The Republican journal., 1902-10-02
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Grace H. Boutelle, whose poems, ~
Prayer" and when we Remembered,
appeared in Munsey's for June, is the
daughter of the late Charles A. Bou-
telle, member of Congress for the
Fourth Maine district, and several
times chairman of the committee on
naval affairs. She has written ever
since she learned to print, but she has
begun to write regularly only during
the past year. Before this, her writing
had to be done at odd moments, as a
great deal of her life has been spent i'll
Washington, and before she came out,
she taught her two young sisters; and
after her mothers death, she had her
place to fill both as her fathers private
secretary, and in the way OF official
social duties. As daughter of the chair
man of the naval committee, some
years ago, she was asked to christen the
United States steamship Newark at the
shipyard of the Messrs. Cramp at Phil
delphla, perhaps the most interesting
experience of her life, and two years
ago, she was asked to chrlSten the
Nevada at the Hyde shipyard at Bath,
but as her father was Ill at Waverley,
and she was with him there, she de
clmed and her youngest sister took her
place. Miss Boutelle has story under
way in which the christening of cruis-
er is the leading feature, which she
hopes may give some idea OF the charm
and excitement of such an occasion.
Five years before her fathers death, he
took his three daughters to Europe for
a three months stay. During this trip,
Miss BOutelle wrote some verses at
AmaIfi upon a sunrise she saw from the
old Capuchin monastery, and it was the
first poem of hers that Munsey's pub
llShed. 1t was this trip abroad that her
father and she recalled most often of
ali their interesting Journeys together.
Miss Boutelle has had verses i'll the
Contributors club OF the Atlantic
Monthly and in Munsey's, Current
Literature, the Overland Monthly, and
the Churchman; also, stories i'll the
Puritan and the papers served by the
Mcclure syndicate. Several of her
poems came out in a collection called
"America's Younger Poets, - which was
published some years ago. At present,
Miss Boutelle is taking notes and put
ting her material in order for brief
rate his public seryices..and his rare per-
sonal character
Kate Vannah, whose poem, ''World
Weary" appeared in Munsey's for
June, has found song writing so lucra-
tive and congenial in the past ten years
that she has written comparatively little
poetry, but the literary vein with her is
quite as strong as the musical, and she
has published some delightful poems,
especially sonnets, in her very busy
musical life as a composer. OF her
music, more is sold today than that of
any other woman composer i'll the nit
ed States, OF of any man composer, ex-
ceptlng De koven. Miss Vannah was
born III Gardiner, Me. where she still
resides. After graduating at the Gar
diner High School, and later at school
near Baltimore, she tried her hand az
journalism, writing for the Boston. New
\ DIRK aud Philadelphia papers, and for
several Maine papers, under the name
of Kate Van Twinkle. Her poetry was
superior and widely copied. In 1892 a
book of her poems was published by the
LippincOtts, and this was followed by
another book of poems in 1898. She
expects to publish a third book of
poems within a year OF two. Her first
songs We're published when she was
eighteen, and since then her fame as
composer has become Widespread Re
garding her method, she says: My
work is the greatest possible pleasure
to me when am in the mood. | work
Ike 4 Trojan at times. have done six
songs in ten days but that is rather be
yOnd my average rate. | probably write