. They write both prose and verse and Mrs. Henthorne was a
reporter for years. Mrs. Bellman, when a girl, lived five years on a
cattle ranch and to those five lonely years she credits her habit of
introspection, meditation and writing. Much of her poetry and short
stories are used in platform work.

Red Leaves.

Red leaves--
Aflame in the air, aflame in the trees.
Blue streams, smoky hills--
Gold, gold the sunlight spills--
Red leaves!

Dead Leaves--

A swirl in the air-asleep 'neath the
trees.
Gone every lark and swallow--
Haunting echoes bid me follow--
Dead leaves!
Bessie May Bellman--

Mrs. Henthorne's "If" is published in a New York reader.

"If, in a bird-heart, beating 'neath the gray
There chants a song, no matter what the
day.
If, in a bird-heart happy sunbeams shine,
Why not in mine?

If, in a flower-face, beat down by rain,
The hope of clear skies be in spite of
pain--
If, in a flower-face a great hope shine,
Why not in mine?"

AMANDA T. JONES.

One of the few Kansas women to have a place in "Who's Who" was the late
Amanda T. Jones of Junction City. She was one of the most prolific poets
of Kansas.

Her "Atlantic" is a story of the rebellion; "Utah and Other Poems;" "A
Prairie Idyl;" "Flowers and a Weed;" and "Rubaiyat of Solomon Valley"
are volumes of verse. Her prose: "Children's Stories," "Fairy Arrows"
and "The White Blackbird;" "A Psychic Autobiography," published in 1908;
"Man and Priest," a story of psychic detection; "Mother of Pioneers,"
and a novel ready for publication, "A Daughter of Wall St."

Miss Jones originated a working women's home and patented many
inventions, mostly household necessities.

* * * * *

CHARLOTTE F. WILDER.

Charlotte Frances Wilder, Manhattan, has been writing half a century and
it has won for her a place in Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, "entitled
to go down to posterity, her lifework preserved as information for
future generations." She has written "Land of The Rising Sun,"
"Sister Ridenour's Sacrifice," "Christmas Cheer In All Lands," "Easter
Gladness," "Mission Ships," "The Child's Own Book" and "The Wonderful
Story of Jesus." Her essays, alone, would make a volume, original and
interesting. She has written for the press since s