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midnight falls�察�where now is twilight dim�察�O�察�then may I be patient�察�sweet 

and mild�察�While your hands lead me like a little child��'' 

       She died in 1893�察�at Padonia�察�and was buried in a bed of her favorite 

white flowers�察�donated by loving friends。 In the little graveyard at Hamlin�察�

one reads ``Beautiful Things'' on a modest stone at the head of her little 

bed。 



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                EMMA TANNER WOOD。 



       Mrs。 Emma Tanner Wood ��Caroline Cunningham���察�a Topeka woman�察�

began newspaper work in 1872。 The result of those early years' work was 

``Spring   Showers��''   a   volume   of   prose。   After   thirty   years   of   study   and 

experience   among   the   defectives�察  �she   wrote   ``Too   Fit   For   The   Unfit��'' 

advocating surgery for the feeble´ minded。 The story of Mrs。 Benton�察�one 

of   the  characters�察  �led   Mrs。 Wood   to   introduce  a  law  preventing   children 

being sent to the poor house。 This was the first law purely in the interest of 

children     ever    passed    in   Kansas。     Later�察  �a   law   preventing      traveling 

hypnotists from using school children as subjects in public exhibitions was 

drawn up by Mrs。 Wood and passed。 

     Several years ago�察�a book on hypnotism�察�far in advance of the public 

thought�察�was written and is to be published this year。 

     Mrs。 Wood is seventy years young and as she says�此 �`finds age the very 

sweetest   part   of   life。   It is   no   small   satisfaction to   laugh   at   the   follies   of 

others and know that you are past committing them。 It is equally delightful 

to   be   responsible   only  to   one's   self   and   order   one's   life   as   one   chooses。 

Every day is a holy day to me now and the sweetness of common things�察�

grass�察  �flowers�察  �neighborly   love�察  �grand´   children�察  �and   home   comforts   fill 

me with satis´ faction。 To think kindly of all things under the sun ��but sin���察�

to speak kindly to all�察�to do little kindly acts is a greater good to the world 

at large than we think while we are in the heat of battle。'' 



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            CORNELIA M。 STOCKTON。 



       A  cheerful   little   room   in   the   East   wing   of   St。   Margaret's   Hospital�察�

Kansas     City�察  �Kansas�察   �an   invalid   chair  wheeled     up   to  a  window     over 

looking the street�察�and the eager�察�expectant face and the warm hand clasp 

of the occupant�察�Mrs。 Cornelia M。 Stockton�察�assures the visitor of a hearty 

welcome。 

     Greatly enfeebled by long illness and with impaired sight�察�this bright�察�

little woman's keen interest in current events and the latest ``best seller'' 

puts to shame the half´hearted zeal of the average woman。 

     For   four   years�察  �Mrs。   Stockton   has   lived   at   St。   Margaret's�察  �depending 

upon the visits of friends and the memory of an eventful life to pass the 

days。   Prominence   in   club   work   in   her   earlier   years   has   brought   reward。 

The    History   Club     of  Kansas    City�察  �Kansas�察   �of  which    she   was   once    a 

member�察�each week sends a member to read to her and these are red letter 

days to this brave�察�patient�察�little woman。 

     Mrs。 Stockton began writing very young。 When a little girl�察�back in the 

village of Walden�察�New York�察�she stole up to the pulpit of the church and 

wrote in her pastor's Bible�此�

     ``I have not seen the minister's eyes�察�And cannot describe his glance 

divine�察  �For   when   he   prays   he   shuts   them   up And   when   he   preaches   he 

shuts mine。'' 

       She   was    born   in  1833    in  Shawangunk�察      �New    York�察  �and   came    to 

Kansas City in 1859�察�living in Missouri some years but most of the time in 

Kansas City�察�Kansas。 

     In   1892�察  �she   published     a  limited   edition   of   poems�察    �`The   Shanar 

Dancing   Girl   and   Other   Poems。''   dedicated   to   Mrs。   Bertha   M。   Honore 

Palmer�察�her ideal of the perfect type of gracious and lovely womanhood。 

``The Shanar Dancing Girl'' was first written for the Friends in Council�察�a 

literary    club   of  Kansas    City�察  �Mo。    It  has  received    the   encomiums      of 

