õPARAíPAR@`ÿÿÿÿÿÿ5TEXT`'Stuart, Ruth McEnery 1849Ð1917 writer Born on May 21, 1849, in Marksville, Louisiana, Mary Routh McEnery (she later adopted the name Ruth) grew up from the age of seven in New Orleans. She apparently attended public and private schools, and she may have taught school for a time. In August 1879 she married Alfred O. Stuart, a merchant and planter with whom she settled in Washington, Arkansas. On her husbandÕs death in 1883 she returned to New Orleans, where she taught school for a time before turning to writing. In January 1888 she published ÒUncle MingoÕs ÔSpeculationsÕ,Ó a tale in authentic Negro dialect, in the New Princeton Review. More stories in the local-color vein, reflecting her intimate knowledge of the many cultures of cosmopolitan New Orleans, appeared in rapid succession in various periodicals, and with A Golden Wedding and Other Tales, 1893, she began a series of books that included CarlottaÕs Intended and Other Tales, 1894, The Story of Babette, 1894, Solomon CrowÕs Christmas Pockets and Other Tales, 1896, Sonny, a Christmas Guest, 1896, In Simpkinsville; Character Tales, 1897, MoriahÕs Mourning, 1898, Holly and Pizen, 1899, The WomanÕs Exchange, 1899, Napoleon Jackson; the Gentleman of the Plush Rocker, 1902, George Washington Jones, 1903, The RiverÕs Children, 1904, The Second Wooing of Salina Sue, and Other Stories, 1905, Aunt AmityÕs Silver Wedding, and Other Stories, 1909, SonnyÕs Father, 1910, The Unlived Life of Little Mary Ellen, 1910, The Haunted Photograph, 1911, Daddy Do-FunnyÕs Wisdom Jingles, 1913, The Cocoon, 1915, and Plantation Songs, 1916. From 1891 Stuart lived in New York City. She was a success on the lecture platform from 1893. Her reputation as a humorist and writer of dialect stories faded soon after her death in White Plains, New York, on May 6, 1917. –styl`:!5ª5ª5ª'!Ir!I†!IŠ 5ª‹!IC!Ic!I•!I¬!I!I¸!IÀ!IÔ!IÜ!Iã!Iä!I!I!I,!I4!IU!I]!In!Iv!I…!I!I¡!I©!IÜ!Iä!Iû!I!I!I!II!IJ!IQ!IY!I!I€!I‡!I!I!I¥!I¸!I¹!IÊ!IÒ!Iè!Ið!I!I!I!!I-!I=!Ilink`