Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 24, Number 9, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 26 August 1893 — Page 1

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MAN ABOUT TOWN.

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aa a national celebrity as did Mike O'Brien—at least, that'* what it used to be, plain Mike, but now it's Mique. He did reportorial work for awhile en tbe Gazette, and essayed acting in a home company, and it can safely be aaid that even at that early date in his newspaper career, he was far and away better aa a reporter than aa an actor. He went from here to Cincinnati, and as a reporter on tbe Times-Star developed a style and breezineua about his writings that soon made him popular, and he was then assigned to the dramatic work, where he made a big bit. There was an originality about his criticisms that added to tbe interest when they were favorable, and took the sting out of them when the reverse was the case. Ho became very popular among the stage people and their followers, and now be is going to coin this popularity into cold, 16 to 1 dollars, by starting a dramatic and musical weekly, to be styled "Stage Echoes." The musical department Is to be under the direction of a well-known Cincinnati critic, and the combination certainly ought to be a winning one. His Xerre Haute friends hope so, at least. gpWhen Mique was on the Times-Star, a Terre Haute man who visited Cincinnati was not sale from a write-up of one kind or another, usually another. Several years ago a Terre Haute organization attended a meeting at Cincinnati, and was accompanied by the Ringgold band. The day following the grand parade, the Times-Star gave the Terre Haute people a send-off, and added in its notes that "Mr So-and-So, of the Ringgold band, of Terre Haute, was the observed of all observers along tbe line of parade yesterday. He is remarkable being the only man in Western Indiana, who has his trousers cut with a circular saw." It was a tender spot with the artist referred to, and Mique had to stay in hiding for several days, butlfinally squared himv$li

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To look the poor old Wabash now, with scarcely enough water Jn it to float a skill, It is hard to Imagine that over a million and a half dollars have been ".'spent on it, in tbe past eighteen years, in the effort to make it a navigable stream. And yet such is the oase. In 1875, Col. W. E. Merrill, U. S. engineer in charge of river improvements, in his annual report, recommended the oom•./tpletlon of the Grand Rapids look and dam, on the lower Wabash, a* the removal of the great barrier to the navlgation of the river, and estimated the oost of the Improvement at $146,000. Since that time over #1,600,000 has been ex* 'f peuded on the river, the dam Is not yet

completed, and the Wabash is only navigable at certain seasons of the year.

Post G, of the T. P. A., of this city, contains more hustlers to the square Inch than any other traveling is en's organisation on earth, and Is always first lu devising something new for the beneilt of Its members. The latest is a regular literary entertainment every month, furnished by members of tbe Post and friends, to which music, both vocal and lustruuteutal, will be „v added. The first enlertalnntwnt will be given on Saturday evening, Sept. 16, and

M. A. T. violates no confidence when be says that the gems of the evening will I be the delivery by President Chas. R,

Duffln and Secretary A. B. Mewhtnney, of the carefully-prepared speeches which they expected to make at Fort Wayne, last May, upon accepting respectively the office# of president and secretarytreasurer of the state division—offices that, like the letter that was looked for, "never came I

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A gentleman who had occasion to telegraph money to a point in Michigan, this week, found the tightnww in the j?.- money market had affected the money department of the telegraph service.

Hie limit for telegraphing heretofore baa been one hundred dollars, but men who wanted to send a larger amount got around this provision by sending two telegrams. Now, the telegraph companies will not send more than one hundred dollars to any one town In a single day, aa with the scarcity of currency, an agency In little town is likely to be swamped if called on to pay out much more than this at once.

