, 1889-03-19
TWO LoNnes LITERARY WOMEN.
Pen Sketches of Mrs Cashel Hoey and
Mrs. Campbell Prned-

Pen Sketches of Mrs Cashel Hoey and
Mrs Campbell Praed.
Mrs Cashel Hoey and Mrs. Campbell
Praed are both Sin society" The first
named Is an Irish lady Of about 60 or
65, short, stout, round faced and al
ways notwithstanding to American
ideas-very unfashionably. The queen
Is the grandest of the grand army of
dowdiIy dressed old English ladies,
whose apparel would drive an Ameri-
can woman crazy If she were obliged to
wear it. Loosely fitting bodices, lace
shawls, enormous caps, plainly band
ed hair-natural OF a "scratchn-mitts
and ~reticule, are component parts Of
this get up a la Refine Victoria. BY its
earer it is considered the dignfiied
and becoming thing for elderly wo-
men; while the yellow skinned, thin
old woman, with an abundance of ella
borately 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 derision from English pens, pencils
and voices
Although Mrs. Cashel Hoey has
been for many years before the pub
lie as a writer, and has produced ex-
eellent work in fiction, she has never
been fortunate enough to achieve a
wonderful paying success. She has
told me that her earnings average f500
a year, about 50, 500, or $50 a week.
She values her American connection
very highly, and acknowledges that
the larger part of her income is de-
rived from America
Having formed q literary partner
ship for copyright purposes with John
Lille, the Harpers are able to protect
her later writings, and pay her with
the promptness and Gberality 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 Campdcn Hill.
Her husband Is q legal light, and Is q
permanent member Of the counsel for
tho management of the Prince of
Wales Rothesay estates. This Office
brings him q salary of f1, 900 per an
mum, so that financially as well as so
cially, Mr.. and Mrs Cashel Hoey are
in an enviable position.
Mrs. Campbell Praed is a graceful,
delicate young woman about 95. She
comes OF q good family, and the name
of her husband is also that Of one of
the gentility. She lisa charmingly ar
tistic dresser, and as far as her health
will permit associates with a gay and
fashionable set. Her novels are wide
ly read, but in England are kept away
from young readers exactly as those
Of Ouida. They are in a certain sense
brilliant, but are restricted to tho de
lineation of scenes and manners of a
fast and loose class of people-a kind
only too prominent in large cities in
this feverfsh age. Her literary style
violates all canons of the art, as under
stood and studied by more serious
writers; nevertheless, there is a gla-
mour in her periods, a fascination in
her study of character which causes a
reader to pursue her fiction breath
lessly TO the end, and then tossing it
away, vowing that the time spent in
reading it might and should be more
~proftably employed. Mrs. Campbell
Praed has been in America, having
made the now regulation trip thither
with her friend Justin cCarthy.-
Cor. Pittsburg Chronicle.