The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-21
MRS. CRAWFORD.

6ketCu OF tue WOHlhH VIII ha9 hoSH
Writing the Interesting Summaries
Ofthe DFoyfus Trial.
Pittsburgh Post: Frank W. Mack, OF
New York, who Is superintendent Of
the eastern division of the Associated
Press, made the acquaintance Of Mrs.
Emily Crawford. the newspaper corr
respondent, when he was in Paris last
fail. reporting for the Associated Press
the proceedings of the peace commits
sion. He gives this interesting ac-
count to The Post:
''I sought to know daily Mrs, Craw-
ford's Newspaper attitude towards the
peace commission and It's proceedings.
found her between and 10 o'clock at
night on tie fourth or NTH floor Of an
ONCE building down on Rue ouGtre
septembre, After pulling streDuously
| at q bell knob outside in the street, the
door was opened by the concierge or
tanitresss, who directed me up stairs. 1
found Mrs. Crawford In den with
newspaper dies, manuscripts, memoir
anda, clippings, odd scraps, letters and
various papers piled about the room
and upon desk table until Mrs.
Crawford had, as I remember II, been
reduced to a corner Of the desk and the
use Of an area Of scarcely more than
q foot square.
"AS entered the room, which was
Illuminated only by a lamp sitting
above her on the desk. saw sitting
thereby in q very, very low chair,
ponderouS woman, wearing heE hat as
though Just from the street, and writ
ing upon her knee with a Quill pen
copy for the London News of the next
day. She did not rise, bade me be
seated, was good listener to the little
1 had to say by way OF Introduction and
comment, and while courteous and not
tacituFn, she gave me the feeling that
large events or broad questions only
could stir her to spirited activity OF
thought or speech. felt, without her
saying SO, that my interruption OF her
work was being courteOusly tolerated.
This wore away, however, in some de-
| gree when topics brought Up challenged
her interest, sufficiently 30 that she
turned partially in her chair and set
forth for my understanding and view
as clear an exposition Of the politics OF
Europe and the Far East, OF China, the
Philippines, the American situation and
the French and British relation thereto
as could only have been done by a tyro
after weeks of reading, research, OBJ
servation.
'aThe visit was useful in its broad In
| formation, but us went downstairs I
found by retrospection that Mrs. Craw-
| ford had said very little OF the imme-
| dinte point OF my errand, the detail and
effect of the work OF the Spanish and
American commissions sitting then in
Paris. Once again out IN the street, in
the fresh October air, Efelt sense OF
relief from long, deep Inspirations after
the semi-gloom Of the illy-lighted den
where this experienced woman does her
work.
that Mrs Crawford is nearly, II not
quite, sixty years OF age. She has the
| respect and confidence of wide circle
Of diplomats and high officials"
The following characteristic blog.
raphIcal sketch Of Mrs. Emily Crawford
is given in the British reference book,
who's Who for 1893
Mrs. Emily Crawford, Paris cores
pendent OF the London Daily News.
| Born Dublin, descended on paternnl
side from an old Scotch Dumfrieshire
family; on the maternal side from
| MerydithB Of ShrewlRnd County Car
loW), Martins OF Connemara; daughter
| of Robert Andrew tombstone and
Grace Anne Martin; married George
Moreland Crawford, Cheisfeld Court,
Kent, barrlster.at-law, Llncoln's Inn,
and correspondent (PRris) Of the Daily
| News from 1851. Educated ut home.
| Publications: History day by day or
week by week in different Journals, but
chiefly in London Daily News and
Truth; however. history thus written Is
| like snow falling on the sen. Recrea-
lions: Moon and star-gazing when rest
ing on oars in the country; was in
youth devoted to reading, chess-playing
and pictorial art; likes now u quiet
rubber OF whist; hardly ever knows
what tedIum is: Is constantly inter-
ested observer Of animated nature; has
found real life so interesting that nov
els and plays seem fiat: roughed II In
/ the war OF 1870 and during the COM
4 mune, and feels thankful for the educa-
tIOn thus acquired. Address 60 Boule-
ward de CouFcelles. Paris. Club; Hon
orary member Of the Golden.