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Show Nollio Bly in an j&rxiuricnn. nor re narno is Elizabeth Cochrane. Sho is moro of an American than most Amer leans because her ancestors in th9 yloomy past came over and helped cut down the first trees in Pennsylvania. Nellie Bly's achievements lead ona to believe that sho must be at least 24 years old. Her appearance, however, is Uiat of a much younger woman. She is rather tall and slonder, with a very iuterebtiug and intelligent face. Her eyes aro brown, her hair almost black. Her hands seem almost too small to hold a pen. She writes, however, very rapidly. Tho newspaper -work which this young woman has douo has had tho advautago of publicity. Sho lived as a supposedly iusano patient in tho asylum on Black-well's Black-well's island for ton days. The result of tho articles concerning her experf enco there was a largo appropriation that has meant comfort to many help-loss help-loss insane creatures. Her description of tho troatmont ol female prisoners in tho police stations was another achievement in the interest of the unfortunate. Tho appointment of police matrons to caro for tho female prisoners was tho result of that place of excellent work. New York World. |