The San Francisco call., 1904-12-19
MAY FIND IDEAL LOVER FOR
A STORY HERE.
Western Pro5pector Gives Fair A0thue55 Inspiration
Miss Rives Paying
First Visit to
City.

Miss Halle Erminie Rives, the young
Virginia authoress. who Is rapidly ad-
vancing to a position in the literary
world close to that held by her dis
tinguished cousin, Emelie Rives, the
Princess Of Troubetskoy. arrived in
this city yesterday and is staying at
the St Francis Hotel. Miss Rives is
leisurely touring the West IN search for
central character around which she
proposes to soon weave a story OF love
1t is her first visit to San Francisco,
and although she had been in this city
but part Of yesterday she availed her
self Of the time afforded her to care
fully view the Western metropolis
from a seat in a motor car and finished
her trip thoroughly enraptured with
the city.
San Francisco is indeed an interest
ing place, far more so than I had pic
tured in my mind" remarked this
bright-eyed critic and writer as she
reclined in chair in the lobby Of the
st. Francis Hotel last evening and re-
cited her experiences Of the day. DO
you know that it reminds one a bit OF
Paris, though your hills quickly dispel
an idea that one is travelling over the
fiat roadways Of the French metropolis.
The strongest resemblance 10 Paris IS
found in your business part Of town,
and with this peculiar style Of intro
Guction Miss Rives permitted the con-
versation TO quickly turn to the real
purposes OF her presence in the Far
West
Il am very eager to find a typical
Western character for my new story.
which will be a romance Of love. I
have got the general run Of the story
pretty well mapped out in my mind.
but possibly it may be materially
no oro1 haf 7 har Ar,fa faH tim
over the coast had thought that I
might find my character IN the person
or persons Of several Western farmers.
but when 1 had visited Butte, Mont.
and other big Western mining centers
l was not slow in realizing that my
search should thereafter be pursued
among mining men. I think that object
VIII be finally accomplished in the Sc
lection Of a prospectOr-
HERO TO BE TALL
"To my mind he mus necessarily be
rather taE, somewhat lean but force
full fellow, to enable me TO portray in
words the lover that have conceived.
1 do not think the too robust man ap-
pears in romance as an interesting
wooer / refer to him as the central
character Of my story, for / do not al
ways fancy heroes My Judgment
prompts me to picture him as tall and
ders, suggestive of ruggedness Of the
Western adventurer, who has lived by
his own work. Not a man, mind you.
who is booted with coarse leather and
slovenly attire, but a fellow who is
careful of his appearance in so far as
the rough conditions will permit, and
is possessed OF knowledge gained Dy
experience in the field OF labor In
which he is employed. In other words
a plain but sensible fellow.
Miss Rives has Travelled great deal
during her short life. and has undoubt-
edly made a close study OF the men
she has met. for she made some rather
cutting remarks regarding some OF
them during her interview last even
ing. Her opinion Is decidedly settled
on the point that the wearing Of the
hair long and carelessly arranged does
not always suggest genius, and she IS
also firm in her belief that the fop-
pishly dressed man is not the gentle
man that many foolish girls are in
clined to suppose.
A CONFUSION OF NAMES.
OF her most recent production, THE
Castaway," in which Lord Byron -
selected as her leading character
story that has received most tiattering
criticisms-AIiss Rives said that her re-
gret was that the public had. for some
unexplained reason. multiplied her
hero and persistently referred TO the
title of the book as The Castaways.
Il have been frequently annoyed oy
hearing the story referred to as The
Castaways, said Miss Rives, "and
have tried In vain TO discover how this
mistake had become so general Never
theless. I have had a high ambition
partly realized in the success OF the
hook and have entered upon the task
of writing another story with great
deal Of enthusiasm"
II is the intention Of the authoress
70 remain In San Francisco for several
weeks and then proceed south to Los
Angeles. visiting the various pretty
places Of Southern California en- route
She has only recently returned from
an extended trip abroad. where She
visited all the principal capitals ana
gave as much Of her time as possible
to the gathering Of impressions OF the
people and acquiring inspiration Tor
! future literary work.