The Washington times., 1906-03-13
ANNE ROYAL AND
HER STORMY TIMES
Columbia Society Hears the
Story of Noted Woman.
WAS 0RDiALLY HATED
Enemies Had Her Arrested and Cen
victed as Common Scold-Was
Often Penniless.

The eighty-sixth regular meeting OF
the Columbia Historical Society was
held at the Shoreham last night at
which the feature of the evening was a
paper by Miss Sarah Harvey Porter on
''TIe Life and Times Of Anne Royal"
1t was read by Dr. Gallaudet.
The subject of the essay Is one of the
CouRtrys forgotten WORTHLESS. Mrs. Roy
sils life of over eighty-five years
stretched from the reign of George III
TO the rise Of Abraham Lincoln. She wit
messed three wars and the thickening
clouds Of a fourth. Hers was the dis
tincuon 10 be the most widely known
woman of her day and country. She
visited every town and village of any
size in the United States. and inter
viewed al the famous men and women
Of the land.
Anne Royal was one OF the pioneer
journalists OF Washington. having edited
Faul Pry III 1879. which later merged
into the Huntress. In addition 10 pub
fishing these weekly newspapers for
over quarter Of q century. she was the
euthor OF ten volumes of travel and
& novel. The Tenuesseeau."
After her husbands death. she came
10 Washington at the age of ffty-four
Years, friendIess and penuiIess. Her
first friend was John Quincy Adams,
who subscribed for one Of her books.
and invited her 10 call on Mrs Adams.
on Il street.
She lived for thirty years under the
shadow of the Capitol on Is street, in d
house which she rented for So a month.
situated on the present site of the LIZ
raTy Of Congress. She went on wide
lecture tours, on account Of her radi-
cal theological and political views she
became very much hated.
In NeTgennes. Vt. she was knocked
downstairs by an irate deacon and
sustained a broken ankle Wherever she
went she created a Juror, and was
known as a bag and "a goddess old
woman"
Washington Houized her for twelve
mgurns, but her Lall was near
Politicians had pledged TO diSCredlt
her, gi1CeholderS feared her nosiuES.
stockholders were in mortal terror of
Eri. She was arrested and convicted
OF being common ScUId.
Mrs. Royals reference TO Justice
Craucb was That of "a man who has
q long face with good deal of The
pumpkin in it She said Justice ThTus-
ton looked as if he had sat on the rack
all his life and ate crab apples The
Librarian of Congress testified that she
throats.'
She was fined SO and had to give
bonds for 500 to keep the peace for one
year.
After such a hUmiiiatiuE ordeal Mrs.
ROYAL was never quite herself again
Her claim for 4. pension became Joke
I'm Congress. once she was nominated
Public Printer. Out of the $500 due her
as widow of valiant Revolutionary
hero she recovered s.
At The age of ri-HJv-five Anne Royal
stiu published the HunrreSS. however
in considerably contracted form. New
ertheless she continued her task with
TesOlute cheer During the summer of
1854 an unusually hot one, she died
The newspapers gave only curt notice
of her death. and for many years she
has rested forgotten i'm a sunkcu. uu-
marked grave
Anne ROyaTs last editorial after dis
Guessing the Kansas Nebraska bill and
the tariff question. oraNcd tor three
things. First. that unpaid subscriptions
10 the Huntress might be fOrthCOm-
ing as She had but 81 cents I'm the world .
second. that Washington might eSCa pc
the cholera and third. that the union OF
the States might he eternal