Show AUDIT MRS CJIA1G1E SHE MADE THE NAME OP JOHN OLIVER HOUDES FAMILIAR mlllty of n I Ih i tlmraclr I 111I h to A Tlooael 110 In I I n IIH CnAKllH who li I making tin name of John Oil t ver llobbe famous fam-ous In fiction I n very > oung woman nlmoit n mere BlrliOiy tiny nnd extreme prett > 1C4 ItrIIIr She I Itngllsh so f far nsplaco of birth JP l concerned but In descent and to some extent tn temperament tem-perament she I thoroughly American llT tAIl John Morgan Hlclmrds Is I one of th wealthiest wholesale client ima In London Mr ItlchardWclsli by descent In an American of American and belong to that peculiarly charmIng charm-Ing lpe tho quiet refined and cultured cul-tured American gentleman Thin to n type which I It ni yet but little known among us nrltc T I O Connor from Ixindon We know tha American millionaire mil-lionaire who consorts with our ro > nl tle and msrrlr Mi daughter to our dukes We know Ilia keen puihlnit and smart American man of business and ne know the somewhat loud voiced and overhurried American tourlut Hut that delightful nml entirely entire-ly unliUe tYI > of American gentleman nllh a family of lone descent and of unlverilty education In I n8 jet but a ram phenomenon aiming us Mr Itlcli ards cnn go back to n pcilnd anterior to the revolution In the history of his famllya settlement In America In tho da > a of warfare hli peoolo nerc soldiers sol-diers but In quieter tlmei they went Into tho church No fwr than four Kenerntlnmi of them lime been In the church one of them the greatBrand I MItH CIlAiaii = = father of Mr Cralglr founded the first theological seminary In New York nnd held tho chair of theology up to the time of his death The fields who have figured so brilliantly In so many departments depart-ments of American litoIn Ian with Judge ritlj of the Supreme court and David Dudley Held In enterprise with Cyrus Held of the American cable are cousins of Mr Illchards Mrs Illcharda Is I even more tplcalty I American ItcMlcss energetic Imaginative Imagin-ative nnd lavlihly hospitable lur spa clous home In that series of rather gaunt ensiles near Hde park called I Lancaster late Is I n plaio where you will mot some of the most distinguished distin-guished of Londons social types I child nf Quaker pedigree she I devu tlonul splrltuallstlo und Inexhaustibly good natured and her enthuslams range from Dr Parker of the City I Temple to the Duchess of Tick and the Princess Christian Indeed It Is I one of the peculiarities of this stanch American republican that she Is I on terms not merely nf Intimacy but of affectionate friendship with several members of the royal family that they often make her homo their during their visits to London nnd In hours of trial and sorrow they have sought consolation con-solation from her generous heart Piobably you will meet nt the homo of tho Itlchards n larger nnd more Interesting In-teresting collection of Londons celebrities celeb-rities than In almost nny house In Jon don U I charnclerlotln of nth tho host and hostess that sometimes their dinner parties consist of forty or fifty guests and these guests reprennt rver section of London celebrities the literary predominating I then the journalistic jour-nalistic artlstlo and now and then the theological Mrs Cralgle I a somewhat curious outcome of such surroundings but everybody studying the character of her parents can see where she has derived de-rived the qualities that 110 to make up her genius In person she I slight just jibout the middle height and singularly singu-larly frail In tx rl ip and Impression Her face I TV i y on J have sale < The tuni ui ui roiiirij I msikud i oliontu ami iu cly mlnlnr i upoelsllv attract rnu ott nor I n-or tin I nrg large ope and Iou tit I In oolot ul shape unrt with their I lit nti nnd brilliancy Underneis Is I prmlomlnant expression Bho I rn s through a room with a singular ioflicBs and Kiace at motion Her cbr I n ne hAO ahll1 dlnni ir d in her larger exj rl nts of Lnnl n life and she net the pun of n hostess with eaiM nml re iioeM onl H h 11 wh her pan nt nd has tn nrganlsp those anrgantuiB etenltn to which 1 have lluilMl her task I nm nlwaya nullo easy I hte alluded In her lendene In pletteni In her It ha taken n somewhat some-what different form from that nf her parent The family wa nrlglnnlly PrebteHn but Mr and Mr 1 lllch ards are regular attendants nt Dr Parker City Temple while the daughter daugh-ter only a few > er ngo t ram n member of the Catholic church Mrs Cralgle vrts married when she nn litHe lit-He more than n girl nmj her nrTectloni nro bflima up lit n charming little l j It I certainly A somewhat imeasv sign of our time that n girl nf till kind brought up In wealth nnd opulent opu-lent surroundings free from the Kordhl nnd meiner carp of life and reared In an atmoiplipre heavy laden with love shoubl take the saddened and almost Oitlcal view of human life which 10 I lobe lo-be found In her work No human I Ings conversation rouM give one IPS I tho htes of n nature soured malignant or even superficially cynl nl Hhe nev er speaks unkindly of nny human being and she enjoa social literary and dramatic gatherings she I tlreles In the git Ing and organising ot hrlly Hut she suffer from the malady uf her nxe she ha had some pnlntul disillusions disillu-sions and nbove nil things she see straight and she sec 8 cIo Home sur rlie may be felt that n woman wom-an who has hitherto devoted her pen exclusively to the novel and the drama shouVI be Interested In the same profound pro-found studies a have encaged Mr Hal four Hut Mrs CrslKle has gone through a most Ihorouri scheme nf sell culture A Kcotrhman In Amvlca once made Ihe remark to me that the only educated men In America were nomen Mrs Cralkle confesses the paradox Hhe studied the piano with Walter Mac larrlnl tor Iwo ra hn wokeI lit classics nnd philosophy with Prof Alfred flood win nt tho University College Col-lege London and she had for rar private tutors In every subject she cared lo take up Known to the public as n writer nf llctlonnhlch lo some extent Is I of the norld norldlyshe Is really one of the deepest rend most serious and most widely cultured women of her time Her output of work nt the present hAn hA-n very small Hho has her hours every ev-ery morning during which nobody Is I allowed to enter her room and although al-though she thus works steadily and reg ularly she erases Infinitely more than she publishes Thus It la I that In sjlto of the startling success of Borne Ilmo lions nnd n Moral she has since written writ-ten only three stories Pcrhap the most triumphant moment mo-ment of her life wna nn rrat memora ble afternoon nt Dalyn theater whet a the most remarkable audiences tht coul M ba found nssembled In see that little play Journey Und In Lov era Meetings The cast vva Kllcn Terry Forbes Ilobertson and William Terri The play though taken from the rcnch was absolutely original so far as the dialogue wa conccined nnI contained all those qualities < ulcK ob servallon delicate satire and dramatic polntwhlch are to be found In all the conversations of John Oliver Hobbes The success of the little play was never doubted and went without the leas show of weariness or uncertainty from the first moment It I a curlou revelation of unex peeled contradictions und nf Hie resources re-sources of human character that this pIllleM scornful pnrlrayer of he follle and filvollllcs of human life should bo In hr heart 01 hearts so gravely nm persistently conserv alive u Is per lisps this union of aerlou purpose and profound thought with a keen humor which given to Mrs Crnlsles rxpreMlva face Its lights Its shadows and Its In Unit charms |