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Show 290 MADELYN CANNON STEWART SILVER And then she reflected on what she had seen in her travels around the world: Most of the people have had a hard life, fraught with with disappointment. But their chil with frustration, tragedy, dren [thanks to the church] have grown up unblemished and The Church does this work: It glowing with love of life but gives every member not only the chance to be his best, than better be to the opportunities to grow beyond himself, So the ultimate profit is to produce he thought he could cultivation of beauty and strength out of the digging and .... .... life.2? A sad event for Madelyn was the death of Harold's sister Eleanor (Mrs. Henry R.) Hermann, in Westport, Connecticut, had known her as a sorority sister 1961. on Madelyn Utah, had applauded her theatrical activity, and corresponded with her since her (Madelyn's) marriage in 1929. Madelyn speaks of Eleanor endearingly many times in her diary. After all, Eleanor is the one who encouraged Harold to look seriously at this important girl on the campus. Madelyn visited Eleanor in New York City, on Long Island, and in April 7, at the University of Connecticut, on every occasion she went to the Northeast, as did Harold and their children. In recent years Eleanor had television in the appeared in several productions, including Kraft Theater and "Robert Montgomery Presents." Madelyn, attend funeral Harold, and Barnard traveled to Connecticut to services in the Bridgeport LDS Ward. They were joined by Brian, a student at Harvard. Madelyn wrote her mother: "Lithe most and lovely Eleanor has shared and enriched some of the tender been a has of Harold's and my life. She precious periods and loyal sister, and with her goes part of our youth. The soaring rhythms and beatific vision of Madelyn's poetry and the unselfish motifs of her philanthropy and weekly teaching artis had quieted her restlessness and carried her beyond personal tic goals. The mountaintop, which she continued to climb during her stay at the ranch in August 1961, gave her a vista, not of per sonal achievement, but of Christ's Kingdom of Righteousness. "28 |
