The Washington herald., 1908-05-17

here in June. She viii have with her
their married daughter. their son-in-iaW,
and their several grandchildren.
Mr. de Thai. Of the Russian Embassy,
has gone 10 spend the weekend as the
guest of Senator Du Pont, OF Delaware,
at his country place. near Wilmington.
where he enteTtains party Of Washing
ton friends each weekend.
Mrs. Cruger's marriage did not make
half the stir I imagined it would, said
one of her intimates the other day. She
is such an interesting person in every
way I thought sure there would be col
umns upon columns written about her;
but then. she has been singularly fortu-
nate in having printed about herself only
just what she wanted printed But then,
Julia is such picturesque person I think
the world ought to know more OF her.
women especially, that they might learn
how possible It is for a woman TO be at
one and the same time serious. earnest
intellectually clever. and yet a success
socially. popular. well liked. A leader
she never aspired 20 be, choosing rather
to shine for a few and 20 follow her liz
erary bent. for It was q real literary bent
that inspired her to write. Do you know
that when she was a wee, bit of a girl
that clever creature used 10 write little
plays, French, too. at that for her play
mates to act? OF course. 1t was not
strange that she should write in French,
for she was born in Paris, partly edu-
Gated there, and spoke the tongue OF
/ gay Paree' as fluently as she did Eng
lish- Later on she simply had to write:
there was no escape from the impulse,
and when the mood was upon her she
would write from morning until night.
all night. sometimes. until her story was
finished
DO I think her work viii live? Who
/ can tell? What posterity will do. what
/ posterity VIII like. is something we can
/ only guess at, but no one who has read
/ them can deny that they are not true
and excellent pictures of our times and
most entertaining. I did not put down
/ A Diplomats Diary until l had finished
/ every word in it, and what more charm
/ ing tale can you find than 'Mademoiselle
/ Reseda% Mrs. CrugeT wrote poetry too.
/ AEut poetry Out must admit that il
/ never has been and never will be as pop
/ ular as her prose. She came by her tai
} ent naturally. however, since both her
/ father and mother had distinct literary
/ tastes The latter was a niece OF
/ Washington Irving, whom his great
! grandniece ardently admired. and among
1 her most treasured possessions was a
/ budget Of letters from him to her moth
/ er. When her friends were very, very
/ good she allowed them the privilege Of
reading this priced correspondence. And
now she is going to live in England and
/ viii doubtless become a shining light OF
/ the big literary colony OF Americans in
/ London, rambled on her friend, "and
/ the beautiful old house in Georgetown
viii be closed and she will never act as
its chatelaine again; and the role became
/ her so well, too. Did you ever notice
/ how sumptuously she dressed the part
and how the flowing velvets. the rare
lace, and few exquisite Jewels she wore
became her patrician beauty? But we ail
have some vanity, and Julias vanity was
her age She could never be trapped into
telling how old she was, and ] have never
seen the date Of her birth given in any
OF the various biographies that have
been written Of her. However, one car
guess pretty closely. If one has the curl.
osity 70 do so"