The leader., 1904-11-30

Miss Belle Kearney, of Flora, has
won fame and perhaps fortune.
Her introduction to the public
came through the lecture platform
in temperance work, then came a
book, The Slave Holders
Daughter, a literary work whose
prolix dissertations afford an In
tellectuaI treat. Her public life
has made heI an extensive travel
err, carrying her into many for
eign countries, encompassing Can
ada and the whole of Europe, and
in her own country from Alaska
to the Gulf of Mexico. She has
made a deep study Of humanity
and the problems Of life. thereby
making her one of the leaders Of
thought Of the nation and es-
pecialIy fitting her for the. line of
work she is following just now, j.
e: The different phases of life in
Germany and Russia.
From North Mississippi we
have Mrs. Josie Frazee Capple-
man, who from childhood, has
been poet and now occupies
position on the editorial staff of a
Memphis daily.
Touching newspaper work; we
have two women editors, sole
owners and MANAGERS of their re-
spective papers, Mrs. HaIa Ham
mond Butt, of the Clarksdale
Challenge" and another, Mrs.
M. L. Turnage, of the Belzoni
News, of Yazoo county; while
there is not, in any State, a more
forceful or clever writer and all
round capable newspaper woman,
than our own Mrs. B. i. Hobbs,
whose public life at her husbands
side and beautiful home life, truly
bears to US perfect example of
loving helpmate.
During the siege Of Vicksburg,
amid the fall Of shot and shell. the
brown eyes Of Margaret Hunt
Brisbane looked on in wonder and
fright, with a world of beautiful
imagery conflicting with the hid
eousness of,war. Twas then she
wrote her first poems which have
been followed by others, all Of
which are touchingly beautiful
and precious to us. New Orleans
is the home of her adoption; and
in the last few years the duties of
home and motherhood have forced
her to retire almost wholly from
her cherished work.
a never failing source of pleas
ure to us are the poems, gems of
thought are they, that all too rare
ly come to us in the pages of the
Times Democrat and other pa
pers, fresh from the fairy tipped
pen of Miss Lulah Ragsdale, our
own townswoman. She is ours
and we are proud in our posses
sion.
A new departure in woman's
work is the position of Dean" OF
the Woman's Department in the
University at Oxford, which is
held now by Miss EuIa Deaton, of
Sardis, one Of the best educators
of the South and one well fitted to
occupy any position in the world
of Bellies Lettres.
A wild rose of cyclone-swept
Beauregard, Miss Carrie Bride
we'll, is winning laurels in New
York with her beautiful, resonant
contralto voice. Last season she
sang in New Orleans with the
French Opera Company, taking a
prominent part in Faust and scor-
ed quite success.
Miss Lucy Orrick claims New
Orleans as her foster home; but
Canton is the home Of her birth
and early girlhood. Miniature.
painting has won her success and
acknowledgment from the Art
world.
/ Those interested In the lnterna-
tional Sunshine Society Of Missis-
Esippi, know that in Mrs. Chas.
Gordon Murray, Of jackson, rests
the honors Of leadership of that
interesting band Of women, who
are just now gaining stronghold
| in the hearts of our people. Ill
health has forced her to resign
the presidency and make her
home in Atlanta, Ga. Her heart