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]\ly father was a well known man — Newman T. Mitchell, Sr. — and 

 my mother was Miss Kitty Slack, whose father was one of the first 

 curators of the university. Last year I furnished the reading room in 

 the Y. M. C. A. building as a memorial to them. 



I have attended to all my own business since my father's death. ]\Iy 

 only own brother died five years ago in Columbia, E. L. Mitchell, editor 

 of the Tribune. It is to his memory I placed recently the LaForge 

 window in the Episcopal church. I am interested in all things pertain- 

 ing to women. I am, as you know. Secretary of the Home IMakers' Con- 

 ference, and one of the Committee on Anti-Tuberculosis measures. I am 

 a graduate of Stephens College and an active member of its alumni 

 class. 



From my experience I believe woman can successfully manage a 

 farm, lose nothing of her w'omanliness, and grow physically, mentally 

 and spiritually from life near to Nature's heart w^hile adding to her. 

 finances, if she use thrift, energy and intelligence. 



"rIVERCENe" MISS ALICE E. KINNEY. 



Miss Alice E. Kinney of New Franklin, Howard county, Secretary 

 of the Women Farmers' Club, is at home at "Rivercene, " a 400-acre 

 Missouri river bottom farm, dripping in fatness. The farm on the north 

 shore of the "Big Muddy," opposite Boonville, has sometimes suffered 

 from the ravages of the river, which in turn adds to its richness. 



Miss Kinney 's farm was the homestead of the family for many years. 

 In steamboat days her father, Captain Joseph Kinney, was one of the 

 best known river men. 



Miss Kinney is a petite, fair, modest woman, shrinking from public 

 notice, but of a pleasing personality. About her there is nothing to indi- 

 cate the woman farmer, yet a few minutes' conversation with her will 

 prove her familiarity with farm facts. She is enthusiastic over her work, 

 takes an interest in scientific farming, reads agricultural papers, and 

 strives in every possible way to keep abreast of the times. 



A few years ago Miss Kinney became widely known as "the woman 

 who raises hot house hogs." On one occasion she used some old green- 

 houses to shelter the sows and pigs during a snow storm, and finding the 

 scheme such a success, she continued to stick to it. 



Miss Kinney is an active, earnest advocate of good roads, and believes 

 that much good can be done in this direction by the Women Farmers' 

 Club, as well as in other ways which affect the lives of women. She, lilie 

 Miss Mitchell, while succeeding with the soil, gives much of her talent 

 and time to other things. She is a consistent church worker and teaches 



