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I From Shakespeare to Corelli
STHATFOHI3. Not. 2 , 1893. It Is a long
way from Shakespeare to Maria Corelli , from
"King Lear" to the "Sorrows of Satan , " but
Stratford-on-Avon la Just now much
prouder of being the homo of the popular
novelist than It wan 400 years ngo of count-
Inil William Shakespeare among its distin
guished citizens.
With lief beloved stepbrother , the poet ,
Hrle Mackay , Miss Corelli visited Stratford
and remained several weeks at a queer Old
Inn and after Mackay's death whllo casting
about in her loneliness for some spot where
alii might again take up her work , she re
membered the pleasant dayo at Stratford and
hither fllu came early last spring and here
slut Intcndn to remain Indefinitely.
All this I learned from Miss Corolli'o
own lips during a charming visit ono
evening a short tlmo ago. She waa so
fortunate as to secure a lease of "Yo Hall's
Croft , " the very homo whore lived and died
Shakespeare's favorite daughter , Susannah ,
and her husband , Dr. John Hall. Doth have
lain for two and a half centuries In the old
parish church by the sldo of the great poet ,
but their delightful .homo Is apparently as
gcod as when they loft It. From founda
tion to eaves the outside is covered wl'li
masses pf Ivy , now a brilliant crimson , and
them , dress them up so that people wll
accept them. "
Soma ona quoted Robert Louis Steven
son as having said that no ono \\lth a fam
ily * to support over ought to attempt to
wrlto unless ho has an assured Income from
sornn othpr source. Mlsa Corelli blnzed
with indignation , "It makes mo so angry
to hear writers who have prominence trill
in that manner , " she said. "I have made a
success. I have supported my family , but
I don't think you can do it. You'd Bettor
not try. It Is llko a man who has cllmba-l
to the top of a tree , saying to those below ,
'It la true I have reached the top , but It Is
very doubtful If you can do It and the limb
might break If you did. Don't attempt It
stay down there where you arc. ' I have no
patlonca with such ccncclt. If men and
women think they have a talent for writing ,
lot thorn try and Jteop on trying , foi *
how else can they over find out the truth' "
Then a thought seemed to strike her un
pleasantly , "Women need never look for
any encouragement from the men of Eng
land they will not got recognition even
for what they have dono. It ono uses
the only argument that over line any weigh !
with them and says , 'But she has made a
tromendoui financial success , ' they simply
"HALL'S CIIOFT" THE HOME OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S DAUGHTER SUSAN
NAH AND SON-IN-LAW , DR. JOHN HALL , 250 YEARS AGO NOW OCCUPIED
BY THE NOVELIST , MARIE CORELLI.
tliora la n lovely garden at the back. On
ona Blda of tha great square entrance hall
Is the largo drawing room , on the ether
the dining room , whllo from the back as
cends n magnificent old , oak stalrcaeo. The
cellltign are low , all the mantelpieces and
otho. woodwork are beautifully carved and
there are quantities of ancient furniture
and rare china , brlc-a-brao and pictures.
Tn thesa Mlsa Co roll I has added many of
her own belongings on the floor Immecso
tlgorekln rugs , sent her by an ndmlror from
India and in n alllc-llned basket by the
bright open flro lay a dlmlnutlvo Scotch
torrlef.
The mistress of the house looks Just as
you would liavn her. About five feet high ,
her flgura 11 well rounded and oil owed to
advantage in a gown of cream satin very
lonii and ruffled with lace , decolletto and
sleeveless , showing extremely handsome
arms and neok. She Is a blonde with spark
ling bin n oyca and her fair face framed
t > y a big , fluffy pompadour of light brown
hair , twisted into n port llttlo loop on the
crown. Neither in appearance nor speech
In sha at all llko an English woman. She
hat n musical volco , Is full of vlvtvclty and
sixtlro and gestures often with her graceful
hands. Her friend , Miss Vyvor , large , dark ,
In every way her opposite , relieves her of
all the practical details of life and they
addresi each other affectionately as "Dor-
tha" and "Mario. "
How Her Work * Are Written.
"I love torlte , " said Miss Corolll. "I
couldn't help It if I tried. "
"Do you wait for the mood or are you
systematic ? "
"Oh , I'm always In the mood , but I'm sys
tematic ns well. I have a Into breakfast
and work steadily from 10 o'clock till 2 , "
"Do you dictate at all ? "
"Not on my own stories. I wrlto every
\\oril of them twlco with my own hand ; first
a rapid draft in pencil , then a revised copy
with a pen ; after that I hand it to my secre
tary to bo typewritten. "
"Is it true that you never have seen the
'land of the midnight sun , ' which you do-
In 'Tholmn ' "
scrlbo BO vividly ?
