The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-30
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PERSONAL.

to Il lover or friend that she holds me-
ss5 know not. tnt know
That She shapes and molds me
As sculptor the pliabie clay;
Ny longing. IL floods and cnfods me.
As does earth Che snow.
Or ms, at the lapse of the thrush song.
The darkness the day.
Her eyes are as skies AT their faircst.
Uhfathona bly, blue; a
4 Her lips arc a S rttrest
Anen,oncs touched by the sun;
All, heart OF my heart, if thou caresi.
Then give mo the clue 35
That shall point out the radiant
Pathway TO Paradise won!
Senct Stephens, IN Munsey..
S Miss Glasgow and Her Home.
The New York Herald OF yesterday de-
Il votes an entire page TO a description OF
Miss Ellen Glasgow as a literary worker
r In her Richmond home The article is,
II rendered doubly interesting by the pic
lures which illustrate II, SHOWING a
charming head OF the auuloress by .Du-
pont, d full length picture of hc,'ein ners
study and among her favorite II books
There is as wei! front View or the
& Glasgow home, and one showing the M
"A terror OF Miss Glasgow's parlor The
summer reception room OF the stately old
4 nansion-tne back piazza ~ looking out
4 upon the grass covered and tlowcr-pc-5
ldeckcd sarti isaalluded 10 as the place
where Miss GLASGOW sits, ana where sne
& does much of her forenoon work. The,
Herald correspondent makes the follow-3
a Ing graphic reference, In describing the
+ method Of the autl,orcss, TO the COMPOST
H Ron or the DeliverIlre Quoting N1lSs
a GLASGOW, he says.
My stories have all been written as
4 result or the simple impulse to Tell them.
VI and they all seemed 10 grow. Just natur-
s. ally, and quite as a matter or course. out
= OF nothing at nil. Forinstancc, got my
idea for '"rhe Deliverance''' about four
years ago while j was walking down there
II IN that box bordered walk under the big
Il magnolia tree. had never even corr
NJ oeived Of the name Of Christopher Blake.
much less his personality and ultimate
Il DIES tiny. But on that day l had been
g reading Thomas Hardy here In this
il very chair. In this very spot and lad
closed the hook--,t was Far from the
q Maddening crowd'--and walked down &c
sec how my dahlia hedge WAS coming on.
3 RI When j reached the ina slloliuy tree J
4 saw. like a flash, the figure OF Christie
& pher Blake coming 10 give himself up FOR
B the murder of old Bill Fletcher The.
%S-ividneSs of the impression never left
4 ma. though II was a. full year before y
3 began to piece togethersin my mind the
ii course of events that had led up TO sucn
III a situation" 81 u Il ri
81 The book WAS really fouS years In the
Il writing. them was asked.
Yell. yes. IL u mus t8admlt II. ali he'd
e the Great or of that ga laSys of ininitabie
characters. christopher. 8 mother and SIS
ter. Tucker Corbn. Mrs. Spad and Sol
Peterkfnts dau ghter, Molly Really.
Z often feel EN- barrassed at such questions.
7 especially when Il read of#other authors
dashing off their work at the rate of tholi-
|! sands OF words day. L wish 1 could do
At, but@I can't spent two years solid.
continuous work in the actual writing OIL
my last book. and the two preceding years
II had III constantly in mind laying r1ys
scenes withdrawing my characters
8 Among Miss Glasgow's faroritc$ authoE.s
Hugo Thomas Hardy. Meredith and Jane3
Austen are toned. Hcr5 love for her
4 garden, as shown In her dahlia he'd ge. IS
\ also touched upon. Il, sI8 5 TX
Personally, Miss G!asEowi Is described as
being eminently literary in appeara ncsS
I with the following specialization:
~ $s 10 be sure, it does sound rather irrcle-
want to make a point Of srenarkinE wteIn-
Ter a woman whose books run into tins
seventy and slightly thousands. as hers on.
Is pretty or not. but despite all that,
when a successful novelist is still a fsil$
several years on the asrecabln side oi
thirty. persona appearance and eNerS-5
thing that goes toward harmonizing face
and form with grace aud beauty are quite
as Important items as they are To issS
clever girls. For this reason be y under
4 stood that Miss Glasgow is nothing ois,
blnestocking3 appearance. ssi
She has a glorious aureole OF rcd brown
K hair, which 8on this particular summer,
morning Is worn. in ravshnGa bit orderiy
disarray, the little red brown tendrils
z blowing about her ears and her broao.
high white forehead OF this latter.
& iearure, which Is one Of Miss Glassow's
xery best and n, ost rem arkab lr. ills neces-
IS sary to supply an adjective which would
~ not at all please a. Broadway show grl
or a professional hfauty ,Gncompronls-
3 tngs es 1t may sound Miss ;filasgow's fore
j head Is square. fcs, actually square. ar
Ter the fashion of all or most OF the fore
heads Of great noyelsts. 1t istthc fore
mead that goes with tho imaginative
mind. that belongs TO the creative artist"
Peyton--W oolfolk.
Cards have been sent out by Mrs. NJ
i Lewis Figgatt Woolfok to announce the
approaching marriage Of her daughter,
& sue Parke, 10 Mr.. Charles Gunther Pey-
ion. The wedding will be celebrated
"Wednesday, September It'll, IN Monu..
mental Church. this city.
Mr.. Langhorne III.
The Charlottesville Progress OF ycs 4
q tcrday has this paragraph Of interest Ii
A. Richmond people: Mrs G. Duna Gibson
and Mrs Reginald Brooks, of New forl,
AL Mrs Mamie u. Shaw and Miss Lang
81 horne, of "Mirador." A!bemarie county
we're at the Clerlnont today. They came
NY here to visit their brother, Mr.. Iis riy.
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