New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-26
To SAGE Orchard House
Concord Women Will Restore and Open 10 the
Public the Home of Little Women"

conc Of them. she says, rs IN LOUISA
/ study. the little room AT the right hama cor
nor Of tho house on the second story. Iel
desk used to stand between tho windows
and she loved TO look out into the branches
of the old elm tree which brushed against
( tho pane one winter two owls came and
hcstcd i'm the tree.
Louisa. who was always lover OF
nature Used 10 watch thcm constantly.
/ AS the months passed by snd the spring
came she felt that the owls were going TO
/ ny away. May she said to her sister
Anly's real name, YOU know. was May
am COINS TO lose my owls. know that
they arc ready to nv away i will make
ycC An owl that can't ny away said May.
and she brought her paint brushes and set
10 work. on the little panel Of wood over
the mantel she drew a bis owl. that YOU
can sec TO this day, il you could enter the
house
These little paintings arc faded with age
now, but We arc hoping 10 lave them res
tored rs soon as we can buy tho house
In Amy's bedroom there are several
charming things. over the head of her bed
is sketch Of tho rising sun. Time to get
un, she always said that it meant. When
Inc swallows homeward fly is painted upon
the closet door in strong, clear brush marks
when show the nearer swallows and tiny
SpeckS OF paint for those flying far behind
Downstairs in the living room is a paint
Ing of Gala lily and some nasturtiums
Ihose were really sent to Louisa one day
when she was sick Before they faded
Amy painted them UPON one OF the win.
dow shutters.
llI
privilege Of seeing Amy's original paintings
inside The old brown house. but she saw
Miss Alcott, too.
Il well remember her" she continues.
She was tall, handsome woman, whom
every one loved. She was first secretary
of the Concord WOman's Christian Tenn.
perance Union. All our records She wrote
| in her own hand. and we have them now.
am hoping that the union sisters will re-
member this and help us out. don't care
/ how much they give. II they give only a
cent apiece. There arc over ten thousand
Of them in this state alone and think how
much We would get from Just the pennies
if all the members in the whole country
would help.
I'VE shall be clad Of All contributions.
idISe OF Slndll, out We want all the small
gifts VIC can get. I should love more than
anything else to collect this money from
thousands OF persons, mothers, children
who have loved Miss Alcott, ana other
readers Of her books who would give ten
cent pieces or even pennies to our fund
I Little Women is just as Sood as il ever
was, and there must be thousands of chill
dren who want 10 do something for 10
What became Of the four sisters-MeG,
Jo. Beth ana Amy-who romped and
laughed and cried through the pages of the
/ book and who make the little brown house
the mecca for thousands of tourists? Ev-
erybody knows what became of Meg, for
she married John Brooke. whose real name
was John Pratt and whose grandchildren
are living in Concord to-day. Beth never
| lived in the house, for she died before the
| sisters moved into Orchard House and de-
! pended so greatly upon the success of JOS
writing. Amy became an artist. as she
did I'm the book, hut she did not marry
Laurie. She married a Swiss artist whom
she met abroad. and afterwaTd died at the
[ birth Of her daughter. The daughter is
now living, and this summer visited Nec's
grandchildren, the children of Mrs Fred
erck AlCott Pratt