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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 books written by others�察�why not 

out of books of her own�拭�Then followed poems�察�short stories�察�biography�察�

textbooks�察�the editing of Crane Classics�察 �`One Hundred Kansas Women'' 

and miscellanies。 

     In   1902�察   �`Cuddy   and   Other   Folks''   was   written   and   in   1903�察   �`The 

Cottonwood's Story。'' 

     This   same   year�察   �`The   Overflowing   Waters��''   the   story   of   the   1903 



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flood�察�and one of her best bits of heart writing paid for the school books of 

almost a thousand unfortunate children。 ``Cuddy's Baby'' appeared in 1908�察�

followed   the   next   year   with   ``In   Old   Quivera��''   a   thread   of   Coronado 

history。 ``The Price of The Prairies��'' three weeks after publication in the 

fall   of   1910�察  �became   Kansas'   best   seller。   ``The   Peace   of   The   Solomon 

Valley'' came out in 1911 and proved a popular gift book。 ``The Wall of 

Men��'' Mrs。 McCarter's 1912 offering should be one of the required books 

in Kansas schools。 It is authentic history and the close of the story leaves 

every Kansan with a greater respect and love for the state and the heroic 

pioneers who stood as a living wall between Kansas and the slave question。 

1913 gave us the ``Master's Degree��'' considered by many her best work。 

This year we have ``Winning The Wilderness。'' 

     Mrs。 McCarter founded the Club Member and organized the Sorosis�察�

serving as president seven years and two terms as president of the Topeka 

Federation of Women's Clubs。 Baker University�察�at Baldwin�察�Kansas�察�gave 

her an honorary Master's Degree in 1909�察�its semi´ centennial anniversary。 



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          BESSIE MAY BELLMAN。  

   JUNE BELLMAN HENTHORNE。 



       Bessie May Bellman and June Bellman Henthorne�察�her daughter�察�hail 

from Winfield。 They write both prose and verse and Mrs。 Henthorne was a 

reporter for years。 Mrs。 Bellman�察�when a girl�察�lived five years on a cattle 

ranch and to those five lonely years she credits her habit of introspection�察�

meditation and writing。 Much of her poetry and short stories are used in 

platform work。 

    Red Leaves。 

    Red   leaves   Aflame   in   the   air�察  �aflame   in   the   trees。   Blue   streams�察�

smoky hills Gold�察�gold the sunlight spills Red leaves� �

    Dead   Leaves A  swirl   in   the   air´asleep   'neath   the   trees。   Gone   every 

lark and swallow Haunting echoes bid me follow Dead leaves� �Bessie 

May Bellman 

       Mrs。 Henthorne's ``If'' is published in a New York reader。 

    ``If�察  �in   a   bird´heart�察  �beating   'neath   the   gray  There   chants   a   song�察  �no 

matter what the day。 
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