The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1900-02-07

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Mrs. ELIZA ARCHAED CONNER
In q miners shanty. She dined with
Them. drank coffee from their tin cups
and ate beans from their tin plates.
She dug out n nugget all by herself.
She talked with successful argOnauts
and with those who were discouraged.
IIOmesick men who were digging out
fortunes told her what they were go
ing TO do when they came out" and
| desperate men who had failed talked
TO her Of their loved ones left behind.
Much of the pathOs and more of the
humor Mrs. Conner confded to her
typewriter. and the types painted a
true picture Of the life of the Klon-
sdike. The types DO this when an artist
touches them.
Then Mrs. Conner left the Land Of
the Midnight Sun and started for the
Land of the Chrysanthemum. She sail
ed from San Francisco TO Japan. At
Honolulu she stopped for time and
looked up some Of the facts in connec-
ton with the last days OF her cowork-
er and friend. Kate Field. who died.
it will be remembered. while visiting
} Hawaii She also visited the principal
islands and descended the crater of the
volcano Kilauea.
OF Yokohama the steamer which had
carried Mrs. Conner into the orient
] hu ,fv,rr
! disturbance. when the great ship was
being tossed about like a cork on the
/ mighty waves. Mrs. Conner was
thrown down n companiOnway. Her
right arm was broken at the elbow. the
worst sort Of break. Here was a mis-
hap which would have sent most wo-
! men. and many men for that matter.
back 10 home and friends. But Mrs.
Conner never thought OF turning back
She went to the hospital in Yokohama
and told the surgeons TO do their best
and do it as quickly as possible.
In the meantime there was war in
the Philippines Mrs. Conner. ignoring
the fact that her right arm swung
useless in splintS. was anxious TO 90.
! As soon as possible she took n steamer
for Hongkong and hurried from there
/ 20 Manila. Once there she went about
| seeing all that was TO be seen. WO-
men had been barred from the firing
line. Of course. She was told that it
would be useless 10 ask for pass 10
| the front But she made friends with
| Driyates and officers and gained her
point She went to the firing line She
| heard the bullets whistle She sat in
the trenches and watched the men
load and fire. She saw the wounded
and the dead.
Then she went back 10 her typewrit-
er. There was the correspondence TO
I he done and only one good hand TO do
/ IL with. The best one was out OF COM
mission. Besides. there was the pain
! Old homes do not knit as readily as
/ young ones. But with only one hand
| Airs. Conner wrote column after col
umn. Forty was the total number
| she turned out with her left hand. She
did not intend TO let little thing like
a broken arm keep her in idlenpss
| How many men do you suppose would
have done the same? They are as few
! as women.
After leaving Manila Mrs. Conner
started westward. 4 r. and o. steam
er took her TO Ceylon. through the Red
sea and Suez canal Having made
short stay AZ MarsciIles she went to
the island OF Jersey. where she has
haan opfovfu~ a raacon of ,,-oU .,,,.,,,,1
rest. although even there she has been
by no means idle. for Work and
. Hope" is the motto 20 which she has
adhered always.
But Mrs. Conner has been a pioneer
N other things besides taking a type
writer around the world. AS the
daughter o! an Ohio farmer she start
cd out TO live a different life from
that led by the girls she knew. She
began by teaching school. and when
she found that as instructor OF Ian
guages in a high school the prospects
before her were still narrow she went
into Journalism.
Her apprenticeship IN the profession
Of letters was passed in the office Of
the Cincinnati Commercial under Mr..
Murat Halstead. Since then she las
filed almost every post that can be
found in an editorial room. She has
beeE police court reporter. an ed
itorial writer and the editor of various
departments. from wonlen's pages to
agricultural columns. She has written
history and fiction.
Mrs. Conner has always preached
that woman was mans equal. and she
has practiced what she preached. For
years she has been active in the wo-
mans suffrage movement and is to-
day recognized as one of those who
have done much for the adva ncement
Of the sex" She is a veteran member
OF SoroSis. When she rises to read
paper or 10 join In debate. the members
Of that mother OF women's ciU.ls' ex-
pect 10 hear something worth listening
TO and worth remembering. They are
never disappointed Mrs. Conner is al
so a prominent member OF the Wo-
mans Press club OF New York.
Besides these activities Mrs. Conner
is still a student For recreation she
dives into psychology. hypnotism aud
occultism. When she is serious. she
takes up philosophy or some branch
OF science
Although slight. rather frail look
Ing woman Of medium height. Mrs.
Conner possesses a great reserve fund
OF vigor and vitality. She is a most
pleasing companion. having n charm
OF manner which is due 10 frankneSs.
earnestness and sincerity. all OF which
you read in her big gray eyes.-New
York Herald.