The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-15

| she appears she said: That's. what my father lived for. It. makes one believe
 in the goodness of everybody to h@ve a
 father and mother whose lifesSzas sabso-
 lute harmony and whose hnmen swas l peace. My childish idea of Qodzw of ksomebody who was just fikenmpfEther
 so full of love and goodness-aonIy
 very large. much bigger than my fa- ther," - .
 Mrs. Carpenters maiden name was
 Rouse, and her father was a minister.
 Her mothers. name was Ha1lock. ana
 the Hallock family also inclined to the
 ministry.
 We've been preachers for genera
 tions on both sides of the family says
 Mrs. Carpenter. The beautiful, perfect family affection that united the Rouss famfly subsists to this day. After the
 death of the minister father, the moth-
 CT. Mrs. Rouse. lived turn about with
 her children. the only contenkiez com-
 ing when one of them kept the beloved
 mother overtime. thus depfiving Ft the
 others of her company. %< | This lovely family harmony accounts
 for the tactfulness and good temper of Mrs. Carpenter. There Is an infinite
 depth of vulgarity in family squabbling, and where parents know how to bring up their children on plane above 1t
 the atmosphere of that plane clings I to the children and spreads brightness
 all around them when they enter the
 big family of the world.
 Like her ancestor. John Alden's Pris-
 cilla. Fanny Hallock Carpenter hath a merry wit" running like thread through her discourse, legaI'-6f social She is particularly happy as a club and ldinner speaker. esK sl .rss She did not stud law until after her marriage to the lawyer. Philip Carpen- ter. Connecticut was her native state,
 but she remained there scarcely more than long enough to be born comfort
 ably. when the Rouses removed to Cali
 fornia, thence to Hawaii. where her fa-
 ther engaged in ministerial work on the island of Maui. Once on a trip to the
 neighboring island of Hawaii Miss Rouse visited the volcano of Kilauea, whose crater she descended into with a party of friends. The old volcano was
 not considered to be in eruption then.
 still 1t set fire to Miss Rouse's dress. and that forms her most distinct rec
 ollection of the crater of Kilauea- s l She was married in California; and lcrossed the continent with her husb8nd, l who is a leading lawyer of New York l city.
 T was attracted to the law because Philip was a lawyer; then studied law
 for myself and became deeply interest l ed in it. The law is a great education. Hardy any important matter comes up
 in the newspapers that has not some les gal aspect"
 Perhaps, too. though Mrs. Carpenter does not say so. the death of her chil- dren, three beautiful little sons, caused
 her to turn to severe study as a dts traction from the grief that desofated.
 her mother heart. She did not at first Intend to engage in active practice. but the practicsf came to her. and sshe could not we'll refuse dt.F She has bi.offEnt t prominent cases to successful c6n- cIusion. fss She Is a notable club woman. having
 wisely equipped herself for club duties
 by taking courses of study and prac-
 tice fin parliamentary usage. She be- longs to various organizations of wo-
 men. among them Sorosis, the New York Woman's Press club, the Repub-
 lican club, Daughters of the American
 Revolution, the College woman's club
 and the Post Parliament club. She
 is also a member of the National Arts.
 delightful club for both men and
 women. Mrs. Carpenter beiievesqn mo- man suffrage. NA9 6oas One of Mrs. Carpenters favorite rec
 reations is music, Wagner music espe- cially. Both she and Mir. Carpenter are
 enthusiastic travellers. and some of the
 happiest hours of their united and har-
 monious life are spent in trips to for- eign lands, necessarily short--for jour- neys must be taken during Mir. Carpen- ter's brief summer vacations--but none ! the less pleasant. Mrs. Carpenter finds Spain very fascinating. A jolly good travelling companion. too, Is this lady,
 who says with full sincerity O fmeaning T would not for any consideration
 hurt anybody's feelings" &%F That sentence is the keynote to EAh- my Hallock Carpenter
 MARILLA WEAVER.