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Show Kmlly DicMTnaon. Euge:io Field In the Chicago News. Emilv Dickinson was a strange creature. crea-ture. None of her friends know that she wrote verso; the secret did not come out until after her death. She studi-ouslo studi-ouslo avoided socie.y. In appearance she was not prepossessing, having the stern aspect of the typical New England spinster. One of her peculiarities was to wear whito the year round. Her gowns, severely simple, were always whito, and she wore her hair in the severe old style, parted in tho middle and caught back in a Grocian knot. Miss Dickinson was seldom scon upon tho street, aud she was even less frequently fre-quently to bo met at tho littlo social gatherings In the oollege town in w hich her life w as spent. She was regarded by those who knew hes as a strange, if not a weird creatnre. This opinion has doubtless been confirmed by the posthumous post-humous poetry of hers which has been pobliched, after having been very badly edited by Mr. T. W. Higginsou. |