The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-18
KNocK. AMOUR NorGs.

IaSked a news agent on western
railroad about the demand for books on
the financial question. "Bout silver?
Amt no demand. Bottom q dropped
ont. But say, it would have done you
good to SEQ people grabbin' for them
funny picture bookS bout silver while
they had the crazs Now you couldn't
sell EN- II you'd give EN- away" From
which II 10 reasonable TO infer that the
free silver question is regarded as set.
tied. and the people who read on rail.
road trains are getting back to the
stupid novels with narrowing titles,
books in which unhappy and mixed do.
mestic relations supply spice" which
seems never to cloy u kind Of appetite
Of which there is enough to keep
some writers aud publishers going. /
have tapped a good many news agents
to find whether among people who
travel there is much demand for the
sWeetly simple and entirely wholesome
in fiction. From what gather an old.
time hand press could supply tho de.
mand. The book for railroad sale il
one that works over the old, old story OF
Camille with such new.seIting aud refur.
bishing as may bring it up 10 date. Yet
there is o wholesome demand for whole
como fiction. What shall We say-!hat
q railroad train is in It's nature demoral.
izing? That won't do. think oil q
reason, but 1t leads into deep water.
Having in mind this matter OF fiction
for the people fell in with theatrical
man and asked him how 1t was that the
stage runs 20 much to the same sort OF
thing. This mans connection with the
stage is on the commercial side. IL
don't like the kind ofpIays YOU speak
o." he answered, "but they nre more
likely than any other TO I'LL the houIo.
We put Thorn on with tho latest uphol.
steFy and millinery, and all that 10
catching, but not tho most catching
part Of ii. Got your mind we'll fixed on
this thought: There arc Ia the world
moro people than you think who tire OF
the strictly convontional or, without
evil intent, are drawn aside from 1t. For
reasons OF their own they ara tempted
10 break over certain social barriers,
aud yet duty and sei.roSpGc! hold them
in check. 1hoy will not 20 before the
world outraginE any Of tho proptiolies.
These people like the stage to portray
for them something that may touch a
follow feeling or 90 on all fours with
some experience or craving OF
their own; aud Il gives them
sort OF saliriaction to see how
1t will work out, being too prudent
or really too good to work II out for
themselves Since those things Rro in
tho world, aud since Lhoy can DO por.
trayod with dolicacy, why can't tho
stage show thom2 Manga life that YOU
take for commonplace has It's touch OF
romance and litus to sea its0ii reelected
IN tho mirror Of the stage. Aud don't
| you know that most Of US like to 500
how close somebody oIsO can drive to
tho odgo 81 pfoctptco without going
OyOr" This glYcs IA the reason from
the box Office, aud lts spokesman rg.
CARDS him10lt 90 something Of phios.
ophor. All tho snmO CoOrlcBs pro.
dnction, such a. llumpty DumptY, will
do no harm In tho world. ltif a great
thing to 20 through this RtoaL world
doing no harm.
A Tow months ago n good deal was
said about tho discovery Of a wondorlul
gas called acotyIOnu, which comes lrnp
calclc carbide, II by.proiuct Of alum.
mum. ! haVo talked with a man who
Is tho iltlt In tho world 10 light his
house with acoLylonc gm. For fonsons
nj his own his nnmu Ia not 10 no mon.
toned lilo has devised u machine 70
mmptU TINT In minute QUO oI hii scr.
wants prepares tho gas 10 SUNNY tic
house for night Tho namo L much
moro brilliant than the Hight NJ lb.
candle powor inoanlosconl lamp, and
tho glow much nafo agreeable to tho
oyc. Tho Calciu carbide costs loo q ton,
which makes tho light cost about tlroU