Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-22

Gently married to Miss Mary Crockef
@ millionaire heiress.
Mrs Van Rensselaer, Cruger's per
name OF Julien Gordon IS familiar Il
two continents Her husband, the lati
Colonel $. Van Rensselaer, Cruger, wal
@ representative Of one Of the famlllei
of the old New York Knlckerbockei
aristocracy and their home on Thirty
NTH street was a center for brilllan
circle of literary and musical dllettanu
from the ultra fashionable set Mrs
Cruger's first book. Puritan and Ia
gam made a distinct success After
that she published several volumes
among them THE Vampires and a
Triple Alliance both OF which were
well received.
Miss Alice Duer, now Mrs. Henry
Wise Miller was one Of the cleyerest Of
magazine versders. She Is adaughter OF
James Gore King Duer Of New York ant
a descendant OF the witty an3 beautiful
Lady Kitty Duer Of W1shingtonl
court. Miss Duer published a few years
ago "a book of verse which won her
much favor with the critics. and since
then She has contributed a great dea
to the magazines,
The most beautiful poetry which ma,
been written for "a long time by any
American woman was that published 9
few years ago by Mrs. Spencer Trask
wife of the banker The volume was
entitled Under King Constantine" II
contains tales OF knightly men and no.
BILE women told In gracefully nowlnI
verse, The scenes are laid I'm the no.
mantle period in history following upon
the death of King Arthur and the
breaking up OF his round table
Not only are the poems exquisite IL
literary finish, but they are filled with
elevated thought and are simple and
sincere In expression The three here
knights, sanpeur Kathanal and Chris.
Italian, are splendid types Of manhood
The poems We're first published anony
mousy Their success was SO great
that the author later affixed her name
to them. OF the anonymous writer OF
the verses Richard Henry Stoddard
himself a poet Of a high order, said
THAT We have a poet In this writer
whose name ls not given Is evident on
every page
Mrs. Trasks second book was a nov.
| el, John leighton It, too, met with
warm reception Now she has publish.
ed a collection OF short stories called
Lessons In Love" which. while not al
together new 10 the public, since they
previously appeared in the magazines
have already every indication Of
achieving one Of the successes OF the
season. They are earnest and sincere,
two qualities In which even the most
brilliant OF modern fiction is woefully de-
| hceut The stories show the same mas
terly touch that characterized her other
work. and as the theme is one that Is
Of the widest interest to humanity the
audience win doubtless be a large one
| Mrs Trask was Miss Katrina Nichols,
a daughter of one Of New York's old
time business men, Mr.. and Mrs Trask
reside In Brooklyn during the winter,
spending the summer at Saratoga
| Springs. where they have built a hand
some residence, surrounded by a spa
cious park, The beautiful woodlands
OF the estate they have generously
thrown open TO the public
Mrs John Vinton Dahlgren Is num-
berod among the women Of leisure who
| have written excellent fiction. Mrs.
| John King Van Rensselaer, Of New
York whose story THE Good Vrouw Of
Manahata," dealt interestingly with
the Dutch colonial life OF Manhatta is
daughter of the late A. Oracle King
of Weehawken n, j., and a belle In
New York society. In her maturer
years she has given much time TO lit