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Show Julia Ward Howe Celebrates Ninetieth Nine-tieth Anniversary of Birth. Boston. Surrounded by her children chil-dren and grandchildren, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe celebrated her ninetieth birthday on May 27. Despite her advanced ad-vanced age the famous writer is in full possession of her faculties and mental keenness, and still manifests great interest in all the great public questions of the day. The feebleness of age. however, rendered it imperative impera-tive that Mrs. Howe forego a public observanve of her anniversary. She received many letters and congratulatory congratu-latory telegrams. |