New-York tribune., 1903-02-23

60 reer bv the experience a friend of my mother =
dent of college This really DISAGREED quite
seriously with Mr. Phillips on SGme and he Used
to go to anti-sIavery meetings resoiveI 10 ftT
war VIM e Mr. Philips he would vote with him He
would admit his yaeaton eptned anq this time to
resist the orators fascination but wnen Inc Inc i
laughing plea for himself. p,,uinss
Some romantic stories were told Of rs MI II vas
he fell in love with her at first b appa
eny eff Ss the Of his future opinions had been
I'd oG ne anS ta @ e shd Charles
expected to be introduced to Ann at the same Tune;
and ampnE o paFd Wedn In and that and he
disputed as to whch was sad tRf r Phllips claimed
that he had the PT ebssr fha6 When the
time came L went and Charles dldn L
ILL HEALTH OF HIS WIFE.
Mrs Pbillns,s health failed before her marriage.
ard though she experienced re e foy
during the rst m & years y9rs 9I What was practically
shut life We younger folks of the apti-Slayery anti
Ee shut away from all mortal eyfs and snd
ears save those Of her husoanq woSe nd pu3e That
strenuous natured woman, Abby Kelley Foster was was
or e2s of thf deh fe Mra Foster 'f ami
on amos f05 her af a1aty Of Sympathy
Intuition You never have to tell her anyrnihg h
Once. When he and she must have been toward g1Tti
meant by his customary reply to inquirers that & his
that that she S was able to enjoy looking Of the win
the Stir of life This enjoyment Of hers in watching
the passing wagons and other vehicles was me
it had become thoroughfare. Sometimes, he con-
tnued. she downstairs to the floor beloW a Hea
never stayed an hour outside of her own chamber ne
G he e M his meals T With T oer at her bedside he
be6 dd fo{ tel ef s he So Said When first knew her It
is if she had acquired some brightness and force
up up tirG9 through all these years.
sv 2acte snebs b hm of Social gayey Of
comfort and personal freedom in little things. he S
the night to do anything for her he struck match
to light the Mp and dsf orbng ne bag Gs be
matches, and found he had used twenty-one IN the
u did not mean to lecture much this winter he
6 to ny prose Ann n nh the m t2a q
stay at home me- and be & very g99q Hd bad TT
break all my promises, But she encouraged me to
was my fortune to hear Frederick DouFIass and
The voice Of Douglass came brokenly from his ex
as he ss sPSse Of the e wheR ghe
with him all night refusing to go below and take
8anas ON account Of his color It Was thrilling
to hear the old man. then honored and accepted. In
hsrdship when he ana dssPi5ed a3d
That's the sort of thing man never forgets" he
murmured.
SOUGHT TO BEAR ANOTHER'S BURDEN.
Miss Anthony's "reminiscences on this occasion on
faTe @ % Of TG Wo sbe og Was @
same in old age Douglass had shown him to be
@ S she sad Mo talk % with
F Of his e It must have % BEEN after he knew
he had heart disease. It probably after he. at
his death.-thaf his property had dwpdled away,
m o h he S Tas nd SICK aRG M
said to Miss Anthony; remember seeing my
mcther's funeral, and hearing him say, I thank
G0q nave his ee0 sfS en ef b go k5o now %I wa
1t was. have lived to have every hope and desire
merge itself and be lost in the one wish that may
That Wish M WAS not o bes died and b left his
given however, by friends and rel relatives and the
maintained until her death. about two years after
One of the pretty stories told of Mr.. Phillips is
that he found pleasure in stealing up to children
shop i windows and Slipping money into their hands
II think said the person who related this. eff
they see his face as he passes they must think 1t
! is that of angel"
had destroyed before his last sickness ali the notes
and evidences Of Indebtedness which he held against
his lifetime with small loans He left them ali free
mingled with the impulse which led him to make it
rd c ms M cod en S for
Perhaps he knew that only trouble for them and
to collect these notes. He once made the statement
to friend that with with single execution. he had
as a kindness 'in he said "the small sums one
lends for such reason. $50 or s1O0 and 1 have
one who paid me back" he continued. smiling
was crank about money matters and had
scientious scruples against giving a note I hope
you don't mind. Mr. Phillips, said he. 4 can't give
make any difference about my paying it back
And I murmured: oh dear, no. ! don't mind 1t
won't make any difference I hadn't any idea 1t
would. I supposed he would as the others did
but he actually paid me back"
APPEARANCE ON THE PLATFORM
When Mr.. Phillips arose to address an audience
there momentarv tmidity in his manner. It
in the slow pronunciation of his first words which
[ indeed not very audbly spoken. This manner
glided into that of sustained and artistic ora
tory. It said that he always really fright
scripton OF his feelings was that 1t seemed TO
him the height of presumption for him stand be-
fore audience and pretend that he had anything
/ to say that had made 1t worth while for them to
have TO hear him."
All testimony as to Mr.. Phillpss behavior in the
/ presence OF mobs asserts him to have been pos
sessed OF superb physical courage, and endowed
such occasions with a fneness of manner which
bore shining witness to the gentlemanly quality in
his blood. One OF my friends him face an in
fuTiated New.York mob He stood the plat
OF his paythings, alternately rousing his
listeners to by defiant utterance of
opinions that they hated. and exciting them to
laughter by his wit Once of the leaders
rushed forward and cut a curtain rope, and cried
out that they would hang him. oh wait a min
ute" said he, quietly. It'll tel! you this story
The Rev. Mr. Berle says: "On occasion. when
General Miles was in Boston. asked him what
the brayest thing he had seen. The general
said that it the delivery of a speech by Wen
dell Phillips in Music Hall After 1t the speaker
mob OF ten thousand men howled around. thrstng
his blood