breeding
tnat are, alter all, only TOO rare in society.
Miss Ide possessed exceptional talents as
conversal,onalist, and in all that she
did and said she showed that with all her
talents and rare acco nplishments, she
was womanly woman, thoughtful,
kindly, sincere and considerable. Then,
too, Miss lde was a woman of rare
beauty. She was only twenty five when
she passed away, but her beauty had
none OF the schoolgirl quality. She had
d superb figure aud magnificent COM
plexlon. Her features were regular and
the expression was all genteness and
tenderness. Miss Ide was prevailed upon
by her friends, while she lived here as the
gu, st OF Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Hartog,
oi No. 67 Madison Park, to devote some
Of her time to writing. Her reminls-
cences of Robert Louis Stevenson were
particularly readable and we'll written.
She owed in her wri ings as she did in
her conversation, that she was endowed
with an observant mind. aud that the
many varying characteristics OF the PEG
pie and the places she had seen were
hrmly impressed upon her; and that she
had likewise the exceptional talent to
analyze and define her impressions. After
leaving here in 1896, Miss Ide was
joineu by her father and two sisters, and
together they Travelled through Germany
France and Italy. The letter from the
pen Of Miss Ide, on Holy Week in
Italy," was written by her while
in Florence last April, and is now
made public Tor the first time. Miss Ide,
it will be remembered, was the young
American girl, who was gwen the title oil
"rhe Princess of Samoa" by one of the
tribes of Samoa at the time her father
was Chief Justice there, title the ma
tives respected, and which she good
humoredly bore with meekness and ap'
probation. Miss Ide was so beautiful
IN character, face, form and intellect
that her untimely death has brought
genuine sorrow to every home where she
was ever guest or visitor. But the
lessons oil her sweet short life, which
seemed all sunshine, poetry and delight,
live after her, and will be studied and
remembered.