The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1910-09-23
EVEN CENTURY Is AUNT MARY.
Colored Woman at Home to Friends
on Her Hundredth Birthday.
MRS, MARY HUNTER.

on Her Hundredth Birthday.
MRS. MARY HUNTER.
Taking the day off from her work
and spending 1t in her front room"
surrounded by thousand little gifts
from many friends, Mrs. Mary Hun
ter, colored woman, who Is known
to her friends and acquaintances as
Aunt Mary" quietly passed her one
birthday at her home, 125
Holden street, today. For many
years she has been a familiar figure
in Minneapolis. Her rooms are filled
with tokens from her white folks
friends" so full, indeed, that a visitor
has some difficulty in walking about
the place. Today she is "at home."
and those who call are treated to a
story Of life that began In the early
part of the nineteenth century.
Born In AshevilIe.
Aunt Mary was born at Asheville,
N. c.. Sept. II, 1910, and spent the
early part of her life in the beautiful
mountains surrounding that city. Born
in slavery, she continued the property
Of one of the leading families of that
state until freed after the civil war.
She was no ordinary field hand"
but spent most of her life as woman
in waiting to the feminine household.
After the war she came north, and
finally reached Minneapolis, where
she has lived for the last twenty
years.
The remarkable features of the
womans life Is her strong vitality for
one Of her years. Her home Is
workhouse and every day except Sun
day a workday. Each morning Is
given over to toll and the afternoon
to rest and entertaining her friends,
most Of whom are white folks" as
Aunt Mary fondly calls her visitors.
In the rear Of the ohme is her work
shop, washroom, where she, losing
none Of her cunning as a laundress,
turns out daily large bundle of i'm
maculate linen. Her patrons are
among the wealthy people of the city
and she also does work for several
churches.
Aunt Mary is devotedly religious
and attends services regularly. She
Is Catholic and frequently is a COM
municant at the early morning mass.
She is an habitual walker and easily
walks a mile carrying a bundle Of
linen.
About the early scenes Of her child
hood, she remembers much and de-
lights to recite stories of the great
days Of the old south, before the war"
Yesterday she told of large banquet
and barbecue given in honor of Henry
Clay at Asheville In the forties.
"The feast was spread in a woods
about three miles from town on the
banks Of the Swananoa river, and half
the people Of the state, both white
and black, were present." said Mrs.
Hunter. After the barbecue they
had a dance on a platform and the
celebration was one of the biggest
ever held in the town."
Mrs. Hunter has been a widow for
years, and lives alone. She is held
In great regard by those who know
her best, and the neighbors never tire
Of telling Of the wonderful vitality of
the aged woman.
Miss Beulah Corneal, one Of our
best known young women, and a re-
cognized social leader, will represent
the Twin City Star. This young lady
has accepted this opportunity to iden-
tify herself with a business, which is
entirely familiar to her, and she will
receive the support of her friends.
III Where Fash on ReiSns "
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