OUIDA AND MRS BIGELOW.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 1582, 25 March 1887, Page 3

OUIDA AND MRS BIGELOW.

When Mm Bigelow was in Florence she desired to see Ouida. With Mrs Bigelow to desira to do a thing is but one step from doing it. She therefore drove to Ouida's house, and presented herself in her usuil emphatic way at the door. She was shown into a reception room, and in a loud voice said to the valet Millie, de la Bailee that Mrs John Bigelow, of New York, would like to speak with her V Hardly had tho message been given when a voice from the next room wns heard in equally loud in replv— 'Tell Mrs John Bigelow, of New York, that I don't want to see her or any other American; I don't like them." Mrs Bigelow rose and answered the invisible hdy of tho house with, " You. ought to be ashamed of yourself. We're the only fools that read your nasty books, any way." In another moment the two well matched women were face to face, and within half an hour the novelist was urging her American caller to become her guest. "Do come and ptay a month with me," she urged, " I should so enjoy studying your character." ' 'lt would do you good," was Mrs Bicelow's quick response, "you don't seem to have known any decent women."