Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1923-08-31

20 writing. using TIE rieh material
she had gathered e ser school ex-
perisnee Bus STE continued @ v5s.
kindeFEaFtens everywhere. psayl (
ana singing with tie ehiAdFen and tell-
ny their stories Fhe Stqry -
Patsy. one q ner frs- writings. aas
printed - raise money for .is3er-
E4rten work Three trcusan8 cor
les uere sold without the aia q &
Publisher. and tte success rs r.
peated wnen. not long after, The
Birds Christmas Carol appeared
r. fsss Mr. ard Mr. Wizria re-
moved 70 Sew York and she hexau
% spend her summers IL Maine. whiah
she had ever continued 70 -. II
SECOND husband was George Christ
5pher Riggs. whom shs married ~
1895. SIX years sitter the death u
Samuel Wignn. But ATE aas always
preferred the mare anaer which zhe
first won fame
Her sumner home IN Name cali
I'd =Quiiicote. nas always beer a
mecca for travelling admirers and E.
has always been TIRE heart and soul -
the ittie toWn ~ Hollis aid the sur
rounding villages A deal Of wpFk
has been done there. and Mrs. Rizzs
has accomplished much in the social
llfe - the natives. Every year, on
TIE estate. q large fair = natise
handiWork has been held.
"RebeeeA Of Sunnybrook Farm"
TIE reading publie-and the read
ing public q Mrs.. Riggs works ia-
eiudes everyone VINO knows his alpha
bets thoroughly acquainted vita
Hollis and Is environs. Tor il Is there
that TIE scene - her most famous
her most lasting ard hest loved b0sk
Is laid ebeeca II Sannybroos
Farm This tale has already taken
- place beside Little Women" a. 8
children's classic. set il. too. Is no less
appealing n older people Thomas
Bailey Aldrieh called Kebecca *the
incest child in American literature
Undoubtedly she knew with uncanny
certainty al the unexpected quirks
and twists - the child mind. knew
the JOY and the pathos of ehili lives
but she almost always saw the angel
in the child. and rot the devil
She gained international fame
Her books were translated into almost
every language and sRebeeca. is
even now used IN the English classes
- Berlin public schools We near
- production u The Birds Christ
mas Carol" by nurses In a Chinese
hospital. and the japanese. French.
Germans, Poles. Rumanians. Dutch
and Scandiuavians can read these
stories u Their own languages The
London Spectator sid that the "Pene-
lope. books have made her eone d
the most successful ambassadors be-
tween America and Great Britain.
and throughout England and the Brit
.sh Colonies she and bar books af=
a. we'll known a. in her own country.
Bswdoia bestowed upon her the de-
gree - LIT y
Since me publication Of sThf
EirdI Christmas Carol the sale o.
Der books has amounted % over three
millions and her plays have FOR tbs
most part made signal suecesses
'Rebcccn, or the stage. ran for -four
years. and ''The Birds Christmas
Carol and The Old Peabody Pew
have become classic standbys for
amateur groups.
Sire viii be remembered as a per
sonality as well as a delightful read
er and lecturer, as a noted and gener
Gus philanthropist and even as an &c.
comnlished musician. But her fame
rests on her books and on. her beina
a chronicler Of happy childhood. Of
idenlized New England. Of sentiment
saved from over sentimeatality By
her exquisite sense Of humor, and Of
moral uprightness without obvious
preaehment-Bo Boston Transcript