South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-23
Beautiful Story
of Girls Death
Told By Father
William Allen White Gives
Account of His Daugh-
ter's Sudden Death.

ter's Sudden Death.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE.)
Body what had been a fran and
sickly frame during the first years
OF her life.
- 1T the riding gave her more
x than a body II released a gay
- and hardy soul. She was the
happiest thing in the world. And
she was happy because she was en-
larging her horizon. She came 70
know all sorts and conditions OF
men: Charley O'Brien. the traffic
cop. was one of her best friends
w L. Holtz, the Latin teacher. was
another. Tom O'Connor farmer
politician, and Rev. J. II. J. Rice,
preacher and police Judge. and
F'ranck Beach. music master, were
her special friends. and all the girls.
black and white. above the track
and below the track. in PepviHe and
Stringtown. were among her &C
quaintances.
And she brought home riotous
stories of her adventures She loved
TO rollick; persifage was her natural
expression at home Her humor was
continual bubble Of JOY. She
seemed to think in hyperbole and
metaphor she was mischievous
without malice. as full OF faults as
an old shoe
No angel was Mary White, but an
easy girl TO live with. for she never
nursed a crouch five minutes in her
life.
With all her eagerness for ths
outer doors. she loved books. on
her table when she left her room
,--~o % hook ~ Conrad one hv
Galsworthy, Creative Chemistry"
80. o.. iossUn. and "a rAphng
book. she read Mark Twain. Dick
ems and Kipling before she was 10
all Of their writings. Wells and
Arnold Bennett particularly amused
and diverted her She was entered
as a student in Wellesley in 1922;
was assistant editor Of the High
school Annual this year. and in line
for election TO the editorship Of the
annual next year. she was a mem
Der Of the executive committee of
the High School Y. W. G. a.
THIN the last two years she
w had begun to be moved by
W an ambition TO draw. She
began as most children do BY scrib- |
bling in her school books. funny
pictures. She bought cartoon mag
azines and took a course-rather
casually. naturally. for she was.
after all. a child with no strong !
purI oses-and this year she tasted
the first fruits of success by having
her pictures accepted by the Ugh /
School Annual
But the thrill of delight sh> got
when Mr.. Ecord OF the Norma An
nual asked her TO do the cart ooning |
for that book this spring, VAS too
beautiful for words She fell 10 her
work with all her enthusiastic
heart
Her drawings were accepted and
her pride-always repressed by a
lively sense of the Righteousness of
the figure she was cutting-was a
really gorgeous thing TO see. No
successful artist ever drank a deep
or draught of satisfaction than she
took from the little fame her work
was getting among her schoolfel-
lows. In her glory, she almost for
got her horse-but never her car. !
TOR she used the car as a jitney |
II bus. It was her social life. !
= She never had a party in all |
her nearly II years-wouldn't have |
one; but she never drove a block in |
the car in her life that she didn't |
begin 90 fiji the car with pick-ups' |
Everybody rode with Mary White
whites and blacks old and young !
rich and poor. men and women.
She liked nothing better than 10 |
MI the car full of long-legged high |
school boys and an occasional girl |
and parade the town. She never !
had a date" nor went to a dance. |
except once with her brother. Bill |
and the boy proposition" didn't in
terest her-yet.
But young peOFle-great spring
breaking. varnish-cracking. fender |
nen0lnBs uoB-saeelh6 NdE4OduS VI
"kids'-gave her great pleasure.
er tests were keen. But the most |
fun she ever had in her life was
acting as chairman OF the commit !
tee that got up the big turkey din
ner for the poor folks at the county
home; scores OF pies. gallons OF
slaw: jams. cakes. preserves, or |
anges and a wilderness OF turkey
were loaded in the car and taken TO
the county home.
And. being Of a practical turn of
mind. she risked her own Christmas
dinner by staying TO see that the
poor folks actually got il all. Not
that she was a cynic; she just dis
liked 70 tempt folks.
While there she found blind
Colored uncle, very old. who could
do nothing but make rag rugs. and |
she rustled up from her school
friends rags enough to keep him /
busy for a season.
The last engagement she tried 10
make was TO take the guests at the /