"Quito true , I hate to travel and would
rather believe that the countries I describe
are llko my visions of thorn. There are BO
many discomforts and vexations In travel
ing ns to destroy Illusions and often put ono
In such a state of mind making it Impossi
ble to enjoy what la actually there. I notice
In the papers that Kipling has gone up
Into Scotland to find material for now
stories , The idea of anybody's trying to
write of Scotch Hfo after Sir Walter Scott. "
"Your books have n very largo Bale in the
United States , do they not ? "
"I never pay any attention ( o that. I
can't imagine anybody's writing a book with
the Idea in mind that it will sell well , In
Buch'-books I wrlto I have certain theories
which I want to get before the world nnd
my only thought Is how I can sugar-coat
lift up their eyebrows and say , 'Really ! Ha !
ha ! "
I wish I could depict the eatlro In her
volet and gesture , aa sha threw out her
hand and tossed back her head. It wat
delicious , She can afford to bo scornful
toward her critics , for whllo they have either
contemptuously Ignored or viciously at
tacked her work , there is no male novelist
today whoso books have a wider sal a than
her own.
For ilic Hunt Dull.
"You really llko it hero nnd don't get
lonely ? " I asked.
"Yci and no , " she answered. "I have
had my houeo full of guests all summer
and tliora la constant entertaining at the
country senti nil about here. I have been
planning my gown today for a hunt ball. "
"What is it to bo ? "
"Pink satin. The house has a great deal
of dark old wainscoting and I think It
will make a beautiful background for pink.
I care but llttlo for society In general. The
men all say exactly the same thing , mere
empty compliments. I always look them
straight In the eyes and laugh and ask :
'How long since you said that to the last
woman ? ' "
Where She Cnino From.
Of Miss CorolH's origin It Is Impossible
to obtain the slightest Information. She
guards well the secret of her life she ha °
a right to do eo , It Is hers but It is sin
gular In this day , when the searchlight o'
the public press leaves almost no spot un
explored , that ono should be able to hldo
oven one's own personal history. To find
matter for n llttlo biographical sketch I
searched three public libraries , Includln'
that of London , and finally resorted to tin
British museum. In this largest colte"-
tlon of printed material in the world I
could glean nothing whatever , except that
she was adopted when nn Infant by Charles
Mackay , the song writer nnd litterateur.
When was she an Infant ? Loss than forty
years ago , ono must decide from her ap
pearance , possibly loss than thirty-five.
"Had oho a father ? Had she a mother ? "
Somebody certainly endowed her with a
wonderful talent. Tradition says her father
was Highland Scotch , her mother Italian
and that Mlnnlo Mackny took her mother's
name to make famous. She was educated
In a French convent and , having great
musical ability , was Intended for the ca
reer of n musician and began to write nn
elaborate opera at 14. But she was always
filled with a dreamy mysticism and longed
to wrlto out her visions. She finally did
so in the "Romance of Two Worlds. " Al
though scarcely noticed by the press It
sprung at once into popularity nnd reached
ft sale of 70,000 copies In a short time.
This was In 1886 and she has written a
novel every year since. They have teen
translated Into every language , Including
Russian , Greek and Hlndoostanl , and Bell
by the hundreds of thousands. Tennyso
complimented them In a letter written wit
his own hand and Lord Salisbury baa ex
pressed his appreciation , Gladstone callc
upon the author frequently when ho wa
prlmo minister and oho has been invite
moro than once to dlno with the prince o
Wales. She receives letters from all part
of the globe , but had a dread of publlclt
and has never had a photograph taken fo
fear It might get into the shop windows
Her favorite books are Plato and the bible
In which she declares she finds somcthln
now every tlmo she opens their pagcs
IDA HUSTED HARPER.
Wistful
Washington Star : "I wish I weren't tc
near-Blghtcd , " said the man with clotl
gloves nod wide-toed kid shoes , ns ho peered
through n wlndo v whoffl some theatrical
lithographs were displayed.
"I didn't know you were afflicted that
way. "
"Yes , Just enough to bo annoyed. " He
sighed nnd then resumed : "I wish I weren't
getting eo deaf. "
"Ono does have to speak rather loudly
to you ; but that's a moro trifle. "
"I don't mind missing the conversations
of overy-day existence. It's something of n
relief. But the Immunity has Us compen
sating disadvantages. " Ho sighed again
nnd resumed : "I wish I weren't so fond of
the theater. "
"Indeed ? "
"Yes. " And I wleh I weren't so forgetful.
I always have to depend on my wife to nnd
everything for mo when I am going out of nn
evening. " After another moment of reverie
ho continued : "I wish my wife weren't so
solicitous about my moral welfare. "
"You can't blame her for being so. "
"No. She la only doing her duty. But
It's a llttlo Irritating. You see , whenever we
go to see a performance with a ballot she
forgets to bring the opera glass and when
wo attend a French farce where the pun
gency Is mostly In the lines she forgets
my ear trumpet and I have scarcely any op
portunities at all to get shocked. "
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