Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-04-13
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rid, where she lived for a number 0;
years. The stanza quoted above is ar
imperfect quotation from a finished
and moving sonnet, entitled. "Tt
CUBA at Parting" written at the time
Gertrude Gomez was taken BY bel
parents to Spain, apparently to re.
move her from Republican influences.
She was always an ardent sympathizer
with the struggles Of Cuba for free
dom.
Gertrude was born in Puerto de
Principe, where lived the elder Jose
Maria de Heredia father Of the pres
ent Paris Immortal poet) during
his troubled youth. Gertrude was
only a little girl of seven when He.
redia lived i'll her native town, and
not much older when, in 1923. the
poet was in New York, e1iled from
Spanish Nominations for working
CUBA libre.' But his influence up
on her thought and talent is very
marked. although it does no. appear
that the two ever met. Eeredia's i'm
FASHIONED poetio prophecy of a noble
future for Cuba, when America
should be one country under one
starry flag from the equator to the
pole" found echo i'll the girl poets
heart. Her sonnet, "To Washing
ton" is not only a fine example OF
this difficult poetic form, but is good
Yankee patriotism, in this latter-day
sense of Yankees.
Tho NOON, IF (.or4,,1o It,~- 5000
ten to the memory Of Heredia when
1.-THE Cnban troubadour" died in Mex
leo IN 1889, is full of feryor.
She was only twenty when she went
to live in Madrid, and it is on record
that she was much sought after and
admired for her charms of ~personali-
t., as we'll as for her literary talents.
She wrote a novel entitled "Two
Women" which had a lively vogue,
and IS still held in esteem by %connis-
seurs of Spanish fiction. Her poems.
Love add Pride,' Music" and
''To You h. were much quoted by
the Castilian galiants Of her day.
THE pearl Of the Antilles,has sent
to CASTLE the pearl of the pearl one
of.taem said, and made the phrase
the fashion. Gertrude Gomez de
Avellaneda did not marry and died
before she was old.-Chica9o Record,
Gossip.
Miss Ellen Terry is a clever banjo
player.
Elizabeth Nicholson was the alias Of
the late Empress of Austria.
The University Of Vienna, Austria,
offers a stipend for female stu
dents.
Mrs. Evan James Jones, of Glyn-
corrwg, Wales, has been appointed
public lampiighter for that district.
Japan is going to have a woman's
university, the Nihou Yoshi Daigaku,
in place Of the former Academy OF
Mobiles at Toxic.
The widow Of Millet, the French
artist, is a simple peasant woman, and
is living on a sun raised for her by
the admirers Of her husbands work.
Among saleswomen in New York
City. Mrs. Russell Sage is said to bear
the reputation of being the kindest
and most considerate shopper in the
city.
The University OF Giessen, Ger
many, has decided to admit women to
the courses i'll law aud ''philosophy.'
provided they have passed the regular
hi9h-school examinations.
Lady Mary Saurin, who has recently
taken a house near Windsor, England,
is nlnety-six years of age. She was
present at the coronations Of George
~. and William ". and Queen Vic
toyia.
Lincoln County, Kansas, has but one
woman physician and surgeon, Dr..
Sarah A. Cole. For some years Miss
Cole was a teacher III that State, and
her medical training began in the Of
fee OF DR.. Sallie 4. Golf, then practis-
ing in Saiina.
Mrs. Anna VI. Bach, a wealthy
widow, who died at st. Louis the
other day, bequeathed $500 for tie
care Of a pet canary and two dogs.
This special duty was imposed upon a
niece to whom Mrs. Bach left the bulk
OF her property.