Telegram-herald., 1890-10-24


dozsu great literary msa Of The day
To -hish The peoples william replied
Il soald aot 90 this. for there are not
. half 3oxsh great literary men that l
know Of Ne eau count f@ur and that
Is al. sad thea the 81 Ptims-AiRister n
nAmsd the tolls~ing foaf men - the
ouly literary gsaiusss Of the day.
Tsnnys0n. Robert Loais Stevenson.
Klpling and Meredith. a very sstonish-
lag list 20 be sure an1 one that only
very fss people would endorse.
THa ACrHoR OF HELxN's BABfEs.
Here Is man who yea would say at
frat zlancs hAd spsnt half his life on
the sea his face 10 broaEsd, hi. hair
tribe shaggy. aud his looss flowing
shirt collar give aim she appearance Of
sailor maa. His sntire bearing is
nautical Yoz eoa.d almost get =
whih Of sea wsed from his clothing,
and yet ne has n0thins TO DO with the
ssA Far from IT, he Is one Of the
most saccsssful newspaper writers aud
authors OF the day IL is joan Hab-
bsrton. the author OF h.lsn's Babies.
a.sa hs b - just retarasd from a cruise
la little ilboas that, for the
moment. i the idol ot his life.
Whatever else yoa do" hs SAYS,
''d0 not talk TO me about Helsn's
Babies. q how they haunt me Never
Aday that some on. does not write TO me
from some qusrtsr OF the globe asking
questions about TOddy or Badge. / sup
pose in the oourss OF year / rsceivs a
bushsl OF letters about Hslsn's Babies
Of course, 1 10 aot pretend 20 answer
thsn all. bat nOv and than some
woman or soms child writes 20 me in
such way that l cannot ignore them.
Thea sit down calmly in my study.
aud rspsas nv answers into the phon-
oRraph The next day my typewriter
transcrib-s them and away go the let
tsrs. No, seldom write with my hand;
it IL too hard work. Before | began TO
use the photograph I learned TO write
with my left hand So we'll as my right
Like Charles Reed, am smbidsrterous.
Ny new novel, 10 you ssyl Oiyes,
IL will be oHs soon" And with
this hs hurrles into the Herald"
omcs, where be hnds remunerative
compensation tor such work as he cares
40 do. IL will interest you, perhaps,
20 know that Mr Habberton recently
distated an entire novel into the phon-
ograDh, something Ike shree hundred
thousand words, and he never saw 1t
again until u was all laid before him
ga clean sheets of tyPs-writtsn copy.
lie il one of the few men who mas
learned 10 use Edison's ingenious
machine with pleasure and Pro6s.
GLIMPSE IA vAxoUs TIE ArsICAL MANAexz.
Here cones = nan whose entire ap-
pearancs suggests we'll fed Church OF
Enxlsnd clergy nAn. He IL of stslky
form, clean shsvsn upper lip, sternly
set, hizh torshssd. and curly hair, in
fact. ths tscs of = student, book
worm. sn ascstis. All these no has,
aud ret he is neither ninistsr, lawyer
nor editor, bat one OF the most
saccessful theatrical managers OF the
world. Il IL A. H. Palmer Of the
Madison Square and Pslner's thssssr.
r.. has recently returned from
Earops where he vas mistaken for
Monsieur Fioquet, the famous French
million dollars, manages two OF the
beat shsstsrs in town, lives like q
priaoa in Madison avenue and in ths
summsr at his home in Connecticut or
inahouss boat on the Thames river
For his leisure and own an ussmsnt h.
takes trsqusnt walks on Broadway. but
wh-a hsis tired Of rambling be rstires
20 one OF the pr-ssisst libraries 20 be
found in ths city. where he has = mag
ni6csnt collectios OF books bssring on
the drama Years ago be vas one oi
the most successfsl librarians in this
city. Getting into the theatrical
business vas an scoidsas, bat lucky
one for him
ACTOR CpNys NsErNg NoyzT WRIT FAST.
The success Of SILLY Crane, the actor
IN "Ths Ssastor.r il still regarded by
theatrical p-opls "a one OF ths most
rsmsrkabis shinx- Of shs day. Il va.
81 opsn question rhen he parted With
Rsbson whether ne coaid achisvs popu
laritr nzie-bsndsd He hss done
more than that. hs has sdd-d new
lsnreis 20 bis fame, and snag sun "a
his bank scccast. Hs is seen on ths
Risito Every day. Bat he pays httl'
or no sttentioa ts the shsaters OF thsst-
rical life. Be is business nan from
ths word -. H 10 nAkinz noaey 80
fast that verv soon hs vii be sbie g
ssv shst his eanx s>coant = in sir AZ
ures- He tolsrstss 20 sisussnse in his
eompsny. sd yet 9TH al = pleasant
md szrseabis te those sroaaa him. H
is wsstinz Nc tiue N -hoopins it ~
~-fta ,thar seto-- nnr js hs eend rctin T,
timseif - schisvs soscristY He Il
scting on strictly bssines- principls.
Every peanY he makes = sessasted
fer. kssAiaS = ssasadsrsd
- EzRNkx oEtRlczs AND sTs sECs VIZ
The worid seems g ~ zoins
v-rv wsi new wish Hsrnsr 0slriehs.
the Husband Of ths wssithy Cali
fsrnfs hsirsss. Thsrssss Fair Yhs
cnce srsv nan ahcut-tswn hss river
up sis cts hseasler vsvs. and settlss
down a. stolialv a. snv Benedici
conld ca fne days a. drives cat with
as vie Ia tas nark. or zsy vsrr it ~