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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-07

for repertoire and pleased the auditors
/ greatly. Ella J. Wilson. a charming
/ and conscientious young actress. takes
/ the leading role Of Doris Vsne, and does
J IL with much understanding, while Louis
( Won Wiethon. who possesses marked
/ earnestness and ability. plays this CORE
lative character Of Kenneth Ashleieh.
The important part Of Or. Bryan O'Neiu
falls upon the most capable shoulders
Of Bobby Athon, whose rich Irish brosue
and charming demeanor won for hlm
many friends.-Litue Rock Democrat
I September o.
The Southern Stock company viii open
their three nights Engagement at the
opera house Thursday night. presenting
Doris" as their opening BILL Ladies
free the opening night II accompanied
by any person holding a 2e-cent reserved
seat ticket secured before s 2. N.
The story Of the Ivy Lear. which
comes 20 the Crawford tonight is ro-
mantle one. Colce O'B1en. O. young
Irish heiress whose father Aiobae.
O'Brien in dying exaoted from her
promise that she would not see Gerald
Taly. her lover. who was the son %
Michael O'Bren's political enemy.
Young Gerald surmounted the obstacles
IN his path and called AZ the home ~
Colice and prevailed on her % meet him
at Sagles Cras and he was not permit
ted 10 write the token was 70 be AN Ivy
Leaf which be was TO send by a faithful
retainer. a young Irish lad named Murty
Kerrigan. Ro5ert Nolan. q gentleman
whose fortune need replsnishug Says
seige TO the heart q C0ice FOR the saHe
Of her fortune out che raDuse3 hin $50
Ian through the aid Of an accomD BE.
hears Of the proposed meeting az the
Crag and decides TO sbd1et her agd keep
her prisoner in deserted Ivy Leaf
God Tower until shs consents % marrg
him. Colice goes 20 meet Gerald ia 81
is met and abducted as per srrarged.
Gerald Daily keeps his appointment but
misses her and s. accused ~ hlsrg
rlice swearing no saw Ge~ad Throw har
over the Crag into - aea Grsa s.
tried end founs guilty beng sn ofc--
In the army. he - condemned 20 b. rH.t
Al ths moment ~ ths exec foa ~
KerriEan srrives WITH Coffee wau
found ln the tower and C-
aids innocence is proven an8 ere ierea
re-ualte1. There ere ruv9r ~ rH-
or Interesting scenes. among me mr
notsrle ~ which r. nv earn tas ~
. monster egIs tas sister - C
OBuen ard her rescue 1 5iartg Eefr-
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-07

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-11-07

Mrs. a Newman OF Washington.
Inasna is visiting her sister. 3Ers. n
E Aness. l9 south ToPeka avenue
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-09
HALL GAINES
LITERARY CONFESSION.

At %. wrote m autobiography for ans
other person. and was paid tl1 for IT, AT nve
and twenty j came UP to London with tins
manuscript of a critical work which haa
recommended that I should submit Il to
certain great pubiishing-houas. and 1 toox
It in person.
After waiting three torturfnS weeks 10:
the decision OF the publishers. l made ooio
TO cali again. At the sarno little box az
the door of the office / had once more %
fill out the same document The boy too4
It I'm. and was left 10 sit on his table, 10
look at the desk which he had been whit
Ting away. TO wait. and 10 tremble.
after q time L heard a iOO;ster return.
ing. / thorght It might be the publisher or
the editor of the house. II was the boy
back again. He had pile Of loose sheets
compliments. sir, and thank you said tne
boy, and my manuscript went sprawlin4 on
the table. / gathered II Up. tucked a.
deep "a possible under the wings OF my IN
verneSs cape. and went cownstGrA
ashamed, Inundated. crushed and broken
member that, as I got 20 the fresh air q
the door. my gorge rose within me. eno :
exclaimed in anger that I would compel oet'
ter attention from that house befors loaG
and did.
The sequel is worth telling though NJ
triumph brought me a friend instead o. en
enemy.
That editor became my personal frfen6
or course he remembered nothing OF thu
incident and / never poisoned one hour OK
our intercourse by telling him how, wn@
I was younger and IA word would haye
buoyed me up. he made me drink ue
waters Of Marah. Three times since that
come to me. asking that l should write
book
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-09

