La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-10-19

| with further correspondence. TIL NOW un-
| published between these two noted men.
other topics dealt with are; "organired
Self Help and State AID in Ireland by
by the Right Honorable Horace Plunkett.
NJ p. Gable Cutting In War" By @.
L. Walsh: Danger OF POLITICAL Apathy.
| by Speed Mosby; Fancy Work or Nature
Studies" by Kate Gannett Wells: How
Can Homicide be Decreased, by the Rev.
| W. Rede. d. D.. and Boys Clubs" by
winifred Buck
! The life of var!nA Anne Jenerson-Dav!s.
I or Winnie Davis. as she was more COM
monty called. began amid the stons OF
| war June = 1854 In the White House OF
| the South. In Richmond. Miss Davis was
educated In France and Germany. ana be-
came her fathers companion and secre-
tary. and assistant In his literary WORK
In social iife Miss Davis took the rank
| 10 which her birth natural talents, and
| education entitled her. According TO q
writer in Harper's Bazar. she was rrA-
cious in manner. kindly In disposition.
and counted her friends by the score,
without regard TO lines. sectional or geo
graphical Al on early age she showed
| marked literary IHriinations. and this
tendency in later life she turned to active
| use. Her arst Eoyc. was The Yelled
| Doctor" n story OF southern life which
showed elements OF strength and dram
attic power. The book was very well re-
| ceIyed and her second one. "A Romance
OF Summer Seas" which appeared about
| two months ago. shows a great advance
In storytelling power. and IL marked by
| a sprfghiiy style and an undercurrent of
hurrior. often verxlrg on wit Miss Davis
was just making for herself position In
| the field Of literature when death stopped
| the busy pen. But the love that was hers
| in life goes beyond the grave. and holds
! IN tender recollection one who combined
In her person all that was noble. gentle
and true In southern womnnhood
| What Stevcnson-s wife was TO him. only
she and he entirely knew. Though she
was several years Older. there was never
a woman more it,ed for his wife. Their
| interest In each other. their power OF un-
| Outstanding each other. their cNcr-pressnt
| perfection OF sympathy. is best exempn-
| ned in the fact that they often. years at
| tor they were married. Were known 10 re-
| main talking all night long Until the sun
rose.
| canno, attempt to describe what Nrs.
| Stevenson was. and TO a certain extent y
| like half ms well an American Journal
list who interviewed her recently In New
| York. on her way to this country The
| language seems a little suited and sensa-
| ;.onal. but &; Is very accurate descrip-
| tion on the whole.
F., Mrs. Stevenson is slight woman. Her
| eyes are like black velvet. somote. In
| scrutabte sathomiess. Her face is the face
| OF a sphinx; her nose straight and Or
| ientai. there Is the ghost OF d!mple IN
her eyes thickiy feeccd with SILVER, cut
short, failing in curls about her neck
| and growing low about the temples. She
| In composed. intense. repTesssd In man
| ner: she makes no gestures, she sits in a
| chair. both hands doaded with barbaric
| rinssl resting lightly on the arms. her
very attitude again suggests the SPHINX
| crouchlns In the desert
| when you lock at her daughter. Mrs.
Rose Strong. who is with her. tropical In
color. lustrous-eyed. with the face OF a
gypsy. a sibyl-you see what sh. must
| with her. Mrs. Stevenson was her hus-
bands comrades. He taught me how 10
| l.v..' she says. as iaraway reminiscent
look steals into her eyes.-CM, A. p.
A New York paper has something 10 say
| about Zangweil.
| HI. is a man OF aualogies and compari-
| son. this Zangwcli. quick fencer at re-
/ partce, even with dozen sharpened
! points thrust at him. and u keen inquirer
| into the ways and temper OF a country
\ OF which he knows nothing,
| A physiognomist would find In him an
| Interesting study. He has the large. strong
nose, and the hign cheek bones OF force
and courage. and rounded mouth and mo-
! bile lips OF poesy. the dark. clear eyes,
set well apart, giving evidence oil grasp
/ and penetration. HIS forehead Is hiEn
and the knots above the eyes show MEM
ory well disciplined and well controlled.
| Combatativeness, In the chronological
| sense Is small; self esteem and incredulity
| are large and the craniai formation
1 known as veneratlon not being well dcyc.-
oped. he IL unwittingly and uneonseionsls
| n cynic. Not so caustic perhaps as Car
| lyle nor SO dtnusive Richard Mans
| neid--and wide Is the leap OF analogy
| but "A cynic nevertheless. of the latter day
variety with material and familiar appli-
| cations of his own philosophy.
| II iectur.d on the ghetto In England,
| said he. land on the drama The ghetto
| ceased nearly TOT exist and the drama Is
| not at all My first visit to America? Yes.
! / am told that the hospitality here is SO
generous and effusive. that lecturer is
| killed almost by kindness.
| This was the expectation. Coming to
what he had already realized. the author
said that he had been most impressed
\ .and you have not put the question yet
/ h. interpo.ated-"with the artichokes
4 served in the Waldorf-Astoria. More than
that" he added. II was taken with the
view of the city from the roof garden OF
| the hotel.
From that point IT looked like the work
! Of the children of giants, who had put
blocks together In square and quadrangle
a Brobdignnglan city, II you please. mas
sive. towering. magnificent. But. he add
| ed suddenly. why do you have such rapid
moving 'Iifts' in your buildings. and when
! YOU have the lifts. why have staircases?
"Dreyfus.'' he echoed in reply 10 another
| inquiry. II believe him to he an innocent
man. Race prejudice. probably. WAS re-
| sponsihle for his prosecution In the out
start but the pride OF the army was re-
| sponsIble for Its continuance. Attack the
| integrity of that organization and IL forms
/ instantly In phalanx against you. All
| who stood up in defense OF Dreyfus suf-
| fered. Labort certainly lost by standing
| up for Zola. the champion of Dreyfus."
| Ard OF Zola?"
| sincere in his convictions but won-
! derfui example of contradictions. he said
more than he knew. Few men have writ
! ten more OF realism than Zola, realism
| that seemed actual. and few have shown
| such lack of knowledge of real life, OF is
| actual intriruAs and plots and counter
| plots. His realism on paper was perfect.
/ His realism In practice was n failure.
| He likes the capture OF the stage. the
glare of the limclight.
! Are your opinions on the indecercy of
I the stage the same. now that you have
| taken to the stage yourself. AS they were
| a few years agog
minds one strongly OF Disraei, permitted
| his features to relax into a broad smile.
| that extended from his chin 10 his nasal
| inies. There is no laugh in his eyes
~ have kept away from the theater." he
said before the query had time to echo.
land will keep away until they play my
pieces and those have not been written
Iy,t. NJ the thaater-Iet ask yOu .