Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-02-28
LINGERING HOPE FOR KIPLlNG.
Author still Lives and Friends Are
- More Hopeful-An Hour May
Change Everything.

- More Hopeful-An Hour May
Change Everything.
NEW YORK. Feb. 2s.-The latest bulle-
tins Of Drs Janeway and Durham last
night indicate that the condition Of Rud-
yard Kipling is slightly improved. Mrs
Kipling went out for drive shortly before
6 o'clock last night. Although very pale
and tired, she looked greatly relieved and
other relatives and friends Of the family
gathered at the Grenoble hotel seemed to
believe that the danger point had been
passed. It was said that the patient had
had no convulsions during the day; that
there was no fear Of meningitis. The
heart was weak but digitalis strengthened
1t we'll At 1880 this morning Drs. Jane
way and Dunham gave out the following
bulletin:
"Mr. Kipling is. as at the last report.
holding his own. The advent Of crisis
developed in the upper portion of the lungs
while the parts originally affected had
nearly resolved The severity Of the dis
ease during the past few days has been
due to the advance Of the inflammation up
ward while the parts originally affected
were not yet available for respiration.
'tE. G. JANEWAY.
THEODORE DUNHAM."
At a. m. it was asserted that the con-
dition of the patient had not changed since
the 1890 bulletin was issued.
Joaquin Miller has been a daily caller at
the hotel and he appeared as usual this
morning. He gave the clerk his card and
directed him not to send it up till Mr.. Kip
ling was better. Hes having hard fight
Of it now.' said the poet Of the Sierras,
land God grant that he get well. He is
possible Shakespeare If he lives. He's the
greatest man that writes now. but he Is
mere boy"
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. H.-The Rev.
Mr. John Watson Qan MacLaren), who is
in the city. is much affected by Rudyard
Kipling's condition. and closely watches
the sickroom bulletins. He said to-day:
1.-The lamentable news that Rudyard Kip
ling is in danger Of death comes with
shock of grief to a fellow countryman and
a reading man. Almost since the beginning
OF his career I have read every word he
wrote. and have found in his words an in
spiration beyond that of any living novel;
list. He Deals at first hand with the half
dozen passions which mold human nature,
and always with insight and nobility. His
death. which may God forbid, would, in my
humble Judgment. deprive English letters
of our greatest name and England Of her
real poet laureate"
Interest in Rudyard Kipling is intense in
Kansas City. There are many warm ad-
mirers Of the great author here. Here are
two estimates of his literary achievements:
Superintendent J. NJ. Greenwood-"A man
with eyes who knew how to use them
that is the way should characterize Rud-
yard Kfpling. 1t seems to me that he knew
how to see into the common things around
h1m as few people do and how to tell them
IN an easy. effortless way His was very
uneven work. in my opinion. but he was
still young man. and his; loss in the lit
erary world is great onef''
Professor e. D. Phillips-"Do I like Kim
ling? Well. up to five years ago I didn't
like him at all. Why? Because he seemed
to be so filled with that philosophy of
schopenhauer that claims the best thing
to do in this world is to try to get out Of
ciple Of Schopenhauer, but his Light That
When read that book condemned him.
whatever cause. as the spirit of two Of
his later writings, the 'Recessionar and
Take Up the White Mans Burden clearly
He is young man and If he is taken away
now the world of literature will lose much.
l be e If he could live long enough he
wou rite something that would be read
longe,. than Vanity Fair He is notably
a writer of fragments as yet. but there is
no doubt that the future would have had
sometime, better in store for. him.
enough to give him public recognition. Do
/ think them good stories for children?
Yes. and for older people. too. They win
SON or Robinson Crusoe.' Perhaps they
do not show the ups and downs Of life
that are portrayed in Swiss Family Rob-
inson or the political economy of Robin.
son Crusoe.' But they are full Of live In
terest. 1t is the human interest that Kip
ling puts In the bears and snakes and the
wolves of his stories that appeals to chill
dren. And il that entertains them and
creates n them desire to read. then the
as they generally are"