The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-02-24

married an old man with money, which
enables her to enter society. So did Mrs.
Stevens. Philctus Train was piano
maker. Paran Stevens was hotel keeper.
Mrs. Clyde takes society by storm and
strength of character. So did Mrs. Stevens.
Mrs. Clyde progresses from the country
town to Boston, to Europe and then to
New York and Newport. So did Mrs
Stevens. Mrs. Clyde uses the phraseology
of Mrs. Stevens. She uses the same strong,
occasionally profane language.
She is worldly, unscrupulous, but good
natured. At the end of the story Mrs.
Clyde suffers IA stroke of apoplexy, deserted
and alone In her great house. 1t is exactly
like reading tho death of Mrs Stevens in
the newspapers. In fact, it's literal
transcript of the circumstances. This de-
scription of Gabrielle Dunham, afterward
Mrs. Clyde, corresponds exactly to that of
Mrs. Stevens in youth.
Mrs. Cruger writes under the name Of
Julien Gordon, and for a long time the
public at large supposed that the brilliant
stories of fashionable life which appeared
from time to time were written by man.
Mrs. Cruger is the wife of Colonel S.
Van Rensselaer, Cruger, a member Of one
of the Oldest of the Knickerbooker fam
lilies Colonel Crugor is at the head Of the
rich Trinity church corporation and super
intends the management OF that vast
estate, whose holdings constitute large
slice of the most valuable portion Of Man
haitian Island. Both ho and his wife are
fond of society and often entertain tho
most exclusive of New York S fashiOnablcs.
Mrs. Cruger was tho daughter of Thorn
as Wentworth Storrow, New Yorker who
spent most of his life in Paris. 1t was
there Mrs. Crugor was born. Her mother
was favorite niece of Washington Irving,
SO that some of her skill with the pen may
have been inherited Mrs. Crugor lived
long enough in Paris to acquire a knowl,
edge of the French language which is
| only attained by those to whom 1t is ma
| tive tongue
After her marriage to Colonel CrugeI
she settled down in New York, but still
makes frequent trips abroad. Some of her
earlier novels were, "a Diplomats Di.
| ary, ," "A Successful Man" Mile. RGsC
da" and "a Puritan Pagan" Her later
works are we'll known and are to DO found
on the bookshelyCs of every fashionable
home.
Although no longer young, Mrs, CrugeI
is still one Of New Hork's reigning bear,
ties. She has tall, graceful figure, dark
eyes and hair and wonderfully clear
complexion. She dresses in exquisite tusto
! When she first began to write, or rather
when it fist became known that she wa:
Julien Gordon all sorts of ridiculous faus
and eccentrlcitios Of dress were ascribed tC
her. remember hearing some years age
that when Mrs. Cruger received visitors
she arrayod herself in rohos of curious IN
dian stuiis put sandals on her feet, hung
antique bracelets of jade on her bare an
| kles and rep0sCd on an oriental diyan.
But Mrs, Crugor commits no such folliGs
She adhGros strictly to the conventions ant
the only difference between her costumes
and those of some other women Of her sci
is that hers are selected with Taro tast,
and fitted with rarer skin. She carrie'
herself with the naughty air of duchess
and woo to the luCklcss pretender who has
to bear the cold, calm scrutiny Of her wei
bred stare. An incident is told of reck
less young man about town who, while
waiting in Mrs, Oruger's reception room
was tempted TO kiss pretty waiting maid
While in thoyery act of enjoying his stoler
sweets the hostess appeared on the Stair
unexpectedly and surveyed che scene, cain
eyed and undisturbcd,
Bridget, " sho said, "haye | not tolc
you that you must always receive youl
company IN the Ri'EhonY'
ALICE IL. FERRY.