right" and that they themselves would
be pleased enough 10 see n certain
individual whose antipathy to Eiplng was
rampant and rabid say fond farewell to
Vermont
Beautiful Vermont, It was a glorious No
veinber Sabbath on which | paid my visit
to Naulahka"-a bit of India which the
author Of Plain Tales from the HIS"
erected In New F.H -;land. The air was mid.
yet inviSoratinG. and the storm OF snow
and rain. which between times the previous
evening tried to force its way from Nor; l.
ern New York passed by the little town
snuSly and solidly placed on the slopes Of
the ripping Connecticut aHd incioseI on
every side by mountain and river.
The ROAD runs past n beautiful common,
situated on the river bluff. where the towns
people have not forgotten TO place the so.-
d!erS monument without which no New
England borough is completely what IL
ought to be. II continues for half a milo
so TO skirt the Connecticut a one If it5
love!lest sweeps. On the further Ghe New
Ifampshire) side an immense rocky trecI-
pice rises many hundred feet. and the Lrav-
eler can easily think he Is again wander
ing through a bit of the Scottish High
lands.
A mile OF a stretch to the left along a
fine country road. hOrdered ever and anon
with great elms and hemlCcks and with the
graceful white birch in marked relief
brings one to the watering trough IA lani-
mark always mentioned By the Brattlebo-o
resident directing the stranger to Naulah-
ka) where one leaves the Putney road. turn
ing again sharply to the left, and begin
ming to climb the hill. Passing one Of the
smallest Of New England schoolhousss. a
white one this time. one Is in the woods.
with the squirrels climbing the tree trunks
and the babblng brooks singing their morn
ing songs. Lean over the roadside paling-
not too heavily, for 1t is shaky with age
and rot-and one may see the trout darting
bach and forth in tie cool. clear Jaois.
Then turn TO the left. as does the road. and
turn again, and again to the left and the
righ., Tend to the task OF yet another
climb. pass on a few hundred yards on tho
level and you come to the famous English
mans American home.
Here is Kipling's own description Of the
place: This house stands in thirteen acres
Of ground. ten OF which are meadowland.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-09
CORWEP ~ MlRS KzAZNGS RooA

home TO the highest bidder-the home
wherein. as goes his own say, he can do
more and better work than anywhere else
on the broad earth: the home round which
cling the tenderest memories Of n young
fathers first proud and happy hours; the
home OF a wife who has proved the best
OF helpmeets and to whose devotion the
great author undoubtedly owes his life; the
home where his dead daughter first saw the
gentle sunlight: the home wherein he
penned the sentences of tho famous
Captains Courageous" and the popular
jungle Book" and wherein the lines OF
"The Seven Seas took living shape In his
living brain; the home where the affection
and eynpathv Of one bTCther-fn-law made a
happy and profitable comTadeship In work
and IN play, and where the undying enmity
OF another made life thing TO weary the
flesh no less than the spirit
Far from the madding crowd.
That was his idea. but he found thar they
whose words make tho world ring and ring
again assign 10 themselves a task weI-nish
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-09

the author Of "The Seven Seas" was q
courteous individual enough TO him. He had
spoken to him more than once, the matter
being somo business inquiry, and 'he was
all right" Then he adds. as an after
thought. that he suppOses, however If he
asked him for any favor. he might throw
him down. like as not"
Another will tell you that he had often
seen Kipling, but had never spoken TO him,
although he does not doubt that III he had
net him. man TO man. he would surely iird
him q good fellow Still another VIII
vcUchsafo the information that while he
was "a queer duck he was, without doubt.
"a real smart man" One of the gentler sex
tells you that she IS sorry Kipling is going
away, because he gave tone to the town.
For be II known. the Kipling chariots
lacked not coachmen and foOtmen, and that.
Notwithstanding they frequently rolled over
the s:roets up here-and splendid streets
they are. too-they were always a sight
for to see
Perhaps you will meet young woman
and will put the question TO her. Did you
ever meet the man who wrote Captains
Courageous? and she will answer. as
she takes down The Days Work. to show
you a passage understood to be descriptive
OF vermont scene, tnat she met MIN
often. and that she always got "a bow
from him. although she did not know him,
but she supposed that he thought her some
body else. Then she adds a word about
"the funny looking fellow that he was.
with his epectacles and the long overcoat
and the queer kind Of boots trimmed with
fur and buttoninG Cp the leg"
Perhaps" one will say. ''he has softened
bit since he had his triaT'-meaning the
loss of Poor joe Perhaps he has.
But ideas have changed a shade or two
since Kipling came to Yankeeland TO dwell.
His unobtrusiveness. his always gentle
manly department. his love for hard work
and for his New England home. his mind
your-own-business. have won him the re-
spect. If nothing more, of the neighbors
with whom he has refused to be neighbor-
ly. Barring what they think. or rather
thought, his snobbishness. there mas been
nothing in his daily walk with which to
find the shadow of a fault. And. after all.
your Down Easter truly regards the man
who s-,ves his independence and who med
dies only with his own affairs. In the
trouble with his brother-in-law they will
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-09
What Kiping Vermont Neighbors Thought of
Him When He Went to Town to Have
His Horses Shod or Do the Necessary Err
rands of Country Family.

