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Though many years have passed since the days of girlhood, Mrs. Logan still retains much of the vivacity of her youth; with it is combined a most beautiful and ennobling dignity, the crown of her long active years before the public. The alertness of her carriage and the acuteness of her mentality give one the impression of indomitable youth, but the depth of grief which at times dims her dark sparkling eyes, the yearning sympathy of the lines in her fine face as others tell her of their sorrow, reveal the suffering that the storm of life has brought and that she has weathered so bravely and so well. The death of her only son in the Philippines, leading a gallant charge, tore the mother-heart asunder. But if her toll to the nation's glory seemed at that time ever-heavy, she never for one instant allowed it to depress her patriotic spirit. Strong, alert, sympathetic, Mrs. John A. Logan still dedicates her best thoughts and endeavors to her country and the women of that glorious land.