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WOMEN OF DISTINCTION.
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colored people of Louisville, and the talent displayed is most worthy of mention. ********** At the conclusion of the programme President Simmons, of the State Baptist University, appeared on the stage and offered the following resolution, which was put to a vote of the audience and unanimously adopted:

"Resolved, That we, the citizens of Louisville, in concert assembled, hereby express our heartfelt appreciation of the high order of talent displayed b}' Miss Hallie O. Brown, our distinguished guest and eminent teacher in elocution, and hereby thank her for the rich and rare treat furnished by thepupilsof her training."—Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.

Prof W. F. Sherwin, of New England Conservatory, Boston, Mass., says: "Miss Hallie Q. Brown has few superiors as a refined reader and a careful trainer in the art of elocution and oratory."

CHAPTER IV.

MRS. N. F. MOSSELL.

A heart true as steel; a manner without affectation or reserve; at once sincere and direct; a plump, compactly built body, five feet high; a symmetrical head and speaking countenance; eyes which dance with fun, or are eloquent with tender feeling; a musical laugh, a bright, cheery personality that looks determined on the bright side of life; a keen sense of the humorous and ridiculous, yet a nature bubbling over with the milk of human kindness; a shrewed business woman, yet counting no labor too arduous for the comfort of those she loves; a