The sun., 1913-12-21

", resent, a guest Of Julia Ellsworth |
Enrd and she was here four years ago
'r,,,tigating conditions through the
East side.
,nr course there are individual. spo.
r,air cases Of real poverty in this big |
American city, she said when asked
aln,.i her work, but ! have been un-
.bl,. ,o lind entire classes OF your pop
NATION. numbering many thousands,
Who are literally down and out. what
X,w York calls its very poor can al
vays get food to eat, Ior example:
yyhv even the people In your bread
r,, here are comfortably dressed as
,,,l. and often we'll dressed. No, l
i.,r found no such widespread pov.
l,, in New York as there is in Lon.
don" ,.,
Airs Gorst sat in the drawing room
,f her hostess. tall. graceful. we'll pro-
r,rtioncd and gowned in Taris cos
,.,n,, unauestionably designed to har-
r,',i2e with her own individuality.
.'v weeks ago in London she might
lava. been seen late at night. one OF
,h. army Of Embankment tramps, clad
IN Il dirty, bedraggled skirt and ragged
waist; "A tattered hat tied down iast 10
her head; her hair wound into
'kuocker" above the napc OF her neck;
irgs were worn beneath them; ana
face. neck. arms. hands caked WIN
di,- and covered with CRIME.
.n,h. in general. is one of the seven
,...um,s which Mrs. Gorst uses when
t,,.rnizing with E;nbankment traMps,
s,alv.ng their psychology. practising
,l.r dion, hearing their life stories
o,.1 -lturating her whole being with
mr. dull. hopeless, fatalistic outlook
or miserable existence. sometimes
sl, vtndcrs among these wrecks OF
l.uauity with one eye artisticaiiy
bruised or hlaCkened: again she may
add a finishing touch to her makeup
hy having her jaw swathed Win u
eruy handage.
She changes her appearance ire
o.,utlv to avoid the danger OF being
,,.u.n.z,a once identified. even sus-
,o ,,d by the London tramps ana ne,
(, t,.oNship with them would he snapped
,r-y,r. News flies fast and IN some
tn, xp,ained way through that h"st'
do~pairlng, drunken underworld.
When I first commenced to write
fHjon" she said. Il tried one or TWO
lN, stories in Difference TO the WISHES
Of n..ul>hcrs. but soon put such Wrt
IN. SIDE. for that sort of thing didn
r.-,di,s I knew along the Emhahk-
moot
7'r.. characters in my books are
u.IaUv drunk and disorderlies, ana the
,-hc-t character l have ever treated
v.. "a small provision dealer; so you
s., it, book people are very huih"i' III
s..,n. Early in the coming year my
r.g novel will be published in Eng
lrt II is called No Better Than She
: .I Be- and the heroine is laun-
di,~-'
...yng to a question. Mrs GoiS'
sad that none of her books had perh
I.. he'd in the United states, pr"'-
a.. L..ause every one of them has
U.. with conditions of hopeless mis-
eN md has had an unhappy endlnt.
Til, new book is an exception 10 'h'H
ru.,
.l IS a novel of low life" she sald'
.,.., ,..ts CHARACTERS, or some of them, Il"
n,u A uleam of happiness in the Worlu'
Il have always been interested IN tn'
sum, If London and have studied 'h'
p...e in them since l was slNtet II,
FJ.,,v the actual conditions srlppr"
ST. hard that l felt compelled to write
atuyt them, and in 1901 commenced
N, m.t novel, This. our Sister
.W.en il was half finished my nus.
t.,d read what had been written an"
said the story was so utterly mlserap'
that nobody would read it and no pun
l.-t,r would risk money in hrihsl.I
!. .lt. So l put the manuscript asi'
ia, took it up again five years 'a'''
through a curious little happeH''IS'
'Ou, day Ronald Mcneil, NJ. J.. i"'
K.ri was discussing conditions of p"N-
,r,y N London and as told about 'hN
r,r,,v written book He very cour'
t.y.,,y offered 10 read it, and when h'
hlI done SO, instead Of waiting to "rne
hl mal he telegraphed: i hate tht
st.r rs SO miserable. Go ahead aho
hr.sA IT,
WIN this encouragement, Mrs
Gl:. rontlnued, Il went at the Doof
and finished it in six months ma
V.- lu 1906. Then the manuscript
vet ,he rounds of the publishers, ant
vr- r.fused by five Of them. one o.
a. ..St puhlishers in London wrote
c... ming the book: 1T strips ever
T.. Tags from Lazarus. 1t cannot sue
,..' 1t is too unhappy. II mas "o
q host of chance
THE first sentence in this letter re-
J. R u" for the Disappointment OF nav
ga tir book declined: and 1t was
..i,rlv sent TO a sixth publisher, wht
H. riSkcd the expense ana prouEh
o.t '., volume. Then ] was astounded
iu..H. for while the novel sold Yer!
m..-r,y. yet the press notices were
,v... sic as to the truth and vividnes'
Ircs of low life given in 'h'
If the story. 1t was referred t'
.u .. pulpit of the City Temple, ana
b.. vas on the right track.
.Nr,r that. of course. there was NJ
o;' y in finding publishers for subse
qo.H looks. Within week ] had si'
az .. n offers for my next novel;.
wing This, Our Sister, Mrs
Cost has written "The Light ih
s." u' Milly Green" which Is now De
in diamatized "The Thief ON TN
. ru.- and THE Leech." All OF thes
l' are tragic in plot, deal with Iov
i" and have unhappy endings' ana az
N.' h''n written during the past thir
tr"n years, THE Soul Of Milly Green
h's had the best sale and is still sel''nl
H. hagland. but none Of Mrs, Gorsl
BOOKS has had a large market.
"Ns matter OF fact" she said. IN re
:, f'ning to this phase Of her work, "
Understand that most of my readers ar