Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-01-11

tease UOil lOOh db bllO JtOI6s 1U1n
is cleaning day." she said brightly as she
gave me her nand-such little hand,
indeed the very prettiest real hand l ever
saw. ''This is my eyrie," drawing for
ward the mest comfortable chair for me.
81 can't hear a sound from the house,
but the murmur from the street is inces-
SAINT, and like that. Ny pleasantest
hours are spent in this little room"
1t was pretty place-all blue and
white. The rug, the diyan, the lamp
shade, the curtains all blue and white,
and beyond the wide window, with its
frill of Chinese Grape, lay the housetops
and spires of the city, the smoke from
hundreds of chimneys curling into the
vivid morning sunlight
And the owner Of it7 Her personality
was quite in keeping with the restful
beauty Of the place. Kate Jordan is a
pretty, well bred, well dressed New York
girl. She looks about 90, and there is
nothing in her dress, manner or speech
to suggest that she is 'sliterary"-in 9TH
er words. she is not unpleasantly labeled
with the mark Of her profession. She is
brunette with white skin, frank, direct
eyes, with the dark eyelashes of the
Irish. and her lips and teeth are remark.
ably pretty.
A Russian jacket of brown velveteep
was confined at her waist by dull, sill
yer belt, and long. straight skirt of
brown cashmere hung down from it in
graceful folds. rH s9
80 this is being interviewed, and
am to talk about myselfy' she asked,
settling herself among the pillows ON the
divan: '.It's a subject with which am
SO familiar, no wonder do not find it
as interesting as some Others. To com
mence, then, am Irish by birth. Dub
lin is my native city, but left it when
baby. have travelled very little, but
hope to see a good bit Of the world very
soon. have lived in New York all my
life, and l think know it thoroughly
Zone has only to read The Kiss Of
Gold to know that" I ventured.
Dear New York and her eyes dark
aned with Enthusiastically its differ
ent phases of life, its odd hooks and cor
ners, its people made up Of every color
and quality, from every country on the
globe, like the samples in tradesman's
book Yes, know it. ! love to study
its low life. Frequently take car In
poor section of the city and let it take
me through streets whero the miserables
horde, and the atmosphere is tainted,
and the languages Babel-like mixture.
Ny ambition is that some day, perhaps
afar off, may write successful story
laid, among the poor of New York, In
full sympathy with them, as Dickens,
whom l love, was with the London
poor" Na @
"Have you written anything besides
The Kiss of Gold and The Other
Houser" r
''Oh, yes, have sent out o ton Of man
uscript, most of it unsigned When
you look up the biography of any one
whose work in the arts happens TO
make good impression, you will gen
orally find that they have not come nm
der the public notice at bound. Like
others, I have served long and silent
apprenticeship since the time ! wrote
love stories before left school and rev
eled in seeing them IN print with a lux.
ury do not now know"
I'm The Kiss of Gold you seem famil-
lar with life behind the scenes Of q thea
ter. Have you ever been on the stageY