A. Lincoln.
I have neither clerk nor typewriter; I still aristocratically eat by myself and do my own work. Clara Barton.
ROYALTY UNDER A QUAKER BONNET
Clara Barton had at Glen Echo a beautiful pet Jersey cow. This she personally cared for, feeding and milking her morning and evening. While milking the cow she would wear usually a plain black gown, white and blue checked apron, a white shawl over her shoulders, and on her head a brown, old-fashioned Quaker bonnet. As pendants on her breast there would be the elegant Pansy pin, presented to her by the Grand Duchess of Baden, and the Iron Cross of Prussia, presented to her by the Emperor of Germany. These royal jewels she had promised the donors to wear as long as she lived, and the promise she faithfully kept, whether she was in the parlor entertaining guests or in the yard among the animals doing the “chores.”
Miss Barton: What beautiful medals you are wearing.
Diplomat: Oh, yes, Miss Barton, but mine are from my own country, while yours are from the whole world.
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Clara Barton, a Christian-like spirit.
Pueblo (Colo.) Chieftain.
Clara Barton—no other woman has come so near the Christ Spirit. Worcester (Mass.) Gazette.