 She was also...the loving caretaker of the home; the hostess at her father's dinner parties; the avid gardener, cultivating the flowers of the newly constructed Conservatory near the house, managing the vegetable beds and fruit trees on the property; the animal lover, tending to the cows and other farmyard creatures, caring for the dogs and cats — particularly the cats — which people left at her doorstep, knowing that each would be given a home.She "carried on her many charities without ostentation", encouraging and sometimes financing the early careers of young writers and artists.Although she was a "complete vegetarian", she offered guests main courses of fish, fowl or meat, as well as many vegetable choices.She was a member of the Salem Garden Club and the Unitarian Church.