The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-14

lutte harmony and whose home was
peace. My childish idea of God was of
somebody who was just like my father
so full of love and goodness-only
very large, much bigger than my IA
ther.''
Mrs. Carpenters maiden name was
Rouse, and her father was a minister.
Her mothers name was HalIock, and
the Hallock family also inclined to the
ministry.
we've been preachers for genera
tons on both sides of the family says
Mrs. Carpenter. The beautiful, perfect
family affection that united the Rouse
family subsists to this day. After the
death of the minister father, the moth
er, Mrs. Rouse, lived turn about" with
her children, the only contention COM
ing when one of them kept the beloved
mother overtime, thus depriving 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 squab-
bling, and where parents know how to
bring UP their children on a plane above
it the atmosphere of that plane clings
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-
ella, Fanny Ha1Iock Carpenter "hath a
merry wit" running like a thread
through her discourse, legal or social.
She is particularly happy as a club and
dinner speaker.
She did not study law until after her
marriage to the lawyer, ~Philfp Carpen-
ter. Connecticut was her native state
but she remained there scarcely more
than long enough to be born comfort
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fornia, thence to Hawaii, where her ia
Their engaged in ministerial work on the
island of Maui. Once on trip to the
neighboring island of Hawaii Miss
Rouse visited the volcano of Kflauea,
whose crater she descended into with a
party of friends. The old volcano was
not considered to be in eruption then,
still it set fire to Miss Rouse's dress,
and that forms her most distinct recol-
lection of the crater of kiIauea-
She was married in California and
crossed the continent with her husband,
who is a leading lawyer of New York
city.
Il was attracted to the law because
Philip was a lawyer; then / studied law
for myself and became deeply interest
ed in it. The law is a great education.
Hardly any important matter comes up
in the newspapers that has not some le-
gal aspect
Perhaps, too, though Mrs. Carpenter
does not say so, the death of her chill
dren. three beautiful little sons, caused
her to turn to severe study as a dis
traction from the grief that desoIated
her mother heart. She did not at first
intend to engage in active practice, but
the practice came to her, and she could
not well refuse it. She has brought
prominent cases to a successful conclu-
sion.
She is a notable club woman, having
wisely equipped herself for club duties
by taking courses of study and practice
in parliamentary usage. She belongs to
various organizations of women, among
them Sorosis the New York Woman's
Press club, the Republican club, Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution, the
College Woman's club and the Post
Parliament club. She is also a member
of the National Arts, a delightful club
of both men and women. Mrs. Carpen-
ter believes in woman suffrage.
One of Mrs. Carpenters favorite rec
reatiOns is music, Wagner music espe-
ciaIly. Both she and Mr.. 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 nscessarily short-for jour