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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-14

ried life, Mrs. LOngfeuoW acted as MS
amanuensis He had overstralned MS
eyes and there was fear Ior q uIne
that his sight would be affected per
manently. The rest they got IN these
years when she did his writing, re-
stored them to strength and thereafter
he was troubled no more by them
Their life was ideal They nVeu
simply but well They had no money
cares. Their tastes were akin. Their
home was the meeting place OF the IN
tellectual of New England There
came Hawthorne, Sumner. Emerson,
Ward, Lowell, Agass1z, Dana ana
host Of others
In LongfelIow's diary, under date OF
July IS, 1886, there is this entry.
Three years Of married life and each
year an added grace and a new charm
and increase of affection. But these
things refuse to be recorded or ex-
pressed in words, let me dream OF
them"
Eighteen years of life as beautiful
as man and woman ever lived together
was the portion of Henry Wadswortn
IongfeIloW and Frances Appleton
Then a great tragedy ended their beau
tiful romance. On July 8, 1851, while
Mrs IOngfellOW was sitting in the
library with her little girls engaged
in sealing up some packages OF their
curls. which she had Just cut and
which she intended to send to relatives
of her husband and herself the match
with which she was melting the wax
fell to the floor and set fire TO her
light summer dress. In a moment she
was a mass Of flames
The poet was in an adjoining room
He rushed in and tried to beat out the
fire. In doing so, he was badly burned
but his burns were as nothing 20 those
Of Mrs. LOngfellOW. She was 50 ter
ribly injured that she died the next
day.
On July 18th, the anniversary Of her
wedding, she was buried at Mt An
burn That night LongfeIloW wrote.
sleep sweetly. tender heart in peaca
Sleep, holy spirit, blessed SOUL
While the stars burn the moons ~
crease,
And the great ages onward rom
from the shock Of his Wife's death
The homage Of the world IN the =
years he lived after her passing wa
little to him compared with the sepa@
ration.
To few Americans has the world
ever given such tributes Of love ana
affection. When he went abroad m
1868 Gladstone, the duke Of Argyll
lord John Russell, queen Victoria ana
the prince Of wales VINO Is DeGlsr
known as Edward vi, We'd IN doing
honor to him. But nothing OF all MS
experiences touched him so much as
the simple act OF a common laboreF
who went up to his carriage in one
Of the crowded streets Of London ana
asked:
aAre You the Mr.. LOngfeIiow who
wrote The Psalm OF Life%"
"I am" said the American
Wont you let ne touch your handF-
said the tOiler-
OF all the loves Of famous Americans
there is none much more beautiful
than that Of Henry WadSWOrth Long
fellow and Frances AppletOn--Copy-
right. 1914, by the Wheeler Syndicate.
Inc
Next week=The Love Story Of Benz
edfcf Arnold and Margaret Shippen5
one OF the most dramatic love affairs
In the annals Of American history.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-14
Old Women Who Are I'm the Way"
Big Hearted Charity Providing Home De
pendent INLAY and Relatives By Dorothy Dix
-vinr nnderstudv b martYr-

giving living understudy Of martyr
dom, nObly borne
Often Leads Way to Divorce Courts.
And if Mary's husband and Freddie's
wife are just common, ordinary human
beings, the mOtherinlaW is not only
the woman in the way, but the woman
who leads the way only too often for
her son or daughter to the divorce
court.
OF course if a woman is old, and
sick, and poor, there is frequently no
way in which she can prevent herself
from becoming dependent and being
forced to live with those who do not
want her, but there are many other
cases in which a woman brings this
cruel fate needlessly upon her own
head
If I could say one word more earn
est than any other to a middle aged
woman, who has a little home and
little property of her own, it would be
to hang on to her own pOcketbOOk to
foolish enough, as so many mothers
do, to give everything she has got TO
her children on the superstition that
she'll be perfectly happy and need
nothing, living about with them
Children are human and in laws are
dOubly human, and the minute they
have done mother out Of her property,
they forget the obligation, and con
slider her a burden Between mother
with her own money and able to make
presents, and mother who has 70 be
taken care of, is the difference between
q welcome guest and the woman In
the way.
There is no way to keep your chill
1ren dutlful and attentive equal TO
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-14

