The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-04

cult Riders WIFE Some two or three
years after their marriage DR.. 'tarfis
accepted tho chair of Greek In Emory
College. oxford. ia. II was here that
Mrs. Harms first turned her attention
to writing. She wrote under tho pseu.
donym OF sidney l'rskire." though Mrs.
Harris laughs now and says che need
MOI have feared recognition In any case.
She met with no success whatioeNer
till she was about % years old. Then
clark Howell, editor Of tho Atlanta
Constitution. published In his paper
'Darwin's Dream" But before accep:-
ing Il he returned It to ner. insisting
that she give the poor fellow 9th hero)
u better chance" amid the multitude
nous difficulties with which she had en-
comprised him. After the publication
of "Darwin's Dream Mrs. Harris APP
pearcd with more or less regularity In
the Constitution and the Sunny South.
But it was not until 1913 that she mot
with her first real success when the
Independent accepted a number or
signed articles dealing with various
Southern problems. Thereafter her
progress was steady and rapid.
II is perhaps interesting to know that
except for n trip to Texas when she
was a young girl Mrs. Harris was never
out Of her native State until she was
80 years old. She then went to New
York as the guest OF the Independent.
Since then in connection with her work
she has travelled over a large part OF
her own country and has been sent
abroad twice by the Saturday Evening
Post. the last time as a war q r
respondent to report upon the condition
OF women in the belligerent nations.
Her recent meeting with the protc-
type OF the leading character In her
latest novel furnishes perhaps the most
dramatic climax that could have come
from the publication Of that book. Mrs.
Harris is an author whose character
invariably bring up the question. Now.
who was the original of that" and In
answering the question as to who was
the original OF Susan Walter in This Co
Citizens 1t can be said truly that the
character was aiken from real life from
the person OF Mrs. W. II. FELTON, OF
Car~tersville, Ga, who is now 81 years
old and who for the greater part OF her
life has been an active protagonist OF
woman suffrage in her State.
More than that, Mrs. FELTON, has been
for years "A power in Georgia politics
and not always "A silent power at that.
for she took the stump during her hus-
bands campaign for Congress and made
for herself IN enviable reputation for
public speaking. After the death Of her
husband she continued her political work.
and for years had kept a ~scrapbook
containing every possible vestige Of in
formation upon o%fficeholders and candi-
dates for Office that she could gather
together. This scrapbook has at certain
times and on certain occasions In Geor-
gia been used with terrific effect.
Mrs Harris. like every other good
Georgian. knew Of the life Of Susan
Walton. hut she had only seen her
once or twice when she wrote "The CO.
Citizens" The final touch was brough'
about after the Georgia papers had
identified Mrs. FELTON, of Gainesville
with Susan Walton of The Co-citizens."
The result was that Mrs. FELTON, made
a week end visit to Mrs. Harris's cabin
In the Valley" not, far from Atlanta.