Show JulIa Word Howe Few of the people who saw the Boa ton poet Mrs Julia Ward Howe on the platform with Dr Depew at the dedication of the Columbus statno in Central park would have said that she looked like a woman of 75 She has the presence the demeanor the expression the voice and the step of 50 she has a handsome face is in vigorous health gives heed to the art of dress she is far more lively than are most women nt her time of life yet she has been writing poetry for nearly 60 yearsthe I poetry of beauty and of nature and of the emotions and of freedomNew York Sun |