impossible when they elect to escape the
without their asking. and the people wanted
To know him. lie belonged to them, they
said: he said that he belonged to himself.
That made two opiniors-the opinion of
the people. and the American people at
that. and the opinion OF an individual. And
when the opinion of the American people Is
ENTHUSIASTICALLY set to the opinion of cne
man. master Of his craft or rot love does
not find the way.
The people did not love Rudyard-particu-
larly the people of Bratteboro. Did he care
for that? Why should he? His audience
was the world. not merely a speck Of II in
the New England hills transcendsrtly beau
tiful though that atom might be. He had
not come TO BrattlebCro 10 cultivate the
friendship Of. organmakcr.. or farmers, or
boarding -housekeepers, or butchers. or
bakers. He came TO be alone, and to be
silent. Or. if he spoke. he wanted speech
only with the hills. :he trees and the rip
ping brooks. excepting when he spoke out
professionally to the world.
The man among his fellows. You ask one
Brattleboro man II he ever met the poet
militant of the British Empire. He will say
that he met him. and that he was always
very pleasant" What was he doing those
times? Oh. he might be in town to see after
repairs to his dog cart or something on the
estate and he might ask the citizen IL he
had seen So-and-So. You ask another a real
estate dealer this time. and he tells you that
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-09

sixty feet above It, and Is approache' "
winding drive bordered by evergree"
There Is n walled flower garoen f'
fec;Iy level lawn tennis court. anu ''o"
dance II shade trees and wcl-estao's"eu
shrubs"
1t was here where Kiplins p!anhen "
spend many years. and doubtless ne Pi'''
that they should he happy ones WHO Ni'o"'
but that HI. would now be an American cur
zen hut for his unfortunate quarrel OF SO
r.cs of quarrels with his bTother-M-ia"'
Beatty RallestieT: Down there on the h'h"-
way they met one day. and the Reht'eini'
author and tho gentleman bruiser aiinos.
came to blows and horsewhips. The dscoru
OF the unseemly scene and the court ease
which followed it poisoned the sacred at
mosphere killed the peacefof mind oil 4
geniuc and drove him over the seas buI
for this episode. the terrible illness which
almost deprived him Of life. and the s!nini-
taneous attacl. on his dear little girl. when
took her away from his side forever. might
n,ver have been encountered Yet un"rN-
ten volumes from his pen might have seen
the daylight here. and. perchance. the stir
ring lines which opened the purse strings
of the Anc!o-Saxon world :or the benefit
of Tommy Atkins. might never have been
phere entirely English.
The Kiplinc front door is at the back OF
the house. II you drive up there in your
carriage you step underneath a broad. queer
looking porch. at the end OF which there is
"A unique. large flower box almost a garden
IN itself, which. simple though 1t is. con-
veys am actual suggestion Of the individual
fly OF its owner.
Entering the house you are as much In
terested in its peculiar yet altogether
charming arrangement as you are struck
by the unusual exterior appearance. The
house might well be called an improved
bungalow with all modern convenences. 1t
is as kiplingesque as are the writings of
the poet-author. whose originality Is evil
dsnced in every nook and Granny OF the now
deserted mountain home. and one can easily
imagine the delightfulness OF the place
Ashen tenanted as 1t once was.
While substantially furnished as when oc-
cupfed by the Kiplings, many of the things,
the little things that give homes their char
acter. have been shipped to England. as the
desire Of Mr.. or Mrs. Kipling dictated.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-09

smile over the DRY wit OF his brother au-
thor
Directly outside the study there is broad
veranda with plain wooden shelf fastened
10 the side of the house with brackets Kip
ling used this on sunny days an adjunct
TO his workshop. Leading down from this
veranda IL walled flower garden. and.
beyond. walk which extends about one
hundred yards along the hillside to the edge
OF the woods. At the end Of this walk there
Is 4 rustic seat. on the right of which is,
also. n little sumuler-house built by Kip
lng's order for his children, but which he
has never seen.
One photograph Of the children's play
room shows the floor strewn with toys,
but on this day these were carefully put
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-09
AND SNELE.

