Page:Women of distinction.djvu/373

Rh After completing her education Miss Burnett was married to Mr. E. E. Smith, with whom she has lived happily, sharing alike with him life's bitters and sweets.

A faithful wife, a devoted mother and an accomplished lady render her a model of her sex and the fond idol of her pleasant home, where she is wont to receive her large circle of admiring friends. As a teacher in the graded schools of her native city she has taken rank with the progressive and industrious instructors, Mrs. Smith has written some essays and articles for the press of real merit. She is a cogent reasoner, a deep thinker, and always handles her subjects in a masterly manner, which never fails to fascinate and sway her hearers. She reads extensively, retains what she reads, and is, therefore, a lady of varied information on live issues. Mrs. Smith has traveled considerably in the United States as well as abroad. She has enjoyed the distinction of visiting many cities and settlements in Liberia and other sections of Africa. She presided as mistress of the United States Legation and Consulate General near the government of the Republic of Liberia with grace and dignity, in which capacity she was brought into contact with the most cultured, refined and prominent ladies of that country. She has from time to time been elected president of various organizations of the women of her State. She was at one time chosen Most Eminent Grand Matron of the M. E. G. C. of the Eastern Star of North Carolina, where she showed executive powers of no mean order. Mrs. Smith is a zealous and consistent temperance advocate, having been