The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24

&C 4 O'Clock. when Mr. Corey would be in
She waited down In Battery Park until .
| TO save the carf-re up town and back,
When she saw Mr.. Corey he said nothing
% envelopes. be; asked her u she could
write. She replied usode=tly that abe
thought 30. She did not say that the edi-
tors had never agreed with her. A.
matter % fact she had always wanted to
write. but had MOI gut start.
We'll. said Mr.. Corey. we are very
anxious 20 find a woman who can write
matter for our publication 'which will
appeal TO the women. Surprising you st
here by yourself for an hour and write
. letter TO the women 81 tbs United States
urging the election Of Mex inley. II Il suits
M ws can employ you regularly
She accepted the proposition just ~
n she wors accustomed TO such work.
but after he had gone shs tiptoed to the
door and called 20 the stenographor.
-Ross, said she in whisper. what h
thi. P9blicatiOn-RepublicAn' or Demo-
IL h a fact that she did not know which
ticket Mckinley vas running on. She
gathered up a bunch OF campaign litsra-
turs and looked Il over. Il " as the full
dinner pail campaign. This phrases
wrots letter N the women OF the United
States which was a moving appeal for q
full dinner pail She knew by natural
instinct how TO touch the chords OF human
sympathy.
Her letter TO the women Of the nation
was published a. she wrote u. and she
was Employed 60 al thres pages IN each
issue Of the paper until election. One day
her employer said:
Can you speakp"
"Why, think so,- said she.
Very well.' sAid he. You v III speak
tonight at the hall on I2Sth street
She VA Aghast. She had never spoken
a word in public in her life. she treFnbled
for the next ten hours. Only ons thing
carried hsr through-the thought Of her
children. She couldn't afford 90 Let amy
opportunity pa~s.
She spoke and received moro applan~s
than any other speaker that night She
believed what she was saytng-she had
by this time become rabbd Mckinleyite-
and the purpose which inspired her gave
her a certain earnestns~- and sincerity
which the audience felt though IL didn't
understand the reason. After that she
was sent 10 speak three nights a week
throughout the campaign and had a reg
uiar meeting 90 conduct every afternoon
In q room on lower Broadway,
For several years after that she was
regularly engaged by the Republican
campaign committee % New York TO
speak IN every campaign m the city
and the surrounding country Between
times abe Was writing and Earning the
technique Of her trade. Now ehe has
written a big seller and II sUcc essful.
with plenty of money and frlcncs
She In a bundle 81 Contradictions, her
friends say. internal affection has BEEN
the mainspring of her life. and yet she
looks like q girl. She u apparently
the mildest. most feminine of women.
and yet the things she will do. with rsr-
feet GOODNESS. are surprising.
For example. she has now an unpub-
lished book which u contracted tor by
an English publisher. This book relates
the adventures Of IN American girl who
IN studying music in Paris when the
slump OF 1901 occurs. The girl goes
20 the hank In get some money and finds
no money there She finds that her
guardian. who had her money IN his
bank. has failed and committed suicide
She 10 left stranded in Paris. without
money enough To pay her hotel bill.
The book tells her adventures and ex-
periences. To get the right local color
the author went out alone IN Paris every
night for three months at about 10 O'Clock
and stayed till ,. sometimes tall &. in the
streets OF the students quarter. When