sighted, patronized, put upon. There
is no anguish Of hurt love and bruised
pride that they do not suffer, these
poor, fOrlOrn old women who are in
the way Of the young, and happy, and
selfish.
God rest the soul Of the woman who
has remembered their sorrow, and
which some Of them may fly as to a
temple of refuge until they creep into
that last home that holds out Its vel
coming arms to US all.
should Warn Women.
The building of this nome, where
specific purpose is to be a shelter for
the women who are in the way"
should be more than a mere sanctuary
bring home to all women who are ap-
preaching middle life a warning of the
fate that may lie in store for them
unless they begin at once to take steps
to protect themselves against it
1t is a harsh and cruel thing to say,
but it is a truth that we do well to
face, and that is--that every women
who lives in another WOman'S house is
a woman in the way" This will seem
incredible to mothers. They will say,
My Mary and my Freddie will always
want their mother. They will never
find me in the way. 1 will always have
a warm seat by the fire In my chill
dren's homes"
This may be true enough OF ones
own children, but there is Mary's hus-
band, and Freddie's wife to take into
cOnsidera ton, and the soninlaW and
the daughterinlaW have yet to be born
who receive mOtherinlaw into their
houses without feeling that they are
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-14

of an aeroplane, its rise, its flight in
the air and its descent. Grace of move
ment, of course, counts for more than
anything, which fact can readily be I'M
derstoOd-
The aeroplane step begins with a run
ming glide. The couple take the regular
tango position, which needs hardly be
illustrated, and run four steps. Then
they hold two, swaying on this hold as
an aeroplane would IN stopping its rOta-
ton for a moment, and then run back
four steps, as an aerop1ane would re-
sumo its flight. We call this first move
ment the wheel position, and the steps
are gagged so as to make In our inter
probation the spokes of a wheel. The
position means more than anything else,
for the steps are practically the same all
the way through
Then comes the criss-cross flight. The
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-14
GREAT hearted

a GREAT hearted woman who
n recently died has wilIed all of
4 her fortune to build a home for
poor women whose existence is made
wretched by having to live with rel
atiyes who do not want them, and who
find them 'in the way"
Made to Feel They Are One Too Many.
1t is a beautiful charity, for there
are no tragedies in the world more
poignant than the fate of those old
women who are forced to eat the bit
ter bread of dependence, and to live
in the homes of others where they are
made to feel they are one too many.
Sometimes it is an old mother who
has given her best years to shaving
and toiling for her children, but who
finds herself an unwelcome guest in
her sons and daughters homes. Some
times it is an old maid sister who has
sacrificed her youth, and her romance,
and her own chances in life in order
to give younger brothers and sisters
better opportunities than she could
have, who is farmed out among those
for whom she has done so much, and
who regard themselves as martyrs for
months a year. Sometimes it is a for
lOrn old cousin, or a widowed aunt,
childless, penniless, to whom, for very
shame sake, an unwilling door has
been grudgingly opened.
Always these women who must live
in other peoples homes know they are
not wanted. They see themselves
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-14

n OETS are supposed to know much
Of love, but Americas greatest
poet came near making a sorry
mess Of the chief love affair OF his life.
In December, 1885, as sad and dis
pirited a young man as perhaps could
be found in all Europe boarded q stage
coach in Rotterdam to journey to Held
elberg. The young man was Henry
Wadsworth LongfelIow, who had been
professor of literature in BoWdoin. and
to whom the Smith professionally OF
modern languages at Harvard had
been offered by president Josiah
Quincy. To fit himself FUZZY for his
duties at Harvard, LongfeuOw had
planned a year or two Of travel and
study in Europe, and with his wife he
had been saUntering through Norway,
Sweden, Holland and northern Ger
many. At Rotterdam he had halted,
for his wife was ILL., She seemed to
be well on the road to recovery, but
suddenly took a turn for the worse,
and before LOnEfelloW realized the
seriousness of her condition she died.
Out Of Rotterdam he carried the sad
memories of the burial of the beautl-
ful girl in strange land, Of the sor-
rows that had C me when the world
had seemed so full OF The brightness
Of promise to him, and the blackness
of the outlook without her by his side.
Chance Meeting at Wayside Inn.
He was twenty eight, tall, slender
and deeply emotional. At Heidelberg
he met some Of the German phllosO-
piers and tried to discipline himself
by study, but it was Of little use He
was lonely and detected, and the recol-
lection Of his bereavement almost oV-
erwhelmed him. 1t was in Heidelberg
that he first met William Cullen
Bryant, and it was Bryant who per-
suaded him to take a trip afoot
through the Tyrol
1t was near Interlaken that his great
adventure opened. Up to the door of
the inn at which he was stopping there
came party that was travelling IN
state with coach and four, Positions
and outriders- 1t was the family OF
Nathan Appleton, one of the richest
OF Boston.
To the poet, the visitors, brought
the atmosphere of home. To the APP
pletons, the sorrows of Longfellow had
a strong appeal for they knew Of him
and of his wife Mr.. Appleton in the
Kindness of his heart invited Long
fellow to join his party, and together
they jOurneyed through the wonder
land of the Alps.
Time lifts the weight Of sadness;
otherwise, life would be dull indeed.
In the Appleton party was a girl OF
eighteen, the daughter of LongfellOw's
host She was just budding into WOm-
anhOOd, and was charming in every
way IN u6E yes LOISlGuOW was Olus
much too old for a girl of her years to !
consider, but his sorrow awakened her /
sympathy. What more natural than I
that he, in his loneliness, and she, in
her sympathy, should be together a !
great deal2 If the parents had any
notion that this cOmpaniOship would
develop into love, they made no sign.
For months the AppletOns and Long 3
fellow explored the TyrOl country, and I
then came the time for parting. The {
Appletons had to return to America; /
B0ngfelloW was to remain abroad a /
few months longer.
LOuEfellOW Falls in Love.
Women, young and old, know the !
of men toward them before 1
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-14

