The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-26

me reaueTS oL tLlS paper. especially
the fairer members of its large clientele.
who for years have been charmed with
the sparkling gaety, the quaint fun the
liquid, cleaning, eiferycscing chatter OF
the inimitable Bah" will read with
deep and tender interest the tribute to
her memory paid by co-laborer and
near friend of hers in the columns of
the Ladies Home Journal.
We are glad to reproduce it here. We
wish all our readers to know her as she
was-a gentle lovable, generous-soulsd
daughter of the Southland. whose heart,
over-brimming with sunshine and sub
lime courage, enabled her to transmutc
the strains sorrows hand mad struck
from the harp of her own heroic life
into streams of divine melody that
soothed the bleeding hearts and thrilled
to fresh endeavor all who came to her
despairing for comfort and aid.
1t is given to some to live a full life
time i'll a very few years And this was
ordained for Isabel Alderdice Sloan.
From the time of her coming she count
ed but one more than twoscore years as
we count life. But she lived in that
short time life of romance, of ease
and hardship. of pleasure and sorrow,
such as come to but few women in a life
much fuller in years. When she was
born, in Baltimore, on July Is, 1857, it
was to come into a home of Southern
comfort. She was Il beam of merry
sunshine, and the parents showed their
love for the child by giving her care
full education ut Ingleside Academy. near
Gainesville, in Maryland. She was alert
as Il child; she loved her books; she
fully compensated her teachers. Happy
and care-free, she danced in and ont Of
the hearts of many. But into one heart
she danced and its owner held her. He
was Il great, strong, handsome boy-iust
as much Il hoy as she was Il girl. She
was only eighteen and William Plummer
Mallon not much older. But they loved
one neutrality-suspicious. romanticaIly.
I'VE were too young-much too young"
said the woman in after years. Thus
thought the parents. too. But the wis
dom of parents prevails all too little in
such cases, unfortunately. And so they
We're married. This was in 1875.
With her husband the girl-wife lived
those sweet Elsyian honeymoon days
which sink so deep into the heart and
memory Then they went TO New York.
and real life began. And very real it
proved for the young bride Reverses
came to her parents, and while the
father remained in Baltimore to battle
anew the mother came at the reckoning
of wv ..ba f,11-
ness and bright spirits made glad the
fainting heart of the little mother Soon
there came need of all the cheeriness of
the brave girl. The young husband fell
i'll. 1t was apparent that the illness
would be a long one, and even then most
likely to prove fatal at the end The
mothers heart was saddened. But the
daughter took courage. 1t all depended
on her now. There was no one else
She turned her eyes to the big world
outside of her door. Out into that world
she went brave of heart. For many
days she sought work, only to come
home at night with empty hands to the
stricken husband and the anxious moth
er. But however the young wife felt
at heart. she was always outwardly
cheerful and full of hope. At last she
brought her only eight dollars per week
But it was riches to the little family, and
when the income was increased to ten
dollars hope sprang anew in the heart
of the brave little woman Each day
she went out, leaving her heart in the
little apartment. But she struggled on,
until finally her husband became too i'll
for her to leave, and she worked at his
Jar bo,
Butterick Publishing Company. and.
considerably, they permitted her to re-
main at home and do her work And new
er did she slight it, With one hand
soothing the invalid, she wrote and toll
ed with the other 1t was long and
hard fight. But finally the double care
ceased and she laid away the remains
of her husband of seven years.
Yet it was still to be fight for three
The little mother at her side was not
her only anxiety. Her father, strug
Cling under reverses in Baltimore. was
not forgotten. So Mrs Mallon resumed
her work with renewed vigor, and her
reward came. Gradually the little in
come grew. But with it the years of the
parents increased and the desire to
provide those comforts SO sweet to rip
ening age inspired her to further effort
She looked around at the superficial life
floating on the surface of the city in
which she lived. and she determined to
portray it, She yelled her identity by
abbreviating her grandmother's name of
Barbara" and the Dab" of neWspa-
per fame came into being. Her clever
handling of what she saw around her
soon forced upon her a broadening of this
branch of her writing. And so from
the columns OF the single newspaper i'll
New York in which She started she soon
found her work spread in other direc-
tons. Finally, eighty-three different pa
pers throughout the country. by the
syndicate method. printed her work
each week All this meants comfort
for her dependents and less anxiety Of
mind for herself, Yet, while she was
happy with what the results meant to
those for whom the work was started
apd done, her heart craved for a differ
ent and truer expression of herself
1t was at this point that The Ladies'
Home Journal felt the need of help
full department for girls-a department
of consultation on all questions apper-
tanning TO n girls life No woman i'm tho