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TALENTED tona of talented men
are not having It all their own
way these day. In competition
with them In almost every field in which
they shine they are finding In ever-tn-creasing
numbers talented daughters of
talented men daughters of men whose
names stand out in literature, finance,
railroading, empire building, music, art,
religion, statesmanship. Industry, war,
philanthropy, the stage, and what not.
And this country, be it said to lis credit,
furnishes a very large quota In the army
of the world's talented daughters.
The world's literary field, both as to
numbers and varied attainments, shows
a noteworthy contingent of these talented
ones.
There In Rose Hawthorne Lathrop.
daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, and
before she took up the Good Samaritan
work of aiding destitute sick women of
the New York East Side and elsewhere,
exclusively a producer of books and
voluminous contributor to magazines for
grownups and children. Her "Memories
of Hawthorne," written In collaboration
with her late husband, George Parsons
Lathrop, Is, of course, one of the stand
ard works of reference on that great
American novelist. Hlldegarde Haw
thorne, niece of Mrs. Lathrop. and daugh
ter of Julian Hawthorne, widely known
In literature and Journalism, is now a
constant contributor of short stories and
sketches to the leading magazines; she
Is. Indeed, one of the very few younger
writers who breaks Into the staid old
Atlantic Monthly with any degree of reg
ularity. Miss Hawthorne has been writ
ing pretty steadily since the middle
nineties, and is today ranked among the
country's best short-story producers, her
work showing decided traces of the lit
erary powers that made her grandfather
famous on both sides of the Aatlantlc
Miss Hawthorne makes her home with
her father, and each frequently aids the
other In some literary task.
Mrs. Payne Whitney the Helen Ha
of a few years ago as most newspaper
readers know, has written several books
of poetry which have been favorably re
ceived both by the critics and the public.
John Hay, Her father, used to declare to
his friends that he believed Helen had
the "divine fire" and would one day prove
her possession of it.' Beginning with her
first book of poems, published In 1S9S, Mrs.
Whitney has now given to the literary
world nine poetical collections. Last year
her new books numbered 'two, and the
titles show that they were written orig
inally in piecemeal for the entertainment
and edllication of her own children. Mrs.
Whitney's most sustained effort appeared
fix years ago under the title, "Rose of
Iawn." A metrical romance of the South
S,-s. persons who have spent some time
In that Island-dotted watery quarter of
the globe and are acquainted with the
poem are not a little put to It to under
stand how any one wno has not been In
the South Seas could so accurately and
o beautifully describe them.
Another member of the metropolitan
"4"" tin which Mrs. Whitney holds high
station by reason of her marriage) who
has written her book and given other un
mistakable evidences of possessing lit
erary skill Is Mrs. Clarence Mackay, of
whom it U recorded that a discerning
foreign "title" once gallantly declared
that for any one not to know Mrs.
Mackay, stamped such an unfortunate as
being unknown.
Mrs. Mackay's father was that William
Alexander Duer, who was famous In his
day and generation as a scholar, a col
lector of books and a voluminous writer
on legal subjects, and Mrs. Mackay's
grandfather on her father's side numbered
among them writers, jurists and states
men distinguished for their brilliant men
tality. Before her marriage to Clarence
Mackay. about a decade ago, Mrs. Mac
kay, as Miss Duer, had made quite a
name for herself In literary circles by her
short stories and sketches. Since she be
came the mistress of the famous Mackay
home, ".Harbor Hill." at Roslyn, Long
Island, her most notable literary produc
tions have been a drama and a book
which was published by one of the most
famous publishing houses in the country.
The last two years or so Mrs. Mackay has
been deeply interested in the school and
other home problems of Roslyn. and her
literary work has suffered as a conse
quence. Newspaper readers will recall her
strenuous campaign for a seat on the
Roslyn school board, which ended . In a
close but decisive victory for her. Later,
the man she opposed, an old member of
the board, forgave her for the defeat. As
a participator In civic questions all Ros
lyn is ready to swear at any and all times
that Mrs. Mackay has been a shining Suc
re. But when all Is said and done, her
brilliant success as a leader of society
has caused her literary and civic talents
to be somewhat overlooked, or only re
ferred to as fads of a social light.
