Show n raising Responses I I I- I Mrs rs Bowens Bowen's Book i I Ira rL Bowens Bowen's lively reminiscences Chicago's younge younger days recent- recent published under the title of owing Up With a a City brought her many letters from erold errold old some o of them lYden denying ing the truth of her rea rec- c She has had a great grent deal amusement from some of or these ne woman wrote from from California she remembered perfectly well r in Mrs Bowens Bowen's granders grander's grand- grand ers er's rs r's house and it wa was not at all the theauthor author described it j other ther v oman soman felt that Mrs ven en JI had Irad made a mistake In her of or the Chicago fire tire al- al ugh gh that description was taken n L-a L a letter written by the aurs aur's aurs au- au rs r's father When this tills corred corre- corre dent d nt was asked how it hap- hap I rid d that she remembered the fire vividly she said her baby was til on n the street as ns she was as fl flee flee- efrom e- e i from a burning house and she shew I w w what she was talking about t another ll reader was asked HIked if It tn en n Mrs Bowen w washed shed and andri i ri led ed d down curtains to the carUn car- car I Un inthe the way she described in herk her K k she did not remember that n n I they were hung again oak oaks s wei were sewed over th the holes In Mrs sr if not to have them show ten en replied with regret that they not it have this method of 9 mend- mend curtains in her lier family n Ly old ld man wrote that ho he was miles west of Chicago 1839 39 twenty years before Mrs he wanted fen en n was born and tell him Just where his birthe birth birth- could rei reben re- re all he e e was now ere th-ere was i ben er about it was that ouse ise on one ope corner and a n saloon the he other ther Unfortunately she sile not able to give gie him the ion |