The leader., 1901-09-11

aiteT All! we hlu inc CITY curing tne
/ five days | was in New York, from
Central Park to the brooklyn Bridge;
from the Bowery to Fifth Avenue,
where we rode on top Of old buses.
a ride a triile more up to-date was in
automobiles out on Riverside Drive
and to Grants tomb on the most ex.
allied hill of all the river front, mas
sive in structure and imposing in APP.
pearance. Did you ever ride on an
automobile? Well, it is fine; we simply
flew and only hoped it would not get
away from the driver(? . and run away
with us.
We visited Tiffany's, Wanamaker's
Brentano's, Lord Il Taylor's, O'Neil's
and many other stores; but enjoyed
the visit to Huyler's more than all the
others, as we had real Huyler's cream
and candy. We went into Forsythe's,
the SWEETEST place for shirt-waists in
this country, and bought us one
apiece and now we feel quite fine
when we don our Forsythe waists.
In response to card giving me her
address and a cordial invitation to
call to see her, Matte" and | went to
call on Denie Burnley Powell and
found her delightfully."- located in a
fiat near Riverside Drive and on a
high hill overlooking the Hudson
river. We found her recuperating
| from a severe illness. She told us of her
| singing in DR.. Heber Newton's Epis-
copal church, and of how she is de
voting all her time to music. There is
not more celebrated minister than DR.
Newton in this church and Mrs. Pow.
ellis position is a prominent one. We en-.
ioyed dainty lunch with her and since
leaving my party, Matte writes me
81 failed to tell you how much | have
thought about our little visit to Mrs
Powell. 1t was so home-like and dain-
ty there; and then she is so pre- emf
nently individual and womanly that
our visit will linger long in my
memory
Friday morning, August 10th, re
luctantly said goodbye to our party
as they were going to Washington and
| was coming to Syracuse. | left New
| York City at $50 o'clock on the En-.
pire State Express and reached syria
cuse at p. m and all along the Hud
son from New York to Albany, the
scenery was gorgeous; and dotting the
hills all the way we're the beautiful
residences of many prominent and
wealthy people. | could see some
thing of West Point across the river
When | reached Syracuse, found my
friends, Mrs. Hattie Dingman Won
| kloster and Marie Dingman at the
train TO meet me and welcome me in
their own cordial way.
Syracuse is beautiful city and is
called the salt. City, as there are great
salt works here. 1t is finely paved,
clean and picturesquely located city,
| being built on enormous hills. There
are so many trees it is like a great
park, with magnificent residences all
| through it, many of them being the
massive old style Colonial, heavy col
umned architecture. There is an In
dian reservation near here, the Onon-
daga tribe, and we see Indians when
ever we go out. There are such queer
| Indian names for the streets, towns,
resorts, streams, etc, all through here.
st. Johns military Academy is just
out of town: a splendid institution
The Syracuse University is a very
! large Methodist school, handsomely
endowed and quite the pride of the
city. Congressman Driscoll and his
wife of this place called to see us and
| it was quite pleasant to know them, as
they knew many of our Mississippi
and Louisiana friends, who had met
them in Washington. He was quite
! interested in the affairs of our South
ern country and asked me questions
about the negroes, the lynchings, edu-
cation, etc. In walking this afternoon
we passed the home of Mr.. Albert
Wilkinson, who was engaged at one
time to Miss Winnie Davis.
Mrs. Won kloster, who will be re
membered as former art teacher OF
Whitworth, does a great deal of art
work. She has three beautiful girls
that are talented in "a literary way as
we'll as in art. One is the president of
the Sunshine Society and is quite 4
writer as well. Another and the
youngest is very gifted little NINA
ture painter of twelve years. The
oldest is beautiful girl and exceed
ingly popular in society. Marie Ding
man is "a writer of recognized ability
having had several books and trans
more in the hands of tie publishers.
on asked me to write you some.
thing have | done it: could not
make it less, for when | started writ
! ing there was HOtrhere to stop until
| got down to the present time which
is bedtime, Saturday night, August
the 24th. Your paper, the Natche7
! Democrat and Times Democrat come
to me as familiar friends, and do en-
JOY them along with the letters from
home, for | am a long way from all
you dear home people.
ADA E. S. PROXY.