Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-23
CRAZE FOR AUTHOR READING.
A story About Aidrich and whitman-H.
G. Hummer on For Years vaca.
tion-Personai Notes About
Well Known writsrA
For Tho Sunday Gazette.

V'ViWVlheu during the past few months,
anu nnds himself obliged either 90 take
rest on run the risk Of breaking down.
ny tue course Of chat with him the
other day ! asked him what his plans
were. PlansT' he replied. ~ haven't
my l am going to a lovely spot few
miles from Wicklow. and / shall simply
rest There until / feel better. II / lind
Myself M trim after a few months /
may DO g little writing. but a present
have no intention 10 work asked Mr..
bunner " he found the strain Of humor-
Gus wiring severe. NO more severe
IMAM the strain Of any other kind of
writing he said. - great many pco-
PIC suppose that It must be dreadful
thing for q professional humoriSt 10 be-
obliged TO bc funny All the time: but ms
2 matter Of fact, II he is a born humorist.
ne can help being funny. There are. Of
course plenty of men who are not born
humorous and who try 90 write as if they
We're these fellows must have a hard
time of IT, but that's because they are
working out of their line ] always try
TO head on such people who send iu con
tributions to me-" Mr. Runnor's work
on Puck consists In editing the reading
matter and Ia writing most Of the edito-
rinls, but be- Is also Indirectly Interested
ln the caricaturcs which appear In each
number He has now In press a little
book that he has prepared with MIR
krpplcr, Interpreting the host of MIR.
hcpplers cartoons, which have been pub.
ilShed during the past twenty years and
are collected for republication in this
volume II regard the cnricnturc," hr
said, ms one Of the most effective forms
Of journalism. lo I think % "a lrgiu.
are times when 10 calls attention 90
abuses more forcibly than anything else
could. But 10 u weapon that should be-
handled with great care Every cari-
cuture should be- well considered bcfur,
u is published, and every figure should
have It's proper significance Now, for
example. when the idea of representing
prominent politicians as freaks u
dime museum, We decided that David
Davis, who was then very conspicuous,
would serve best for the tut0ocd man.
But as soon us thr first sketch was made
W. saw that Davis was the wrong man.
for his record .o far a. picgr.ty was
concerned had never been attacked. Then
We thought of Blaine and Blaine was
accordingly iatopcd 10 the delight of his
political opnnputs.' Ia addition 10 the
cartoon book, Mr. Bunncr Is collecting Ia
q volume his versions of Maupassnnt's
short stories. THESE are moro than
transatiOns; they are transformations
Ihe diuncr party recently given Mr.
Al,rich 10y the Aldine club has set AN.
thurs Ia talking about him, aud inspired
those NJ them who knew him In his early
days Ia notwithstanding about his career
Here 10 one Of the stories that | heard
Of his literary life, Mr.. Aldrich lived ia
New Nor, aud be used 10 frequent a
well known restaurant DOWN town whore
the literary men of the city were fond
Of gathering. The chief of these was
Walter Whitman, who even worship.
One night shortly after the appearance
w literary Journal of one Of his poems,
Mr.. Aldrich met Whitman iu this resort,
which happened 10 hc full of writer's
who knew them both. "lluye YOU seen
my new poemy asked Mr. Aldrich of
Whitman. "Oh, YES Tom replied Whit
man, Ia a loud, g0od-uaurcd voice that
rcyprheratcd through the room and with
spontaneous mixture of metaphor,
I've seen your little nnkle" Mr. AID
rich whose sensitivcUcss h well known,
was greatly pniued hy this sally and boy
the laughter which followed IT, He dis.
appeared like flash from the place
and was not seen there for many weeks
The other day ! asked u publisher who
publishes both in London and New York
how the copyright law affected his bus
mess. 'l'hc tendency uf the law" he
said, rs tO make ms prlnl our books more
often In this country than IN England
In order % secure COPYRIGHT In the Unit
eel Suites, you know, a book must bl
printed here; this absurd rule is due 90
the demands of the printers who had a
clause inserted In the law for their own
benefit, But 10 secure the English copy
right a publisher has only 10 send copies
of the book 10 certain public libraries In
England consequently, when we accept
works that, II unprotected. would run
great risk Of being piTlted. we take pains
10 have them printed in New York; but
if We feel that there is little likelihood
that particular book will be stolen we
are very apt 20 have n set up IN Londor
aud take the risk. What DO ] think the
effect Of the law VIII be upon the publish
ing trade hereI am sure that IL viii
make New York clty more of n literary
centre than ever before, and 10y literary
centre | mean the place where the books
are actually printed and put ON the mar
asked this publisher how he thought
tho tastes Of the readers In England
compared with the tastes Of readers IN
our own country. II am CONVINCED,
lac replied that we care far more for
the standard authors than the English
do, In England, on the other hand that
care very much more for the newest wrl-
tiers than we do There Is class of
boOk-luyers In England who are always
watching for the latest thing In Literature
and for the newest writer's. ] do not
think that this class exists here 10 any
great extent ard / was strengthened
in this belief bv "A remark recently made
10 me hy a wealthy New Yorker Of cultl-
waited tastes and q great entertainer
~ have been giving dinners for many
years" he said. "but in nll my eXperent
ces 4 have not only never heard the latest
writer's discussed, but I've never heard
tie subject OF literature preached nc
nay liable Now, IN England, literature
Is one of the leading topics OF conycrsa-
ton Some writers IN the country are
fond of declaring that tho English PEG
Die are provincial IN their literary tastes,
i'm other words. that they do not appre-
ciate American writer's. This, IN my
opinion. IS untrue. Tho English do like
American literature and read 10 extern
siyely; they WERE hy the way the first
10 appreciate William Winter Winter
did not win recognition IN his own COM
try until be had become popular 10 Eng
land"
What mania there Is among. au-
thors nowadays for showing them
selves Ia public and especially for
reading from their own works, SAID a
New York woman 20 me the other day
~ don't Ike H. because Il takes away
from them an the glamour that they
used ID have In NV eyes once
thought of authors as beings who be-
longcd 20 another sphere who were
TOO fine for this earth ] never could
imagine them as going through The
prOsaic routine Of the Ordinary mar
md woman. But an this .dealism has