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Gle Mapli walkc the doubl Luck: Tht $25 f affaii six i with doubl total* for tl the cTh. Jewel wome cothe Black rcllec 277 a Git score Th enter were Jtsep andMissouri HistoryMARY ALICIA OWENMary Alicia Owen, distinguished j in the United States and abroad as j an ethnologist, folklorist, and auth- I or. was bom in St. Joseph, Missouri, on January 29. 1858. eighty-three years ago this week. A * folklore joutstanding folklorist, Dr. H. M.I Belden dedicated his volume of Ballads and Songs, published in! 1940.^ Mary Alicia Owen was educated in private schools and at Vassar college. Prom England, rather than from her native state, emanated the greatest measure of her prestige. She was a brilliant conversationalist, industrious, patient, poised, and al-ServiBilover from early childhood, she often , g char d wilh anecdotes and escaped from her family and nurse | ^to visit among her friends of all j pew Mi5SOUri foiklorists were so classes and nationalities. In time fwidelv known In ,912 she rcad a she came to know the unmodified j thc Congress of Prim.lore as told among Frcnch-Canad- | Uive meeting in Lyden.ians and their part-Indian relatives. | boQks were published ln Europe abohtionists. southerners and the ■. ^ America and the enthusiasm slaves who still remained with them, I wkh whJch ghe wag received ^and likewise among the English. !England led her t0 present theWelsh, Irish, and Germans. j greater part of her Indian relic col-By 1886, Mary Alicia Owen had ^ Qxford universlty shcdefinitely decided on writing as a ^ pre5ented a number of vaiu. profession. It was two years later ( able speclmens of jndian handiwork that she made some important dis- | tQ lhe glate MlLseum at je5erson coveries in Voodoo magic which, cily Qwen often remarkedshe published and announced in | fchat ■ Mlssouri was the finest fieid folklore societies. f0r collecting folklore In the world.She began her career as a writer by contributing verse, letters on travel, and book reviews to newspapers and magazines. She is reported to have said she probably would have always been a writer of short features for papers and magazines if the well-known astronomer. Mary Proctor, had not loaned her a copy of Charles Godfrey Leland'sMiss Owen died in St. Joseph Missouri, on January 5 1935. and was buried in Mt.. Mora cemetery there. White Menace i .Each year, about \ 420 ici'Wfgs drift into thc north Atlantic ocean off the coast of Newfoundland. The area in which these 'bergs float isAlgonquin Legends of New England, j about equal to the area of Penn-Thcse legends, so like those she had lt;syivanla.heard in shacks and cabins of her j -friends since childhood, fired her Tough Nut to CrackThe was 1 Churc ed by was w Pun quarte Reync dall a Ryan Bur etery bearei V. Hi Prank Out funen Polloc Burch Mrs. I ters lt;of Ha chett Boon* in-lav two c and City, the di Wedn Mrs a few Roscc Pergu to thlt;So hard is the shell of the bar-imagination and led her to write ri- “Voodoo Tales, as Told Among the ! bassu nut that it will withstand aon Negroes of the Southwest.” She took i pressure of six tons. About thc sizeher manuscript to England where 1 of a tennis ball, it contains a clustershe read it before the International ; of nut meats, resembling shelledFolklore Congress. The paper was well received, and a favorable noticenuts.dern.anceandPolk.heatIn 1930. Russia imported 75,000 of herring from England; iu only 8000 tons.There arc 2.500 species of lizards. The use of mirrors was known toin the London Times brought .-fithor in touch with English pub-Ens who purchased the book \\ Before leaving London. Miss . was made an honorary mem-the English Folklore Society.•rganization in turn made her i*hc ancients.. p\iber of the British Association i ,ash- !an fe Advancement ot Science. I Mus™ flrst n,ade in Inarch in Voodoo magic and in Jf*ul • Mesopotamia.iarti\ tribal customs gave Mary ,SHORTS Squ Owen a commanding positionthelighttoable.Hoi ol ■ The fuel burned ln blast furances,3t! ' ^h0lar, The apecai s ud.es , aftcr ^ haTemade of the myths, legends. •the n ° ‘ w! I been distilled from bituminous coal.V «ustoms of the Sac Indians ledle or frompi° -ibc to adopt her as an honor-in?-iember and gained for her ad-t 812 1061.on to Indian secret societies, eply interested in history Miss Vlln contributed a valuable study al Customs and Usages in Mis-^ During the Last Century,” in «er, 1920. to the Missouri His-dUlt;«I Review. She also became the Cmember of the State Historical enliy of Missouri.tnon‘ ng her well-known works are 1 prac-aughter of Alouette and an i grad Gypsy 0ie Rabbit’s Planta-tfi , Mis5'lories as Told Among the ne’ c 0f the Southwest, and 1 °W! and Witches. “Ole Rabbit ^wDawg He Stole. one of her ort stories and articles, was j 1 in the Journal or Amen- 1 Alrej-Lore in 1890. In 1904, the southeiFolklore Society published on a p.known monograph on the j an ice-fe Indiansf)-28 . .13 2-.10 2-.09. .07 . M • A0. .07 . .07British Blackbearaper cvalue.. 25»ter corwen was elected vice presi- j From time immemorial beards haveA5. -19 . .17 , .18enters .e Missouri Folklore Society \ been a traditional adornment ofthrough as organized in Columbia,; British seamen at war. Sure sign througnas » t t havent changed is thelates *in 1906. Two cars later. f ycuijg bush.whlskered British sailor i fchilling.lected president, a position J ab„Ve. rukn.g tune our. ro puff on a ] |As the med to hold until the time ; cigarette. Or perhaps i^rh subma- : IShe was a Is. a conn- rines striking at Noitn Atlantic j{27— tersanCith.
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Chillicothe, Missouri, US
Mon, Jan 27, 1941
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