The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-04

nor amending i'm London was at a supper
given by DAILY, the prince Of hosts and oil the
nirlcal managers, in the old beef-steak room
Of the Lyceum Theatre. Miss Ada henah
had by her genius. her beauty and charm,
carried London by storm. first rs Katherine
,bo shnew and then as Rosalind. DAILY
cave a supper one evening after the play.
had been 10 see Rosalind with Mrs. louise
Chandler MOulton. who is dellghtiui Wo.
man In private as well as in her books, and
MIR. DAILY invited her and told her 10 bring
mo along as an escort, which she kindly
did. II was one OF the most deligntiui
suppers ever attended, ana among .nc
guests, besides Miss Ada Rehan, IN WHOSE
honor The supper was given, were MI. IT.
ZINC Mr.. and Mrs. BeerbOhm-Tree, Mrs.
Gilbert, MIR. and Mrs. Jeune, Mr.. William
Winter. Mr.. Edgar Fawcett, Mr.. and MRS.
Labouchere. and number Of other literary
and dramatic stars. | came TO know MISS
Rehan very well after that, and one even
ing was invited By Sir William thompson,
HE great surgeon, TO 20 In little party,
which included Mrs. Jeune ana
the Baroness Burdett-Couts, 10 see
her in "The Great Unknown enc
quite excelled herself and after tne
play held Il little reception, wnere she
,'royyed herself 10 be as charming OFF the
stage as on il. Indeed, she is, beyond ques-
tion. the most bewitching actress to-day on
The stage on either continent. Her voice is
something which could only have come
from the south or through the SOUTH
ACROSS TO NORWAY.
WAS about 10 come home in August, ana
had taken passage, when iOunu that the
law business which had taken me over
would require my presence IN SepIeIhOeI.
MIR and Mrs. O'COnnOr and WON were
yoing 10 Norway. | was ailing at the
fine and DIR. Robson ROOse told me that the
mountains would be good for me, ana sug-
gested Norway. Mr.. O'COnnor, VINO is excel
| LENT nj business, as he is at everything else
| that he touches, and was interested IN the
| business had carried over, insisted on in!
| Going with them. 80 | went, and spent I'VE
| az the most interesting weeks that can re,
| member in Norway. DIR. Roose, VINO Is sun
| a Young man. though he has attained lne
very top OF his profession, had gwen me one
of his books containing a study OF leprOsl
| in Norway. and had become so interested
in the subject that at Bergen OConn0r ana
/ visited the leprosy hospital. II was pretty
hard TO do. but the journalistic instinct car
ried us through. and witnessed scenes there
| which shall never forget and which GER
family hone never % see again we saw
leper funeral. the most impresslng cere'
monv have ever witnessed. Ihere Were
only ourselves and the twelve or hiteen
Iencrs who had followed the body from the
h6spital down TO the little cemetery. where
il was lowered into the black earth' i
could tell YOU good deal about Norway
but have not my guide-book about me
sometime, however. VIII WORK IL up
RUDYER KIPLING.
Did meet Rudyer Kipling; Yes, / me
him. and liked him immensely. lie was th'
literary lion Of London, but he does no
care AT all about social life. | met him
fine rooms Of WOlcOtt Balestier, who is MN
self charming fellow, and has the hous'
which Mrs. Brookfeld, Thackeray's friend
owns. Balestier, by the way,ls desceh1ah
of old WolcOtt. of the WOlcOtt patent, Whlcl
ALI LAWYERS who know western Iand'
are familiar with. klpllnS Is yus
| twcnty-fOur wears Old-a short, square pun
fellow. with black hair and moustache lie
lives i'm rooms in Nilier street. over the
Thames embankment, where | spent a DE
lightful afternoon and found him worklnt
himself TO death as hard as he could.
don't find him "A bit spoiled by the adulatior
he has received. lie is unquestionably
great genius. and has had training which
added to his extraordinary GIT, VIII maxi
him supreme if he does no XIII himself
His father held Government post IN III
dia, and kiplng, as boy, went OF
one Ofthe papers there, the name OF Whlcl
now forget. Owing to his position and
| cleyerness he was thrown into the very VOr-
tex of that extraordinary Indian life, where
under a burning sun, the force OF which We
cannot estimate. sixty thousand whites rule
| absolutely two hundred and MY mllllOhs
of an alien and hostile race. ! asked MN
where he got his directness and simplicity
| of style. which are his most striking charac'
| teristics. and his power OF cOndensa'
| ton. lie said he used to nave
| two columns to fill, and no more
and that if he ran over he had to cut out.
There could not have been better training
| for a writer, and the result is that page
! from one of his stories is as direct as page
| from Gulliver's Travels. He has taken Tom
| Adkins. the English Private soldier, under
his especial charge. He knows more about
| him than any one else. lie read
me a part of story he had
lust finished for Lippincott. | founC
| him simple. unaffected, frank, and hearty,
! lust like one of the fellows we know here IN
| Richmond. lie is working too hard, ana
| his health is suilering-iOr ten hours day
| of imaginative composition, day In and day
out. is more than flesh and blood can stand.
| He is at present in Naples, resting, and
make bold to say that in time he will become
| one of the standing lights of English litera-
| ture.
| ISAAC HENDERsON's.
| one of the pleasantest places in London
| that visited was Isaac Henderson's. lie has
| "A lovely home in the Bottoms. Heis the au'
| thor of" rhe Prelate," and Agatha Page,
and his last work has been in dramatizing
| the latter story for the stage. BeerDohm
Tree is 10 bring it out this fall, and II prom
| ises TO be great success. lie read us the
play one night, and whilst haVen specla
experience in this matter, 1t struck me as
being very strong. Henderson shou 1ni nav
many friends in Richmond, for John IhOmp-
son died at his fathers house, which was
| one of his homes in New York.
"Have you done any literary work your
| self this summer. Mr.. Pager
NRw STORY.
| 'No. have not; except TO write story
J founded on something that struck me II
| Norway, which, have given to the Serb
ners. have called it 'Elsket,' which IS
] Norwegian pet Nance
{ Are Won going away again shortly"
"NO. that am not. ! am back here tC
practice law
You can say then, on the whole, you
have had very pleasant time in London
1.-The pleasantest part of my life in Lon
don was my association with the friends
| have mentioned and with Major W llllam "A
Anderson. On my return from Norway he
and took apartments together and made
home for each other. lie is one OF the finest
men in the world and some day hope ne
will be Governor of Virginia. He made a
great impression upon the Englishmen
with whom he was associated on the other
side, and one of them said 10 me that An
derson had given him an entirely new view
of Americans"
City Mortality.