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Show DEATH OF JULIA WARD HOWE. End of Career of Gifted Authoreti and Pfcl'aithrof.iit, Mldillelown. It. I .1 il I In Ward Howe Is dead. Hnweil under tho rvcignt uf her !'l yeurs. th" nnied phlluiithrnplHt ami mil Imri'MH Hiicciimtied peicefully to ii n all.uk of pni'iitiiuiila ut her lii ine on .Mmiiliiy. .Iniiii SVmd lliiwe was burn In New York City on Ihe :7Ui day uf May. Mill. During the cuurso uf her lima life Mrs. Howe w.ia at the very forefront nf many movements which hud to dn wlih American lltera'uri', phlhttiihriipy and Ihe emunclpailun nf lu-r sex Kriiin the enily d.iya nf her wouitin- h I she was n wumun uf cutiun- quence. a woman uf affairs, n wuman who hud a very high cunceptton of the duties of life. Alt hiitluti of Hie gentlest spirit, Mra. Ilow-o wua fur years a most ardent wuman auffrtigtat. Mia. llowo wua a frequent contributor contribu-tor to anion of the best imigazlnea of tho country. She was uWo a poetess who found a .reruly rentuiise In the brurlB of Ihe .enp1e and then, na an evidence of her versatility, ah turned hor pen lo pl'iy writing, lit which she wua ulsn auccessful. Perhaps her most faiiituis work was the 'Tlattb? Hymn of the llennhllc" which Is tnurlit lo eivcry schonl clnhl In the country tuil.iy. |