Show edward wife though she has been a wife for ten years and a mother for seven mrs bell amys face still retains much of the dell cate bloom which Is the beri heritage tage of new england girlhood and her figure t the be slen der grace of youth she baa has dark brown hair bright expressive eyes and a manner mander marked by quiet cordiality devoid of either formality or effusiveness her iler musical talent isber is her chief personal gift her voice being a mezzo soprano and find considerable sid Id attention has been paid to its it q cultivation for several years she has tung in the choir of the village church only a few rods distant from her lome home she chiefly prizes her musical gift however for the pleasure it gives her husband and children all of whom are exceedingly fond of music the little melodeon which she learned to play upon when a girl still stands in one corner of the family hitting bitting room and no sunday afternoon or evening would be complete or happy without her singing to its simple accompaniment fanny M 11 johnson in ladies home jour nal |