The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-25

Richard Hinton, with his sombrero and
bearded face and his brave, true soul.
She attracted him, ne attracted her,
and they were married. And after that
Isabel gave up her life to her husband
as before she had given it to her chill
dren. Little cared Richard Hinton for
occultism and mysticism. He was
STEPPED to the lips in plans for helping
the living. throbbing, material mankind
he saw all about him. and his wife
dropped her plans for his.
Colonel Hinton was identified with
the labor movement; Mrs. Hinton be-
came identified with 1t too. All they
had, their time, strength and such
wealth as they possessed they gave to
it. in company with John Swinton and
some others. Wherever words were to
be said for liberty and prosperity for
all, there up spoke Richard Hinton;
there went with him his wife as his 81
lent partner, silent to the outer world,
but helping grandly behind the scenes
Colonel Hinton was the close friend
and platform associate of Susan B. An
thony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lu-
cretia. Mott
Of the famous women who do things
Mrs. Hinton has at one time or another
met nearly all in America and Great
Britain. One of Mrs. Hinton's friends
in England is Mrs. T. P. O'Connor. OF
American women engaged in active life
in London none is more sought after
than Mrs. O'Connor, who is really the
chief writer on m. A. p" (Mainly
About People,. Mrs. O'Connor was
Miss Pascal, a gifted American actress
whom T. P. O'Connor met in Washing
ton and fell in love with. She is as bril-
liant and popular in London literary
society as she formerly was on the
stage, a pretty woman with a singu-
IJcr- he
Lady From Texas" made a great hit in
LonC on. then went to Australia. 1t
satiIizes the British aristocracy. who
have the good sense to be amused at it.
But of the women Mrs. Hinton knows
we'll none seems to her so remarkable
as Clara Barton, founder and builder
of the Red Cross in America. If there
really are any such beings as the
adopts" of oriental philosophers, then
Clara Barton comes very near being
one. She seems to need little food or
sleep, works all the time and appears
never to grow weary. During the Red
Cross Investigations last winter law
yers and witnesses, young men in the
prime of health and vigor, were worn
out before the case was finished; Miss
Barton remained calm, unworried and
unwearied to the end. Her hair at the
age of seventy-four is dark and album
dAnt. She has the power and will of
an eagle. At night, while others sleep,
Clara Barton sits at her desk and
writes and plans. She has recently
published a book, much of which is au-
TYPOGRAPHICAL She is born organ
izer of large affairs, and her executive
ability is most surprising to those who
know her best
Poor Lucy Parsons, the fiery, erratic,
radical orator whose husband was
hanged as a sequel to the Chicago Hay
market riots, was another whom Mrs.
Hinton know well. After her husbands
execution Lucy Parsons went back to
her trade of dressmaking and thus
brought up her two children.
And now at the end of all this excit-
'ng drama Isabel Hinton is alone and
once more free to write and study the
hidden powers of the human mind.
ALICE w. MORTIMER