Also a member of the "400." and with
literary talents that are internationally
recognized Is Mrs. Edith Wharton, whose
father, thought he made no great noise
in the world, was given the credit of being
. mentally gifted above the average run
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of mankind. Eleanor Hallowell Abbott,
who has the enviable and rather unusual
distinction of having won two J1000 short
story contests in the last three years. Is a
daughter of Rev. Edward Abbott, noted
lirst In the Congregational and later In
the Episcopal church, and an editor and
author of verse and histories. Some of
Miss Abbott's work was so well thought
of by William Dean Howells that he In
cluded it In his "Selections of the Best
Short Stories." Mr. Howells' daughter,
Mildred, now has her short stories ap
pearing in the magazines. Miss Rose
Cleveland, mistress of the White House
for her brother until he married. Is known
among literary folk by her many novels
and magazine articles and the serious
study she made of George Eliot's-poetry.
Katherlne Prescott Wormeley, whose
father was ' a Rear-Adr.iiral in the
British navy and whose mother was a
niece of Commodore Edward Preble, one
of the founders of the American Navy,
is the author of numerous serious
books, among them a life of Balzac and
history of the work of the Sanitary
Commission, with which ehe labored
indefatigably during the Civil War. In
addition, she has translated into En
glish the works of Balzac, Mollere and
other French savants. Born in England
"8 years ago. Miss Wormeley Is passing
the Winter of her life In the little town
of Jackson. N. II. Leaving Julia Ward
Howe out of consideration her father
waa a banker, with unusual breadth
and liberality of education Miss
Wormeley Is probably the dean of the
literary talented daughters of today.
Mrs. Robert Small, the elder of the
daughters of Rear-Admiral Charles DJ
Slgsbee he who endeared himself In
the hearts of his countrymen by his
conduct when the Maine was blown up
in Havana Harbor contributes regu
larly to the magazines, while Mrs.
Carr, another daughter, has inherited
her father's talent for drawing. A
year or two ago her annual royalty
from the sale of one of her pictures,
showing a little girl kneeling with her
dollies at her bedside for evening pray
ers, amounted to over 3000. The
Rear-Admiral, by the by, is marking
his retirement by busying himself with
pen and pencil, the latter being used
much less frequently than the former.
Though she has revealed herself to
Kbe possessed of some of her father'!
ability with the brush. Miss Laurence
Alma Tadema, the elder of the English
painter's daughters, is best known as
a writer of novels, poems and essays,
her more important published books
numbering about a dozen. She It was
who toured America some months ago,
telling us in unconventional lectures
how to be happy, and attracting con
siderable newspaper attention by her
rather unusual views on this and other
subjects, including that of diet. In
England Miss Alma Tadema' s views on
happiness, diet and other things not
strictly connected with literature are
said to receive more serious considera
tion than they did here, possibly- be
cause of British regard for her father's
position.
In the clerical and educational cir
cles In which he moved the father of
Jeanette Gilder, founder of the 'Crltlo"
and one of the country's leading essay
ists, was held to be an extremely gift
ed man; at one time In his career he
conducted a woman's college of con
siderable reputation -while be was at
the head of it. Also the daughter of a
clergyman, Christine Terhune Herrlck
SDTABLE !HAIEN -ATT BAKQUJET
probably inherits her literary proclivi
ties from her mother, who is known
to the women readers of the land as
Marion Ilarland. Like her mother, Mrs.
Herrlck is an expert in household mat
ters, her books on various subjects of
this phase of woman's work being too
numerous to mention here. ,
Crosely allied with the literary con
tingent of talented daughters is the
art and musical quota.
By reason of her enviable position in
New York society, Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney, daughter of the late Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, is probably the best
known of these daughters, her serious
work as a sculptor having been ex
ploited broadly at the time she did the
caryatides for the balcony In the dining-room
of a comparatively new
metropolitan hotel. Leading sculptors
have praised her work, and Sylvain
fiallere, the French sculptor who was
railed to New York to execute Mrs.
Whitney's designs for the caryatides,
declared that it was hard for him to
believe that the glrllsh-Iooklng- young
woman who frequently stood with him
on the scaffold, helping him to put the
figures through, was only an amateur
with the chisel. Until she gave it up,
Mrs. Whitney's studio In McDougall
alley was one of the most talked-about
workshops in New York City. Mrs.