away in a closet IN their room upstairs AZ
the end of the house on the second floor ths
author has fixed up a delightful little play.
room. with a large balcony adjoining. the
window TO which opens down 70 the floor.
Another renliniscence OF the Junior Kiplinss
was the pony which John Howard. the care
full and faithful servant. was grooming at
the time OF my visit.
This is the house built by Kipling. tho
man who loves the hills, and into the build
Ing OF which he seemed 70 have thrown ar
the substantial energy Of his nature. From
his study window the view OF this beautiful
November morning suggests much in Con-
sonance with the poetic temperament OF rs
famous owner. In the foreground is the
broad expanse of dull green meadow land.
beyond q line Of stately trees. and further
on a great sweep of hill tells rising 10
summit the climb TO which itself would
make the provertial Sal h1tn Gays Journey.
The air IS clear. and the wooded heights
ard slopes Of beautiful Vermont can be seen
for miles on miles onto and into the sister
State of New Hampshire. Perhaps forty
miles away. I'm dul. Cloudlika outline. capped
by a noble peak. rises the noted Monadnock.
Truly a scene to warm tie heart OF sach
a man. and one to which he may lend his
presence yet again. but that, as kipune
himself would say, Is another story"
Enough to krow that America is 20 know
him no more: that the last vcstiSe OF his
habitat here is to BE- wiped out. And %
passetE "kiplinS in America"
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-09

Of books and bric-a-brao has been sent
across the water. yet sufficient remains
to give the house a suggestive atmosphere.
The rooms are not large. The visitor Is
net impressed with anything of grandeur.
but rather the coziness Of the place.
Throughout the house is foOrei with hard
wood and partially wainscoted with the
same material. All Of the furniture of tho
first floor rooms except the morning room.
is Of mahogany fashioned after an old Eng
lish pattern. The rich color of the furni-
ture IS in fine contrast TO the white of the
, walls. and its substantial yet delicate cor
struction gives evidence Of the artistic
temperament OF the designer.
Tho entrance leads Immediately into the
| reception hall. devoid of furnishing. except
here and there a chair a few somber etch-
inSs and a group Of ancient weapons. Lead
| Ing directly from the reception hall Is the
4 losgia. or mo-ning-room which suggests the
| Hindoo mode of living. Arranged with a
| delightful disregard for conventionality are
| bamboo lounges. wicker chairs. and invit-
ing divans. Tho loggia may be thrown en-
| tirely open In summer. and the mountain
| view from this vantage spot is one Of raw
ishins beauty.
To the left Of the reception hall is the
dining-room. In the china closet Of which
one catches gl!mpses of the old-fashioned
hut mono the less popular blue dish ware
Of merry England. while to the right of
| the reception hall is Mrs Kipling's draw
| ing room.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-09

Ersc'al Corrosr sr-rd,-ce q The Sunday Republic.
Brat-lebOro. Vt, Dec. S-''To be great is
70 Be misunderstood" SO said enc who in
his time was n lion in the literary arena,
even eminent as the great Rudyard IL
this day. but whose name IS row az ff the
waves OF the sea had passed over it and
Il were not.
\ short six years ago there came to this
beautiful village among the Vermont hills a
man whose temperament demanded peace
and exclusion man whose fame had be-
come & burden 10 him and whose spirit
thirsted for communion with the lofty. i'm
mUtab!e mountains and suIcease from the
chatter OF hts kind. Now he has set
priCe-s3o Coon his hearthstcro.
Nature was gentle TO him. He found her
tn the very EraUGest of her moods and in
the quiet bat awful goreeousness If her
most beautiful appa-ci. She sympath.zcd
with him. and her sympathy won his love,
an easy conquest. The sonber, sober.
soothing touch OF her hand caressed him:
the glories OF her sfrlngJime responded TO
his love for the essence of resplendcncy; the
full burst OF her summer habilimcn,s was
10 him as wine IS to the heart CT man; the
strong dignity Of her display IN the waning
year made his soul yearn from the fullness
Of grand accord.
So came KiplinS.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-09

