The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-01
KIPLING's FATHER HERE.
Finds His Son Able to Assist At Family
Dinner.

From the New York Sun.
John Lockwood Kipling, C. I. E. Com
panion of the Order of the Indian Empire)
artist and author, as well the father of
Rudyard Kipling, arrived here yesterday
on the Majestic. He comes to see his son.
On leaving the ship Mr. Kipling went d.
rectly 70 the Grenoble and remained there
until about $3.50 o'clock last night, when he
went to the house of his friend, Lockwood
De Forest, z East Tenth street.
Mr.. Kipling is about 60 years old, with
a gray beard and very bald head. He
wears spectaces, through which he beams
with most kindly expression. He is just
about the height of his son, say feet Z
inches. Just before he left the steamer Mr..
Kipling said to the reporters:
Really, I don't think it will be worth
your while to interview me, for l have
nothing interesting to tell you. l can't
talk about your national affairs or your in
ternational affairs, because on these SUBJ
jeets Il am horribly rusty. You see, l live
very quietly at home, in the country,
suppose you call it, and politics does not
much interest me. I may tell you, how
ever, that l. as well as all Englishmen,
am greatly interested in your Philippine
campaign, as much as you are, and per-
haps more SO, if that could be possible. We
are all anxiously waiting for the final tri-
umph of the American arms. 1 came here
primarily to see my son land 1 am thank
full to hear he is so much better. l haven't
any other plans"
Rudyard Kipling sat up for a time yester-
day, but he was in bed when his father
reached the hotel. They had long talk
together. Afterward the entire family
dned together in Rudyard Kiplng's room
John Lockwood Kipling was born in
Pickering, England, and was educated It
Woodhouse Grove and at the famous South
Kensington Art school. He attained a rep
utation as sculptor and artist in black
and white. In 1865 he was appointed one
OF the directors of an art school which it
was proposed to found at Bombay This
was shortly after his marriage to Miss
Alice Macdonald, the daughter of a Metho-
dist minister, and 1t was at Bombay that
Rudyard Kipling was born. Some years
after the Bombay school was established
Mr.. Kiplng moved to Lahore, where he
founded the Mayo Art school, endowed by
the government in memory of Lord Mayo.
After this he was appointed curator of the
Lahore museum, the finest and largest in
stitution of the kind in India. 1t was from
Lahore that Mr.. Kipling directed the man.
agement of the Colonial and Indian exhi-
bition in London in 1886. He was also COM
.missioned by the queen to select the deco
rations for the Indian room at Westmins-
ter. Mr.. Kiping illustrated the "Outward
Bound edition of his sons works, publish
ed by the Scribners last year. The originals
of these Illustrations Mr.. Kipling modelled
in clay and then had the models photo
graphed. He also made some of the illus
trations of the Jungle Book" and all of
the Illustrations for Mrs. Flora Annie
Steele's Tales of the Punjab." Mr. Kip
ling now lives in Wiltshire He has visit
ed this country several times before, his
last visit being in 1895, when he spent some
time at his sons place, 1.-THE Naulahka, -
at Brattleboro, VT.