The Portland daily press., 1899-06-23
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AS EDITOR AND AUTHOR
Mr.. KipIing's Great Industry ON the
Lahore journal and Ever since-His
Habits of Writing.
"Reminiscences by His Lifelong Friend,
Wilkie.)

From the United Service college Ru1.
yard went to London for three weeks. He
sailed for Calcutta In September, 1888
His father had secured for him a place
as sort of sub-editor and all-round re.
porter on the Lahore Journal. had
preceded Rudyard TO India by about q
year. Our former friendship was re-
newed. From November, 1888, until
January. 1889, Kipling remained in La
hore and Calcutta, occasionally going OUT
into the country on some mission in his
| newspaper work. In 1854 he began 70
contribute to the Civil and Military
Gazette at Lahore. His lwork there at.
tracted the attention of the army in India
and ere long he began to see the Engli
home ne wsDapers copying the stuff. Hut
Kipling was known by all the whites in
India three years before he was known in
England.
And how Kipling did labor in those
daysl He became as serious and industrI-
Gus as he had besen jolly and ease-loying
before. He worked all day for the Lahore
Journal, and then would spend hours at
night writing sketches. quips and bal
lads. No matter what the weather-how
the Temperature ranged up among the
l20's, or what deadly pestileuoes were
abroad-he worked just the same. His
industry was all the mere remarkable
becausesthe white people do no more
labor for months at time in India than
issabsolutely necessary. l think / am
safe Ia saying that for successive weeks
In 1854 and 1885 the only recreation that
kipling took was an occasional game of
tennis, at dawn, before the sun rose high,
and an hour or two of whist of an even
Ing once a week.
Kipling's progress in the literary world
was helped much by his father, mother
and sister, and wEs most advanced be-
tween. 1883 and 1887. The family home at
Lahore was sort Of literary and artistic
conservatory. Every one in 1t put forth
every endeayor and summoned all vitality
toward the maximum excellence. Every
one there was writing something. Miss
kipling (since Mrs. Hleming) was busy
on a DOCK about Shakespearean women,
and the mother was aiding in the compo-
sition. Miss kipling, by the way, used
TO know by heart more lines of Shakes
peare than any one ever knew of the
stage. Johns Lockwood Kipling found
his diversion in Browning and in plastic
art work. The Kipling children were
born with rare minds for art In literature.
Aho WIN oHnb bAONkub huuyhEu MD
ling most prominently TO the attention of
the literary English In India, and particu-
larry the army people there, was his
stories in the Christmas number of the
Civil and Military Gazette for 1SS5-when
he was exactly 20 years old. There We're
nine Of Rndard's stories and several bal
lads there, two or three stories and sketeh-
es by his sister, and as many more by his
brother, and q page of literary criticism
and few pictures by his father. In fact,
the Kipling family occupied about the
whole Christmas number. One of these
numbers sold in New York in 1897 for IS.
Among Rudyard's stories In that issue
were the Phantom Rickshaw and Parted.
They were enthusiastically received in
India. Every white man in Calcutta
read them. Several months later we saw
them repuhlished in thu London periodi-
Gals.
Thomas Hardy, the English novelist.
and even Henry James wrote oommen-
datory letters to Kipling concerning these
brilliant specimens of literary craft. He
had dozens OF complimentary letters from
newspaper and literary men and women
all over Great Britain
Ii the young author had worked hard
In 1855, he just lahored in 1886. He had
raise or pound week for his grind OF
newspaper work, and he put in every
spare hour at his stories and poetry. He
worked very hard also to earn his SALARY
on the Lahore Journal He had n lIttis
room on from the main business sdepart-