3 April 1902

 E. Warner

A Friend of the Sellers Family
Enters the writing of Mrs. Carter
All about hens and chicks

2 April 1902

 Madge Sellers has her mother, Elizabeth,
enter a thought

in her Friendship Book

for 2 April 1902

Elizabeth quotes Washington Irving

Last of March

 Madge's sister Bertha

pens for the last day of March 1902

Madge Sellers' Friendship Book

 29 and 30 1902

Family member Sylvester Garrett

shares three poems in Madge's book.

A poem by Mrs. Carter

 24 and 25 March

A poem by Mrs. Carter

(just a note not from the Carter Family,

although you may find it in their repertoire.)

This selection was added to Madge's
Friendship Book by
George W. Johnson

The Winds of March

 Mary P. Sellers

enters "The Winds of March"

for 20 and 21 March 1902

of Madge Sellers' Friendship Book

Madge Sellers' shares her 17 and 18 March 1902 Friendship Book

Madge Enters the dates
17 and 18 March 1902

Happy St. Patrick's Day

and a tribute by Jacob Riis

A song for you
St. Patrick Was a Gentleman

 

A bit about Jacob Riis
Jacob Riis Documentary

Madge Sellers' Friends

 15 and 16 March 1902

Family and Church friends George MacDonald
and Mary Brown

pen spiritual entries for Madge

in her Friendship Book.

13 and 14 March 1902 from Madge Sellers' Friendship Book

 

Margaret Sellers added two poems
to her Friendship Book.

The first is Little Rivers by
Henry Van Dyke.

Photo by Harris Ewing

The second selection is from the writing
of Lucy Larcom

Her biography can be found here:

Lucy Larcom

The 1902 Friendship Book

 11 and 12 March 1902

Mary W. Atkinson add thoughts for these two days.
She is thinking of her religious
community. 

Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book 10 March 1902

 10 March 1902

Margaret enters writing of two authors.

A Wordsworth poem, one of her favorites,
and author Elizabeth von Armin.

I have not yet read "The Solitary Summer" that Madge quotes,
but I know this will be a perfect one for me.

A Short bio of Elizabeth

Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book 7 and 8 March 1902

 Anna Sellers

shares two poems.

Both of these selections were popular in

printed media of the day.

Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book entry 6 March 1902

 Margaret Sellers' enters
a Longfellow poem
in her Friendship Book

6 March 1902

Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book 5 March 1902

 5 March 1902

and one from 3 (4) March

Bertha pens two dates.
(She may have meant 3 and 4, because
in 1902 Monday was the 3rd and Tuesday was the 4th)

Bertha quotes a section from Psalm 34.
This psalm is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Her verse is seven.

Her quote for Tuesday is from Carlyle.

Another entry for 5 March
Anna adds a photo, Her poem is from
Sydney Smith.

Here's another poet I'm introduced to

from Madge's book.

This photo is from Wikipedia.

Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book 3 and 4 March 1902

3 and 4 March 1902

Madge's sister Bertha enters

Psalms and Wordsworth in the Friendship Book.

Mattie Shipley Culver

 Mattie Shipley Culver

It is the 135th anniversary of Mattie Culver's
death in Yellowstone National Park.

Most folks learn about her death from her gravestone.

I wrote a biography for Mattie back in 1997.

Today many people know of her history and my

work is used in various newer publications.

Check Amazon of the publisher for new and used copies.

Mattie, A Woman's Journey West

Homestead Publishing

Mattie, A Woman's Journey West

Music Ayn Rand Liked

 Twiddly Wink Music

of Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand listed her favorite music of 1912.
She would have been seven years old.
The second selection on her list was
"La Traviata Prelude"

A 1941 recording

The Stolen Valley

 The Stolen Valley

I have a short scene in this movie
as a patron in a bar that is having
an open mic night on Taco Tuesday.
I took a quick shot of what I looked like
in that scene.

The movie is well worth seeing as it comes
to theatres near you. 
Here is a link, try it today, leap day.
The Stolen Valley

Madge Sellers' Friendship Book 27 and 27 Febrary 1902

27 and 28 February 1902 

Friend Mary Brown
quotes Longfellow and Jane Euphemia Saxby
for her entries.
Jane is quoting from Deuteronomy.

Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book 25 and 26 February 1902

 25 and 26 February 1902

Madge entered in her own Friendship Book for these days February dates.

She quotes poet Jean Ingelow.

Not the first time, perhaps Ingelow was one of her favorites.

Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book 23 February 1902

 Susanna M. Garret signed the Friendship Book

on 23 February 1902

Susanna and her family,
and Margaret's family, were neighbors.

Susanna would marry Philip, Margaret's brother, shortly after her entry.

(26 April 1902)

Susanna shared a verse from
poet George Herbert
and photos of Yale's Bicentennial
celebration.

The gate honors

IVES-CHENEY GATE -- on College Street, between Welch Hall and Bingham Hall.

