Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-02
(V HAVE always loved to write,

AkM LhN IL always lONtu " hiitOf
said Mrs. ". f. Fargo, of 1855
q Sixth street, when asked how she
came to associate her name with this
department of work, "even as a very
small GIRL. / spent much time in put
ting my imaginings on paper and weav-
ing little odds and ends, picked up from
happenings in real life into fanciful lit
tie tales. Then in my college years
decided to specialize in literary work,
and during my attendance at the Uni
versity Of Chicago, taking up Latin and
English serioGsly, | prepared myself
for story and scene writing"
Mrs. Fargo has been contributor
to McCalls, Hollands and other popular
American publications, her latest work
to be accepted being series of six
short stories appearing in american
Idotherhood. Three Of the series,
"Polly.Alice and the Quarantine,
"The Hand of Providence and " Pa, b.
have already been published, the last
one being in the October number. The
remaining stories, "The Homely One, y
"The Grandmother of the Story" and
"GOod Times Together" will probably
bo III tho cdhualJj IOpludlg anu halCn
issues. Mrs. targo's first literary eff
forts were written under the name of
Ida Scofield Fargo, the first being her
maiden name This she decided was
too ,ong, and changed it accordingly to
Ruth Fargo.
Delightful real and imaginary char
acters furnish the basis of her stories,
which are written with the thought OF
practical helpfulness uppermost in the
authoress mind. Her first story to
the "American Motherhood" brimful
of human interest, found an enthusias-
tic purchaser and brought an immediate
and insistent demand for more of the
same kind.
Her stories are told in a clever and
entertaining way, and. each delicately
veil suggestions of methods and ways
of helping those about us.
Mrs Fargo is a charming little We
man, modest, and taking her enviable
gift as matter of course. Differing
from most writers, she is most char.
liable and generous critic of the work
of ohters. Literary work she takes up
as side issue, iottings of thoughts and
ideas being put down whenever they
present themselves. Outside OF this
work and her home keeping she finds
time to actively identify herself with
social affairs, a Parent.Teachers assO
citation and a civic improvement and
literary club.
Although reticent upon the name and
plot, Mrs. Fargo confesses that she /,
at present engaged on larger ant
more important work than any pre-
viously undertaken, which she promise,
to make known a little later.
Professor and Mrs, Fargo have re
sided in Salem five years, three oi
which Mr.. Fargo was connected witt
the science department of the higl
school, They are happily located il
an attractive bungalow on North Sixtl
street, which shares with its Lowell,
fDCal surroundings in the admirinl
comment Of passersby.
The measuring social and bazaa
held in the parlors Of the Jason lie,
Methodist church last night was yer,
largely attended and was decided sue
cess, both in securing goodly sun
to be used as general church benefi
and in furnishing a pleasant evening
social diversion. The program, unde
the supervision Of r. A. Harris, con
sisted of readings by Mrs. Atkins, Mrs
j. Montcalm Brown, Professor Dotsol
and was followed by an old.fashione,
spelling bee, in which the older at
tendants contested against the younger
the former receiving the honos Of be
ing the most proficient spoilers. Pro
fessor Dotson had charge of this di
version.
The parlors were attractively deco
rated. The three booths, prettily al
ranged, and presided over by Mrs En-
ma Roberts, Mrs. D. II. Weyant, Mis-
Erneslme Roberts, Miss Averill Harri
and Harold Roberts and Samuel Taylor
who conducted a stationery stand TO