The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-30
NEW NOVEL FROM LONDON.
"No. JOHN STREET. Is THE LAT
EST BIG LITERARY SENSATION.
Makes q Practical Test Of . La
horer's Life-Poverty and Pride
shown In striking Pen Pictures.

Unless / am far out In my reckoning
NO. John Street Is goinG. 70 be; ont
of the most read ana most talked about
books OF the spring season, writes Jean
nette l.. Glider In the Chicago Tribune
lions We're sold In one week. Large
editions. too. for the London publisher be
iievei in the success of the book from
the start.
1t was hrough; TO the Century company
fer American publication. and the reader
10 whom ii was submitted had 10 read Il
oye- nigh, and give an opinion in thu
morning. 1. did no; take him long TO de
eide. His verdict was not only favorable
bu; enthusiastic. and the answer was SEN
flying over the cable.
The author OF mo. s John street" 10 q
London journalist. Richard Nhiteing by
name. whose frs, book. The Island" was
published several years ago. II was much
admired by the judicious, but was not q
popular success. 1t was too literary
imagine. and the scene was too far away
from civilization. The scene OF the new
story is laid In the slums OF London. The
hero. who tells the story, Is q rich young
harone. wac wants to see for himself
how the other half live" and who lives
with them TO gain the desired knowledge
Before he Joined his lot with the work
ing classes OF the slums he tried the uni.
versity settlement experiment, but Il
proved TO be "a mere peep-hole" into ths
life he wanted TO see, with. the PecpinG
Tom stu little too much on the sass
side The inmate" he says, did no
lead the life. He observed IL merely from
the standpoint of all the comforts Of home
and II he sometimes plunged into tbs
waters OF tribuiation. It was only II
cvrks." The narrator determined that his
investigations should get nearer tho roo
OF things.
To Go this he must earn his own living
and the experiment rnust las; at least SIX
weeks A man mus be In earnest who
gives up luxurious bachelor quarters In
London 20 Tive In the slums of that big
city. Nowhere Is the contrast greater.
Matter Of Contrast.
He found place as copyist and minor
clerk In a factory where extra men were
wanted for special rush OF business. III
Caspian. a most rational occupation bis
friends wonld have called IL. but ,hey
would aave pronounced what he did al
sheer insanity.
AZ the factory he mot a man known al
"Ts1c Cove or ''ftvey'' I'm Csyey
with the gal down statrs-Low Convey whsr
she's wild. It's all the syuie" Coves
found the Baronet room and helped h!rr
attn his '''sudgst,' which ran soruewas,
IS follows:
Rent. two sAliiiinSs sixpencc a week
coal and candle p-nce--essnt ectnrany.
admit but K raus; - so al arst WASHING
and attendance two sssilsngs ssxpence.
had sore difficulty with Lew Convey ,qve,
this fem, and BE passes Ii with rsluctan e
He does his own ~assins-when 1t Is dane
The attendance he positively carro,
understand He makes his own bed
reg lar every SATURDAY and whas eiss
- tkere 10 dor I explain that enc mus,
draw The line somewhere He says tina,
se begins 10 fancy mus: be a sS-f 81
ton" He yields finally 20 the Joy cf dss.
nen*snE patronage. N1d introduces me "a
a weather beaten xyrst1p in the front IA :.
lcr who w!E be glad e tho money SIZE is
10 cossse IN every day ant tidy an and a.
Re PHRASES g. wash sus by The week fsy
the sam named There is secret clause
In the treaty as 10 sae amour; % washing
ard ] may have 10 etene 10 sckts-S TN my
ola aga. TIE foxst 80: Down AZ osse SAL.
ling szxTrnce day Cor SIX lays at rhs
week Bn8 ssxpenc. 0s The sesenfh~sn This
insssnca SATURDAY. II is as Lax Gowsy
explains. sert 81 compensatory or dos
gstch day
get ycsir 'ucx-sn. sundays I.ors. give me-
a regular sIs7ese. eyefy sssy fsr grub. an
/ warrant Id never starve''
Hos should ycss manage e. ftenr'
asawye~ ard slice la the rnG.rsn'--.lz-as
aa pszfsee. Dinner. two yssHn'orfa o. bsch
9Tssy Tasn,. and penn 81 ~ o bread"
some Iastde Secrets.
"Estoek cynymasss.~ Il sa.sas, wss shs
Te.ase meat left on TIE block tsf this tbs
bagoret ccsss4 nc. make up hsa mind q
taste. Sitting nj ass wtndox csa sasurssay
night he hears n err ~ rra~ssr 80
r0sssss cat
II IN instant we are IL. a wild rsyxnsrs
sursufg In serre surry % and fro 60 tas
accompaniment Il csfes ans gIxrara.n ~
Doors. TarDst ta~ tosrt of yo1r wtsnk t-sss
an art hfil ans .Hrn Gss ore sssgf. ,si.~cs
af sod and y1a have tie e<y>xS.--ss All rs,
Ire ao{se, srsr~raepsssse 10 oar coarse,
ssns& TIE rscse house seems to nve ID