P* ... Tho King of France once upon a time— *e are Informed by an historical legend—marched up a hill with ten thousand men, and then immediately marched down again. In other words, he ran a big bluff. Modernised, it might be saald that Mr, Wey marched up the tfre'aome stairway to tho council chamber, ^tast Tuesday night, with his charges against Chief Kennedy, and then marched down again. The trial of the cfaarjrss ended ju*t a» everyone—except

Mr. Wey, perha|«H»thought It wonid* but itdldnHrlaatsilottfca* was«*j*wt*d* It

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a trilte disappointing, too, that no evidence was introduced, for wme rich developments wero expected. TheafflUr was very briefly conducted. When tho council w«a oatted to order, Jus-

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tlce Felsenthal made a statement for the chief to tbe effect that the latter had made some purchases of supplies without the authority of the fire committee, and also stated that he, the fire chief, knew of no Instance where the fire committee, or its chairman, bad expended any money except what was absolutely needed for the good of the department. The charges were then withdrawn, and the council adjourned, Letus hope this will end it.

Tbe talk of the town this week has been tbe rapturous adoration displayed by Senator "Voorbees in his Senate speech, for the President and Secretary Carlisle. He appealed t» God to help his party and the country in the event of his associates turning their backs on Grover and John G. Such an ardent speech should strengthen tbe chances of the Senator's candidate for the revenue collectorship, and it behooves Congress man Brookshire to get in his work during the silver Rebate, and say something pretty nice about the appointing powers —that is, if he expects his Craw fords ville candidate to bei in it.

The residents in the vicinity of Collett park, just beyond the city limits, are muoh disturbed by the appearance of certain ghostly figures, for whose mys terious nature they are unable to ao count. Tbe "spooks" first appeared few nights ago at about ten o'clock, but the hour grows later with each succeed ing visitation. They are white, very small in stature, and with appendages that can only be likened to angel's wings. They appear between Seventh street and the river, are visible but a short time and fade away as mysteriously as they came. Some of the residents of that neighborhood are inclined to treat the matter as a fake, while those who profess to have seen the angel visitors are positive it is not, and can see in it a warning of some impending calamity. This is tbe story as it is told, and is given for what it is worth.

The committee on streets and bridges of the city oouncil, held a meeting Thursday night to hear the reinoustrance of tbeproperty owners, on Ninth street, between Main and Ohio, against the proposed improvement of that thoroughfare. It was decided to recommend to the council at its next meeting, September 5, that the contract for improving Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Ninth streets be let, and the work proceed at once. A petition was received from the property owners on Fourth street, between Main and Cherry, to have that street improved with brick, and another meeting will be held next Thursday night to decide as to whether asphalt or briok shall be used for the Beveral streets named. If as brick is decided upon as the material, it is likely that the committee will recommend that the Clinton briok be used, as it to said they are the equal of any other for street paving purposes.

The Normal school war is not ended, at least on the part of the students, if we are to judge by the reoent action of tbe committee of fifteen, which has charge of the plan of campaign. This committee met at Indianapolis, this week, and deolded to proceed in their efforts to remove President Parsons, and secure a change in the law that would require tho appointment of members of the school alumni on the board of trustees. The trustees are sending out circulars to former students, from the junior class down, Including all those who endorsed the seniors' actions, assuring them that they can return to school without signing a statement, assuming that by returning they pledge themselves to fully respect the authority of the school. It is not improbable that the efforts of the students will aflect the attendance during the coming term, but the trustees are confident they will ultimately succeed in convincing the students that the proper authorities must be recognised. The President of the board of trustees, Murray Briggs, has a significant editorial In his paper, the Sullivan Union this week, In which he admits the possibility of there being a reduced attendance at the fall term, bat adds that this "will be that much to the advantage of thoee who do attend, and the enviable reputation of the school as the best Normal school to the country will be maintained.*' The board also sent out an eight page circular in which the entire trouble hi rehearsed, and Prof* Tompkins and the students are rather rudely handled. ________

Supt, Oorbett, of the IS. AT. H., ha* evidently mistaken his calling—he ought to be one of thoee patent medicine advertising agents, who axe never satistied unless they get their

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column, surrounded by pate reading matter. The E, St T. H. paid their men this week tor

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them checks dated September 11, instead of cash. The men objected to receiving these checks, as the merchants with whom they had dealings would not accept them. Hi* superintendent came up here and straightened matter* out, Inducing the men to accept the checks. He expressed great surprise that our merchants would not take the cheeks and hold them until September 11, and this la the face of the foot that

his own road refused to accept them in, payment of freight bills. Miss Edith Castle, whose beautiful voice will some day ere long win her a prominent place among the musical artists of the country, is to be given a benefit at the Baptist church September 4th, the proceeds of which will be used to enable her to complete her course in the New England conservatory of music. Miss Castle since her return from Boston has been ever ready to respond to calls made upon her by home entertainments and besides increasing the admiration for her musical talent, has made many friends by her modest, unassuming manners. The benefit is be,-: ing arranged by her friends, and it should be a rouser.

