The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-05

rounded the little flower garden went one
by one, and so did other things until the
yard was bare. Then the visitors began
on the fence palings. Perhaps the gate
will go next
Louisville citizens have long since
ceased to trouble Mrs. Bass. Yet it must
be said of Mrs. Bass that she is really
mild hammered, and if assured that her
visitor is not a mere curiosity seeker will
cheerfully chat with him. But she will
not permit any more publicity. She re-
fuses absolutely to have her picture TAX
en-. and she spurned tickets offered her
to go to see Mrs Wigs on the stage
because she knew the reporter who Of
fered them to her had retained in his
pocket the coupon for an adjoining seat.
Mrs. Bass Is nobody's fool, If she is a
trif1e hot tempered at times.
Mrs. Bass has turned mostly against
Mrs. Rice, the author OF the book. If
she had been permitted to share even
one-flftieth Of Mrs. Rice's prosperity as
the result Of the liberties taken with her
home and some of her peculiarities it
might have been different, But Mrs.
Rice Is not even a visitor at the Bass
home. At this late day she would meet
a hostile reception. Mrs Bass intimates
very strongly that Mrs. Rice should have
paid her something for the trouble she
has brought upon her. And therefore it
when she reads that Mrs. Rice and her
husband are about to take a trip to
Europe on the profits reaped out of the
book.
Visitors Are Now Strangers.
Mrs. Bass visitors have during the last
year been almost exclusively confined to
strangers in the city and if they have
met with hostile receptions few have be-
come public in Louisville. Any hack driv-
er will tell you that he has carried hun
dreds Of fares to the Cabbage Patch and
the hotel clerks say they daily give di-
rections how to reach 1t. Tourists pass
ing through the city en- route to Mann
moth cave invariably visit the Cabbage
Patch and generally have the book in
their hand, going along In manner not
unlike an American tourist in Paris, with
his eyer-present Baedeker.
Since the dramatization of the stories
Of Mrs. Wigs and "Lovey Mary the in
terest among the visitors to the city is
even more acute, and this applies with
equal force to theatrical folk When the
Mrs. Wigs" company first appeared in
Louisville its members drove In tallyho
to the Cabbage Patch. But Mrs. Bass
had heard Of their coming and the blinds
of her house were closely drawn. The
visitors knocked and knocked in vain
Early afforts OF Mrs. Bass to drive
away her visitors were confined to re-
fusal to answer the door. The knocks be-
ing unanswered, the visitors began boldly
to walk in, and Mrs. Bass usually re-
sorted to a broom to drive them out. But
in March she adopted sterner measures,
and one that brought her into the police
court this week. During the third week
of March the company that was playing
His Last Dollar" appeared in Louisville
Among the members of the company
was Miss Isabel O'Madigan, a great ad-
mirer OF Mrs. Rices stories. Accom-
panied by Mrs. Jean Caffrey, of Louis
vile. they drove out to the Cabbage Patch
one afternoon. Their knock at Mrs.
Bass door being unanswered, they opened
the door and quietly walked in Hardly
had they got well inside the door than
they were visited with the contents Of a
bucket of Stop water hurled by Mrs. Bass
from her bedroom at the head Of the