The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-11

general travelling agent, to go from city
to city and introduce the new writing
machine. She was a very young wO-
man then, but she accomplished her
mission bravely and introduced the
first typewriters in Chicago, St. Louis,
Cincinnati and other places.
Seeing from her skill and knowledge
what one woman could do on the type
writer, business men who needed some
body to write letters for them did not
hesitate to employ other young wo-
men. Thus a new field of work for the
feminine sex was opened.
After introducing the type machine
through the middle west Mrs. Saun-
ders went to New York, where she be-
came bookkeeper, correspondent and
Examiner of policies for one of the
leading life insurance companies of the
United States. She also had charge of
the company's real estate accounts. All
this meant heavy and responsible du-
ties for an attractive young woman
fond of society and gay life, yet Mrs.
Saunders stuck to her post year after
year. She was a widow with a tiny
daughter to support and educate.
At length in 1891 Mrs. Saunders was
asked to go to London to introduce a
new typewriting machine. She sailed
away merrily, taking her daughter with
her. They spent a year in London,
Mrs. Saunders serving as agent and
manager for the company She also
opened a school of instruction in the
use of the new machine. a hundred
pupils attended the classes. So highly
was she appreciated that at the close
of the year, when she returned. to
America, the pupils gave her a hand
some diamond brooch as a token of
their appreciation.
Mrs. Saunders is a slender, graceful
woman with white hair and a merry,
bright blue eye. She has a charming
manner and a sweet voice. To know
her is to be her friend and to have her
for a friend always, SO sincere and
kindly is She Among her treasured
possessions is a brief note written thir-
ty years ago by the inventor of a lead
ing typewriting machine informing her
that in a few weeks he would be able
to give her a place as agent to intro
duce his invention.
In leisure hours Mrs. Saunders recre-
ates herself with music, and she is an
accomplished pianist. She and her
daughter have pretty home in New
York city.
It is pleasing to know that all demo-
cratic feeling has not yet departed from
American society, even from the mil
ionaire set. Last summer among
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British court was Mrs. Samuel New
house, formerly of Denver, now of Lon
don and New York. Mrs. Newhouse is
popular entertainer in London socie-
ty and a close friend of King Edwards
friend. Mrs. George KeppeI. She is
beautiful, accomplished and graceful
and one of the best dressed even of
American society women. Her place
as leader in the most exclusive set
is unquestioned. Yet all the so called
blue blooded folk who hobnob with |
Mrs Newhouse know well that less
than twenty years ago this refined, |
brilliant society leader cooked for min |
ers in a camp in the Rocky mountains; |
also these fine folk know that her
mother, Mrs. Stingley, a plucky south
ern woman, kept a boarding house in /
Denver and that Samuel Newhouse. an
ambitious and shrewd young business
man from Boston, made his headquar-
tiers at Mrs. Stingley's, where he saw.
loved and won the daughter of the /
house, pretty girl in her teens.