THE PRAIRIE CITY BANK.

A majority of the depositors manifest & disposition to do the right thing by Mr. Beach.- They are, however, none the less determined to have their money accounted for, and as one of them remarked this week, will positively refuse to be satisfied with anything less than one hundred cents on the dollar.

Much curiosity has been expressed in regard to the probable value of the proparty assigned by Mr. Beach, Of course, this cannot be definitely ascertained until appraisers have been appointed, and their judgment of its real worth arrived at, but for purposes of comparison the following figures will be of interest. The Ohio street residence property is assessed for purposes of taxation at |15,700, which, oi course, represents nothing like its real value, for there is a mortgage on it of 982,569, to John G. Williams, as a trustee. The property at Sixth and Main is assessed for $31,000, and on this there is a $35,000 mortgage. The two lots In Biegler's Sub., In the northeast part of the city, are assessed at $980, and the lots in Britton's Sub. and Boudinot's Sub., in the northern part of the city, at $975, in which, however, he has but one-fifth interest. He has also a half interest in Out lot 20, in the subdivision of the old Wabash fc Erie canal, assessed at $500. This would make the total assessment of this property $48,255, which, In a good market, would probably represent from three-fourths to three-eights of Its actual value, and nearer the latter figure than the former. In other words, the property would be worth from 164,000 to $128,000, and on this there are mortgagee of $67,000. No one knows, relatively, the value of the land in Bond county, Illinois, and in Alachua county, Florida, but according to the deed of assignment there is already a mortgage of $4,800 on tbe tract first named. As said before, however, the real value of all this property cannot be definitely ascertained until the authorised appraisement has been made.

Thelaw firsts of Jump, Lamb A Davis, McNutt A McNutt and. Efcris A Hamill, have been retained by Mr. Beach, to look after his Interests, while the depositors have engaged Harper & Kelley, 8. 0. Davis, M. C. Hamill and Blade A Henry,

Bruce Glick, a painter living at Thir-teenth-and-a half and Main streets, was drowned at Greenfield Bayou last Sonday, where be had gone with a fishing party. He went In swimming by him •elf, and it is supposed was sotted with the cramps. He leaves a wife and two children,

The Chief Justice of Georgia is in favor of the admission of women to the bench. It this were done It Is quite probable that (ton would be less of the law's delay. The faculty woman enjoys for getting at the truth of things quickly ahould make her a very dewtrableJudge.

Ti»e county »mmhMdonersopeiiiplhe bids ywswrday forth* improvement of the poor farm, and wW award the contract this afternoon. fli

TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26,1893.

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What the Depositors are DoingEstate Assigned, Some eighty of the depositors'' of the defunct Prairie City bank met at the

law office of Harper &• Kelley, Tuesday nocent sort that it ought to be, and cerafternoon, to discuss the possibilities,! tainly if there is a desire in young pecana the ways and means, of getting their money out of the assets of that institution. They represented between $60,000 and 165,000 in deposits, but it is claimed this does not represent anything like the total amount that has been placed on deposit there—in fact, it is asserted by some who claim to be in a position to know, that these figures will run up to 1150,000. A, committee, consisting of Dr. L. J. Weinstein, 0. E. Hyland and Patrick O'Boyle was appointed to call on the assignee, and secure from him a statement of the true assets and liabilities of the bank. i?his committee consulted with B. V. Marshall, the assignee, and has called a meeting for three o'clock this afternoon, at which the report will be made. It is understood that the depositors will be asked to appoint a committee with power to aot, they to have full authority to proceed in the best manner possible to have the affairs of the bank straightened up without any unnecessary delay. This committee will report that the bank's deposits, according to the assignee, were as follows:' Subject to call, |47,000, time loans, $87,000. Total #134,000.

