The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-15
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JACINTA
Pale lips that yearn for kisses,
Sad lips that ever grieve,
Red lips that know what bliss IS
And taste OF it at eve
Bethink you how the flowers
Beneath the mould must lie;
They bloom a few short hours
And then they fade and die
Q, blue eyes live with fire,
o, black eyes lit with flame. ,t@;t
o, eyes that wake desire
And eyes still soft with shame
Bethink you time is flying
And love is passing, too;
AT dawn you may be lying
Beneath the sombre yew!
Howard V. Sutherland. From "Jacinta:
and other Verses" (Reprinted by per-
misSion).
Henry NJ. Hyde, whose story in slang
"One-Forty-Two; the Confessions of a
Reformed Messenger Boy was recently
published by Herbert S. Stone & Co.,
was born in Illinois and graduated at Be-
lott College. For the last ten years ne
has been iengag ed as q newspaper man,
serving first as the entire staff of small
paper in Iowa and later as reporter, stan
correspondent and special writer Tor the
old Chicago Times and the Chicago Trlb-
une Mr.. Hyde has refused several OF
fers to go to New York. His previous
publications, outside of his newspaper
work are q chld's book of verses and. a
number of magazine stories. There is
an amusing story on Mr.. Hyde told by
his friends. A few years ago, 1t seems,
Mr.. Hyde was sent for by a Chicago
10 pat q vol
,me of golf stories He thought Mr.
Hyde was the man to write them to or
der, but he wished, to make certain be-
fore he committed himself completely.
Without signing g contract. he persuaded
Mr.. Hyde to write him a couple OF stories
and send them to his Office by way or
getting started. A week later the stories
came back, with a note that for direct
ness and force would be hard to surpass.
Don't write any more OF that rot, II
said '.Nobody hut q fool would print
stories like these" Mr.. Hyde sent one
OF the tales thus rudely rejected to Har-
per's, and it was printed month or two
later in Harpers Bazaar. Mr.. Hyde
marked a copy Of the Bazaar and sent 1t
to the Chica go publisher, with a note that
read: Referring to your last letter,
here's one fool; more to come A lit
tie later the second of tho stories was
published in the Smart Set, and again
copy went forward. labeled: FOOL Num-
Der 81 After third story had been
written. published marked and forward
ed, the publisher in question sent an
answer to Mr.. Hyde by special delivery.
...Let up.' it said whats the use OF
rubbing it in I'm sorry spoke.
With a view to developing the talent
IL,
rection, the Century Magazine announces
. competitions with q priZesof $1Go. for
the best, original humorous drawing APP
propriate to that magazine. and smaller
prizes for the second and third best. The
competition is to remain open until the
LIST of March, 1902.
1t required the audacity Of a Bernard
Shaw to make a prize fighter the. hero
of a novel, and his ingenuity to justify
a whim which is. quite seriously it's own
justification. He has a diverting way
of making his topsy-turvy arguments
logical. ana in the new authorized edi-
ton of .Cashe1 Byron's Profession" his
prefacesf are as wonderful as the adven-
lures Of the immortal Alice" and he
goes through them with. as serene an ac-
ccptance of the impossible The atti-
tude is contagious, and one reads them
with quite her gentle wonder il this
world is not after all the real world. AMI
these strange ideas: the only truth.
A second edition OF Mrs. Alice Morse
EarIe's new book on 'tOld Time Gar
d.ens was called for on the. day follow
Ing its publication. Mr.. George II. Eli
wanger, the well-knowr authority on
gardens, writes of it as worthy to be
enshrined among the classics of garden
ing literature"
Maxleld Parrish. who has made some
OF the, most Striking colored pictures in
the December magazines, has gone to
the Southwest for the Century Company
to illustrate the series of articles on that
country. written by Rays4 Stannard-s
Baker, which will shortly appear IN the
Century MagazinezT This Is. Mr.. Par
rish's tirss visit to the West
Mr.. 81. e. chatfieid Taylor is finishing
a new novel which has required many
months OF work. i! j n :. his be- will take
up mn unfamiliar subj t.ssss asst he scene
Of notion is France "a TT he time Of the.
SIIrn MOO prussian war; E.asss tn lorzEis5
most conscientious il his method Of work.
and nothing has heen Sighted which
could help him to paint a sne picture
st the melancholy ard tho unrest Of that
troubled periods
The meaning of the word Graustarl,,
The tito Of George Barr afcCutcheon's
romance. Is derived from two German
words. srnu and stark. Grau means
gray. old or lloarg, and sta k means
strong Mr.. AIcCntcheon named his prin-
.cipality without consul ting a German or
any other kind of n a ctfonary here
fore, vi hout a lkaoyyIcsge OF tho fitness
of the two words. as lie snetsa German