Whitney's first serious work, her
caryatides, resulted, by the way, from
a suggestion she mado, half in jest, to
the architect of the hotel, that ahe be
allowed to submit designs for the sup
ports of the dining-room balcony. Last
Spring the public became acquainted
with another of Mrs. Wnltney's talents,
when several of her paintings were
exhibited in New York City, one of
them being awarded a prize.
Kllen Day Hale, who makes her home
with her father, the venerable Edward
Everett Hale, has built up quite a repu
tation for herself as a painter of por
traits, landscapes and genre pictures.
After receiving a private education in
this country, she studied art here and
in Paris, and after' working for some
time in the latter city and London, she
came to this country, where her work,
unlike that of many other native
artists, finds an appreciative market
Miss Anna Alma Tadema, like her
father and mother, handles the brush
dextrously, and as long ago as 18S9 a
painting by her took the second medal
at the Paris exhibition of that year.
Naturally, her distinguished father is
markedly proud of this daughter's
recognized ability in his own especial
line.
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Mips Flora Wilson, daughter of the
Secretary of Agriculture, has shown
quite a little talent before the easel,
but It Is as a singer that she particu
larly shines. A pupil of Jean de
Reszke, it is her Intention to go into
grand opera for her life's work as soon
as she can gain her father's consent.
Recently she was praised In the for
eign press as the possessor of a voice
that made her superior to most Ameri
can song birds known to Europe. Miss
Wilson has also tried her hand at writ
ing poetry. Another American pupil
ef De Reszke who has shown consider
able talent is Countess Szechenyl, nee
Gladys Vanderbilt; professional musi
cians have given it as their opinion that
If it ever became necessary for the
Countess to earn her own living, she
could do so easily with her voice.
Clara Clemens, the witty daughter of
Mark Twain, made her American debut
as a concert singer in this country some ,
time ago. Her first professional ap
pearance occurred in Florenoe, Italy,
where she spent several years cultivat
ing her voice under the best masters
obtainable after she found out that she
had a voice that was really worth per
fecting. Persons who have been for
tunate enough to have heard Miss
Clemens sing have been pleased not
only with her rich, clear contralto
voice, but with her personality, as well.
Wherever she goes she is a great social
favorite, and not long ago, on landing
in London, she set the English-speaking
world smiling by naively declaring
that she had gone abroad to sing in or
der to escape her father, who always
began to talk when she began to sing.
Her many years spent abroad have
made of Miss Clemens an exceptionally
brilliant linguist and she sings her
songs in the tongue for which they
were written. Interviews had with
Miss Clemens by newspaper men on the
other side read much like Interviews
with her distinguished father and go
to prove that Miss Clemens, if she
would, could probably make a wide
reputation for herself as a humorist.
But it is through her voice that she
aspires to fame.
Miss Louise De Forest, daughter of
Robert De Forest, head of the Sage
Foundation and a philanthropist and
sociologist of note. Is so skilled a musi
cian that she Is practically considered
a professional. The talent she devotes
almost wholly to Instructing girls of
talent who dtherwise would not be able
to receive good musical education. Fre
quently Miss De Forest gives over whole
days to this form of charitable work.
A sure enough professional with a well
known father (the publisher) is Miss
Mable Wagnalls. of New York. After a
long course of study abroad she made
her debut in this country some years ago
In Theodore Thomas' Orchestra, later she
appeared with 'Anton Seidl's Orchestra.
While In Berlin she played the piano
in one of that city's best-known or
chestras. Miss Wagnalls' other talent la
that of writing, her books and stories
most frequently dealing with musical peo
ple and situations.
Queen Maud of Norway, daughter of
Edward VII, whose talent for world
diplomacy has lately been strikingly ap
parent, numbers among her talents that
of music In brief, she is held to be one
of the cleverest women in Europe, both
inside and beyond the pale of royalty. In
this connection It is interesting to note
that the 'present Queen of 8paln, whose
father, the late Prince Henry, of Batten
berg, was rather talented, wrote a play
and had It staged while yet ehe was a
Princess. Her talent for handling a sail
boat is that of an expert, and she de
lights (or did before she ascended the
Spanish throne) in performing Yeats of
seamanship that would put her In the
professional class any day she chose to
enter It.
