The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-15
AUTHORIZES in THE CITY
MISS CAROLINE KROUT HAS BEEN
SUCCESSFUL AS WRITER.
She Has just Finished a New story
That Carries the Title of "Archi-
bald Kenshaw."

A young woman Of medium height dark
complexion and dark hair, save where a
few silvery ones have begun to prematurely
show about the temples, lounged at ease
in one of the luxurious settles in a gallery
overlooking the main lobby of the Clay
pool Hotel the other afternoon. II wonder
why they didn't make the ceiling higher"
she observed, taking in the general archi-
lecture of the hotel with critical eye. II
think 1 would" she added, had / been
planning the house."
The reporter who conversed with her
thought of DR.. Quayles epigram, Men in
vestigate-women know things but he had
the good judgment not to quote the doctor
on this occasion.
The feminine observer is a woman who
dreamed the plot and name of story and
has just finished it and has it ready for
the publisher. The name of the story is
Archibald Kenshaw," problem story"
as 1t Is described and the woman who wrote
it is Miss Caroline Krout, known to the
literary world as Caroline Brown" Her
story of the "Wea Trail is just off the
presses and it has been pronounced among
the best of the historical novels. Miss Krout
is a sister of Miss Mary Krout, a WELL
known writer, and lives at Charlottesville.
She was on her way to one of the Michigan
lakes to get some rest, having just finished
be called. i've spent my time this sum-
mer." she said, washing the dishes and
pounding a typewriter. When L wasn't
doing one 1 was at the other"
Miss Krout was in the city several days
and her sister, Miss NJ. H. Krout, spent
part of the summer here finishing a story
of her travels in China of which she so
DELIGHTFULLY."- writes Miss Caroline krout
suggestion of Mrs. Lew Wallace. Il didn't
like the name of Krout," she said, Its an
ugly name and one day while calling on
Mrs. Wallace she suggested the other name
and / took it for my stories"
Miss Krout's "Wea Trail was finished
about the time alice of Old Vincennes,"
became the talk Of the country. Both are
historical novels and both deal with the
old fort at Vincennes. One deals with the
outside of the fort and the other the in
side. Miss krout almost cried with ycxa-
ton when she found Mr.. Thompson had
touched on some of the things she wrote
about. She thought about 1t a great deal
and worried some. One night she mad a
dream and in her iream she wrote a story
entitled Archibald Henshaw'' and it was
success. She dreamed the plot clearly
and next morning went to work OH 1T. Miss
Krout writes rapidly and notwithstanding
that she kept house for her father last
summer and did the dinner dishes seven
times a week she managed to grind cut
the last manuscript Of the story On the
typewriter. She prefers to put her stories
into manuscript that way She thinks
| quickly and she finds 1t more satisfactory.
The typewriter is coming into common Use
amongst story writer's George Barr Nc
Cutcheon does not use a machine, but die
tates a great deal of his stuff TO an opera
tor, who puts it into manuscript almost as
| fast as he talks it. w. ID. Howells told
an Indianapolis reporter a few years ago
that he wrote his novel, 1.-The Story of a
Play" on typewriter himself, and said
he got more satisfaction out Of it while at
work than out of anything he ever wrote.
Miss Krout says the happiest compli-
ment she ever received regarding her lit
erary work was from woman who had
| just finished one of her short stories. "Qh,
| Miss Krout," the woman remarked to her
one evening at a company, Il have just
| finished your story and 1 knew the doctor
| in the story very WELL" Considering that
| the author had had no real person in mind
when she wrote the story, she concluded
| she was becoming decidedly realistic.