To get to the room around which centers
perhaps the keelest interest. Kipling's
study. the visitor ascends flight Of three
steps at the right of the reception hall
TO a small landing. at the foot Of which
is q rack holding a number of golf clubs
for the author is devotee of the royal
and ancient game. and on which is an old
hall clock. then descend three steps along
narrow passage to the south.
On book shelf as one enters the study
there is an interesting photograph Of Kip
ling when q schoolboy 1t shows a manly
face and a quiet. but dignified and strong
department There is something in the pose
which suggests great things to be done by
this English STRIPPING. Twin engravings of
the Legend Of the Brier Rose" hang from
the wall over the bookcases. which occupy
the entire western side OF the study. Fur
ther on water color of the Egyptian
Camel Corps helped to keep the authors
thoughts on British dominion Yonder is an
etching OF Fuzzy Wuzzy." and here and
there always in frames with wide margins)
q bit Of India and types Of descendants Of
her ancient rulers.
There Is a wide brick fireplace with a gen.
erous mantel. under which are the words.
THE night cometh, when no man can work. :"
by which motto the author consistently
stood. dropping his pen when the sun dipped
beyond the hills. and making his evenings
domestically sacred.
At the right of the fireplace there IL q
writing desk with book shelves, the novels
Of Mr. Howells being prominent. dared to
lift ono Of these. which proved to bs "A
Modern Instance" and doubtless here In his
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-09

And now ha goes. or, rather, comes not
again. for from across the sea blunt orders
have been received 70 sell his American
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31
EARL'S ELDEST SON.
Lord ado viii New Set the River
on Fire.

Lord Haddo Will New r Set the River
ON Fire.
Lord Haddo. eldest son of the earl
OF Aberdeen. has just come OF
amid great rejoicing up Scotland way,
says the Philadelphia Saturday Even
ing Post. Lord Aberdeen. 1t will be
remembered, was governor OF Canada
and Lady Aberdeen there, as over here,
took an energetic part in temperance
and other social reform work. Both
Lord and Lady Aberdeen have brains,
and know how to use them, but TO
all appearances young Lord Haddo, the
heir to the earldom. will set no river
afire, even though II be made or o
infammable material than the
Thames. When Aberdeen was In Can
ada he sent Lords Haddo across TO
France in charge OF d French tutor.
The two were to cycle together
through the most glorious districts OF
France, to see the scenery and instruct
themselves in the customs and IAN
guages of the country, and all that
Well, the unfortunate tutor was driven
almost to despair before he could bid
goodbye to the wheel and take to a
transatlantic liner again. To begin
with, his pupil could not summon up
presence of mind in the most innocent
circumstances, and II a dog trotted
across the road 100 yards ahead OF
his bicycle Haddo would lose his grip,
the machine would wabble, and, let his
teachpr Shout what warnings he might
the young aristocrat would find him
self pitched into the hedge by the road
side. One thing in the young lords
favor was that he never lost his COOL
nature, and would pick himself up,
laughing heartily. mount again with
out complaint and ride on bravely to
meet tie rext disaster, which was sure
to befali him inside of the hour. One
OF the districts through which tutor
and lord cycled was the champaign
region. For two days they had ped
aled their way along winding roads be-
tween immense, interminable vine
yards, the vines then In full leaf. Not
a tree was to be seen. not a bush
nothing but vines, vines, vines. On the
afternoon of the second day Haddo
called out to his teacher in a thin,
boyish voice: Teacher, teacher!"
well, what Is II, Haddo?" Cautiously
nodding his head to the vines that
clad the countryside, the young lord
said: 81 say. teacher. hose are hops,
are they not?" The tutor fell or the
machine this time.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-31

courses in agriculture. But the lat
ter are being developed as never be-
fore. The agricultural papers tell of
the improvements in combining prac-
teal with theoretical knowledge.
There was mention some weeks ago in
one Of them of the demand for univer-
sity educated farmers for responsible
positions in experiment stations and
also on large ranches, whose managers
appreciate the advantages of scientific
agriculture. One evidence OF this grow
Ing interest Is found at the University
at Missouri. That institution offered
a summer course for teachers and the
attendance has exceeded the expecta-
lions OF the most ~sangulne. In sew
eral counties in Missouri agriculture
has been made a part of the public
schools courses and is treated In the
same manner a other studies. II is
receiving as much attention as math.
ematics and will be made a require
ment. and nc pupil is judged thor
oughly equipped without a knowledge
of modern methods OF agriculture.
That teachers may be fitted to give
such instruction the Missouri Normal