The age-herald., 1901-09-29

toward circumstances. She wrote for ex- pertinent, a little etching, Ghosts." which was accepted by Vogue. and this stimulated her to write other stories which brought her encouragement, espec- ially enc accepted by Mrs Sangston for Harpers Bazear. Everything that she has written Is supremely psychological.
 Mrs. Mckinney is now finishing her novel of tho Cuban war; partly depicting camp life at Knoxvine.,
 She has already outlined another novel, the scenes laid during the siege of Vicks- burg.
 Mrs. Cooke has won unusual distinction as O writer of short stories. She has been a magazine writer for several years, her work appearing in the Atlantic, St. Nicholas McClure's Independent, and most Of the Eastern weeklies and mag a2ines. She has written good deal of verse fur the humorous wecklies and has boen earning more or less steady income by her pen for years. Mrs Cooke loves her work devotedly. Her study is in the family sitting room. She has short novel which Walter Page, cousin of Thomas Nelson Page and member of the firm of Doubleday, Page 6 Co.,, pro- nounces a very brilliant piece of work, and which he has commissioned her to double in size for his house. This book was pushed aside to make way for the royal feet of Mistress Joy" Mrs. Cooke is personally charming as she Is brilliant, and among the many Tennessee wom en who are foremost in every movement that has developed the women of the South, women distinguished for thought and ac- tion, Mrs. Cooke and Mrs. Mckinney are recognized as pre-eminently leading: and there are no two women in the South to whom society In it's broader significance would more quickly turn for charming and brilliant tale, with the psychological trend that lends so absorbing an interest.
 Mrs. Mckinney tells me a clever little story of her first collaboration:
 :" Mistress Joy is not my first coilabor- ation. When small child n cousin of the same age now Mrs. Robert Cowart of Dallas, Tex and produced a French novel of the most sentimental and TO- mantle character. We were puzzled as to French Eames, and phrases, but final ly named our hero dc Cray and Inter spcrsing Q quantity of 'des and most unholy number of Mon Dieus rested upon our laurels. This book was called The Rivals, and at completion was read in my monther's parlor and highly com mended by Colonel Partridge Confeder- ate officer. also a newspaper man, who accepted 1t for publication in the vicks- burg Herald or Whig. With man inhu- manity to childhood 1t was dropped with the Lost Cause, into the waste basket of oblivion, and so distress Joy has been denied predeccssor-my half of her."
 Mrs. Cooke tells pretty little story about Mistress Joy:'
 Mrs. Mckinney and I went East to- Gether to look the ground over in re- gard to placing our book. when we were preparing to go from New York to Bos- ton, someone suggested 0 water route Mrs. Mckinney picked up a newspaper to look up steamship lines and came upon the advertisement of the Joy line. from New York to Boston. This she declared must be our route and no other
 We found the line a new one, and less known than the great floating palaces of the Fall River line, but clean, agreeable and, to our linking, credit to the nam e. we should have had our joke quite to ourselves. but some difficulty having arisen over trunk, we called at the Boston office of the line to adjust if. and In the course of conversation the reason of our seeking out and selecting the Jov line above others. was asked of us and we gave it. Our way back showed that every or- nclal along the route knew us as the authors Of the Joy Eoon.' The captain. at whose table we dined, to o us that Inc line took its name from it's owner and president of the company. Mir. Joy And he added most encouragingiy that the aforesaid MT. Joy was a bachelor. evil dently thinking it might add interest in our eyes,