Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-09-11
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Sir Edwin Arnold Not Modest.-Sir
Edwin Arnold, whose Light of Asia"
has done much to familiarize the mat
ter-of-fact western world with orien-
tai mysticism, is a man of strongly
marked personality. In common with
many other men of genius, he has his
little peculiarities. some of which oc-
oasionally raise the laugh against him.
1t is related that upon a flying visit
from his Japanese home to England
he personally supervised the unloading
of the vans which carried his luggage
As case after case was removed to his
temporary domieile he checked them
from a list with the care of an expert
enced supercargo. Suddenly he espied
a box labeled 'tEdwin Arnold Then
his massive brow grew dark That is
not my name" he shouted, and seiz-
ing a marking pot and brush, he wrote
the prefix ''Sir" before the address in
letters fully foct high.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
Kipling Had Great Pride.-Julian
Ralph tells a good story of Kipling.
When he first went to London he set
himself up in humble lodgings and
took the copy for a reprint of his
plain Tales from the Hills" to the
Macmillans for them to decide whether
they would publish them. Weeks
passed and they decided to issue the
book. Then in the slow course of
time it came out, but before that the
Macmillans, suSpecting that he needed
money, made him an offer of an. ad
vance. He had nothing by this time,
yet he drew himself up proudly and
replied that when the book had been
published if the sales warranted the
payment of royalties he should be
glad to receive them, but he wanted
only his just dues and those only in
their regular course
The book made a great hit and a re-
porter eft the Pail Mall Gazette was
sent to interview the new author. The
reporter fancied that he saw in the sur
roundings OF the young celebrity GER
tain indubitable signs OF poverty. He
may have been inclined to patronize
the youth little and to bid him be of
good cheer, telling him that there
were signs CT great strength in his
writings.
'Lord!' he exclaimed, when he got
away with his interview, "Kipling
talked like a man who had the world
for his oyster and had nothing to do
but eat it; not boastfully, like a weak
or vain man, but SO confidently and
strongly that it is said that today the
interview reads like talk with man
who has done at least as much as Kip
ling has managed to do in all the years
that have passed since his maiden bow
to the world. Los Angeles Times
Balzac Read Play Out of His Head
-Balzac once promised Lirieux, the
manager of the Ode0n theater. in
Paris, fve-act drama, '@The Springs
of Quinola." He was 50 busy with
other work, however, that not till he
had been long and urgently impor-
tuned did he promise to read his piece
to the company the next week. The
company gathered about him on, the
day appointed and he read his five-act
play fuently through 70 the end. hr-
ieux was enthusiastic, ran up to shake
hands with the great writer and turn
ed over the fages of the manuscript.
whose contents had pleased him
nightly. But what was this? There
were only four acts. The last pages
of the manuscript were blank. In sur
prise the manager asked what it all
meant. Balzac smiled and admitted
that he had not yet written out the
fifth act, but declared that he had it
as clearly in his head as if it already
stood on paper. And continued the
poet, merrily, Il have in the same head
two mere outcomes of the plot in case
the one just read didn't please you!"
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Story of Ruskin and an Artist-Mr.
Ruskin was taking a morning walk
down the road just in front of Brant-
wood, when he saw lady seated on a
camp stool making a sketch of the
house, and with a courteous grace,
which is intensely his Cwn, he ad-
dressed her, inquiring her reason for
choosing the house in question for her
subject.