The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-02

spite of the serious situation. the fam
lily gathered about large table in the
center of their main living room and
spent the short winter days picking
over the wheat, kernel by kernel, in
order to free it from the pieces of
glass. For this wheat stood between
them and starvation, and none of its
precious kernels must be lost. Their
stock of flour had long since wasted
away, as had the greater part of their
food supplies. so they boiled and ate
the wheat without grinding Relief
reached them just in time to prevent
a sad ending to the experience.
The frontier life was succeeded by
that of the city, and hereJ though the
experiences were wholly different in
type. they remained full of interest,
for it was her lot to be always in the
, midst of marked activities
Today. well on to century since the
little babe was born, she lives a tram
gull life, an aged woman, but with
mental powers strong and keen, and
with an interest in the affairs of the
world both marked and constant 1t
seems quite past belief that the region
which, until the little Daughter of the
Regiment was born, had never known
the birth of other than the children of
the SavageS, has increased since her
birth to vast empire, having popu-
| lation of more than seven millions of
people, a region but just beginning to
appreciate it's own strength. 1t seems
even more wonderful that the first
person to be born in so large and popu-
lous a region should still be alive and
strong in her interest in all that makes
for the advancement of the nation
/ THE AUTUMN DAYS OF AN
| EVENTFUL LIFE
Mrs. Van Cleve has a charming per-
sonality, her fine, strong eye and ex-
pressive face eloquent of the woman
hood within. Wherever and however
her life has been passed-whether on
/ the frontier. never absent from mill
| tary scenes, as a pioneer amidst the
hardships inseparable from the career
/ of those who gave civilization to the
great West as an instructor in west
ern institution of learning, or in the
I still larger sphere of city life-it has
ever been a life of activity a life de-
voted with unselfishness to the uplift OF
others. In every sort of philanthropiC
I work, especially in all forms having
the advancement of women for gov.
erning motive: in the wide field of mis-
sionary effort, either at home OF gath
ering information in long voyaging il
the Pacific; in advocacy of all manner
of movements suitable for the voic,
and pen of woman, and tending to tn.
general betterment of the community
in all particular and definite enterpris
es for the aid of the distressed ant
the protection and saving of the faIleI
of her sex, this swoman has been
steadfast and commanding figure
1t is interesting to note that, with he
gallant husband, since deceased. sh'
celebrated, more than decade and
: half ago, her golden wedding II ha
been no ordinary humdrum life whici
) this sweet-faced old lady has lived
Not only is it a wonderful life in that
! as noted, she is the first white person
born in a region larger than blocI
of central Europe, embracing the Ger
. man Empire, the Netherlands, Belgium
Denmark, Austria-Hungary and Italy
! region which has grown in her life
time from wilderness to an empire
| but it is life which has been thronge,
: with stirring events, oftentmes follow
, ing one another with striking and dra
matte power, events interviewer witt
: the great epochs of the West, some O
them sparkling with the brilliancy o
notable social functions, others rich il
the pomp and glory of arms, still 9th
: ers throbbing with the mad beat of tn
: heart of savage life.
A vivid, picturesque, brilliant life
and yet, should you meet this white