The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-12

old. old fashion. The fashion that came in
with our first parents, and viii last un-
changed until our race has run ITS course.
and the wide armament is rolled up Ike a
scroll. The old old fashion-deathi u,
thank God. all who see 1t, for that older
fashion yet of immortality. and look upon
him. angels of young children. with regards
bears him to the ocean
After she had been a lecturer for some
years she went on the stage. but though
she had many qualities Of the successful
actor she did not fully succeed. probably
because she began too late In life. While
in London during this period she received
this note from wilkie Collins. relating to
the dramatizatior OF his novel, The New
Magdalen:"
Dear Miss Field-Three times / have
tried to get 20 New Cavendish street, and
three times some atrocious obstacle mas
started up and stopped me To-day go 10
Paris for q week or ten days and when l
come back I'm darned IL don't try again.
In the meantime. have read three acts
OF the piece-with all the more interest,
seeing that I know II thoroughly well. |
saw IL (superbly acted by the princlpa
woman) in Paris about seventy or eighty
Volumes Of : There Is no doubt about
the situation but they won't do for the
English stage in their French form. As 10
Miss Ada Cavendish, have spoken TO her
about il. At present she is 50 i'll that she
can barely get on to the stage, and she Is
too young and slim 10 make up Tor
woman with a big son who fights duels in
the sacred cause OF virtue. It Is part Tor
an older actress-supposing 1t has not al
ready been tried on the English stage:
must inquire and tell you what L can find
out when j return.
IT send back with this note. 1t
would be easy to change the scene of the
niece to our war IN the Peninsula against
Napoleon-and to make the soldiers English
But , we must See1 so be sure !nas e
sential to the success OF the play IN ENG
land In great haste :.v YoT VIE tr Collins
There IS no opportunity left;
Very truly yours. WILKIE COLLINS.
Miss Field took a great interest in the In
vention OF the telephone, and wrote several
newspaper articles concerning IT while the
instrument was still in the experimental
stage Says the biographer:
s.Singularly and in the most unforeseen
way the tide Of financial fortune was now
20 set toward Kate Field For her services
instrumental In thus introducing the tele-
phone to- the public, the Bell Telephone
Company gave her a number OF shares AT
the time they had no great value, nor, per-
laps was 1t definitely foreseen that they
would have; but this stock became. as the
world knows very lucrative investment
and Miss Field soon found herself the pos
SCISSOR OF a moderate little fortune verging
toward some two hundred thousand dol
lars"
She received this autograph letter from
Lord Beaconsfield:
''Madame-Her Majesty the Queen ex-
that his noble iordship. the minister Of for
eign affairs, suggests that trial of this in
vention be made In the private parlors Of
the Home Office on Friday morning at IL
o'clock. The Earl OF Beaconsfield concurs.
You are hereby invited to be present and, IL
you are disposed. to sing some selections to
20. frnv ffr~I
wire. His lordship would be obliged with
the favor. With respect, madame. i am,
Yours, etc, BEACONSFIELD."
She opened dry goods shop in New York,
which was not a success; she started a
weekly newspaper in Washington and she
went to Utah to study the Mormons, after
wards lecturing on the subject. The follow
ing letter from Mrs. May Wright Sewan to
Miss Whiting refers to this period:
Kate Fie}d-when did first see her? AS
she came out upon the platform at Plym-
outh Church. In indianapolis. to speak on
The Mormon Monster. No one who heard
relentless denunciation OF the subtle private
deterioration and subtle public dangers that
Turk In polygamy. That night got the i'm
preston OF versatility and freedom which,
In my mind, are always associated with the
name Of Kate Field. She looked as unlike
the lyceum lecturer as possible: in manner
and IN dress she seemed the woman of fash
ion; in thought and in speech. the states
man."
She talked of writing a book on the SUBJ
ject of Mormonism. and consulted with
Mark Twain the subject. He was then
conducting publishing house, and wrote
her as follows:
Am / friend TO the Mormon religion
No. 1 would like TO see 1T extirpated, but
always by fair means, not these congress
sfonal rascalities. IL you can destroy 1t
with boOk-by arguments and facts, not
IOrce-yOu whole
some work. And should be very far from
unwilling to publish such a book in case
my business decks were clear They are
not clear now, however, and it is hard to
tell when they will be. They are piled up
po6y four Mn W b 5wG Sr to
j have even had to rule myself out, and am
now an author without a publisher. Ny
nearly $4,000 In its preparation. but 1t is
pigeon-holed indefinitely to make room for
other peoples more important books. Tin
only one-and never more than two-books
IA year, / think could write a very good
moral fable about an author who turned
publisher In order to get better show and
got shut I'D entirely.
From Honolulu she wrote:
at have now been around this island rid
ing and driving. and enjoyed the expert
Hawaii (another island, where / may re-
main . month. going around 1t and visit
ing the volcano. Any one who
and intelligently reckons without host OF
problems. . The islands are eight in
number, and must visit at least three
more, Hawaii being the largest and the
home OF the great volcano. / hope the
goddess Pele will perform for my benefit
II she doesn't the great sensation of the
islands will be lost. OF one thing
you may be assured-the monarchy can
never be restored"
Miss Field would undoubtedly have been
N expanslonist had she lived.