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Though much may be said about the independent American girl needing no chaperon the fact still remains that to outsiders the girl who is watched over carefully is the one most desirable. It is really pitiful to see the hundreds of young girls going their own way, seeking their own amusements and their own company without an older and wiser head to look after them. Young men may talk against having a third party along, but in their heart* they respect the girl more whose paten la or guardians show that they respect heir by not allowing her to do those things that will give rise to talk. It is our firm be lief that there would be fewer unhappy marriages if girls were treated more as jewels to be guarded than burdens to be pushed off as soon as they arrive at years when they are popularly supposed to be able to take care of themselves. Just aa much fun can be had with an older person klo6g, if the fun is of the purely In­

pie's minds to stray from the paths of conventional and harmless enjoyment then the need of a chaperon for such is self-evident.

To be a good talker does not mean that you must talk all the time. The art of conversation lies quite as muoh in knowing how to listen and to draw out by Adroit questioning as to babble incessantly. There are some people who talk all the time, bat never say anything after all that isfporth remembering. Such characters are responsible largely for the supposition that one can be talked to death, and as sorry as we are to say so the fact remains that women are generally of that order, like the brook going On forever, and driving their listeners mad with their incessant cackle that means nothing. Everyone of us knows such an individual. She is generally plain of faoe add feature and would be a real good soul if at some period of her

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xistence she had not been told that she ras bright. To live up to this reputaiou she thinks it necessary to gabble, gabble, telling you always in her coy way that her husband looked for brains not beauty when be chose her. Poor man—if appearances count for voythlng he evidentayi^^es that he ad married a woman dumb in more senses that one, though be would never have the courage to air any convictions of that sort. There is no conversation where such creatures abound. From beginning to end it is a monologue of no possible interest to anyone but the owner of the voice that goes on forever. We area selfish lot and frankly confess that it Isn't a bit of fun to do all the listening when he are just dying to get our oar in and^dp a little shewijng off ourselves.

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How many of us say to ourselves that If we only had our lives to Jive over again how different would be the results from what they actually are. This is all vury well to talk about, yet in reality we have so little to do In the formation of our own lives thai ih all probability even though we did go back to ottr childhood we. might hot arrive at anything more pleasant than has already fallen to bur lot. We are creatures of circumstances, tbe glance of an eye or the choice of a taming in our pathway bringing about results that we never dreampt of. Even the choice of wife or husband is not as we fondly believe a matter of individual selection. Some untoward circumstance casts the die for us, and we are prone to follow the lead Whether we will or not. Every life is made up of trifles that in reality have a Serious bearing on tvery step of the way. The soent of a rose will bring back a scene long forgotten, thtf memory of which will alter our dectoion and shape our destiny. A far away bar of music boating In through the open window brings before our mind visions of childhood days or reminiscences of early jpoufch, and the words we would have httered aro io«t forever, a new channel of thought la opened, and we say and do those things that a moment before we had no thought of. Despise not the little things, for they count for so much. The aflbirs of a nation and the aflhirs of the heart are all under control of trifles that in themselves have no weight, yet In their bearing on motives and actions are the moving forces In every event of our lives.

TBE MAN AND THE PARA80L. Have you ever noticed the way a man carries a parasol when some peculiar sense of gallantry prompts him to offer to shield his gentle companion from tit* ardent rays of Old Sol Yon haven't? fWell, then, perhaps at some period a bow with a musket has loomed up before your.visual horison, in which case you oan form some complimentary eomparisona fa favor of the cow, for a man and |k parasol Is the most awkward oombinaUou known to ftune, and in one iastanoe, at least, came noar causing the destruction of that filmy fabric entitled "love's young dream."

