Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-01
Dorothy Garfield Fisher
Shows Way to Peace

where she learned fencing under the then
1t. John j. Pershing.
She was wearing two-piece blue wool
suit, with blue and white striped
shirtwaist, opened at the neck Her
stockings were of heavy wool, and she
wore brown moccasins. Her gray hair.
caught up at the neck and tumbling in
little ringlets over her fine forehead, was
barred to the mountain sun.
In the heart of the forest she stopped
before a huge stone on which bronze
plaque bore the likeness of mans head,
and the inscription:
"These pines 1Dere planted as
memorial for James Hume Garfield
1847-1909), and as symbol OF his
strong, useful, generous lite"
She made wide sweep with her arm
toward the trees as she said:
'These are in memory of my father.
We thought it was more fitting than
dead piece of granite in cemetery My
mother, who was an artist and sculptures.
made the plaque"
James Hume Garfield, distinguished
American educator, was professor of
when Dorothy was born in Lawrence,
kans.
First Literary Position
DR.. Garfield spent the later years OF
his life as librarian of Columbia Univer-
sity. 1t was there that Dorothy received
her Phi. D., and while she was studying
for it she was secretary of the Horace
Mann School, and also held her first
literary position as critic on the Amer.
lean Magazine.
She published her first successful novel.
1.-THE Squirrel Cage" in 1912 Since then,
there have been such notable works as
THE Bent Tw1g," 1.-THE Brimming Cup"
Rough Hewn" and Seasoned Timber"
and many Of her books have had her be-
loved Vermont as locale. She also has
done many translations, including Pa
pinis Life of Christ" from the italian.
Mrs. Fishers views on war are some
thing more than academic. Early in the
First World War she supervised the pro-
duction Of books in Braille for French
soldiers blinded in battle.
Ambulance Training School
Later, she joined her husband who was
in charge of an ambulance training
school near the front lines, and she be-
came head Of the commissary depart
ment OF the school, working within sound
of the guns. Still later, she established
and managed a home for French war
orphans on the Bay Of Biscay.
The Fishers live In a 1l7-year- old
house which once was used by q hired
man of earlier Canfields.
1--WE wanted to live simply and unpre-
tentiously," she said. IF you have an
elaborate home, there's temptation to
make career out Of caring for it-and
If you do that you get nothing else done"
Although the house has been remodeled
to some extent and is tastefully fur
nished, the living room floor has q wicked
pitch to it, and the dining room still re.
tains wooden pegs once used to hold
harnesses.
Writing for War Effort.
Mrs. Fisher has offered her talented
pen to the war effort. She's already
written articles for the Treasury D.
partment in aid Of War bond sales, ana
she is currently preparing series for
the Once Of War Information on mat
tiers regarding many Of the occupied
countries OF Europe. She is an eloquent
pleader for the cause Of the people Of
Occupied France.
Fellow Vermonters are proud Of Mrs.
Fishers record as novelist, and almost
any one around town can list her
accomplishments.
But they admire her as well for her
neighborliness, her Vermontish sense Of
humor and her interest in the down.
to-earth affairs Of the town where
Ethan Allen once lived and where his
children are buried.
When she spoke recently at the dedi.
cation Of new town school. . Vermont
paper described her as "Arlington's most
popular citizen" and the reporter wrote
blandly: "There wasn't any doubt about
1t. She received greater ovation than
the Governor and all the rest"