The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-14
Laura Jean Libbey Has Spent Her
Literary Life Placing Passionate
People in Impassioned Scenes
BUT HER PRIVATE SELF
IS Sensible Little Woman, Much Like all
Other Real Women. and When She Married
1t Was Just Plain John of l1an

New York Journal writes OF the marriage
IF Miss Libbey the novelist as follows:
Miss Libbey's ideal In fiction is as fol
lows:
The hero Of He Loved and Was LureC
Away was pale.
The hero Of Little Rosebud's Lovers
was broad shouldered.
The hero Of THE Cloakmaker's Beauti'
5ul Daughter was found of society.
The hero Of THE Alphabet Of Love
fead Dickens.
The hero OF 'Lyndalrs Temptations
quoted Byron.
The hero OF when His Love Grew
Cold" was talkative and given to conf
dences.
The hero of ''The Crime of Halloe'en'
fell in love at sight.
The hero of Miss Middleton's Lovers
was dandy.
The hero of Pretty odette's Kiss" was
;. capitalist.
Miss Libbey's ideal in real life is as
sollows:
Mr. Van Mater Stnlwell is dark,
He has whiskers.
He is slender.
He does not care for society.
He doesn't care for novels.
He never quotes poetry.
He proposed on a trolley car.
His love was the growth of a yea
He is Indifferent TO dress.
He likes to drive fast horses
He is a brilliant lawyer.
Miss Laura Jean Libby, the creator On
more love romances and amorous stu
Rtions than any woman alive. has just
realized a romance all her own. She is
narried. She is no longer Laura Jean
Iibbey in reality, but the wife of Mr..
Van Mater Stil,weH. a Brooklyn lawyer
il was a love match, but Miss Libbey has
married man exactly the reverse OF her
ideal lovers in her numerous passion
stories. As a matter of fact. Miss Lib
hey is not romantic. Her romance writ
ing is her means of livlihood. She Gre
stes her heroes to please the large work
ting girl clientele to which she caters.
She dislikes poetry and men who quote
poetry. She was engaged four years, but
was married at three hours notice. Her
husband proposed on a Flatbush trolley
car. She was married in a dress she
bought in Fulton street store.
In an interview according TO a repre-
tentative Of the Sunday Journal she
makes afrank and most interesting cor
1esson about her lovers in fiction and
her lover in real life. and why she married
2 Rrookly1 lawyer. VINO is in every re-
spect just the opposite of her popular hero
VINO Loved But was Lurei Away.
Mrs. Mater Stillwell. the novelist bride,
received me in her boudoir. 1t is luxur-
;ous but the little studio at the rear is
more confidential.
Thhher We wendell our way. Herel-
bows on her desk her chin in her plump.
'@oedecked and bedamond hands" to use
Gns Of her descriptions Of one Of her own
iaroines, Mrs. Stillwell the creator Of dra-
matte romances. waited gravely 10 be in
tervtewed. She was pretty and business
IKE. She had sald"there should be per-
feet fraukness between us" and there
was.
was yours a real love match. Miss
Llhbey-I mean Mrs stu V-ell?" began.
oh yes / am s S'e it viii he a long
tine before people get used 10 calling me
$t.iwell" she replied. The name of
llubey is better known. you know. Yes
j. was a love match. Besides after my
lnather died and my sister vas married
again the house was 50 lonely just mad
70 get married.
a woman must cling 70 something
stronger than she IS. like the IVY about
the oak IS have SAID somewhere N
one 90 my novels.
- notice that your heroines usually
marry in a CREST hurry. Did you?"
Il had three hour's notfos I may say.
TIE shortest time 20 prepare a rousseau
o. record. wasn't it?
You see. Mr. Stnlweu had waited a
iong time. and when he called one after
noon al clock and said If ! didn't
many aim that evening he wouldn' cali
any more.
~ knew he meant f.
SO we were married at s !; was Just
Ike she marriage of Little Rosebud. IN
Little Roscbud's Lovers" you r4mem-
ar. lfe said Now OF Never. and ne
meant il.
Il d.5n't fancy the never idea
What woman does2
And so Ne were married
The moon. yoo know. secs meny
brooks. hut the brook sees only the one
moon. as / have remarked somewhere
Yen make your heroines NEE; their
lovers IN romantic places. under trees, by
TIE brooks. on the edge % rrecipjces and
wen they are being thrown from horses.
D'd you NEE; Mr.. S,ilwen IN any such
way?"
..e.ess nv soul no, The first ti,4e saD,
= N BE called on my mother with bottle
ns ointment; He said IL would BE- sure 70
help hey. Il had done his mother lots OF
good"
The real Laura Jean Li5Aey heroiues
t'eays receive fs--rS .u- ra.Srla (
each other. Was Z the same With YOU
und Mr.. SIilWe12"
Wen-sn,-caere was an repression. 81
Cour,e 1.ore sve always Impressions.
you know I thought he looked realcu-