“ The mother was a woman of unusual refinement and poetic taste, leaving as an inheritance to her five children the memory of a life of Christian rectitude and usefulness. The eldest of these five. Nellie, baptized Penelope, early gave promise of literary ability. ”

“ Eyster then went to San Francisco to live with her daughter, now Mrs. Scott Elder Mrs Eyster is state superintendent of juvenile work in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, president of the California Women's Indian Association, and president of the Woman's Press Association of the Pacific Coast. ”