The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-21

OF her first literary effort the world
has waited expectantly for a great
work 10 follow, but it has been dis
appointed. An English lady. who once
employed Olive Schreiner for a gov
erness, says the latter has pixies of
manuscript prepared, but loves them
so dearly that she breads to send forth
her creations to become common prop
erty-which seems a mystery.
When Olive Schreiner was young she
had bright, pretty face, but she has
developed into a coarse looking wo-
man. She has black hair and eyes, is
exceedingly untidy, the loose sort of
gown she wears adding to her I'M
kempt appearance. Notwithstanding
this, she is one of the most charm ng
women in the world-very vivacious.
brilliant in conversation and particu-
Iarly attractive to men. Olive
Schreiner is pronounced atheist and
a devoted pro-Boer advocate. Before
and during the war with England she
would hold meetings among the Beers
and deliver addresses. making It a
point to quote Scripture to the Dutch
men to please them, as they are deeply
religious. For a long time she was
kept in exile by the British at Hope
town. where she had gone for her
health. Many stories have been told
about the cOurtship and marriage of
Olive Schreiner, but the following is
true. 1t was related to me by a friend
from South Africa who has known the
authoress since her childhood and all
the incidents of her life. In early days
Cron Cronwright was in politics on the
British side, working StrenuOuSly for
the English and speaking about the
non progresSivenesS of the Beers. Oh
i've Schreiner. on one occasion, was
staying at a farm near that of CrOn
Cronwright. One afternoon he rode
over to his neighbours to see some
sheep dipped. There he met Olive, fell
at once in love with her. broke his en-
gagement of long standing with a wi
dow and married Miss Schreiner. The
bride was too famous a woman to lose
her identity in marriage; the groom
was full of chivalry; So instead of the
wife taking the husbands name, the
situation was reversed. CrOn CrOn
wright is now known as Mr.. CrOn-
wright-Schreiner The people laughed
at him and the papers spoke of him as
Gonewrong- Schreiner. He whirled
around in his politics and became an
ardent champion of the Beers CrOn-
wright Schreiner is an EnSlishman.
Like his wife. he has no religious faith.
At the time Of his marriage he was
political leader and was regarded as a
fine advanced thinker. He is good
and is very strong. After his marriage
he went down quickly. losing his pres
tige completely. He IS now in Dutch
politics, writing and trying in every
way to get into parliament. Olive
Schreiner was late in the thirties when
she became the wife of CrOn CrOn-
wright Her husband IS very much
younger than she is. They have a, COM
mon sorrow in the loss of their child.
When the couple were first married
they went to his farm to live, but she
has suffered so severely with asthma
he had to give up that kind of life. and
they now reside in Hanover. Olives
of character IS uniVer-
sally known. Once she was in the
home of an old Boer woman when a
terrible thunderstorm was raging. The
fat was burning feebly in the quaint
lamp and the aged crone was quaking
with fear. Gazing at Olive in
terror. she asked her to go in the