The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-02
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 MRS. LEoNARD's BOOK or POEMS.
 Her many friends in Montgomery and Alabama will be interested in the an- nouncement that Mrs. Charles sum ner Leonard has written e book pr poems which will appear shortly
 Mrs. Leonard came to Montgomery a bride. about six years ago and made her home here for two years ourins which time she made many warm friends both in the city and through out the State. She was prominent In club and church work and is bril- liant and Charming woman.
 Mrs. Leonard went to Cuba rom Montgomery and spent two years after which she went to Oklahoma to live. some of the poems in the forthcoming volume were written in Cuba and others in the old David Leonard home in Burlington, Vermont. Mrs. Leon ards non de plume is Janan Ewyn, an old Scotch family name. One of her poems Is called Montgomery" This poem is one of her sweetest and best. Mrs. Leonard hopes to return to Montgomery at some future time to make her home as she is very much attached to the place and the friends made during her comparatively brief stay.
 Concerning Mrs. Leonard and her works The Oklahoma City Times of recent date has the following:
 "OkIahoma talent is a recognized factor in all the various walks of life, but the field of literary endeavor is not so thronged, but what the en- try of another is most marked, es- pecially when the newcomer is one who gives as great promise as does Mrs. Charles Sumner Leonard, Of Kebta. Okla, formerly Miss Pansy Price, of this city. and niece of MT. and Mrs A. H. Price, of West Ninth street, whose book of poems will be issued the last of June from the well known publishing house of the Cor ham Press.
 Mrs. Leonard, whose girlhood days were spent in this city, graduated from the city high school in the class Sof 'es. and later became one of the popular teache CTS of the city. Her early rhymes and poems were the subject of much inteersted comment and appreciation from her friends and companions. but 1t was only last win ter that she was persuaded to send . copy of one of them to the well known Eastern publication, Poets Lore. where it attracted the attention of the publisher. Richard Badger, and 2 short time after Mrs. Leonard received a communication from him asking if she had sufficient manuscript to make n small volume of poems, and request ing the privilege of examining them. with view to publication.
 'eThe poems were sent and accepted and will be issued next month under the titles of Memories of Cuba, and Other Poems Mrs. Leonard using the pen name of Janan Ewyn, an old, fam f~z hn Highlands. The volume will be 12mo.. handsomely bound in art cloth and will be placed with local dealers here. and will no doubt be warmly welcomed by old friends and new.
 While living In this city, Mrs. Leonard resided with her uncle and aunt, MT. and Mrs. Harvey Price, and was married at their residence. after wards moving to the little town Of Keota, Okla. where the most of her poems have been written at her pretty cottage home of Forest HILL overlook ing the village beneath.
 saThe acceptance of her poems by such a well known critic as Richard Badger, presages not only unusual literary merit, but also future success, in a field where many aspire to enter. but which few ever attain. and the new poet is reticent of many congrat- ulations."
 MRS. FISKE PLEADS
 FOR DUMB BEASTS.
 Nowhere can there be found a more ardent, enthusiastic and really jealous supporter of the Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals than Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske, the celebrated actress Though keen student of the drama and a hard worker in her pro- fession Mrs. Fiske finds time to give a word of encouragement to the conn paratively few who think beast is worth a second thought.
 Mrs Fiske says:
 's1very man and woman with a par ticle of humanity or possessing any help support the Society for the Pre- ventlon of Cruelty to Animals.
 T am sure that, if all the hidden miseries of animals throughout the land were suddenly revealed. people would stand abashed and ashamed"
 Mrs. Fiske Is a prominent and infiu- ential member of the Society for the of Crusy to Animals of New York city, and a member of the Board of Directors. "A few years ago she discovered that the New York so- ciety was spending twice as much money with only half the amount of work accomplished as Washington, D. | C., and quietly began an investigation. l The result of her work was the expul- sion of one of the officials who had | charge of the funds. He had been | the Society out of a great deal | of money each month through a clever | system of grating.