Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-07
CLARA BELLE.
An AE.hsresa whose Pisa Has Wsn
For .u1o-NIgt9iA FnfHssass
Ry1l 20 Mrs. .,Lsug-TY.
Rlaschsd Boausiss Gazing Cat of sashion-
Now FAD In rheetrIcsls-k' p ,ntan,
fraudulent Blondes.
New Orleans T!mes.Democrat.

New Orleans Times Democrat.
NEW YORK, Nov. mo. 50 many years
ago PRETTY little woman wen; into the
office Of one of the border journals. By
that Is not meant paper published in the
Wild west, but weekly sheet devoted to
story mst:er sn = with each page printed
with border. You have seen them
placed conepicuously on the news stands,
slthough you may never have read them
This woT'sn carried the msLuscrip. Ct .
story to the editor, talked with him .
little about 1t, and went away. A week
afterwards sne called sgSir, and was
delighted to be told that her offer,
ing mad beep accepted. she received
tourist Wss il town. Sac had been ior e
considerable time in Europe. she Wss
acc omp.nied by French maid, ac Eng
lish private secretary ana Ter 2wo sons.
The party bore various pleasant evidences
OF prosperity. They stayed several days
{. 9 costly hotel, before going thence to
Washington. The woman in both these
instsp Ces was Frances Hodgson Burnett,
the authoress. She got out Of the border
papers into the magazines aad u0oks ear
~ in her career Is novels, hut she hiss
jus! been attacked with al lfsr of ex
travsg.nt pay, csusings temporary re.
lapse into one OF the border j)urIsls.
She is one OF tbs few winners OF money
I:prlzes in literature.
Mrs. Burnett met the Prince CT Wales
in London. A friend mad told the writer
ABOUT it in this way: "a dramatic YER
sion Of Little L ord Faul leroy YVES De-
ing performed. This YVES not SANCTIONED
oy the euthoress, and eventually she
stopped the performances, putting her
own dramitizstlon Of the story on Lon
don stage instead. But che went to gee
the pir.ted play, and sat in box. The
Prince Of Wales and several members OF
his family were in another. The
young princelings were familiar
with the narrative Of 'Littls
Lord Fauntleroy,' sad we're greatly
Interested in seeing it represented. When
they learned that the writer OF their
fsvorite story was present they clrmored
TO see her, snd Wales sent 81 emisssry
to invite her to his oox. Tns errand WAS
delivered politely, and the whole thing
was decorous enough; bat American in
dependence asserted itself in Mrs Bur-
nett, and SIZE couldn't see any excep-
tionel reason why she should go
to see gentleman because he
was prince, whereas II he hsd
been untitled he would present
himself 10 her. Therefore, without max
ing 1t emphatic or expressing any feeling,
she calmly avoided the Issue by thanking
the Prince, through his messenger for the
honor, 0ut neglecting 10 avail herself Of
the privilege. Two acts lSter il the per.
Torrance me children were broughtto her
box, and she had &pieasant chat with
them. They begged her to &C 20 see their
msmms, and the sushoress oeemlng this
Sd agreeable compromise with her dig
nifty, let them take her 10 tbs royal box
Il WAS there that she meEthe Prince and
T. inCess.
ais thssa tfuthi1l sccount," asked
of Mrs, Burnett, after repeating TO ler
whst have written.
az is 81 3stsntisilT the truth" was the
reply. ''Bus pray don't mske anything OF
it. The Prince was exceedingly polite,
and, even il had been inclined to b. up.
pish, there TGs not the sliga1es. provo.
csuon."
Porter Asae hiss made up his mind
that
TRS MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
he ever saw lives IT. Richmond. VS.. This
is significant, because he was rival
Of Freddy GebhardG il the Wooing Of
Mfs. L,rgtry ST Long Branch,
lEs. summer, and was the cause
OF the sentimental quarrel which
ended II Ffeddy's angiy departure alone