The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-27
THE
NEW
WOMAN
BY
ELIZA
AReHaRD
CONNER

CONNER
One of those brilliant young southern
women, of whom there are many,
should write the life of the late Eliza
beth Van Lew of Richmond. Opposed
though she was to the cause of the
Confederacy and bringing to bear all
her force and talent against it during
the civil war, yet quite apart from any
| political consideration Elizabeth Van
| Lew was one of the most remarkable
women the south ever produced. The
| hidden chambers and passageways in
which in wartime she concealed Union
soldiers, the openly secret hooks and
holes in which womanlike she kept
letters and dispatches from Grant I'M
discovered under the very eyes of Con
| federate detectives who watched her
continually, made of the old Van Lew
mansion a historic castle of romance
and mystery There alone, Ostracized
and disliked Elizabeth Van Lew lived
more than 35 years, from the close of
| the civil war till her death. Hers was
a career fuller of thrilling, dramatic.
| incident than that of the hero of the
play Secret Service" and in her case
| the scenes were real. In the final act
| Of the great war drama at Richmond
| she was more help to Grant than all
the rest Of his private agents together
Mark the sequel: After the war, as in
some measure a reward for her invalu
able aid, the Richmond pOstmastership
| was given to Elizabeth Van Lew. If
she had been a man, there is nothing
the United States government would
not have done for her. The best of it's
consular places, the latest Of it's ap-
pointments at Washington, would have
been open to her, for she had more
nerve and ability than nine tenths Of
| it's officials. While Grant was presi
! dent she kept her place as postmistress
! Of Richmond. General Grant never
deserted his friends. But after his
time the Office was taken from her to
be bestowed on a white male voter.
Dark days fell upon Miss Van Lew.
| Piece by piece she sold the family sill
yer and rich belongings, acre by acre
| she mortgaged and parted with the fair
Inheritance her father left her, and not
a soul in the north cared jot whether
she starved or fed. She died neglected
and poor. Thus it is to be born a wo-
man.
The ideal husband or wife is found
only in the realm Of ideals.
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There is one New York landlady who
has come up from the ranks of working
| girls herself and knows and remembers
how hard it is for such girls to obtain
comfortable and respectable lodging
houses for the small sum they are able
to pay. When this blessed landlady
finds a really worthy young working
woman of small means, she gives her
a room at about one-third below the
current price. She does not lose any
thing through her benevolence, how
ever She says, 81 make up the differ
enQe on men who are able to pay good
prices"
Miss Mary H. Krout, who first be-
came generally known through her po-
litical correspondence for the Chicago
Inter Ocean during an exciting cam
paign, has returned from her journey
to China and Japan. Miss Krout, in
whom the wander blood is strong, has
been in nearly all parts of the world
| Europe, Asia, Australia and Hawaii.
In each she accumulated material to be
spun by her brain into delightful read
| tn. ho tn nVV
York city and will make that her head
quarters in future
l have just seen a little book which
may prove helpful to many women the
country over. 1t is written by Mrs. NJ.
V. Norys of Westfield, N. j., and it is
called Easy Poultry Keeping For In
valids." Mrs. Norys tells us that she
herself has had much experience both
in invalidism and poultry keeping and
! that the two go we'll together, and the
experimenter is able often to evolve out
of the invalidism. Perhaps the hen
cure will be on the list Of future spe-
cities for the weak and ailing. Who
knows? The little book contains pho
tographs of some of Mrs. Norys' pets.
She recommends as a help to beginners
the state agricultural experiment sta
ton poultry bulletins.
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The school board Of New York city
has a woman truant officer who is shin
ingly efficient. She is Mrs Mary b.
AIger, a young and decidedly healthy
woman. She has proved especially val
liable in running in and returning to
home and school boys who have be-
come fascinated with dime novel tramp
life and attempt to join vagabond
bands. Lately she performed a really
daring and dramatic exploit. At the
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