The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-09
k|H|N1 SIDE LIGHTS
He Says Things of Himself in
His Own Stories.
OF. HIS EARLY VERSES
His Personal Appearance as
Described by Others.

New York, March s.-Rudyerd <ip.;ng
has said a great deal about himse :. He
could not avoid that. since he was lyric
poet and Iyrism implies rev 'ations OF
self They are in his work; ne would not
tell them to a reporter. Re may have
had Scudery's idea, II know better than
any other writer how to tell anecdotes
about myself" AS 4 newspaper man Kip
ling is described by himself: "a king or
courtier was dying at the other end OF
the world" he wrote in THE Man VINO
Would Be King" at was a pitchy, back
hot night, and raining-now and again a
spot Of almost boiling water would fall on
the dust The thing, whatever it
was, was keeping US back. It would not
come off. I drowsed off, and Won
dered whether the telegraph was bless
ing and whether this dying man was
aware Of the inconvenience and delay he
was causing. The clock hands
crept up to O'Clock and the machines
spun their hywheels two or three times, to
see that all was in order before 1 said
the word that would set them off. 1 could
have shrieked aloud. Then the roar and
rattle of the wheels shivered the quiet
into little bits"
About the first publication in book form
of his verses. Kipling wrote for McClure's
Magazine: bad as they were, I burned
twice as many as were published, and Of
the survivors at least two-thirds were cut
down at the last moment. Nothing can
be wholly beautiful that IS not useful, and
therefore my verses were made TO ease off
the perpetual strife between the manager
extending his advertisements and my chief
fighting for his reading matter. They were
born to be sacrificed. Rukn-Din, the fore
man Of our side, approved of them i'm
mensely, for he was Muslin of culture.
He would say: Your poetry very good,
sir; just coming proper length today. You
giving more soon. One-third column just
proper. Always can take on third page.
Mahmoud, who set them up, had an I'M
pleasant way of referring to a new lyric
as Elk aur chiz-one more thing-which
never liked. The job side, too, were I'M
sympathetic. because used to raid into
their type for private proofs with Old
English and Gothic headings. Even a
Hindoo does not like to find the serifs CT
his rs cut away to make long SIS. and
in this manner. week by week. my .-erses
came to be printed in the paper"
About his view of English literature,
Kipling wrote to DR.. Keitner: 'If 1 nad
your book TO write I would attempt in
final chapter to discover the path which
may lead from the present chaotic condi-
ton Of our literature and that of the
twentieth century. I would call the chap
teI' 'Bewteen Two EDochs' 1 feel that
we are between abb and flood. i is now
just what sailors call slack tide we are
waiting for the great personality which
will unite all the minor tendencies Of the
time and collect all the partial and petty
forces into one power that will give a rev
and adequate expression to the new time"
About Kipling's ability as man of bus
mess. publishers have given many inter
esting details. This IS from the British
Weekly: perhaps no one receives. such
large prices for his work as Mr. Rudyard
Kipling. He has contracted TO write
eight stories for one of the magazines rext
year. for each of which he Will receive
about e24O. This is simply for the English
serial rights of the stories. In addition,
Mr.. Kipling receives payment from
America, India and the colonies. This
Will probably bring up the price of the
stories to about $500 each, making $4,000
for the year. In addition to this, Mr.
Kipling receives the royalties for book
publication in England and America. This
will not amount to less than about $4,000,