Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-14

Clever. kindly Dab no moref II h
hard TO rrlliar a. Probably no other
woman in America could boast 20 many
friends nn she. hpr own friends. those
who loved tho woman Isabel a. Stat
lon. afr legion. but compared with them
those who know aud loved the Wfltgt
arc ~ the sands OF the sea. Cor thr was
not simply one writer. but many, Thoro
was iiab. KAY. brilliant. liEht hearted
Iiab beneath whose muai mocklng aal-
lies ~ Wit one could detect the true
sweet womnnlncss Of the generous
hearted writer. Then there was ruth
| Anhmusc. the discreet and tactful sem
] tlcWouan who wrote entertaining nNi-
omn Zoe the guidance ct uncertain rirl-
hood. standing, more diiildtut than 60.
iuclant. at the half open door. which
means the step from childhood to wo-
manhood. wondering. with an the seq
| conac ousnrfa Of youth. just how this
| 6tcp might boz most gracefully accom-
| puahcd. Thousands of young girls in
/ America considered Ruth AHhmorc the
last court " appeal In moutcd qucs-
lions OF etiquette and propflciy. iu
the role OF ma authority on farhion Mr..
Mailon had rtlli thlrd audience, with
an occasional one under her own name
for short stories oi notion.
ilcr death. while surprise 20 the
| outside world, WAS not altogether I'M
expected. For some munths Mra Mai
Ions health had been tad, Her moth
e.. 10 whom tn daughter had alwnyr
been devoted and who Tor many years
had been hrr constant companion and
frieni. died IN october, This prcyed
on tho mind NJ the gifted. high strung
woman and made tho conquest OF dis
oase an easy matter. shc died the day
after the Christmas holiday Dec 90
once nah fnli. After an. We southern
women don't know very much. any-
how. except low 10 love and b. loyal 10
Whist We love"
Mrs MAlun was a native Of the pie
tuto.uue ely ~ baltimore, whose boast
~ o. that 400 ~ women are beautiful
ana AN it men brave ana chyalroua.
Her mother holonged 10 one OF the most
distinguished ~ the families of Della.
ware. nni her fathers people. the
sloane lur i've generations had occu-
plfd The Ola mansion Ia which the writ
cr was born
The littr Isabel had every adyantage
which wealth could give her, fashion
able gnfernaHHfs ana masters, When
Hhs WIS lltll' more than child. she
married William Mallon. q good lookng
young iuHhman of line family and pros
poets. Evur since she was ~ years old
fhn had known him. ana the match met
with tho entire appreciation of both
families with the single objection "a
the youthful years OF the bride, She was
49, and Mg. Mallon was seven years her
senior
After the wedding they went abroad
ana several years were spent in travel
on their return they made their homl
. In New York city. Unfortunately Mr
Mllon was mot strong, and after fUv
, ycaa consumption began 10 make fata
lnuldH On hls health. with this cant
financial disaster, and the young va
man who had never known what II
meant tu have a spoken wish ungrntl
He'd found herself with an invalid hua
band ana no means Of support.
She made an rffnrt 10 secure en-
ployment The daughters of luxury d
p not often bring marketable wares int,
the business world but she was an eN
copilon. The manager of great pub
. fishing house 90 whom nhe applied wa
Z struck hy her courage and sincerity.
What can you do2' he aslled.
Anything" she replied. choking hacl
a sob scrub your iioor n you've moth
Ing better Tor me TO dol"
The publisher thought the matte
over liu had man to scrub his floors
and while he did not doubt the win o
l the slender. pale faced young womal