Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-04-12

A ful-pago picture Of Richard Hard
| ing Davis from q clever drawing by his
| wife, Cecil CLARK" Is an interesting
| feature of the current number Of Har-
| per's Weekly Mrs Davis Is an ANA
teur artist Of pronounced Skill She is
exceedingly fond Of horses and all OUT
door sports, and is the owner of several
dogs which nave taken blue ribbons at
the dog shows, notably "Woodc0te jun
bo,"
The untimely death OF Cecil Rhodes
| adds especial interest 20 the only au-
| thortatlye biography of him which has
ever appeared. the Life by his friend,
| Howard Hensman, recently published
| In Beautiful form by the Harpcrs. The
| Life Is repete with interest No living
| man has had career so wonderful,
| so spectacular as that OF the "C0los-
| sus' OF south Africa. Going there as a
| sickly boy, he became in a marvel
| ously short time a Croesus and an
! empire builder the whole world at
| times watching eagerly FOR the next
| move IN the great game he was play
| ing almost siugle-handed Living in
| that remote region, he has easily over
| topped Lngiands most brilliant home
| statesmen. II can readily be seen how
tempting such a figure would prove to
| the novelist The best story ever writ
| ten around Rhodes Is THE Colossus
by Morley Roberts.
1t was disclosed the other day that
the four Children of Mr., Marion CraW-
ford, prtincer Of tales had obtained or
ders from the supreme court In New
York licensing them TO place the name
Marion after their Christian names
hyphcnated with their surnames. They
are all -Crawfords now They
prefer 20 be so, for they said in their
petition that they had pride IN their
lather's literary reputation, and wish
ed to continue the use Of the name by
which he Is known to the public IL Is
a natural and dutiful sentiment, not to
be ccnsured or even scoffed at. Mr..
Crawford himself might object to hav-
Ing his middle name spread out thin
over his family on the ground that It's
efficiency as a Christian name was
thereby impaired, but he seems not to
mind and If he Is content TO be the
father Of hyphenated children no one
else has any ground to complain one
would rather ones children should be
articulate, perhaps, than hyphenated,
but there Is no conclusive obstacle TO
their being both, though II a hyphen-
ated child upon reaching maturity
should develop a high gift Of artlcnla-
ton and make a literary reputation Of
It's own there might lie n certain meas.
ure Of resulting embarrassment.
1t is of questionable profit for a child
TO be- too readily and closely Identified
with q famous parent II makes com.
PARSONS too easy, and such COMPARE
sons are usually disadvantages to the
child, especially in the eariS stages |
Of achievement Perhaps thaN is one |
reason why Mr. Crawford's cousins, |
The Howes have never become Ward. |
HoWes. For this latter form Of hyphen- |
alton which Joins the mothers name |
% tha fathers there Is a great deal |
to be said the most obvious objection |
10 It being that If II should become |
common 1t would mean that family |
names would vary with every genera
tion.
Mr. Crawford still has sole use Of his
first name Francis. He is not himself |
g hypnenated person, though his chill
dren are.
People have been fellcitatng Mr..
Hamlin Garland upon the ha Ply title
OF his new novel There Is O. dash and
wing about "Thc Captain OF the Gray
Horse Troop" which is decidedly al
Turing 20 people who like books that
have plenty Of fresh air I'm them. so TO
u,ok and there Is much in title.
The man who suggested Ia Mr. Gar
I1nd the character Of Captain Curtis.
The hero of the book, was Young
Lieutenant who commanded q troop Of
United States cavalry, riding gray
horses, which accounts for the TILES
origin. Mr.. Garland considers him.
self fortunate in having frequently
been entertained, amidst the rude sur
roundlngs Of prairie life ,bv some Of
the finest Of our young West Point
men, who were cheerfully engaged In
the often thankless duties of western
reservation work
Miss Beulah Marie Dix co-author Of
THE Beaus Comedy" is not only a
novelist but playwright as well: and
a drama in which she has had n hand
viii be brought out next winter. Her
play is an original one not the dram
atlzatlon OF a novel.
In an article on Ulysses, in this
weeks outlook, evidently from the pen
IF Hamilton w. Mabie. he character
ICES Stephen Phillips work in a strik-
Ing passage. He says that the poet
has presented a very charming pic
lure Of the antique world Of mythology
md OF the Homeric time, and has
fashioned a piece Of art which IS like a
lnely-wrought cup OF refreshment for
hose who thirst for beauty IN an age
when beauty seems TO be only a sec
lndary interest.