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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-22
THE PROFESSION OF WRITING.
IL Is Practiced Successfully Under
Widely Differing Conditions.

New York Times Literary Review.
Not few successful writer's of the day
their brains already mortgaged to pub
fishers for several years ahead-win read
with envy of the courage of James Russell
Lowell as revealed in the recent biography
by Mr.. Scudder. To his first editor he says:
II should not like TO bind myself to write
every week. though 1 have no doubt that
I shall be able to- and twenty-five years
later he declines an offer of $1,000 a year
10 write four pages monthly 1t was a
great price 10 pay for freedom. but Lowell
decided that he could not afford NOT 70
pay IL.
1t will be remembered that r. l.. Steven
son once allowed himself to sign a similar
contract, but that he grOaned so heavily
under the bond that he never yielded to
such a temptation again. His creative
moods did not visit him according to the
calendar: he had no regular lat home'
days for inspiration. He APPLY expressed
his quarrel with the journalists method by
sugmattzing IL as will worship" ''The
Will. he said. us only 10 be brought into
the field for study and again for revision
The essential part of work is not an act;
II is a state"
The world needs both the Journalist and
the literary artist. but II is not necessary
that both shall be Incorporated in one Der
son or be subject TO the same discipline
The time limit alone affects both the
preparation and style of the journalist II
makes impossible such an expenditure as
that OF Lowell on review OF Wedgwood's
Dictionary-six days. three OF twelve solid
hours each. IT prohibits entirely that most
salutary revision which is practiced by
leaving an article for two or three months
and then looking over it as though it were
anOther's work It requires, on the whole
the facility of talent rather than the pene-
tration of genius.
But the man OF letters. in his revolt
against outside pressure, is sometimes In
danger OF giving too great scope to the pc
culiarities OF his own temperment- 1t is
wholesome for a writer TO hold before HIM
self such a high standard and to be so
critical OF his own productions that he
shrinks from putting before the public any
thing that bears a trace OF carelessness or
crudity. But criticism may degenerate into
hypercriticism. Waiting for the divine af-
hatus may become a euphemism for in
dolence- The literary conscience. like other
conscfences. may be cultivated 10 such a
degree that II Is oppressed by scruples. and
loses plain mans sense OF the distinction
between right and wrong in an exaggerated
respect Tor punctiliOs Elaborate precau-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-22
A Literary Mystery.
ems London Letter.

w. L. Aldens London Letter.
The mystery Of the publication Of such
inordinate quantities OF worthless novels
has never been solved. Possibly, the
authors bear the expense of publication;
but this is not very probable. Occasion
ally, an author has so much confidence in
the merit of his or her book that after
it has been rejected by all the publishers
the author still has the courage to place
IL on the market But the number of
authors who do this is, L believe very
small. 1t must be that the publishers, as a
rule, are the most benevolent of men, and
are willing TO publish books merely to
please the authors. and with the moral
certainty that the books will never repay
the cost of production.
have never personally met with that
sort of publisher; but If he does not exist
how shall we account for the publication
OF hundreds of novels that are without
a single merit? So far as / can learn.
the author of a new novel who is wholly
unknown is reasonably sure of finding a
publisher who will publish the book and
pay from $40 to $50 in advance on ac-
count of royalty. In nine cases out of ten
the publisher never recoUps himself; but
that does not discourage him in the least
The old theory that the publisher is the
enemy of authors is manifestly wrong
Surely, he is the kind and generous friend
OF the hundreds of ghls and men who write
silly novels. Without his self SACRIFICING
generosity, such novels would never be put
into print.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-22
WOMEN As NoVELisTs.
The Public Insists that They Write
of Their Own Experiences.

of Their own Experiences.
New York Evening Sun.
Mrs Craigle John Oliver Hobbes) spoke
recently at the New vagabond's Club in
London of the popular belief that women
who write represent themselves in the per-
sons Of their heroines. "a blameless lady
OF my acquaintance" she said. who
takes a large view of humanity and writes
stories which described powerful,
was asked the other day, by an earnest
inquirer whether she really Intended to
leave her excellent husband, her delightful
children, and join a rapturous viOlinist on
the continent The earnest inquirer went
on to say that he hoped the rumor was
based on some misapprehension. / FASTENED
to add IL was Another friend of mine
singularly handsome, happy and accom-
plished, wrote a romance. Her husband
occupies an important public post She
is herself the daughter of a distinguished
politician. Well, she wrote, as L have said.
a romance; 1t was very clever, absolutely
lifelike. She read IL 10 her sisters. They
all agreed that il admirable; they said
they wouldn't wonder If the book showed
genius. but they all agreed it could not
be published Why not? Because, said the
sisters, every one will think that II is about
all of us-and that will never do; they
will say you in love with somebody,
and are going TO do something foolish. SO
my accomplished young frined has decided
to publish under some such name as
Samuel e Tompkins and on this under
standing her family think she may yet be
presumed to enjoy normal degree of fe-
licity, and the ordinary number of nice
relations.
Mrs Craighe went or TO point out that
though the ridiculous side was most APP
parent, there was also serious side TO the
matter, inasmuch as Ii resulted In a severe
tax on originality. In what follows she
was manifestly thinking Of Lucas Malet,"
the guest Of the evening: 1T is unTeason-
aOle for readers 10 suppose that an author
approves and holds up for example every
type of character which he or she may
describe. For instance, if any well-known
academician should paint 'Ariade For
saken, it would not be assumed that 1T
conveyed any sinister hint TO the world al
large that he intended to abandon his wife.
But when We come to book or play
signed by a woman's name-the case is
altered. She is not supposed to care in
stinctively for literature; one liners that
she falls back upon 1t, as 1t were, as dis
traction from unhappiness, or because she
wants TO do good. or because she wishes to
make mischief. Plain facts, without COM
ment. from a woman are considered very
alarming indeed. This is why she is too
often driven, in mere self-defense, to frame
her narrative in solid moralizing. She may
perhaps tell anything she pleases, but she
must make IL quite clear on every page
that she is panied and shocked by the
moral instability Of mankind and the dis
astrous fascination of her own deplorable
sex"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-22
TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.
Suicide of the Former Supreme Re-
cOrder of the Legion of Honor.

