The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-23
CHAMPION WOMAN SHOT.


Miss Maude May. of Joplin, Mo, is the
champion huntress Of the southwest and
her friends declare she is the most expert
woman with a shotgun in the United
States. Although only in her eighteenth
year. Miss May can easily drop the fleet
est flying quail or prairie chicken at long
range, and her work in the field would
make many an old hunter envious of her
wonderful Workmanship, steady nerve,
and puck eye She is also great rabbit
killer, and has yet to miss her first rabbit.
MADE RAG DOLLS.
Their is a CHEEKY old lady living out in
Arkansas who has won fame forherself
as a maker of dolls, and a sketch of
whom is printed in the Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The genius of this sketch. Mrs. r. E.
Cole, dates her success and fame from
time when, more than So years ago, she.
"a little tot of years DID," as she ex-
presses it, ''cut and sewed with her own
brown fingers doll of life size stuffing
itwith bran, and with rocks and nails, TO
make it heavy-like a real baby. And
then" as she continues in a letter.
through all the long and prosperous and
happy years that followed. I made dolls
for my own children, and then for my
grandchildren, while now. after having
passed my three-score years and ten
am making dolls yet, and making dolls
for my eatgrandchildren."
This rerely gifted woman is one of those
who were born in the traditional Flap of
luxury which has been the beginning Of
so many histories closing in utter depen-
dence or in want and sorrow. She is now
72 years of age. Some years ago, when
reverses and misfortune came to her lot,
and she was bereft of loved ones upon
whom she had depended for support in
stead of nursing her grief in the idleness
of despair, she looked about for a field in
which she could be useful in doing good.
or in being the means of bringing hap
piness to others.
Whilethes ubject was biving her much
thought, one Gay beloved woman who
had been made happy in her childhood
days by the gift of one of her matchless
rag dolls suggestedthata wide and unoc-
cupied field was before her in the de-
mands of her child life, and that child fin
gers were reckoning her to their presence
with herold time art and skill in the max
ing of the dolls-and rag dolls for sale.
Mrs. Cole seized upon the suggestion,
and soon orders poured in upon her, and
they were orders from noted and fas-
tidious buyers, and from various parts
Of the continent-from the Atlantic to the
Pacific; from distinguished beauties and
bellies of Long Branch and Lenox. The
orders came also from the unknown and
far-away Saxons in Frankfort-on-the-
Main, in Germany, beyond the sea
It is not simply the vague and half ex-
pressionless bundle Of cloth fabrics and
strings called by custom the rag doll"
which is seen in one of the speciments of
this womans art work. There is real
flesh tinted muslin revealing dainty shap-
ely figures and forms which were dreams I
in the old Greek IDEALS. Then there are /
rich immaculate gowns with every az
complishment in the crossing outft-every
thing wonderfully realistic in baby life. |
the whole appealing a once to the sense |
of love and devotion in motherhood. Ma !
tron and child alike come under the in
huence of her beauty OF one OF these |
dolls"
Mrs. Cole says that doll making IS doll |
ar making with her" A clever pun.
WOMEN AND THEIR WAYS
Miss Anne Honingsworth Wharton. !
whose Portraits in Miniature" has met /
with much success in the literary world. /
will sail for Italy early in April. and will /
make a prolonged and extensive tour OF /
the continent.
The Rainy Daysy." as the woman who |
advocates dress reform and suitable wet /
weather costume is called, has now settled I
upon ashort tailor built water proof skirt /
and Eton jacket, an English walking hat. /
guiitless OF trimming. masculine gloves
and necktie and high buttoned boots, as |
the ideal wet weather dress.
Madame Clementlne he We're. the po1u-
lar concert singer. is especially fortunate
n the fact that her husband. SIenor Saplo.
IS a composer OF no mean ability. and
that he rejoices IN nothing 50 much AS
writing songs which show go advantage
the sweetness and Md range Of her
voice.
Mss Agnes Repp,ler. who IS ~ !ndefa-
gable worker and student. Is freoueri-
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5e,phia pog-lngovsr dusty tones snd -
absorbed IN their contents as 70 De quite
Obvious q the fact thai sse IS ar object
y interest 70 her fellow students grouped
sbout TIE reading room
Madame Emma Nevada. the operate
singer. who was a pr5;egs % Mrs. Joan
Nack2y Is now looking forward . NUS
"a success fo- her daughter. M.saoa. wn5
S said 70 have Z beautiful, clear voice q
astonishing range mad volume
Here are sozze Interesting facts auen,
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