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Rh this line. Mrs. Smith has successfully done this. In becoming the wife of Dr. Smith she allied herself to and became -interested in the largest publishing house in the world owned and controlled exclusively by colored people. During her connection with this institution she has held, at different times, every position in the clerical department—cashier, book-keeper, entry and order clerk. For a year she has been the assistant manager of the establishment. It is the first time in the history of the Union that such an honor has been conferred on a woman. At the annual meeting of the Board of Managers of the Sunday-school Union, in April, 1892, her efficient management was highly commended.

In the school-room, in the counting-room, or as manager of the Union, Mrs. Smith has been conscientious in the performance of duty, and has shown marked executive ability in every position she has held. Notwithstanding the arduous labor in connection with her position in the Union she superintends her household affairs and devotes not a small portion of her leisure moments to her baby boy, C. S., Jr., and to the study of art. To-day she is modest, unassuming, kind and tender-hearted; a friend to the needy, a pure and noble woman, quietly and unostentatiously performing her duties as if they were not out of the regular line of woman's work.