Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-29
Gifted English Authoress, Con-
vinced That She is on Earth
For Third Time.
TWO PREVIOUS ExlSTENCES.
Elinor Glyn Sure She Lived in Ancient
Athens and That She Was GuiIlonined
During French Revolution.
Special Correspondence.

'AiNNltAt W lfclliiAAlfllA'
+ ONDON. June 9O,-There are some
novels which arouse in one a
strong desire to know their au-
thors. while others-good books
though they may be- leave reader
comparatively Indifferent concerning
their creators. TO the former class be-
long the stories of Elinor Glyn. No dis
eliminating reader of the delightful
Visits OF Elizabeth" for example, can
have failed 10 receive the impression
that the woman who wrote IL possessed
a strong and decidedly engaging per-
sunallty. y
This is emphatlcally the case. too.
as | am able To testify as the result OF
a delightful visit which 7 recently paid
to this beautiful society woman turned
authoress who as readers may be
aware, tx known in private life as Mrs.
Clayton Glyn.
II was raining when I was ushered
into the entrance OF the quaint pavilion
which SHE has had built for herself in
the garden OF "Sheerng Han" her
husbands country house IN Essex This
pavilion Is of the most ordinary appear
anco outside. and one Is IN no way pre-
pared for the peep into eighteenth GEN.
fury France which ono gets when the
door closes upon one in the brown pam
eled hall
REPRESENTS AUTUMN.
"The Hall represents Autumn" Mrs.
Glyn said, when explaining her scheme
Of decoration 10 me. THE first view Of
me gives the impression of autumn"
she added smiling - am I'm The autumn
of life-the Indian summer 7 believe you
call it-ln your country SO the first view
of my house gives an autumn note,
too"
The hall h. quite Tiny and paneled in
brown wood, the furnlture-a great
press etc.-is VI dark brown oak.
curved with surlauds and lovers knots,
10 thp Louis XVI style, The carpet
Is thick aud deep warm grape purple. MS
age DE enCe shot silk Curtnius whose
drpery coming from inside the mould
rd window arch, is kept 10 place nv
heavy cords ana tasgels OF purple silk.
aud Wrraths ~ haud made silk autumn
tinted beech leaves from scBrlet IN
yellow. aud from yellow tp brown mud
russoi green, phese aro tied wish
Louis XVI bows az bullion gold ribbon
while the inside curtains are russell
green slul / ram give mo- adequate idea
of the beautiful enarl thus produced
You must not liuFer t9r long here
Mrs Glyu 7lld ''Ha ! have more 20 show
you, aud she opened the door into her
salon
.Tha is .prng. she uid, "baoause
the suu IS ever young \ ono wishes,
ana hero write and drelm.'
u was indeed "a viaon NJ spring
oyrn m Dhat rainy day' lhe walls arc
punched and carved Wih glrlauds of
roses. the tome % dDpo gray WIN th'
carvings n white relief E"fything IN
n teNcurt onr offending Louis XVI hu-
reau. which has been c1nIemutd) %
lou'a EFf The glact silk curtains, me
ruutt 1al Tho hroc1de ot the chairs
ana fofl8. "a soft lovely frosh gre %,
thc tint of forced tuiip leOyes while ne
great sDlt- "the lll de repoE between
mo windows Is covered with ap orchid
muuyo silk A. the end M me room
IL another large sofa piled Win piI-
lows of oycry imaginable shade ni Won
| derfu old hrocadef The sofas ana
chairs are an carved wood painted dove
gray ana White-thfre Z no golaing
anlwhere except nn tbc hrnn2e rellef'
ou ths dan mahnenny ahles ana hu-
roaus ana on two lofty corner cup
boards A charming pastel of the Fra
gnuaid tynr ls let into tne nanfl over
| me mantelpiecp. ana The other p,l ures
arr colorod eighteenth century, Ff.ns1
prints, There We're NlDa - 4