The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-12

COuVeIaduio1 Win MT. Ola0SCOne asked him
If he would name half dozen great literary
men of the day. To which the peoples
w lillian replied: 81 could not do this. for
there are not half dozen great literary
mon that / know of. We can count four
and that is ALL" and then the ex-prime
minister named the following four men as
the only literary geniuses of the day: TennV-
son, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kipling ana
Meredith, very astonishing list to be- sure
and one that only very few people would
lndorse.
THE AUTHOR OF "HELEN's 8ABIEs.n
Here is man who you would say at first
glance mad spent half his life on the sea.
HIS face is bronzed, his hair trihe shaggy,
and his loose, flowing shirt collar gave him
the appearance OF Sailoc man. His entire
bearing is nautical. You could aim st get
Whit of sea-weed from his cloth 1g, and
yet he has nothing to do with the sea- Far
from it. He is one of the most successful
newspaper writers and authors of the dav
1t is John Habbsrton, the author of "Helen's
Babies" and ne has just returned from a
cruise in little sailboat that. for the mo-
ment, is the idol of his life
Whatever else you do he says, edo not
talk to me about 'Helen's Babies o, how
they haunt.mel Never day that some one
does not write to me from some quarter of
Bulge. suppose In the course of year l
receive busEel of letters about 'Helen's
Babies OF course, do not pre- end to an
swer them all, but now ana then some
woman or some child writes to me in such a
way that cannot ignore them. Then l sit
down calmly in my study, and repeat my
answers into the phonograph. The next
day my typewriter transcribes them
and away go my letters. No, l sell
dom write with my hands it is
too hard work. Before l began to
use the photograph learned to write wien
my left hand as well as my right. Like
Charles Re lde, | am ambdexterous. My
new novel, do you say? o. yes, it will be
out soon." And with this he hurries into
the Herald office. where he finds remunera-
tive compensation for such work as ne cares
to do. 1t will interest you, perhaps, to
know that Mr.. Habberton recently dictated
an entiFe novel into the photograph, some
thing 800. 900 words, and he never saw it
again until it was all laid before him in
clean sheets of type written copy. He is
one of the few men who has learned to use
Edison's ingenious machine with pleasure
and profit.
A GLIMPSE OF FAMOUS THEATRICAL MAN
AGER.
Here comes man whose entire appear
ance suggests ell fed Church of England
clergyman He IS of stalky form, a clean
shaven upper lip, sternly set, high forehead,
and curly hair, in fact, the face of q stu
dent, book worm, an ascetic. All these
he has and yet he is neither minister, lawyer
nor editor but one of the most successful
theatrical mana gers of the world, 1t is A.
M. Palmer of the Madison Square and
Palmer's theseer. He has recently returned
from Europe where be was mistaken for
Monsieur Floqnet. the famous French
statesman, He is worth over $500, 900,
manages two OF the best theaters in town,
lives like prince in Madison avenue and in
the summer at his home in Connecticut or
in house boat on the Thames river. For
his leisure and own amusement he takes
frequent walks on Broadway, but when he
is tired of rambling he retires to one of the
prettiest libraries to be found in the city,
where he has a magnificent collection OF
DOCKS bearing on the drama Years ago he
was one of the most successful librarians in
this city. Getting into the theatrical bust
ness was an accident, but lucky one for
him.
ACTOR CRANE MAKING MONEY VERY FAST.
The success of Billy Crane, the actor, in
THE Senator" is still regarded by theat-
rlcal people as one of the most remarkable
til lgs OF the day. 1t was an open question
when he parted with Robson whether he
could achieve popularity single-hapded.
He has done more than that; he has added
new laurels to his fame and snug sum to
his bank account. He is seen on the Rialto
every day, but he pays little or no attention
to the theaters or theatrical life. He
is business man from the word
go. he is making money so fast that
very soon he will be able to
say that his bank account is in six figures.
He tolerates no nonsense in his company,
and yet withal is pleasant and agreeable TO
these around him. He is wasting no time
in whooping it up with other actors, nor is