Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-07-06

to depart, and the genter solicitude Of
friendship made sure as to my being
"all right and comfortable where |
was"
! looked at her as turned away and
accustomed az | am 10 youthful looking
women In Utah. | thought ! never saw
a fresher more charming young wO-
man of rising forty than she who waved
me goodbye from her slender fingers.
Among her other mplshments Is
one OF which she Is most proud Mrs
Harper possesses the rare gifts Of
thrifty and exquisite housekeeping. She
is an artist at cooking and can boast
of skin with the needle second TO no
seamstress in that profession. Untn
the press absorbed her time an her own
and her daughters charming dresses
were made by her own skilled fingers.
She is of New England parentage. but
was born and has spent most OF her
life In Indiana. For some time she was
managing editor Of the Terre Haute
Daily News, and did all Of the papers
political writing. Later she was sew
eral years on the stan of the Indian
apois News, doing a full share OF the
editorial work and making a speciality
of paragraphing, her paragraphs being
widely copied. For twelve years preyl-
Gus she conducted a special department
Of current event In the Terre Haute
Saturday Evening Mail, and at the
same time was connected with the
Flremens Magazine, published By
Eugene V. Debs, then the most widely
circulated labor magazine in the coun-
try. During this time Mrs Harper
travelled extensively. corresponding
with the Chicago Times and Inter-
Ocean, Detroit Free Press, Cleveland
Leader indianapolis Journal, Toledo
Blade, Western Christian Advocate,
New York Christian Union and Chi
cago Advance. She was selected by
the worlds fair committee to write one
OF the monographs for Indiana and
read several papers before the World
Fair congress receiving a diploma OF
honorable mention from the board
OF managers. She was the Indiana
representative OF the Worlds Fair
Press league and a charter member of
the Press Association Of Indiana, and
also secretary OF the State Suffrage as.
ISOLATION, FOR number of years.
Mrs. Harper went 10 California I'm
1893, TO place her daughter in Stanford
University. When the suffrage cam
paign opened in that state In 1896 she
was requested by Miss Anthony to take
charge OF the press, and during eight
months she was in constant communi-
cation with the $50 papers which ad-
yocated the suffrage amendment.
AT the close OF the campaign her
daughter having taken her degree Mrs.
IIWrnlp ggapIfn1 Mic
invitation 10 60 to Rochester and write
her biography. Here she had access 90
the letters and documents Of century.
ana the work was two years IN prepar-
alton. Mrs, Harper is a lady of inde-
pendent means, but Keeps her pen busy
because she believes that II is not right
Tor women, any more than for men, to
be idle.
In 1899 the next day after her daugh-
tiers marriage Mrs Harper sailed for
Europe 10 attend the International
Congress OF women. read a paper on
Tie Training Of the Woman Journal
lsl etc. and was selected chairman
International Press committee.
IL is interesting to Utah people 10
know that Mrs. Harper was a warm
and true friend TO the Utah women AT
the great London congress. 4 brief |
account Of trip made bv herself Mrs
Susa Young Gates and daughter Lulu
TO Crews church yard at Stoke Pogls
near Winsor castle was given In one of |
our home periodicals.
While abroad for six months she |
wrote foreign letters for her own syndl. |
cate, and for the New York sun Wash |
ngion Post indianapolis News and |
SEN Francisco Chronicle.
Mrs. Harper Is az present engaged In !
writing for Miss Anthony q history ~ |
NomanS Progress. She has recently |
finished a series ~ twelve biographical |
sketches ~ famous living women I'm as |
many professions Tor the San Francisco |
hroricle. She writes for the New |
York Independent and other magazines
on May LIST she took an editorial posi-. |
ION az McClure's. Heretofore she has /
spent her winters IN Washington. and |
'aIfled her work TO seaside or mountain |
IN summer
In recent letter from Mrs. Harper
ihe says:
Il have taken an editorial position
mere On New York; Tor six months. /
while the permanent editor Is In Eu-
'ope' ! WORK every night I'm eleven
,clock or after and all Of every sun
lay. ] ala II solely TO get the New
York experience, which ! felt that
needed. II has put a stop temporarily
10 the history but Miss Anthony de-.
ided that Il was best FOR several rea.
IONS"
Mrs Harper's work Is a potent factor
n the healthy. sane DEVELOPMENT q,
Women She IL not working for Nancy
Tor for fame. though she can humanity
nioy both as they are poured into her
lands But she is deeply Interested IN
he fun Acknowledgement OF woman
rom her own blind. unthinklng fet,ers,
y, Is wen as from those forged by preju-
'rand denouement NJ this earth's drama
: unfolded. the work OF such noble
rue hearted women ~ Mrs. la Nus.
ed Harper wnl be found 20 shine as
ewels ia the crown Of free womanbood.