The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-09

" receives not less than sL000. Whether
these high prices will be kept up is very
doubtful II the cheap magazinism sue
ceeds in injuring the older periodicals they
cannot be maintained. 1t remains 10 be
seen whether the public cares much for
names. and ii must be remembered that
the papers with the largest circulation
in this country do not depend upon names
at all remember some years ago Mr..
kiping contributed one of his best pieces
OF work, better work by a great deal than
ne has been doing lately. TO a monthly re-
view The editor informed me that not
one extra copy of the periodical was sold"
kipling's editor at Lahore, E. Ray Rob
Inson, began by disliking him, and grad
ually fell into intense admiration for him.
Mr. Robinson has written as follows:
There was one popularity of Kiplings
work which I really must mention; name
", the amount OF ink he used to throw
ABOUT. In the heat of summer white cot
Ton trousers and thin vest constituted
mis- Office attire, and by the days end
ne was spotted al over ike a Dalmatian
Dog. He had habit of dipping his pen
frequently and deep into the inkpot. and
as all his movements were abrupt, almost
Jerky the ink used to fly. When he darted
into my room, as he used TO do about one
thing or another in connection with the
contents Of the paper dozen times in the
morning. 1 had TO shout TO him to stand
on otherwise, as 1 knew by experience,
the abrupt halt ne would make, and the
flourish with which he placed the proof in
his hand before me, would send the pen
ful ok ink-he always had a full pen in
his hand-fying all over me- Driving Or
sometimes walking home to breakfast in
his light attire, plentifully besprink,ed
with ink, his specialized face peering out
under an enormous, mushroom-shaped
pith hat, Kipling was d quaint-looking
spectacle"
About Kipling's passion for verses. Mr.
Robinson has said: when knew Kip
ling in India he was bubbling over with
poetry, which his hard days Office work
gave him no time TO write. The efforts of
the native police band in the public gar
dens at Lahore to discourse English music
to a sparse gathering of native nurses and
infants would awaken, as we passed. some
rhythm with accompanying words in his
mind, and he would be obviously i'll at
ease because he could not get within reach
of pen and ink Whether Kipling would
ever have been much of a musician 1 cam
not say, but I know that all the poems
he wrote during the years we worked to-
gether-many of the Departmental Dit
ties for instance-were written not only
TO music, but as music. ! have before me
now one of Kiplings poems of the De
partmental Ditty' order which was never
published. One of midas little wars
was in progress, and our special CORES
pendent had telegraphed that on account
Of our newspapers comments on the COM
position of the generals staff he had been
boycotted by the generals orders Here
said 1, handing the telegram to Kipling.
is subject for a nice little set of verses
Ktpling read the telegram, thought a mo-
ment. than said: How would this do
Rum tiddy UNI Il tum itum. Ira la la
ii tum ii tum? Tor words to that effect
hummed in notes that suggested a solo on
the bugle). I was quite accustomed to
having verses in their inceptional stage
submitted in this shape for editorial ap-
proval; so said that the poem sounded
excellent, and returned to my work. In
twenty minutes Kipling same to me with
the verses, which began:
g General Sir Arthur Victorious Jones
Great is vermillion splashed with gold
Kiping's workshop at Brattleboro in
Vermont, was thus described by DR.. The
odore F. Wolfe: His study-whence some
of his books have been removed TO Eng
land-is a pleasant apartment at the
south end Of the mansion, with that ami
mating landscape in view from its win
dows, and here, denying himself to all
corners, he worked carefully and method
ically for some hours of each morning
recording his inventions and fancies in
Enthusiastically clear and dminutive
MISUNDERSTANDING extensively and de-
stroying 50 much that a friend says his
waste basket sometimes contains more
manuscript than his desk after a morn
ing's labor Here he produced much Of
the virile and imprisoned master-verse Of
THE Seven Seas" that marked him as
major poet, many of the Incompatible
stories Of the jungle Books and the
whole Of that delightfully."- vivid and vigor-
GUS tale of the Gloucester fsher-folk,
Captains Courageous" Although he had
not yet reached the "dollar-a-w word" period
Of his authorship. his neighbors consid-
cred that "his was the most profitable
industry in the town"
The poets recreations were thus de-
scribed by the same chronicler: THE
later hours of the day were devoted 10
exercise-includng a daily excursion to
the postoffce-and TO recreations which
show him 70 be thoroughly in love with
life. notwithstanding the inexorable fatal
ism of some of his tales. His aversion
to horses disinclining him for driving ne
at first walked much over the surrounding
hills and through all the near country
side; later he preferred bicycling. and was
often met in the rural roads AMI lanes
mounted upon his wheel, and not infre-
quently accompanied by his wife. In
these afternoon excursions his short. stur-
dy broad-shouldered figure was usually
clad in q plain suit OF gray. MS round,
swarthy face was shaded by a broad
brimmed soft hat, his gray-blue eyes al
ways looked through glasser worn TO cor
rect astigmatism; he rode rapidly and
well. and had a ready salutation for
every passing acquaintance. Occasionally
he found recreation in cultivating his
garden or. IN winter, shovenng aside the
newly fallen snow. In gong abroad upon
or gleefuny coastlnE over The
glit;ering crust upon his own hillside
Some time-not too muCh-he gave 10 a.
cial functions, in which he showed him
self to be an unassuming and courteous
guest and the most devoted and h0spitable
% hosts. Among other visitors he enter
tanned the gifted creator % Sherlock
Holmes" and a Desert Drama" Conan
Doyle. who, here had most enjoyable
experience Of a New England ThanksEiv- (
ing, although Il was snowless and the
anticipated sleigh ride had % - fore