The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-17
SHAKESPEARE TO CoRELLl.
POPULAR NOVELIST HAS AssOCIAT-
ED HERSELF WITH TIE BARD.


Miss COreIIi Lives To-day at STRAIT
ford ia the Home of Shakespeare's
Favorite Daughter, SusaBnah-She
Refuses 10 Travel and Has Not Wis
tied Any of the Countries She De-
scribes in Her BOOks-Between
Writing Novels, she Designs
Fetching COstumes-Her Denuncia-
tion of English Men ms IA Class.
Sratford Nov. %. ls99.-It is long way
from Shakespeare 10 Marie Corell from
King Lear to the Sorrows Of Satan, but
Stratford-on-Avon, IS just now much
prouder of being the home Of the popular
novelist than it was 100 y. ars ago of count
ing William Shakespeare among is dis
iineuished citizens.
With her beloved stepbrother the poet,
Eric Mackay, Miss Coreln visited STRAIT
ford and remained several weeks at
queer old inn, and after Mackays death
while casting about in her loneliness for
some spot where she might again take
up her work, she remembered the pl as
ant days at STAFFORD ard hlther she came
early last spring and here she inends 10
remain Indefinitely.
SuSannnh's House.
All this l learned from Mrs. Coreuis
own lips during a charming sit one even
ing a short time ago. She was so 10 tunate
as to secure lease of I'VE Halls Croft,
the very home where lived and died
Shakespcare's favorite daughter, Susan
nah, and her hui band, DR.. John Hall. Eoth
have lain for two and half centuries in
he Old parish church by the side OF the
great p ct, but their de ightful home IS
apparently as good as when they left it.
From foundation TO caves the outside is
covered with masses Of ivy, now bril-
liant crims n, and Lherejs a lovely garden
at the back. On one side of the great
square entrance hall Is he arge drawing
ROOM On the other the dining room, while
from the back ascendS a magn ficent old,
oak staircase. The ceilings are low. all
The manelpieces and other wood work are
beautifully carved and there are q anti
ties of ancient furniture and rare china,
bric-a-brac and piclures.To these Miss Co
redh has added many of her own belong
ings-on the floor immense tgerskin rugs
sent her by an admirer from India, and in
a silk lined basket by the bright open fire
lay diminutive Scotch terrier.
The mistress of the house looks Just as
you would have her. About five feet high
her figure is well rounded and showed to
advantage In gown of cream satin very
long and ruffled with lace, decollette and
sleeveless. showing extremely handsome
arms and neck. She is blonde with
sparkling blue eyes and her fair face
framed by a big fluffy pompadour of light
brown hair, twisted into pert little loop
on the crown. Neither in appearance nor
speech is she at all like an English wo-
man. She has a musical voice, is fun of
vivacity and satire and gestures often with
ls.v~ 80 Il
YER large, dark, in every way her oppo-
site, relieves her of all the practical de-
tails of life and they address each other
affectionately as Bertha" and MARIE"
How Her Works Are Written.
81 love to write" said Miss Coreni. 81
couldn't help it If I tried"
DO you wait for the mood or are you
systematic?'
"oh, I'm always in the mood, but I'm
systematic as well, have late break
fast and work steadily from 10 O'Clock
till 2"
DO you dictate at al?"
mot on my own stories 1 write every
word of them twice with my own hand;
first a rapid draft in pencil, then a revised
copy with pen; after that I hand ii 10
my secretary to be typewriter"
rs it true that you never have seen the
land of the midnight sum-" which YOU
describe so wildly in "Thema?"
quite true. ! have to travel and would
rather believe that the countries 1 de-
scribe are like my visions of them. There
are so many dscomfOrts and Vexations in
travelling as to destroy illusions and often
put one in such a state of mind making
1t impossible to enjoy what is actually
there. l notice in the papers that Kipling
has gone up into Scotland to find mate
rial for new stories. The idea of anybody's
trying to write of Scotch life after Sir
Walter Scott"
Miss COrelIi Despises Mere Gold.
"Your books have a very large sale In
the United States, do they not?"
Il never pay any attention to that I
can't imagine anybody's writing a book
with the idea in mind that it will sell
we'll In such books / write l have GER
tain theories which l want to get before
the world and my only thought is how I
can sugar-coat them dress them up so
that people will accept them"
Some one quoted Robert Louis Steven
son as having said that no one with a
family to support ever ought to attempt
to write unless he has an assured income
from some other source Miss Coreln
blazed with indignation. 1T makes me
so angry to hear writer's who have promi-
| hence talk in that manner" she said. II
| have made a success l have supported
my family, but don't think you can do
! it. You'd better not try. 1t is like
| man VINO mas chmbed TO the top of tree,
| saying to those below 1t is true I have
reached the top, but it is very doubtful
| If you can do il, and the limb might
| break if you did. Don't attempt it, stay
| down there where you are have no
patience with such conceit. If men and
women think they have talent for writ
| ing, let them try and keep on trying, for
| how else can they ever find out the
| truth?"
Then a thought seemed to strike her I'M
| pleasantly. Women need never look for
any encouragement from the men of Eng
! land-they will not get recognition even
| for what they have done. If one uses
the only argument that ever has any
weight with them and says, But she has
made a tremendous financial success they
simply lift up their eyebrows and say.
! Really Ha! Har"
l wish | could depict the satire in her
| voice and gesture ss she threw out her