The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-29
BETSY HAMILTON" At
ANDERSON COLLEGE
DELIGHTFUL SOUTHERN
WRITER AND INPERSON.
AToR HERE FRIDAY
A REAL TREAT
Is in Store For Those Who Az.
tend-She is Native of Ala.
hama.
. REAL TREAT

That Betsy Hamilton" one of the
best known dialect writer's in the
south and who has won imperlshabie
fame In the lyceum field In the inter-
pretation and impersonation of her
own inimitable creations. is to he at
the Anderson College next Friday
evening for recital, should prove of
keenest interest to local people gen.
orally. as this Is the first time this
wonderful woman has been>to Audcr-
son.
Her recital at the college will begin
at $3.50 o'clock Friday evening and a
nominal admission fee OF only 25 cents
will be charged. There ia four time:
% cents worth of genuine pleasure
and entertainment In one of her re.
citals.
Betsy Hamilton. Mrs. Idora Me.
Clellan Moore, is the daughter of tho
late General william Il. Mcclellan.
and was born In Taladega County.
Alabama. and reared on her fathers
plantation amid it's many picturesque
and instructive surroundings.
Betsy Hamilton" Is the pseudouym
of one of the best known of all
Southern women writer's II has been
said of her that her literary arL has
produced more genuine hearty delight
than has ever come from the work of
any other American author. Her
merit and her fame do not rest alone
on the simple creations of her pen;
for she has been awarded imperish-
able honors in the lyccum field in the
Interpretation and personation of hor
own inimitable creations.
without Real Rival.
In some respects she Is without any
real rival. The Nashville American
called her the Joe Jefferson .,mong
women. Many eminent critics have
pronounced her renditions of the ne
gro dialect as unequaled by that Of
any other woman in literature. In
this her work is not only faultless
and pure. but Is without either exag-
geration or strained effort which char
acterizes the dialect of SO many
writer's. Her sketches show the gem
ius of the true artist in portraying
the ludicrous as well as the humorous
side OF life, character and evcnts.
Her recitations or Reading" are in
dialect" In rich verbal pictures which
cannot be reproduced in cold type;
they depend for much of their most
enjoyable value On that feature of
lingual expression which defies the
printers art.
Her writings have been mostly
Southern Character Sketches of the
illiterate Whites" and "The Old Time
Plantation Negroes"
That far seeing genius, the lament
ed Henry w. Grady, discovering her
watchlcss talent in new field. in
trOduced her TO q world witio audi
ence through the columns Of the AT
lanta Constitution. Through this
paper and its neighbor, the Sunny
South" and "Harper's Weekly" OF
New York. she soon became one of
the most popular writer's OF the day.
Well known Writer.
As writer for many years Mrs.
Moore is well and favorably known.
bt 1t Is her personal character that
endears her to all who are privileged
to know her. In her personal rela-
tions the author is noted for many
charming and estimatblc qualities of
mind and heart. Her exquisite re-
finement, native moiesty. perfect self
poise aud the white flower" of an
unaffected piety make UP an admirable
personality that is9gladiy claimed as
representative of the Southern wo-
man. old and new-or, rather, of that
which Is still dear to the worlds heart
true womanhood.
1t will also be of interest locally
to know that Betsy Hamilton" is the
mother-in-law of President Riggs OF
Clemson College.
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