New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-28

w ether cases. l prefer TO keep the
impression. even when 1t is not
F..,ber as'eeable. for it is at 1east
~. W. The Life was welcomed by a
To-" If the English press, but not
-, qualification and dissent. A
,.nsl revelation, il seemed to some.
" here was a time when l knew
craigie pretty well, and thought
N u o. more than she afterward
we'd herself equal to. Her letters in
" ,ook reveal a self-centred nature
u -..,ast in subjects beyond her. and
-. If the Universe quite personal
herself Her talk had certain
.rcv due to the surprises she liked
s.r Won. But il was seldom spon-
.,s or free. nor was the impression
.,.oeritv its strongest impression.
rosed. even in those earlier days
her celebrity had not yet arrived
'n..a 10 90 and see her At her fathers
9, Lancaster Gate. one Of those
-.,ons with which that quarter Of
Ion is hued-the same quarter of
-, Kinglake had said 10 me as we
,ssed past;
~-nsss piles of dwelling houses are
ing the costliest in all London. No
,.sv could live in one under $4,000
~, At least Yet nobody lives there of
,,or, YOU ever heard or will ever hear;
N less will ever meet"
v,,elake stated it strongly, not caring
- ,nalifv or allow for exceptions. In
-, as the years went on. l did know
-. or four people who inhabited these
.si,ns and MIR. John Morgan Rich
-, Mrs Craigie's father. was one Of
~ II was. however. an acquaintance
-. wholly TO the daughter. Mr.. Rich
-. had made a considerable fortune IN
,,.,,sss. Ii was commonly said that
y Mills were the basis of it. but Mr..
Y..ssrds has published an account OF
), avn life. and SO far as can recol-
!. was as advertising agent on a
d "a, scale that he built up his millions.
vzs,her he owned the pills or only ad-
,.,,i.ed them ! do not know. But he
-,ss the English and American publics
sad about them. and he had learned
,,ne Of the secrets Of publicity. We have
n seen between Jersey City and Wash
.r,on how il is done. No express train
rs fast enough 10 blur the staring
.,,s in the fields. The Hudson tells a
,-aar story Nevertheless, an amiable.
.,sllent man. l should think, and de-
w.sd 10 his daughter, who was so much
i.yo,si TO him as to resent illusions to
,r,-i, was not clear why. 1t was an
.ansst industry.
he mother was a woman Of strong
esrscter in certain directions, but with
singular lawlessness Of mind, and from
her, / imagine. Mrs. Craigie may have
Inherited some Of her idiosyncrasies.
Knew Mrs. Richards very slightly, and
civ in relation to her daughter. Imag-
70 then. nv establishment at receiving
rom her one morning in Washington, in
1885 a cable message which ran thus:
See President Mckinley and ask him
zha. he supposes Jesus Christ would
eink Of his Spanish war;
To me- almost a stranger, that was
Wat this lady cabled; the first message
lever received from her, and the last.
= il happened. I did see President Nc
Knley. had an appointment with him
ar that morning I did not really mean
. give him Mrs Richards's telegram. but
OF talk turned wholly upon the Spanish
var, and the argument grew so warm
nat thought this message might APP
psl 10 the Presidents sense of humor,
and so relieve the tension little. 1
rad il TO him.
Who is Mrs. Richards
told him.
Why does she send me such a ques-
Ton as that? Why do you bring it TO
ne Is she a great friend OF yours?
Does she mean to insult me? What does
ns know about the Spanish var?'
Il short, the President. far from being
l--sd. was iratc. and my well meant
'-or to divert his mind from serious
.s:ussion only brought about disaster.
an afraid the President thought my
~ Of the message was but a debating
tsnce But I had discharged my COM
Ass.on. and my conscience was clear.
4 would have been. in the cTcum-
r'ias, equally clear if l had not dis
Gagged Il.
.rs pleaSantest memories l have OF
~ Craigie are Of talks in the drawing
non al Lancaster Gate-a vast area in
'ich you felt lost-and one other, at
SoTrs Castle, In the Isle Of Wight
'@ee Of which her father was at one
me tenant. All one sunny afternoon
= sal on the lawn and talked-of her
"on, her method Of writing. her aims.
asked her how much she could write
naday. She said:
sometimes a page; sometimes a line;
Sneunes nothing"
Ahc In truth her work had all the air
having been hammered out on the
-"4 stroke by stroke The spark
sn come or might not In either case
Vas content interpretive by nat
nef own mental processes interested
and she discussed them with untir-
Energy. She liked 10 handle religious
s'Otins also. OF course from the strict
"dh Catholic point Of view. Here
vas content with what lay on the
lace or, at best, with what was emo
-e' as all religion is, when il is not
s-''ue; IN which case it ceases to be
s"n and becomes theology. She dis
:. -~a Of books and writers She was
"'lhout glmpses Of literature. and
-, 'hings Of the mind interested her
" 70 a certain point Her deliver
- We're labored; her judgments