The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-02-09
Another vi.w Of lpling.
rWm. Augustus Wa ker IN the Boston Sur
day .IOur

Mr.. Kipling's workr0om Is IN the south end
of the building and from II can he obtained q
superb view. Mr.. k'plipg, In lieu OF morn
ing cocktail-which. this being probibt0ry
state, 10 properly but not correctly supposed
to be tabooed-can take his Inspirations from
the tops Of Wantastiquet and Manadnock.
| His wOrkroom Ia not model of neatness and
In that respect It resembles IT. owners meth.
DDS. His penmansh'p, whei. he taxes pains
with 1t, is beautiful and as clear as steel en-
craving. He can also sketch with bis pen
very prettlly. He Is not. however. methods
cal with his papers and Ike many other HE.
rary men. his work room Is generally mod
ell OF disorder
Mrs. Kipling's workroom ia in the extreme
other end of the building and between the
two are the dining and sleeping rooms. It is
understood that the lord Of The manor pro.
tests In exceedingly vigorous English II an
attempt is made to "clean up" his den. Over
the eleven rooms Is large billiard room. Mr.
kipling plays fairly good game amt likes to
win. He ge's bis exercise, aside II ON push
ing the worries, In winter by assisting farm
ers to break roads and In studying human ma
hts work would never suspect that
he was literary genius He wears
pair OF "felts"-a big pair OF felt
boots which reach to his knees-and an ulster
which reaches far below the tops. a cap
which ia drown over his ears and huge pair
OF mittens. His strong English face peers
from under the cap, and his voice rings out
merrily and Justify as he throws the glisteE-
Ing snow out of the roadway and jumps
aboard the sled for ride down the road as
happily as ever rang out the laughter OF
New England sahOolbOy.
At these times the re is no better companion
to be found than Rudyard Kipliug He tells
stories; be makes bis bucOlic companions
laugh, and all hands have thoroughly good
time. In the summer Kipling gets bis amuse
ment and recreation by roaming through the
woods, accompanied only by one Of bis fine
shepherd dogs. His mornings are given to
WORK In the afternoon comes the stroll, or,
more properly, the rush through the woods.
Tor whateyef k'plinp does be does with an
energy. He dimes at @ O'Clock In the evening.
and II reports are to be believed, at that time |
he dons bis full dress suit, even II no one Is |
himself
Kipllng 10 really j)visI, good natured fell |
low, and II 1t were not for his moments of !
whitening sarcasm and bitter epigraInmstic
phrases at the expense of his Vermont neigh
bors be would be likely to be popular here at /
his home. Many of the older people are in.
clined to speak of him as bright boy, who.
when be Is older, will know more than he
does at present. And SO, when be contempt.
uou'ly refers to the local tradespeople as
.blamed idiots" or cheap Jacks" they only
laugh at him When h. first came to town he
rather sweepin2ly denounced practically all
the people simply because they gossiped about
him
Brattleboro, like most ether New England
t WINS, prides Itself on its old families. and
some OF the representatives of these same old
families know thing or two about literary
work themselves. AS Mr. Kipnng included
them all In his sweeping denunciation. 1t was
only natural that some OF them should be
slow to make the first call on their unique
neigbbor which the local etiquette demanded.
1t will be readily en- that this class of peo-
pile, and their relatives who are stu living In
BrattlebOr0. did not take kindly 10 the sar.
castle remarks of Rudyard Kipling. They j,
were too we'll bred 10 show resentment. but 5
their memories were good In conversation : !
they quietly remarked that Mr.. Kipnng was .
Door. However, time takes off the sharp edge
)f stlnging remarks, and Mrs Kipling's tact
made clear path for mutual enjoyment
Now the Brattleboro people who know Mr..
hipng 10 bis own home speak of him as an
original and really charming young man;
rife fresh at times, to be sure, but still with
ufficient talent to wear large sized hat.
Vermont people are thrifty, and when 1t be-
anne publicly known that Mr.. Kipling had
osed a contract for 10 magazine articles at
II 900 each, the Kipltng stock advanced sew.
rsl points In the 10 al social maj ket.
HI @ aims be ts the Fl st man to Introduce =
'ermont maple sugar into India. On one Of
is early visits here bis sweet tooth wss
Duched. and as be had occasion to return to
ndia he took back sizeable supply of Yer.
lont's sweetness.