The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-29
GOES TO HER HEART.
NOT TO HER HEAD
Kate Douglas Wiggin Too Sen
sible to Be Spoiled by Public
Flattery.
REBEccA A DREAM CHILD
Author OF Play Over Which
People Rave Talks About Her
Wonderful Work.
by BRENT WITT.

1T goes to my heart" said Kate
douglas Wiggin yesterday. at her
apartments in the Jefferson Hotel,
when asked exactly how she felt about
all the lovely things people printed IN
magazines and held in their own sc.
cret souls concerning the author ana
creator of Rcbccca. 1T never goes to
my head" she said. IL am only too
grateful for having such Il work pro
woke such feeling. No. II does not &c
10 my head, but right to my heart
She was Il radiant. graceful figure
seated in Il room that was crowded
with bright flowers. all tributes frou
friends of Rcbecca.' This is Mira
Virgins frat visit South, and Ole
might say that she is pleased. Size
said she found it very fresh ana in
teresting, and that II took pain and
borrow to make people anyway, anc
that from a writsr'g standpoint it was
most interesting to SEQ the South grow.
Inc and fourishing out OF all OF it's
pain and suffering.
Talks About Rcbcccu.
And you want me TO talk about tic
becca?" said Mrs. Wiggin. wei, TO
aegin with, Hebecca never really cX-
listed. She was dream child, and ]
tried to express in her not the tenn
permanent of genius but the genius of
temperament. She Is little, merry
wistfui creature. who adds a touch of
poetry unconsciously to all that shc
does. whether !, Is providing a we'd
Ding ring for II woman that Is without
thal useful article OF 1ewclry, or whe-
Their IL is conducting 4 soap selling IN :
\ ,trprise TO buy banquet lamp for the
poverty stricken Simpsons. TIL. de-
script!on OF this premium somehow or
other, always seems 10 get to the aud. :
cnce--"
And here Mrs. WiRgin broke off with
comical look OF anxiety as she said:
only to think. that / do not know
Where your Richmond audience Will
whether they will laugh at all!"
When asked II they would cry, too
she said; II suppose that there are some
fearful eyes In the audience always
though 'Rebecca' Is not In the least q
lad play"
why They Shed Tears.
II has been told OF New York audi.
enccs that some individuals cried from
the time the curtain first went ND until
u went down on the fourth act al
that is So" Mrs. Wiggin remarked, al,
te because those particular persons
have strong sympathy with child
lie. and perhaps. too. they may be re-
'nembering their own younger days in
some little country village. just such
- Nt' oi'r w NIlCH itcpcCCd comes In
the old stage coach"
When reminded that SO many OF US
like Rebecca's historic remark, EFT is
always journey when you carry a
ntghtgown,' and might one hope to
bear that In the play Mrs wiggin
laughed in remembrance.
Alas, the 'nightgown' disappeared
with many other familiar objects when
l transferred Rebecca from book &c
stage. The pink parasol remains
however,"
In New York the pink parasol" ha.
been quoted and much commented upon.
Isn't 1t extraordinary how any small
article like TINT has caught SO many
minds? For when IL appears all be.
drasgled and raln-staned in the sec.
ohd scene. a murmur OF piteous '.ohs"
End abs runs through the audience.
II is evidently n fayori.e and quite a
part OF the show.
Speaks of the Play.
Speaking OF tho play, the author
raid that she had written words ana
music and verses for chiidren's plays
and games SO much in her very early