The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-28
By HERBERT BREWSTER.

owed much of his excellent stories to
the fact that he was in love with a
beautiful Jewess of the quarter.
OF late years he has lived so much in
England that few recognize him as a
native New Yorker.
In his last volume of Observations,
Mr.. Dooley makes a few pertinent re-
marks about authors and publishers.
They say that man first begun writ
in whin he had to hammer out his
novels and PONIES on a piece iV rock,
and tn hammer had been tn imblim
iv lithrachoor liver since. Thin he
painted it on skins, HINGE tn publisher;
thin he played it an danced 1t an
croshayed it till t was discovered that
ink an pa-aper wud PROPOSE wurruds,
an thin tn printin press was invint-
ed. Gunpowder was invinted tn same
time an t is a question I've often
heerd discussed which has done more
to ilivate tn human race. A joke.
9TH longer tn wurruld lasts tn more
books does be comm out. Day be day
1 read in the pa-apers announcements
iv new publications that look like
tn delinquent tax list. They's a pub
Usher in livery block, an in thousands
iV happy homes some wan is pluggin'
away at tn romantic novel or whalin'
Oul d pOIlt Oil III typewriter up SIdlIS.
A family without an author is as con-
temtible as wan without a priest Is
Malachi near-sighted, peevish, averse
to tn suds, an can't tell whether tn
three in the front yard is blue or
green? Make an author iv himl Does
Miranda prisint no ATTRACTIONS to tn
young men iv tn neighborhood, does
her overskirt dhrag, an is she poor
with tn gas-range? Make an author
n hartp
Am 1 again all books says We? I'm
not. If had money, I'd have all tn
good lithrachoor iv tn wurruld on me
table at this minyit. 1 might MT read
it, but there it d be so that any iv me
friends cud dhrop in an help thin
silves if they didn't care FIR other slim
ylants. 1 have no taste FIR readin',
but 1 won't deny it's a good thing FIR
thin that's addicted to it. In modher-
alton, mind We. In moderation, an
afther tn chores is done. FIR as a
frind iv Hogan's says, Much readin
makes a full man, an he knew what
he was talkin' about. An do / object
to tn pursuit iv lithrachoor? Oh, faith,
no. AS a pursuit t is fine, but it may
be bad FIR amy wan that catches it,"
have been reading over and over of
late many of the letters of a Self
Made Merchant, and it seems to me
the more one reads this book, the more
he is impressed with its value. There
is so much philosophy in every page
and so much common-sense through
out the series of so-called letter that
they make very healthy reading.
1t is not difficult to porsonify the
Self-Made Merchant in the late P. D.
Armour. Mr.. Lorimer, the author of
the Letters, was Mr.. Armour secretary
for a number of years, and the train
ing he had under the pork packer of
reality gave him plenty of material
for the pork packer of the Letters.
One should not be surprised If Mr.
Lorimer produces other books of the
same character, perhaps not in the
same form, but embodying much of
the same personality. Certainly, if he
does. the matter will be worth read
ing.
Done in the Open" sis a very attrac-
tive volume which will be welcomed
because two men, each a great ex-
ponent of the West in the cowboy
days, have elaborated in it's making.
The major share of credit must, of
course, fall to Mr.. Frederick Reming-
ton, whose pictures give one the vivid
story of the subjects he presents with
MS pencil and brush. Mr.. Wister is
not stinted in his praise of Reming-
ton as historians historian in the
sense that he has given those who view
his work very accurate ideas of condi-
lions as they were in the great West
before the ranches began to be fenced
in and that picturesque character, the
cowboy disappeared.
Appropriate for the season are sew
eral calendars issued by Russell this
month. The Birds Calendar inter-
sperses bits of verse, prose and appro-
pirate sentiments with very excellent
Autographs of many different birds of
all seasons.
Rev. John L. Scudder, the Jersey
City Congregational preacher still con-
tinues to run a boxing class in the
basement of his church and has now
started skating rink in a big tent.
The reverend gentleman strongly ad-
vocates the idea that the mission of