The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-29
SARAH GRAND.

determined little lady, who has interested
so many people and initiated and disgust
ed so many more. She was serving tea
TO q number of friends at one of her
Monday AT homes and looked very
feminine and attractive in an empire
gown of grey crepon with grey satin
sleeves. But the hand of fashion has
never touched the costume and her gen.
eral style is rather artistic than conven-
tionaI Her manner is shy and her well
come cordial vet she has not the air OF
a woman Of the world, and her personal
ity and her face are somewhat unSympa-
thetic If her nature is ardent II is not
revealed in her almost embarrassed man
ner. In person she IS of the medium
size slender without decided cOloring eX-
cept in her hair, which is a pretty warm
brown and is worn in a sort OF scum
BILE" over the brow and in loose large
knot on the nape OF the neck. her eyes
are light blue and are not remarkable
When an enthusiastic admirer (ano OF
course she has a train OF WorShlpperS
near and far said to me there must De
a mark of genius in her face. Could you
not see her soul in her eyes? felt very
earthborn when l had to answer. NO
she only looks anxious and tired OF wait
ing" To be frank Sarah oIrand mas no, IloI
the self possessed air Of a married Wo7
man. although 1t is said she was Wedueu
at sixteen TO a much Older man. anu SOON
after divorced. Let me walsper IN SOTO
v0ce. she looks like splnster OF perhaps
fo,.+v with whom happiness has played
Will o. the Wisp tricks. The note OF
ressin,ism in her books Is refecleo IN
the dropping muscles ana weary eApi CO
sion of her lace 1870
MADAME GRAND'S HOME.
She lives in a pretty fat in Wynnestay
Gardens. Kensington and her a4IirI e 10
have to climb six long flights OF STAIRS go, ~
reach their star. She mas chose lis eelte
eyria TO escape the noise OF the sCeels
snd live here with her two stepsons
whose name is McFau ano VINO aIoo
write and draw cleverly for the lllustra a.
tad naners The elder McFau can nor
no MANY wears the junior OF ms EILeu
sshelle mere and is her man OF aILail ,,
negotiating the sale of her BOOKS lor' %
she saws ct is impossible for me 10 az I,
sna ~ nv business and try to write
II IS enough for the artist to attend 10
her work. ,,f- ap7
uses to diVdlge the title or TO SET a
-,,ica Ir,oon ii. although several PUBLISH
ers are eager TO secure it she SAD:
trv 10 dig still further INTO hull!d.i Ia ~
q, +his story. hut 7 d. not want 20 1,l&eNe
~ nnhlic or to sell the book till l have
Her mai is a light, airy apartment ana
on the d2or plate Is neF # i IN larger letters
is MADAM Sarah Grand, by when utIe
She insists upon being called. no one
seems to know why she is called M&dame
instead of Mrs, but it is the custom an1
She is usually addressed by the run
rau1e which is decidedly aWSWaru III
conversation. The entrance nan VI f,. ne
africa trophies brought home by her
ste51-sons and resembling Mexican
weapons hats and baskets. Ihe craving
and dining rooms look more IKE an Amer,
ican house than English, and are furnlsheq
In a light style with framed CRAVINGS at ,l
etcbings on the light-colored walls, win
snra1ner draperies and cushions about the
MADAME GRANDE'S OPINIONS.
Over the teacups 1 asked il she. wrote
her stories from personal corlylc el.e OF
from a literary attitude toward the sub
loot ard she replied. Il write what l
feel ard believe, and l love to turn over
hunlan nature" She added that she had
been fsrea tly repreSsed in her youth; that
She was never allowed TO have an opln-
;or or 10 he as bad as she wanted to,
and she said, ut is such a satistacuon
new TO have a pen in my hand ana 70
he able to talk back much as 1 want TO.
Some one said nj IS true tnar ,,, gog,
- eleven publishers - mo only five,
and when they would not have it, l had
IT set up at my own expense in country
printing press, and then sent the book
again 10 Mr.. Heineman, the pupllsher,
Who finally agreed to take it and pay me
the cost Of printing, 100 guineas, and TO
,yive me 100 more" She did not add the
Fact that the publisher found on carefully
revising the book that the language was
TOO frank for a prudiSh pubic, and in
consequence all the original 500 volumes
,rre-e DESTROYED and q carefully expur-
Gated COPY was printed and circulated.
Since the greet success. of the Heavenly
,1,rvinsS the publisher has given the au-
t i m,ase q bonils of f100 on each of the
eieven editions, and her subsequent pro-
auctions have not been sacrificed at such
a low price.
Clever wife. to whom as his secretary