ST. LOUIS. Jan. 21.-Willam H Hon-
meister. Of St Louis, ex-suprsme recorder
OF the Legion Of Honor. committed suicide
at the Planters Hotel to-day by shooting
himself with a revolver. The only witness
to the suicide George NJ. Ackley. of
Kansas City. Deputy Coroner Boogher was
notified and took charge OF the remains.
Mr. Hoffmeister was defeated last night
for reelection as supreme recorder OF the
Legion OF Honor by c. r. T. White and an
entirely new supreme council was elected
after a sensational contest. One feature OF
the struggle was the arrest OF Otto n. Over
beck, candidate for supreme chancellor, the
highest office In the order. leader OF the
opposition 10 the administration. Mr.. over
beck was arrested by a detective as he was
entering the Holland building on his way
10 the meeting where the election was to be
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-22

find out how IL had come there and sud
denly the solution Of the mystery dawned
upon her. Fully two years ago she had
missed $50 from this same pocketbook
which she at that time used for her house
hold expenses, such as marketing and the
like. We had a German servant girl then
and the girl had access to the pocketbo
in paying the minor expenses. My wife
accused her Of taking the money and in
spite of her fearful protesta tons OF limo
cence, she was dismissed in disgrace. The
bill must have worked its way down into
the lining. Ny wife is going to advertise
for the girl, and If we find her we shall
make whatever restitution is possible"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-22

NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 1.-Two negro
murderers paid the penalty of their crimes
at Mississippi City. Miss, at noon to-day
Lewis Johnson, the assassin OF City Mar
shat Richardson. OF GulfpOrt, and Victor
Johnson, who brutality murdered a little
girl a Pass Christian, were hanged from
the same seaffold in the presence OF a large
crowd. Lewis was seized with religious
fervor and shouted from the trap while
Victor was too badly frightened TO speak
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-22
Convict Hanged for Killing n Pursuer

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo, Jan. Ill. L.
Craft. convict at the State penitentiary,
was hanged in the county Jail here to-
day for the murder of Henry S. Picker,
member OF posse who tried to arrest him
after he had escaped from prison. Craft, at
the time OF his recapture, was shot by the
posse, but recovered and was tried and con-
victed OF murder in the Cole County Court.
Yesterday Governor Dockery pardOned
Craft of his prison sentence in order that
he might be hanged.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-22

tions thus defeat their own purpose, with
the result that the diligent journalist, writ
ing against time, sometimes turns out
copy with a life and energy In 1t that,
II higher value than is possessed by the
feeble offspring OF the prolonged tp' ioa-
ton OF the dilettante. To change tn hg-
ure, the need OF earning ones bread - an
unkindly spur. but some OF the finest horses
in the literary paddock will not make their
hest snePd without IL
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-22
story of a Wrong.


Philadelphia Record.
THE other day my little boy found an
old pocketbook in a bureau drawer" said
a West Philadelphia man, and asked
his mother If he might have il 10 play
with IL was an old one that she had
long ago discarded, and she gave IL TO
him Child-like. he was soon pulling It
10 pieces. and brought 10 light a 500 bill.
Naturally my wife cudgeled her brains to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-22
For Killing a Negress.

KANSAS CITY. No, Jan. H.-Albert
Garth. colored. who killed Minnie Woods a
negress here, on Dec. %, 1899, was hanged
at the county jail at o'clock this morning.
Garth slept fairly well last night and
walked bravely to the scaffold, maintaining
comparative calm 10 the end. Garth was a
laborer and was twenty-six years old. Sew
eral movements were made to secure execu-
tive elemency
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-22
Boston Herald.

