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Ella W. Peattie, Author.

Omaha, Feb. 7.--To the Editor of
the World-Herald: Omaha is to be
congratulated that the Omaha Woman's
Press club is bringing to Omaha,
at the Fontenelle on February
16, Mrs. Elia W. Peattie, the gifted
author of many books, countless high
grade short stories, plays of merit,
verse, and a recognized critic. Hundreds
of men and women of Omaha
will recall when Mrs. Peattie and her
husband, Robert W. Peattie, were
editorial writers on the Omaha
World-Herald, and how entertainingly
she could write: how active she
was in everything that entered into
the social and literary life of Omaha,
and with what deep regret they bade
Mr. and Mrs. Peattie goodby when
they returned to Chicago, where they
have since lived, leaders in the literary
world.

If the spacious room at the Fontenelle,
where Mrs. Peattie will appear,
is not fully occupied, it should
be, and those who stay away will
miss much, while those who do attend
will gain much--for there is
only one Elia W. Peattie.

EUGENE O. MAYFIELD.