A talented daughter who is continuing
the life work of her father Is Mies Cor
nelia Horsford, of Cambridge. Mass. Her
father dying 15 years ago. Miss Horsford
has been engaged In archaeological work
since then. Two years after Professor
Horsford's death she sent out an ex
pedition to Iceland to examine the ruins
of Saga-Times; still later she dispatched
an expedition to the British Isles to ex
plore the ruins of the ancient opn-afr
amphitheaters and forts. She has di
rected several researches among the
works of the North American Indians for
possible evidence of the Noree discovery
of America by Lief Erickson, and alto
gether she has been one of this eoun- ,
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try's most indefatigable and gifted
archaeological workers of the present
generation.. Her literary talent finds ex
pression in books and magazine articles
on matters archaeological. A woman of
great wealth, she pursues archaeology be
cause of her love for it, and also be
cause this was her father's life work.
Among her fellow-searchers for the story
of the burled past she is as well known
as was her father by his co-workers.
Miss Anne Morgan, daughter of J. Pier
pont Morgan, was one of the New York
society women who successfully floated
their famous Colony Club, whose house
cost J2.500.000. and is said to be the most
sumptuous woman's club in the world..
Also as one of the managers of the club
and its treasurer. Miss Morgan Is reveal
ing a talent that is possessed by her
father In no small degree. '
In her especial line of activity charities
Miss Morgan is credited by the profes
sional charity workers of the metropolis
with displaying unusual ability. She is
one of the chief workers in the woman's
department of the Civic Federation, a
branch formed to look after the Industrial
Interests of women who work. Miss
Morgan is first vice-chairman of this im
portant auxiliary; the chairman is Mrs.
Joseph Medill McCormlck, daughter of
the ex-Senator Mark Hanna. A rather
Interesting coincidence that Mrs. McCor
mlck should be the first head of this
branch of the work and her father the
first head of the federation Itself.
Another woman who possesses in
marked degree the characteristic talent
of her father is Mrs. Anna M. Weight-man-Walker-Penfield,
who has been
rather constantly in the news since she
became one of the world's richest women,
following her father's death two year
or so ago. For years prior to her father's
death she helped htm to manage his
Immense chemical laboratories; and she
figures In millions as easily as the
average person does In hundreds. She
Is reckoned by her business associates
and rivals as a keen financier and .execu
tive, and for some time after old William
Welgtman's death she carried practically
the entire burden of the great business
that he left behind. Persons conversant
with her business career declare that Mrs.
Penfield has never lost a dollar through
poor Investment, a record that not a
corporal's guard of eminent financiers of
today could equal, in all probability.
Ethel Barrymore, as all the stage 1
world knows. Is the talented daughter
of the very talented Maurice Barrymore.
from whom she inherited a ready wit
as well as histrionic ability. "Is that
a real terrier?" a friend asked her one
afternoon, when she was out walking
with her Boston specimen. "Sh-sh," re
plied Miss Barrymore, "he thinks he is."
At the piano Miss Barrymore reveals a
charming latent talent; she plays ex
ceptionally well and had her Inclinations
been in the direction of music Instead
of the stage, she probably would have
made a reputation for herself In thaf
field. But she chose to follow the tra
ditional profession of her forbears. Misa
Viola Allen Is another star of the stage
whose father before her displayed talent
In the same place; he was well known as
a character actor.
Daughter of Judge John Richtie, of the
Maryland Court of Appeals. Mrs. Donald
McLean, recently re-elected president
general of that "fighting" organization
known as the Daughters of the American
Revolution, Is numbered among tne lead
ing clubwomen of the country. As head
of the Daughters she has displayed
various talents, .executive, financial and
political, being among them. Her pre
decessor In the president-general's chair,
Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks, wife of the
Vice-President, is the daughter of a Judge
well known In Ohio. Mrs. Fairbanks, like
Mrs. William Jennings Bryan, is a grad
uate in law, and she is also quite tal
ented in the medical line, having pur
sued studies In medicine at one period
of her career. As a clubwoman she is
active in the National Federation of
Women's Clubs and other organizations,
and she is one of the promoters of the
"Junior Republic" movement. As a
woman's club executive she is probably
without a peer in the country.
