The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-27
ouID1 THE NOVELIST. DEAD.
Ind Cam ia Her Italian Home-careei
I'D Books She Wrote.

betAo oAo WhNt<s
Rome, an ~. "Ouida,e the novelist
br more han As years known under
lat PEI name, died Saturday in Italy.
4 Viarggio, where her residence had
Zen fl long time; and, It II said
l distrssing poverty. This was most
bjust . a very honest and humane
CONAN whose writings had indeed gone
lit Of fashion, but who had been OF
u snl Consequence in the world
ilroug her writings for entertainment
hd Az through some Of the most beau
Hui beks for children and for human
ly toard our lesser fellows in the
6imaRorld, especially in her antagon-
I'M toiyisection. This she Justly hated
4 brlBlizing man by the torture of the
little finals for merely curious pur-
loses. tier experiment had proved all
\ cou As a writer Of fiction, she
Irudud many novels Of peculiar pas.
bona erVor and force, which were re-
hnlecs highly immoral in those early
hys. Z as compared with books writ
II liz were as mild as SKINNED milk.
tbesp tories had their fine qualities,
I'D apf them were readable. ~Strath-
bore tChandos," Under Two Flags, =
hdall GTricotrin. In a Winter City"
IVAN" "Pipistrello," Moths" Prin-
~ lpraxine," are a few titles out
4 sor 80 between 1858 and 1901. In
krspeed among the novels, which in
kter airs lost their questionable flavor,
{ere ch exquisite things as "A Dog Of
hands" 1.-TWO Little Wooden Shoes"
fThe liver Christ" Street Dust
In X later years she was constantly
$ritir against the dissertation and ruin
Il n historic monuments in Italy,
lain the mereiless outrages of sgien-
Viz designations on the little creatures
Il ca and in every way showing a
|eep nd tender humanity. 1t is Ia
Aenfse that she had not acquired from
~ lae output Of books sufficient sum
snain her life. The Italian minister
" INDUCTION had repeatedly within REL
MI sars sent her moneys which had
In described for her aid, and yet she
bd dy lately, since last summer, re
ssed contributions, preferring her pow
lty--mong them a fund gathered by
tart 1oreIli, who naturally entertained
sypathy for her elder predecessor.
|inor her peculiaTities was a great
bndss for dogs, and she maintained
sanyof them, depriving herself Of the
.sces4ies of life to feed them. She
IA 1t one attendant on her death, an
Ia gYant, in whose arms she expired.
IL vi become blind in one eye, and
IL dler was badly affected. It may
\ heed that some Of the stories Of her
|DsiR days are exaggerated, as that
Ae vs. during the last few months Of
NJ IL compelled to sleep out Of doors
sean of inability TO pay for nights
ngig. She died of asthma compli-
|ted5y heart disease.
|He name was Louise de Ia Rance,
fem BY ancestry, British by birth,
singa native OF Bury st. EdmuIids,
In here about 1870, and 50 s. years
n. 4er pseud0nym, "Ouida, 7 was de-
tedfrom her childish pronunciation Of
Loua.a She had fiorid style, and
Irfgid temperament. which gave char
|terto her best known novels. In the
hyof literary standing there Is not
|uclt to be claimed for her work, but,
aSresaid, her deeply engaged sympa
Iiesfor humane treatment Of animals
IMPLIED 4 high respect for her endeav-
n their behalf, which were eharac-
rid BY personal devotion as well as
,itig