New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-07

Fifteen minutes walk from the statioh
AT HASTINGS on-the- Hudson to River'ie"
Manor and breathhess climb up q steep
stone staircase to Summit Drive bring ons
to the door of Air Castle, tiny coh'io''
bungalow, with brown trimmings ana over
hanging roof, comfortably nestieu ~
amono the trees four hundred feet apo'o
the Hudson River Most OF us have accu''
toned ourselves 10 think of air casties Dc
mere flights of fancy. and we go Oh Nv
ing in a world OF makebelieve 10 recon-
Gle ,ls for all that we really are not, ana
have not. but Edith Julia Griswold, wen
known lawyer and the only woman patent
expert In the world, in climbing iroi''
round to round Of the ladder of fame anu
| fortune has realized one seemingly I'M
possible air castle after another, ana say
we can all do likewise with the propei
amount of determination ana suchtoi''
| iveness. Miss Griswold's charming nome
Is her most recent actual realization Oh
a onetime dream. and hence its name
Air Castle. How far from realization ana
lacking in plausibility must this cream
have seemed to Miss Griswold when sne
first came to New York from the little
town OF Windsor, Conn, to graduate
| from Normal College in 1883, or even
when she studied civil and mechanical
engineering and then after two-year
course in electrical engineering became
teacher Of algebra and geometry, but
gave this up to study in New YORK
University Law School.
| In 1885, just three years after gradual
| ing from Normal College, Miss Griswold
| opened her own offices as mechanical
craftsman. The next step was her en-
trance into the patent law firm Of Howson
& Howson. in the St. Paul Building, first
as a craftsman and then as managing
clerk. There she coptinued TO work hard
| for ten years, all the while cherishing
the thought of a little home in the coun-
try that she would one day build and
own. In 1888 she was admitted TO the
| New York Bar and three years later TO
| the United states circuit courts.
| During these three years she practised
law and solicited patents. steadily in
| crcasihg her practice and likewise her
reputation. In time she became occupied
chiefly as expert in patent suits, being
the first and only woman so engaged.
| In 1909 she had the honor of becoming
a member of the st. Louis exposition jury
| of awards. Thus, with the advent OF
| fame and fortune the house in the coun-
| try became not only possible. but GER
| tain. To-day Miss Griswold could live
in Kalamazoo and the public would seek
her out-since Mahomet does not come
10 the mountain, the mountain goes TO
Mahomet
Miss Griswold is not one who seeks the
| limelight from choice Work for work s
sake has been her slogan rather than for
| fortune or for fame Referring to the
latter she says: Some are born famous,
some achieve fame; but I've had fame
thrust upon me by newspaper reporters
and interviewers. Not having any COM
petition with others of my sex is perhaps
the real reason of my success / am
Ike the little boy who, coming home
from school one day, bounded into his
fathers office saying: Dad / came out
second In spelling Brave, SON. said his
| rather. how many took part in the
| match? Two" answered the child,
promptly, and" continued the modest