LOugfeilOW Falls in Love.
Women, young and old, know the
feelings of men toward them before
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-14

I men realize Il themselves. Fanny Ap-
] nIeton was far too bright and clever
I not to realize how deep an impression
she had made on her fathers guest
| but at eighteen such a happening is
merely one Of the joys of a woman's
existence. When the AppletOns ard
/ T,ongfeIlow parted company there NAV
/ have been lingering regret on the part
of the girl but there IS little doubt
that she was heart free. 1t was not
81 however with Longfellow. and
/ Miss Appleton was soon to discover it
much to her annoyance
In december. 1886, LOngfeIlOw came
back TO America Thoughts Of Miss
Appleton were with him every one of
his waking hours. He entered upon
his duties as a professor of Harvard.
and went to board at Craigie House.
In that famous old house he wrote the
poems that made him world figure.
1t was a glorious place for a poet
to make his ABODE. was oullt IN
1859 by Col John VaSsau, who lived
there until the eve of the Revolution
when he went to England and erased
from his family coat OF arms the
motto, Always for my country; often
for nv king" When Col VaSsa1 left
the property was cOnfiscated by the
COntinentals After the battle Of Bun
ker Hill the troops OF Marblehead were
chartered under its roof. Then Wash
ingtOn made it his headquarters and
for nine months he and Mrs. Washing.
ton lived there.
In one of his poems LongfeIlow,
speaking of Washington, has these
lines:
yes. within this very room
Sat he in those hours Of gloom,
Weary both in heart and head"
The room that was LongteIOw's
study had been Washington's dining
room
After the Revolution. the house went
through various hands and in 1893 1t
was purchased, with the one hundred
and fifty acres about it, by Andrew
Craigie apOthecary general IN the
American army. Craigie was very
rich and entertained the merchant
princes of Boston and all the prom1n-
ent visitors to the Hub.
Story Shocks the AppIetOns.
Longfellow had not been in Craigie
House long before he began to write
Hyperion" Before he finished it he
had written "The Psalm of Life" and
taken his place as one Of the sweet
singers of the world. Hyperion" made
something of a sensation. In Boston
everybody talked about it None who
knew LongfeIlOw or Miss Appleton but
could recognize the characters. The
Mary AshburtOn in the story was Miss
Appleton; The Paul Fleming was
LongfeIlow. The poet told his own
love story in Hyperion"
The AppletOns were shocked. They
considered that LongfeuOw, to say the
least, had been grossly indicate in
making his feelings public in this man
ner. Into the romance LOngfellOw put
the glow, the fervor, the fever of his
heart. In doing this without ever hav-
ing spoken a word of love to her, Miss
Appleton felt that LongfelloW had
sinned beyond forgiveness.
To those who read Hyperion" to-
day it is plain what Miss Appleton
must have felt. The story is delight
full from the guidebOOk standpoint.
Nothing better ever has been written
about the TyrOL But the story itself
is mawkish It has to be read when
you are young if If is to charm you
At such a time Of life Hyperion" is a
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-14
By loan SAWYER.
Copyright, 1914, by international News

EGLf1LG-
= AM sure that fashion viii hail the
advent of the aeroplane waltz as
something of a novelty, and al
though it sounds difficult because of its
picturesque qualities, yet when the steps
come to be practiced people VIII exclaim
at its simplicity.
You would never call a dance difficult
that was based wholly and entirely on
the old fashioned waltz would voug
Neither do we, for our aeroplane waltz
has the simple waltz step for its founda-
ton, without even so much of a depar-
ture as the hesitation, which has had
such a royal welcome. We have thought
out the dance very carefully and our idea
is to portray all through the movements
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-14
should Look to DePendence.

