The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-28
Characters Of Wrltsrs
Originals Of Some Of the Creations
Of the Story Tellers.

Richard Harding Davis, when he was
introduced to the brilliant young Chi
cago newspaper man, relates a literary
writer Of the Boston Herald. I am
surprised; 1 expected to find the author
Of the 'Dooley' papers wore red galway
sluggers."
And expected to find you in a
shirt waist and sailor hat" retorted
Mr.. Dunno.
The original Of Mr. Dooley was a
jim McGarry who kept a saloon in
Chicago. He possessed a rich Irish
brogue, and characteristic wit, ana
Dunno has been helped very material
~ through many a witty sally by
stealing from Mr.. McGarry's fund Of
original sayings.
Dickens accounts for his Boz" in
the Following words: Il had a little
brother who resembled so much the
Moses in the Vicar of Wakefield that
used to call him Moses also, but a
younger girl, who could not then artic
ulate plainly, was in the habit of call
Ing him BOzie. or Boz. This simple
circumstance made me assume that
name in the first article risked to the
public, and, therefore 1 continued the
name, as the first effort was approved
OF"
The Eden mentioned by Dickens in
his Martin Chuzzlewit" was none 9TH
er than Marion City, situated on the
Mississippi river. Dickens preference
for characters of the lower type caused
his sympathies TO be with the under
dog
1t has often been claimed that the
plans and operations of William Null
drow, referred to by Dickens in the
above mentioned story. suggested to
Mark Twain the illustriOus Colonel
Mulberry Sellers. Mark Twain" COM
ing in contact with more than one man
like William Muldrow, probably COM
bined the most striking traits of them
all in his character of Sellers.
Lady Austen told Cowper the story
Of John Gilpin, which had been treas
ured in her mind fom childhood, to
dissipate the gloom of the passing
hours. It's effects on the fancy Of
COwper had the air of enchantment.
He informed her the next morning tha.
commissions Of laughter, brought on by
his recollection Of her story. had kept
him waking during the greater part
Of the night and that he had turned
1t into a ballad. So arose the pleasant
poem Of John Gilpin." To Lady Aus
tens suggestion, also, we are indebted
for the poem OF The Task"
Pope" says Horace WalpOle, ere
ceived e1,O0O from the Duchess Of
Marlborough on condition that he
would suppress the character Of Atossa,
yet ii is printed"
Tennyson's line in "Locksley Hall
about the ringing grooves Of change, -
owes its origin to a mistake Of the
poet. When he made the first trip
from London to Liverpool. in 1880, there
was such a crowd about the carriages
that he could no see clearly, and left
with the impression that the wheels
ran in grooves.
The residence and museum in Leices-
ter square, London, of the famous John
Hunter, is said TO have been the scene
chosen by Stevenson for his story of
DIR. Jekyn and Hyde"
John Ruskin, by his characters, said
he aimed to teach mankind as follows:
''To walk. to run. to leap and to dance;
and not to stride on stills wriggle on
wheels, nor dangle on ropes" He main
tanned that nothing in the training Of
human mind with the body will ever
supersede the appointed Gods ways Of
slow walking and hard working
Trollope upon one occasion was asked
by Amelia 3. Edwards: why did you
let Croble jilt Lily Dale?"
why did l let him? How could
help it? He would do it, cOnfound
him."
Goethe's principal characters are all
weak persons -Weislinger, Fernando
Clavigo, Eduard. He is celebrated for
his love of weakness and amiability in
his characters.
s. r. Crockett shows in his person
much Of the aptitude for good fighting
which he loves in his heroes. He stands
six feet high. with a breadth of shout
ders to match. and with his rudy
cheek, his red beard and keen blue eye
looks more ike man Of action thar
of words. His characters are all Of the
strenuous type.
Above all. Sir Walter Scott was the
champion Of youth, and it is the fra
GRANGE Of springtime that breathes
through his stories. In his day, writing
for young people had not become
| profession, otherwise there is no know
/ ing what he might have done for US
still, he has done enough; and oddly
/ too, his heroes and heroines are almost
without exception very young-no old
| er, indeed, than many school girls anc
/ boys and certainly not so we'll edu
Gated. though, poor things. the stress
| OF the times made them sadly wiser II
/ the ways of the world
1t is only necessary to cite a few ex-
amples. Naturally. "Ivanhoe' is the
] first suggestion. Rewena was 10 Wher
! the story opens, Rebecca was little old
er and Ivanhoe himself was not Of age
Quentin Durward was 10, and isabelle
OF Croye, his sweetheart, was scarcely
lis, while her Aunt Hameiine was
! thought quite elderly at 80. Catherine
/ "the fair maid Of Perth was not mOr'
! than IL Edith Plantagenet, the hero
\ inc OF THE Talisman," was about tn
same age.
President Garfield once depUted An
/ drew Carnegie, who was going 10 Eu
| rope and intended visiting William
Black, the novelist, TO reproach Nj
! Black with the sad ending Of "McLeo'
/ Of Dare" and TO inquire why II wa
| necessary for COquette. to die IN
Daughter Of Heth-''
why. you see" Mr.. Black replied
II didn't want 20 make her die, but
had 10. If she had lived. the reade
| would not have remembered her 81
hours after closing the book.
Nathaniel Hawthorne is said to haV
brought the story Of ''Evangellne' L
/ the attention Of LongfelloW, who wa
much impressed with its poetic posi-
| bilities, and. being assured by HaW
! thorne that he did not himself propos
to use the story. made it the subject o
his famous narrative poem
J The descendants Of the quaint an'
Iovable people. the Acadians. made 5,
famous by LOngfellow's "Evangellne'
still inhabit Louisiana, and the loca
tradition says the veracious name o
this heroine of pOesy was Emmeiln
Labiche. 1t is said that the story o
this lady correspOnded in the main VIII
the chief incidents in the life OF Evan
geline as related by the poet She mar
ried in Louisiana, and some OF her dc