On the western (inside) side of the north post a bronze plaque:
TO GERARD. Ma IVES
PRIVATE- K- TROOP
1st V- S. V. CAVALRY
DIED IN THE SERVICE
NEW YORK.AUG. 9^th
MDCCCXCVIII
ERECTED BY THE CLASS OF 1896

On the same side of the south post a corresponding bronze plaque:
TO WARD CHENEY
lst LIEUTENANT 4th INFANTRY. V. S. V.
DIED FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION
IMUS. LUZON* P. I- JAN- 7
MDCCCC
ERECTED BY THE CLASS OF 1896

Josie Love's Autograph Book

 Josie Love's Autograph Book

I was fortunate to receive photos
with Josie Love's autograph book.

Although I don't have Josie's photo,
I do have one of her sister Caroline
and her cousins.
Josie was the daughter of
Robert and Elizabeth Love.
They lived in Fredericktown, Ohio.
The dates of the book are 1880 to the 1890s.
Josie died in 1895 following a short illness.
She never married.

21 February 1902 Selection From Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book

 21 February 1902

This selection is likely entered by Bertha Sellers,

Madge's immediate older sister.

The verse was written in dialect
by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Dunbar also wrote in Mid-west, James Whitcomb Riley (Hoosier) dialect,
and conversational English.

Here's a nice site, from the Poetry Foundation,
to learn more about Dunbar.

Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Trial of Ayn Rand by William Missouri Downs

Ayn Rand rehearsal process:

I am working on the end speech of Downs' script. The ideas the script writer includes are Rand's philosophy from Individual Rights.

 "Since Man has inalienable individual rights, this means that the same rights are held, individually, by every man, by all men, at all times. Therefore, the rights of one man cannot and must not violate the rights of another.

For instance: a man has the right to live, but he has no right to take the life of another. He has the right to be free, but no right to enslave another. He has the right to choose his own happiness, but no right to decide that his happiness lies in the misery (or murder or robbery or enslavement) of another. The very right upon which he acts defines the same right of another man, and serves as a guide to tell him what he may or may not do."

Tickets for "The Trial of Ayn Rand"
in Salt Lake City
are available:

Ayn Rand Tickets

Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book 19 and 20 February 1902

19 and 20 February 1902

This unsigned entry in Madge's book,
quotes a song which was made popular
by the Swedish Opera Singer, Jenny Lind.

Victorian Stickers

 Victorian Stickers

There are a variety of Victorian Stickers
throughout my autograph book
collection.
This one is from my Great Grandmother's
autograph book.

Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book 13 and 14 February 1902

 13 and 14 February 1902

Mary Cruwys is the writer of these two days of remembrance.
Mary has previously signed the book.
The entry for the 13th honors
Ethan Allen.

The image on
14 February is a homage to Valentines Day

Mary's tribute to Ethan Allen is brief
but of course his life is well worth exploring.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Allen

Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book 11 and 12 February 1902

 11 and 12 February 1902

Peace is the theme of this entry.

The sentiment is not signed
but the feeling is strong.

Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book 11 February 1902

 11 February 1902

The entry for 11 February was Madge's father, Edward Sellers.
Edward was an accountant and
often worked for banks.
He also headed a wire manufacturing business.
In his entry honoring Lincoln,
he quotes James Russell Lowell.

James Russell Lowell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Russell_Lowell

Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book 9 and 10 February 1902

 9 and 10 February 1902

Madge's brother, Richard C.
wrote the 9 February entry.
His is a quote from the last stanza of
"The Chambered Nautilus"
by Oliver Wendell Holmes

The household of the Sellers often
had servants or helpers living with them.
The entry for 10 February is written by
Anna and she identifies herself as a worker.
She also says that her entry was suggested by
Madge's mother Elizabeth.
Anna quotes Mary Lamb in her entry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lamb

Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book

 7 and 8 February 1902

Susannah Miller Garret Sellers,

Madge's sister-in-law enters poetry
 in the Friendship Book.

Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book January 5 and 6, 1902

G. W. Johnson enters poetry
in Madge's Friendship Book.
5 and 6 January 1902
 Two sentiments, one with a sticker
the other a stanza from Jean Ingelow.

Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book 3 and 4 February 1902

 3 and 4 February 1902

Cousin Samuel Floyd Platt
shares his thoughts with Madge.

Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book

 1 and 2 February 1902

February begins with entries from
Madge's friend Nellie

Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book Entries 29 and 30 January 1902

 29 and 30 January 1902

Family member, Margaret Garrett's entries
are writings from Clara Elizabeth Choate
and Sarah Chauncy Woolsey,
whose pen name was Susan Coolidge.

So Close to Publishing

 So Close to Publishing
The feeling of "it's almost done"
is filling my every moment.

My co-author, Allen Roberts, and I
are inching closer to publication.
As we sift through the changes suggested
by our editor, we can see light at the end of the tunnel.

It's all about architect Richard Kletting.

(USHS photo)

Margaret Sellers' Friendship Book

 25 and 26 January 1902 entries

in Madge's book are from Mary Cruwys

Mary was on her own from a young age
 as her parents died early. 

She often traveled abroad with a close friend,
Dr. Mary Brown.

She quotes Shakespeare,
 Whittier and Wordsworth.