80 them &c q - eye 81 y0ur
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-14

having them have a wary eye On your
viii
should Look to Dependence.
Therefore. every woman VINO is ap-
preaching the age at which her chill
dren are likely to marry and leave her,
should begin preparing herself to make
her own living in some way If she IS
Door, and in any case. she should resolve
that come what will she win live her
Independent life, apart from her chill
dren, visiting them. and having them
with her. but having her separate IN
terests, and separate life, for in that
way, and that way alone, can she keep
herself from the sad lot OF being
woman who is "in the way"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-14

ADVERTISE the selling points Of your
real estate candidly AID cOnvincingly.
Tell your story on the want ad page
Of The Herald. and you will reach
thousands of prospective buyers.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-14

eio,5s more admirers, ana possibly
,,,l,-. I,,ortb. Gentle, kindly courtly,
~ r-se not possible to pear resentment
+orI-er5 him forever Inc knowledge
of the grief that ne mao Ia SauSt "a NJ NJ
y-o7nan he loved only aoded TO ms
"efl,+jon and devotion. Gradually MS
alffeJ,co 1essened in her eyes and love
took its place. 49, ,,-a-o v,.-~i..7
,rr1ot vas seven years after they had
nc a.. TvrOl A little more than
me - before this wedding, Miss
H,1jeton wrote a letter 70 Eliza Pot-
ter the elder sister OF the Ilrst MRS.
T,ongfelIow, which reVeaIS the sweet
Dees of her character perhaps as wei
Iis'5 o1y+bine that could be said about
heI- Boston, June 5, 1S4S.
Dear Miss Potter
Accent my warmesC Inanks 1oF Lne
80 lind manner in which you have
$4,000 an interest in our happiness
# is All the more welcome IN coming
- a stranger upon whom have no
LAIN to kindle a kindly regard, ana
touches my heart deeply
Among the many blessings which
+t,e 77eIS world I have entered reveals
- me a new heritage Of friends is a
o6ojce one. Those most dear to Henry
--,osf closely linked with his early as
sT+io11s to know and lOve-and. I trust
De Ant T should feel no little timidity in
heinz known to you and his family;
5Cao5 that loving him as you do 1
MIGHT not fulfill all the exactions OF
1-oI1T hearts: were not such fears re-
iieved BY the generous determlnaJlon
Won have shown to approve MS chOlCS
-upou faith in him
n one who has known him so long
and go well, need not attempt TO
sneak of nv happiness in possessing
siIcb a heart-nOr Of my infinite graft
+I1de to the giver Of every good gift
for bestOWing upon me the power OF
rendering him once more happy IN tne
hone Of a home-sO sacred and dear. 20
his loving nature by blessed memories
to which I fervently pray to be found
worthy to succeed
Receive again my thanks for your
kind sympathy, with the assurance OF
nv warm egards-Which I trust VIII
not always be imprisoned in words
I remain,
Sincerely and gratefully yours,
Fanny E. Appleton
An Ideal Married Life.
To Mary Potter, his first wife, Long
fellow had been tenderly devoted
how devoted can be measured by tnat
beautiful poem Of his which he Wrote
after LAYING her away in her graVei
Footsteps OF Angels, II IS caIIed- II
was given to Fanny Appleton, however,
to broaden his view, stir his heart ana
widen his sympathy as perhaps no
other woman could In his poems at
various times he speaks OF her deep,
unutterabIe eyes. Others have told
of her singular charm, Of her Junon-
ian beauty, and her great Intelligence
As wedding gift, Mr.. Appleton
presented Craigie House to LongfellOw
and his wife. Today the LongfellOw
HOuse-the Craigie House Of long
agO-is the shrine Of Cambridge. There
IOnefeIIoW wrote Excelsior" there
he wrote 'EvangeIine: there he wrote
''HiaWatha," and there he wrote
nearly all the poems that he gave to
the world and that will live as long
as the world does
For the first few years Of their mar
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-14

"In the Appleton
revelation of a new world, but it is
otherwise when viewed with the sober
ness of middle age.
For many months after the appear
ance of Hyperion" Miss Appleton had
no wish to see Longfellow and he was
not welcome at her home 1t is not
pleasant to be joked about and to be
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-14
Helen Hall

Creations of this Noted CartOOnist are
regular features OF The FL PasO HeraId.(
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-14
4. A wIIlngham. in Corona,

