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Show I LIVES FOR OTHERS H MRS. rEARN, OP WASHINGTON, H TRUE PHILANTHROPIST. H Her Mlsclon the Amelioration of the H Condition of the Blind Queen m cr Roumanln Her H Close Friend. M A fascinating, anil forcible phllin- M thioplst whoso mission and Its uppcal M Is unique. Is Mr8 Walker renin, of H Washington, n grand danio of queenly B mini, who Iiur Hicnt moat of her life H nt lluropcnt. capitals Mis renin 8 M late husband wns United Slates minis B tcr to Houmniila, In which Interesting H country the couple betnino intimate!) H identified with 'Carinin Sylva," VAlr M nbeth, the beautiful, the good, the hrll- H linntly endowed queen, perhaps the M niojt renuukiible woman In tho world, M possessing utmost eeiy talent anil M ovoiy gincc. B The queen of Hunnianlu found u H lendy Bympnthlrt i and co.uljutoi In H her vuilciua lain ine ontcipiiscs In tho H charming Ameneai, the tvo women H being conflde-illnll) en inpport Mih H l'eain ami 'Cnimen Hylvn,' the niynl H poet and phllantlnopljt, worked hand H In hand, Mrs renins csiodil enthu H slasni helnt; enlisted In the queen's M wonderful mission to the blind Theie 1 nro 20,000 or the sightless In the small H country of itoiimauia, and for the H amelioration and uplift of the condl H Hon of these imfoituuntcs the queen H Is building an especial city, "Vatra H humlmiasn" the 'luminous health," H wheio every possible physical and udu H cntloual advantage will be afforded tho H benelltlaileH Mih ream, bluce her H return tu Ameilcn, is pursuing tho H samo line of humane emlenor hero as H was Insphed b) her friend, the hcnutl H ful queen of Houmiinln with whom she H is in constant commiinkiitlon. Mrs, H Fcarn is connect atlng, gratuitous!) tho H best efforts of her life to the lellef of H tho blind, her philautluup) being ex H pressed lmmedlatcl in a vlvidl) inter H csttng lectin o that she gles called "A H Mission of l.oo to the llllnd," with H stercoptlcon views taken from lutl H mate home scene and royal glimpses H at tho Hoiimanlan capital Mrs ream H wears during her lectures, n wonderful H native Roumanian costumo, a coin t H dress presented to her b) Queen KHz H nbeth, heavy in enibiolderles of slhcr ' H A long, white (lowing Mil winds gince ' H fully at the back Mrs l'eain, ono of H tho effective social factors of Wash H Ington, entertained an appicclatlo H company of frlemls chiimlugl) at hei H homo In Massachusetts nenue with H talk about hei woik, ..nil Illustrations H and u rich collation lid own pic- H turesquo Swlhs maid iiln woio a beau H tlful Itouinanlau lostumo of tho ap H proprlate class Mis l'eain foimcil) H Miss 1'iances Hewitt, was bom in B j H Most of her eirlv life was spent In' H New Orleans She Is starting on a tout H at once to cam hei beautiful message H to other paits of the cniinti), going H llrst to Cincinnati, wheie sho will bo j H the guest of her lifelong frit ml, Mis I.ougworth. Then Kentiicl.), 'lennes ' 1 see, New Oilcans, Texas Indiana and other sections will li.no the privilege of healing this (banning womnn who H has (ousecrated her lifo giatiithiusl), 1 without the slightest n niiiiu lalluu, to B bo noble and benign a cause At hei 1 lecture at Itnuschet s to a tiomendotis P fashionable audience Mis l'eain was. 1 intioduced b) the llov Di Condon, tho P blind chaplain of the house of lepro ( H scutatives A lecent nutogiaph inos-1 B sago from the queen of ltoumnula to ' H her sympathetic filend leads, ' Hi lug 1 light to tho blind, 1115 dear Mis 1'eain, B and make tlielt lifo slilne foi all those I whose mind's eje Is not jet opened M Ullzabcth." |