Thomas       Bailey   Aldrich�察   �John    J。  Ingalls  and   others    for  its  beauty   of 

expression and dramatic qualities。 ``Invocation��'' an April idyl�察 �`The Sea´ 

shell��''   and   ``Mountain      Born''    sing   of  the   love   of   nature。    ``In  the 



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Conservatory��''   ``My   Summer   Heart��''   and   ``Tired   of   the   Storm''   hint   of 

sorrow      and   unrest   and   longing。    Then    in   1886�察   �`Compensation''       was 

written。    ``Irma's   Love    For   The    King''   is  a  favorite�察 �also�察   �`  `Sold'A 

Picture��'' written for her daughter�察 �`yes�察�but she never came。 

     ``The Sorrowful Stone'' Mrs。 Stockton considers her best。 

     ``The story without a suspicion of rhyme�察�And dim with the mists of 

the morning of Time�察�Is told of a goddess�察�who�察�wandering alone�察�Did go 

and sit down on the Sorrowful Stone。 

     We     find  our   Gethsemane       somewhere�察      �though    late�察 �The    Angel    of 

Shadows throws open the gate。 We creep with our burden of pain�察�to atone�察�

For all of life's ills�察�to the Sorrowful Stone。 

     Above is the vault of the pitiless stars�察�The trees stretch their arms all 

blackened   with   scars�察  �The   gales   of   lost   Paradise   are   faintly   blown   To 

where we sit down on the Sorrowful Stone。'' 

     ``From a Poem `Vagaries' '' warns of * * * the product of the age and 

clime�察�We do too much� �grow old before our time�察�

       Yetwould we stray to Morning Hills again�拭�Unlearn sad prophecies�察�

and dream as then� �

       Ah�察  �no�   �with   sense   of   peace   the shadows   creep�察�There   droppeth   on 

tired eyes the spell of sleep 

       We left the dawn long leagues behind�察�and stand�察�Waiting and wistful 

in the Evening Land� �

       The   patient   Nurse   of   Destiny�察 �at   best�察 �Leads us like   children   to   the 

needed rest� �

     A  ghostly   wind   puts   out   our   little   light�察 �And   we   have   bid   the   busy 

world ``Good Night��'' 

       Mrs。 Stockton was married twice。 Her first husband was the father of 

her two sons�察�one of whom�察�Dr。 Henry M。 Downs�察�in his practice�察�came 

often to St。 Margaret's。 The second marriage�察�as the wife of the late Judge 

John   S。   Stockton�察  �was   a   very   happy   one。   Last   year�察  �a   brother   the   only 

surviving member of her family�察�died�察�leaving Mrs。 Stockton the last of a 

family   of   five   children。   The   two   sons   have   also   passed   into   the   Great 

Beyond。 

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newspapers and magazines over the name of Cora M。 Downs。 

     Ex´Gov。 St。 John appointed her one of the regents of the University of 

Kansas。 

     Her beautiful poem�此 �`In Memoriam'' to Sarah Walter Chandler Coates 

was her last。 

       `` `We seem like children��' she was wont to say�察 �Talking of what we 

cannot understand��' And in the dark or daylight�察 �all the way�察�Holding   so 

trustfully a Father's hand。 And this was her religion�察�not to dwell On tenets�察�

creeds�察�or doctrines�察�but to live On a pure faith�察�and striving to do well The 

simple duties that each hour should give。'' 



     MARGARET HILL McCARTER。 

       The most successful Kansas woman writer financially and the most 

prolific is Margaret Hill McCarter of Topeka。 From the advent of her little 

book in 1901�察 �`A Bunch of Things�察�Tied Up With Strings'' to the hearty 

reception of her latest novel every step of the way spells success。 

     Margaret   Hill   was   born   in   Indiana   and   came   to   Kansas   in   1888   to 

teach English in the Topeka High School。 Two years later�察�she became the 

wife   of   Dr。   William   McCarter。   Of   this   union   there   are   two   daughters�察�

students at Baker University and the Topeka High School and a young son�察�

his mother's literary critic。 

     A wife and a mother first�察�a Kansas woman second�察�and an author third 

is the way Mrs。 McCarter rates herself。 She is capable of and does do all 

her housework。 

     Her love for literature she owes to her mother�察�who believed in higher 

education and taught Margaret to prize the few books that came her way。 

     After leaving the school room�察�the teacher instinct still strong within 

her�察�she argued if she could teach out of book
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