Mrs. A. A wminsham. in Corona,
n ~
Mrs Ruby Arnold and daughters.
Alice Arnold and Christine Arnold, Of
Atlanta, Georgia, who have been visit
ing in FL Paso. the guests Of Mr. and
Mrs. George B. Oliver, lett Monday
afternoon for CIOudcroft to spend the
summer
Dr. NJ A. Wood. Miss II. A Wood,
Miss r Staples and Miss A Berkshire,
OF Houston, Tex, Lassed through II
Paso Monday. en- route TO ClOudcFoIJ,
where they will spend the summer.
Miss Berkshire and Hiss Staples VIII
be nurses in the baby sanitarium-
Miss Nary p. Cunning, one Of the
missionaries at the CONGREGATIONAL
church mission school in Parral. Mex,
who has been spending some time in
Earral. left Monday afternoon Tor New
York CITY to remain until Mexican az
fairs become sufficiently settled for
her TO resume the school work
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Candy Of Nj
ami Ariz-. passed through Il Paso
Monday and were the guests OF Judge
and Mrs Julius A Buckler- Iney
went to Cloudcroft Monday afternoon
for a short stay. lfr. Candy VIII re-
turn to Miami In a few days. and Mrs.
Candy will 20 to Connecticut 70 Visit
her relatives during the remainder OF
the summer.
Miss Frances Smith and Miss DOro-
thy Smith. daughters Of congressman
W r smith. will arrive in FL Paso
today TO visit Miss Sarah Brldgers-
Wednesday afternoon they VIII go 20
ClOudcroft. where they Will remain
about two weeks. the guests OF Miss
Jane Burgess, and later Mrs. II. D.
Slater. Upon their return to FL Paso
they will visit Miss Brldgers for some
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-14

Vegetable Compound so threw away
the medicines the doctor left me and be-
gan taking the Compound. Before
had taken half bottle was able to sit
up and in short time I was able 70 do
all my work. Your medicine has proved
itself able to do all you say it will and I
have recommended it in every household
1 have visited. Mrs. MARY JOHNSTON,
2l0 Siegel Street. Philadelphia, Pa,
Another Bad Case.
Ephrata, Pa" About q year ago I
was down with nervous prostration. I
was pale and weak and would have hys-
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pain under my shoulder-blade. / was
under the care Of different doctors but
did not improve. I was so weak could
hardly stand long enough TODD mydishes.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has made me well and happy and
{ have begun TO gain in weight and my
face looks healthy now. Mrs. ]. w.
HoRNBERGER, r. No. 8, Ephrata, Pa.
II you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (eOnfi-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered By a
woman and held in strict confidence.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-14
Out OF Town Visitors.

Parker Dudley, Of Oklahoma City, Is
visiting in FL Paso.
Miss Sophia Fessman. Of Eagle Pass.
is visiting Mrs. NJ. F. Bauman-
Glenn Stevens. Of Phoenix, Arlz., is
expected in FL Paso soon for visit.
3Ir. and Mrs. Harry Miller, Of Chi
cago, arrived in FL PasO Monday, to
remain here indefinitely
Miss Sarah Walshe and nephew.
George Leach, Of Abilene. Texas. are
visiting Mr. and Mrs r C. Walshe-
Miss Theresa Pierson. of Kansas
City, No, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Henri Letord and Miss Nan Pierson-
Mrs. W A. Mccain has arrived at
Fort Bliss from Mississippi to visit
her husband, Lieut. Mccain, OF the
18th cavalry
Mr. and Mrs. l. F. HadIey, OF St
Joseph. No, are visiting their son and
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs A. W. Hadley,
Of 1101 Noble street
Mrs. c. N Barney has as her guests,
her mother, Mrs. Mason Young. Of New
York City, and her niece, Miss Martha
Kale, OF Fort Leavenworth, Kan
Miss Maude Haistead and Mrs. A.
Halstead, who have been visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Edgar Held. returned to their
home in Chicago Monday afternoon.
Mrs. William Miller returned to her
home in Mitchell, S D., Monday after
daughter, Mrs. II. L Dillon and baby,
who will visit with her for month.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bishop and
children, who have been visiting their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs W. H Bishop,
on Alameda street, for the past few
weeks. left Monday for their home in
Shreveport, La
Mrs. s. E. Leonard is visiting Mr..
and Mrs T n. Wingo. in Government
Hill Mrs. Leonard formerly lived in
FL PasO. Her son, Edward, has been
evening to Mobile
Mr.. and Mrs. R. c. Candy, OF Wal
hngford, Conn, are here for a visit with
friends They will 90 to Cloudcroft
for a vacation and Nh Candy will also
90 to Miami, Ariz- TO complete some
mining engineering work there.
Miss Nellie Mae Beauchamp and Les
lie Beauchamp, Of Douglas. Ariz.. who
have been visiting their aunt. Mrs J.
A. Corn, Of III North Santa Fe street,
left Monday TO visit their grandmother,