Another clubwoman with a well-known
father Is Mrs. James R. Hoplcy, of
Bucyrus, O. She Is president of the Ohio
Federation of Women's Clubs, a leading
member of the National Federation, and
a writer on various subjects, history and
archaeology being two; and she was the
only woman speaker at the centennial
celebration of the admission of Ohio to
the Union. Her father, during the Civil
War and Just after it, was famous
throughout the North as the "Anderson
ville Chaplain."
Like Mrs.. Fairbanks, Mrs. Joseph
Chamberlain, daughter of Secretary of
War Endicott under Cleveland, is a
great help to her husband politically, and
therein lies her talent which Mr. , Cham
berlain has often publicly lauded. To
run through the entire list of English
women, with talented fathers, who are
adepts In the political game as It is
played in the mother country, would be
to include in this article a large portion
of the names of our fair English cousins
which are always more or less contained
in the newspaper cable dispatches from
London and other English news centers.
It takes a talent of a peculiar sort to
manage a four-in-hand (not a tie), is
even the ignorant know. That daughter
of Whitelaw Reid, who was married a
few weeks ago, while the King and Queen
of England looked on, Is an expert at
coaching. When her distinguished father
took up his ambassadorial residence in
London, Miss Reid endeavored to awaken
the English society women to the plea
sures of coaching, but failed to do so.
Mrs Thomas Hastings, daughter of K.
C. Benedict, the banker and intimate
friend of the late Grover Cleveland, "is
president of the Ladies' Four-ln-Hand
Driving Club of New York City, and
one of the best-known women whips of
the metropolis. Miss Mary Harriman,
daughter of E. H., rides and drives with
skill; to her, her father turns over the
daily card reports that he receives from
his lieutenants concerning the state of his
railroads and other enterprises; and to
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her he looks for much valuable assist
ance In digesting and tabulating these re
ports. His daushtcr Cornelia, before her
marriage, wns her father's business con
fidant and family assistant; Miss Mary is
said to display even greater talent In
financial fciatters than Cornelia. Another
of Miss Mary's interests is rescue work
among poor factory girls.
The Hon. Frances Wolseley, daughter
of the famous Viscount, his only heir and
hence inheritor of the title, has developed
a talent for market gardening. Mrs.
Ruth Bryan Leavltt, daughter of Hi
Commoner, is known among her asso
ciates as being gifted with pleading ora
torical powers; she is showing en ap'i
tude for politics and in all probability
will be seen on the stump displaying her
oratorical talents before the campaicn
is over. Jay Gould's talent for making
millions Is more than rivalled In the
public mind by Miss Hclon Gould s tal
ent for dispensing them for the good of
her fellow beings; while of the living
daughters of General William Booth
all of them being talented In the work
their father started Miss Eva Booth is
best known to the average American,
she being the present hea4 of the Sa'va
tion Army in this country. K opyrlght,
1D08, by the Associated Literary Press.)
Hooray for Bill!
N. A. J , In New Torlc World.
6ur! Hill he ha a bro,,"e.TT
Thaf. right! Charley i. h is """
And BUI will b elected in Fall I
WTh. chap t"ey nominated in that halL
Then Kiv. three rheers for Bllll
Hi! Give "em with a will .
Now one for Urotl.er Charley, who
peach!
Your enthusiasm p!U
When you whoop It up for BUI!
And pay! 'nu ought to hear him make a
speech !
Tho Bill' I mean has traveled;
He has lailed across the seaa
(No: hie Brother Charley wasn't on the
trip);
Lots of problems he's unraveled
With the very greatest ease.
And he's bound to be elected take my
tip.
Then It's Bill! Bill! Bill!
We won't he happy till
He's living in the White House with his kla.
And Brother Charley, too.
Will nnd a lot to do
when Brother Bill has anally moved la.
Oh. the Bills, Bills, Bills!
Think of all the kinds of Bills
Adding to our Joys or Ills!
Silver Bills and doctors' Bills;
4ireat Gold Bills to giveus thrills;
Kent-day Bills to give us chills;
Bills of every kind and nature;
Bills passed by the Legislature;
Bills for food and clothes and Induing",
Bills that keep the debtors dodging;
Bills all clean and crisp and new;
Ragged BIUh; Bills overdue:
Bills that cannot be collected
And our Bill to be elected!
Make no mistake he surely will
Of course, he's Charley's Brother Bill
you know Bill 1