Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-23
TWO LONDON LITERARY WOMEN.
ZEN Sketches Of Airs. Cashei Hoey and
Mrs. Campbell Praed.
From the Pittsbury chrOnicle

Prom the Pittsbrrr chronicie
Mrs Cashel Hoey and Mrs. Campbell praed
are both I'm society" The frst-named il An
Irish lady Of about sixty or sixty-fve. short
stout. round-faced and always dressed.-accord-
ing TO American ideSs-very unfashionably.
The queen is the grandest Of the grand army %
dowdily-dressed old English ladies. whose sp-
parel would drive an American woman crazy il
she were obliged 90 wear il. Loosely-ftting
bodices, lace shawls, enormous caps, plainly
banded hair-natural or a ''scratch"-mitts and
retieule, are component parts Of this gei-up
la RENE Victoria. BY it's wearers i, is con-
sidered the dignifed and becoming thing FOR
elderly women; while the yelow-skinned. thin
old woman. with an abundance Of elsboratelv-
dressed gray hair. no cap. diamond earrings
and tightly fitting Partisan costume is looked
upon as one OF the most offensive Of American
products, and is the constant subject of deris-
ion from English pens. pencils. and voices.
Although Mrs. Cashel Hoey has been for
many years before the public as a writer. and
has produced excellent work in fiction. she has
never been fortunate enough 10 achieve a won
derful paying success. She has told me that
her earnings average $500 a year. about 60 500,
or ESQ n week. She values her American con-
nection very highly, and Acknowledges that
the larger part Of her income is derived from
America. Having formed a literary partner
SNIP Tor copyright purposes with John Lille,
the Harpors are able 20 protect her later writ
lngs, and pay her with the promptness and
morality for which their name is a synonym
Mrs. Hoey lives IN a pretty house in the old
court suburb, kensington, not far from the
beautiful town house of the Duke OF Argyll on
Campden hill. Her husband is a legal light
and Is a permanent member OF the counsel for
the management OF the Prince of Wales Rothe-
say estates. This Office brings him a salary OF
El-OO0 per annDm. that financially as well as
socially Mr.. and Mrs. Cashel Hoey are in an
enyiable position.
Mrs. Campbell Praed is a graceful delicate
young woman about 81. She comes of a good
family. and the name of her husband is also
that of one OF the gentili;y. She is a charming
artistic dresser. and as far as her health will
permit associates with gay and fashionable
set. Her novels are widely read, but in En-
gland are kept away from Young readers. ex-
actly az those of Ouida. They are in a certain
sense brilliant but restricted 10 the delines-
ton of scenes and manners of a fast and loose
class Of people, kind only too prominent in
large cities in this feverish age. Her literary
style violates all canons of the art. as under
stood and studied by more serious writers: new
ertheless, there is a glamour in her periods. a
fascination IN her study OF character which
causes reader TO pursue her fiction breathlessly
10 the end, and then toss II away. yowing that
the time spent in reading ii might and should
be more probably employed. Mrs. Campbell
Praed has been in America. having made the
now regulation trip thither with her friend
Justin Mccarthy