They were out for a stroll. He a strong youth in brave attire, she a trusting summer girl. They had been engaged one brisf hour. "Darling/' wdd be, "let me shade you from the kisses of the

amorous sun god. I am jealous of the liberties he takes with lips that shall be caressed in future by none save my own." "Sweetheart," she murmured as she nestled closer to him, and together they started under the blue Canopy, by courtesy called her parasol. "Dearest," she pleaded a moment later, "please hold it a little higher you are scratching my hat." A few seconds elapsed, when apathetic voice could be heard exclaiming: "You haven't It where the sun is at all. The sun is streaming on my face and,you are holding it over my back."

Scene third. "Algernon, if you would only keep up with me instead of lagging behind you might be able to walk three steps without pulling my hair down."

Scene fourth, "Mr. Smith, are you aware that you came near putting my eye out by your careless handling of my parasol?" After an interval of prolonged silence during which the girl with martyr like meekness bears the unpleasant prooess of having her hat pushed down almost over her eyes, the final straw Is added to her burden when her escort manages by some masculine hokus pokus to get inextricably tangled in some laoe fal lal she wears, and with a glanoe of withering Bcorn she turns on her tormentor. "Here, give me that parasol, you awkward brute, and here's your old ring. I never want to see you again as long as I live," and she sails off like a young fury, while he disconsolately regards a scrap of laoe and sundry hairpins that mark the spot of the final sorimmage. Of course they mako it up, but he is too wise ever to offer again to carry her parasol Bave when it is closed. Knowing man, if more were like him muoh trouble would be avoided.

THE MAIL HEARS.

That the fall crop of suspended pensioners will be enormous. That t^e warm days and cool nlghls are good breeders of malaria.

That the fall meeting of the Trotting Association will be the greatest on earth. That Councilman Wey and his Kennedy charges wonder "where they are at." 1^-

That a popular south side belle will soon wed a well-known Polytechnio student.

That oongressmdn Can engage in better business than hurling empty phrases At empty benches. gt.

That honest coal dealers will notobjeot to having their ooal weighed on the new city scales.

That tbe most popular bird of passage arriving at the port of New York this month is tbe gold eagle.

Thai the number of fall weddings among our young people will not be affected by .the hard times*

That Adolph Gagg will write a funny column for Mique O'Brien's new Cincinnati dramatic weekly.

That the man who is looking for a soft thing can find it on the average boarding house butter dish jusfnow.

That local secret society matters, which have been quiet during the summer, will open up next month with a boom.

That the opera house after its summer cleaning, with its new carpets and furnishings, will be a thing of beauty.

That the car works made a good settlement of the reoent fire loss, being awarded $39,000 on policies of about $42,000.

That the bond of Assignee H. J. Baker, of the car works, in the sum of $1,200,000, was the largest ever given in a local court.

That no matter how unpopular silver dollars may be, a man's wife is always ready to take them from him without the least demur.

That when two young

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for love they both marry a fortune, although they may be as poor as a couple of Job's shabbiest turkeys. Zi

That when a serious man jokes bis effort is quickly appreciated, but a funny mmn has to fight before people will believe aoything he says Is In earnest.

That the nnmber of local sufferers from the aristocratic hay fever has been reduced this year in the face of the hud times, and many of the usual sufferers now have only bad colds.

THE fALL MEETING.

The entries for the stake races at the fall meeting of the Terre Haute Trotting Association, (dosed last Saturday night, and a list of them shows that we will have here the speediest lot of trotters and paoei* that have gone at any previous m^ing. It includes Sal Pointer, Roy Wilklns, Walter E., Ryland T», Nightingale, Martha Wilkes, and all the old popular favorites, besides all tbe sensational youngsters that have been going so fast this yauv The ponies are of such proportion as to attract the bait talent, and from September 23 to 2» we may expect to see the very best mom

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en tiro circuit. "A m&* accident," Is the title of a »sw novel. Well, if It was a mere accident tbe public will overlook it this time* bat the author must not repeat

Twenty-fourth Year

PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Nearly all music teachers who1 go to Newport or Bar Harbor register as barons or counts,

One of the unnamed mountains in the New Hampshire high hills, is to be named after President Cleveland.'^)

A late explanation of the barber's habit of filling his victim's mouth with lather is that he wants to do all tbe talking himself.

Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll and Rev, Joseph Cook are at Saratoga, and are giving a little chin music in the shape of lectures to help pay their hotel bills.,

People who feel the prevailing soaielty of currency are delighted to hear from a Frenoh solentist that bank notes are Invariably coated with dangerous bacteria and are very unhealthy to have around.

The Gould estate lost $6,000,000 during the late fluctuation in stooks, but the Goulds show a determination to work along and do the best they can and make no complaint. They have $61,000,000 left.

Rev. Madison C. Peters, formerly of this city, Is at Asbury Park, and his talks on "Wild Oats" for the men, and on "Love, Courtship and Marriage" for the girls just suit the young people there.

Lieut. Hageman, of the U. S. navy, and Miss Llllie Gelger, of Reading, Pa,r were married in the same room, and beside the ooffln, where the bride's mother lay a oorpse, and the minister who tied the knot, a few minutes later preached the mother's funeral sermon.

William Finlayson,,of Carroll oounty, Illinois, claims to be the oldest railroad oonduotor in the United States. He was conductor from 1840 to 1842, on the train pulled by the old engine "Samson," ex» hlbited at the World's fair. He is eightyfour years old, and hale and hearty.

Congressman Everett, of Massachusetts, is a son of the famous Edward Everett, and a college professor. In his maiden speech in the house recently he wanted to use the slang "put mo in a hole," but his Boston training wouldn't permit of that, so ho said "deposit me In a oavity." He made a hit.

Henry Villard, the ex-Northern Paolfic magnate, has had an unique caree2») With no visible occupation during the past five years, save that of chairman of three corporations, be goes abroad for an' indefinite stay, leaving these companies all Impoverished, but with a fortune that has been aoquired at the rate of million a year.

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Up to this time tbe number of suspensions of pensions under the recent act of congress, which provides that no pension shall be paid to a non-resident who Is not a citizen of the United States,

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oept for aotual disabilities incurred In the service, is 2,463, The total number of foreign pensioners originally on the rolls wss about 4,000,

Ex-Senator Stephen W. Dorsey, of Star Route fame, Is now penniless, and was sued at Denver recently for $450, for a piano that has a history. At the close of the famous Star Route trial, Dorsey, to show his gratitude to Colonel Bob Ingersoll, his attorney, presented him log villa in Malpl Canyon, New Mexico. Tbe piano was among Its adornments. The Instrument, however, was never pain for, hence the suit.

ABOUT WOMEN.

Mrs. George M. Pulman's pretty daughters give names to the palace cars built by their father.

More women are employed by the English Government than by the government of any other country*

A petrified woman was sold for $10 at a Constable's sale In Nevada, Mo. Had she been able to talk back there would have been no sals

Miss Helen Goulds Is in the Catskllls, watching the erection of the memorial church which will perpetuate Jay Gould as a great and good man.

Some prominent women ih London have tried to start the fashion of going witbont gloves, and at most of the resorts this summer gloves are seldom worn even in drivings^

The Empress of Austria not only smokes from fifty to sixty Turkish cigarettes a day, but during the course of tbe evening also smokes several "terribly strong cigars."

It is marvelous and astonishing at As-! bury Park to see strings of silly women following Oorbett, the prise-fighter, along the board-walk, and fluttering around him on hotel piszasss as though be were the greatest celebrity in the world.

Sarah Cross, of Bristol, Ky., is more than 50 years old, but is only 18 Inches in height. Her face and head are fully developed, her features show no lack intelligence, and she talks with as much freedom as If she were a well-developed woman.

Mrs. Pauline Fryer, better known as Pauline Cash man the Union spy, Is said to be living In poverty in San Franelseo# She recently received a small pension for her first husband's services, hot her own work has not yet been recognized.