Gen. James II. Wilson, who goes to the
coronation the representative OF our
army, is scarcely so we'll known 10 the pub
lie at large as he deserves to be. He is
can soldier. his military record in our
civil war being far above that Of any other
survivor. He has commanded more men
in the field than any American soldier now
living and had he remained in the service
continuously he would have been al the
head on the army. instead OF Gen. Miles.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-22

Has been used over nifty years by millions OF
liners FOR their children while teething win
Iarfect success Ii scothes the child. softens the
inns allays pain. cures wind collie, regulates
sns bowels, and Is the best remedy for diarrhoea
I-hether arising from teethins other causes
Eor sale BY druggists in every part OF the world
re sure and ask for Mrs. Winslows Soothing
Svrsp . cents a bottle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-22

OF all awful Night Sounds, that OF a frightful
cough reverberating through the darkness, IL the
most saddening. Would you toe spared this in
hfction and save the life endangered by the COM
plant. administer Hale's Honey OF Horehound
and Tar. Sold by druggists.
Pixies Toothsche Drops cure In l minute
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-22

and surrounding scenery 1t is in this
manner that President Roosevelt wards off
brain fag During the whole trip not a
guard or a secret-service was TO be
seen. The diplomat, however, will not try
In again
The Irish standard., 1902-07-19
Ii the friars find their occupation

Ii the frllrS lind their occupation
gone and are prosecuted by Filipinos
and Americans they will probably re-
turn to the mother country for self
preservation. But they will never
leave in body. They will gradually
depart and in year or two all Of them
will have returned home. We venture
to say that the Pope will not order them
away. lie will not do anything that
may be construed as reflection upon
their conduct or their character or
their usefulness.
The Irish Standard, after mature de-
liberation, has come to the conclusion
that the sooner the friars leave the
Philippines the better will it be for all
concerned. The Filipinos are entitled
to have native clergy in complete SYM
pathy with their aspirations for civil
and religious freedom. 1t will take
hundreds Of years to Americanize
them, and the great bulk of them will
never become AmericaniZed. The Phil
ippine problem is the most difficult
problem that this country has been
called upon to solve. Time will tell
whether or not the American people
are capable Of discharging the tre-
mendous responsibilities they have as
sumed in the eastern hemisphere.
We are among those who believe
that the American people of to-day are
hardly competent to govern them
selves, and that they have made
stupendous mistake in undertaking to
govern any other people against their
consent.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-19

"Wherever the British flag floats"
asid Don NJ. Dickinson at London
dinner, ut stands for liberty" Did it
stand for liberty in his own Detroit in
the War of 1912 when that city was
shamefully surrendered to the British
by Gen. Hull who ought to have been
shot for his timidity? Did it stand for
liberty when during the same war
Gen. Ross burned the Presidents
house, the department offices, numer-
GUS private dwellings, the libraries and
public archives in Washington? Did
1T stand for liberty in South Africa
during the late war? Does it stand for
liberty or tyranny in Ireland? The
Michigander is as big Il toady to the
English as Chauncey Nj. Depew.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-19

Missions, is solicitous about the spirit,
ual welfare Of the Filipino youngsters
and recently said:
I'VE cannot afford to make any
compromise OF faith in the conduct OF
our schools and hospitals. l would
rather have twenty pupils with free
dom to influence them to dedicate
their lives to God than to have a
hundred on the condition that we must
not Try to convert them. The Chris
tianity OF the Filipinos is only Il
yeneered heathenism. The effect Of
American political ideas and of Amer
lean public schools will inevitably be
to break the power OF superstition and
to develop in mulitudes that which
will make it impossible for them to
remain in the Roman Catholic Church
as it now exists"
1t is tile sacred duty Of the hier-
archy Of the Catholic Church Of
America to safeguard the faith OF the
rising generation in the Philippines
and protect it from the proselytism Of
the Protestant sectaries. The religion
OF the children in the public schools
must not be tampered with by such
men as DR.. Brown. The laws already
enacted i'll the Philippines prohibit it,
and il they are not observed in the
proper spirit by superintendent and
teachers it will be i'll order for Cath
olics to protest against their violation.
They must be slow, however, to make
complaints. Unlike the American
correspondent they must base their
statements on facts OF they will injure
the cause they intend to serve.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-19
Police Outrage In Limerick.

In the House of Commons on Mon
day night, June 80, Mr.. Joyce asked
beg to ask the Chief Secretary
whether he is aware that flags draped
in mourning and suspended from the
Mechanics Institute, Limerick, as a
mark of respect for the memory of
deceased member of the Institute.
We're on Wednesday, 25th of June,
seized by the police and carried to
their barracks at William street; can
he state upon whose auth crity the DO
lice acted, and for what reasons were
these flags taken from the windows Of
the Institute; will he state whether they
We're returned, and, if 81, for what
reason; and whether, having regard to
the condition of the city of Limerick,
he will take steps to prevent a repeti-
tion Of such action.
The Chief Secretary-The two black
flags were removed by the police early
in the morning of Thursday, 25th
June, under misapprehension-w which
is now regretted-of the object with
which they had been displayed. The
police at once returned the flags when
Informed they We're emblems of
mourning.
Mr. Joyce-May I ask the right hon.
orable gentleman will he take steps
to prevent repetition of such action
on the part Of the police?
The Chief Secretary-I don't think
any steps are necessary. l said the
police very much regret the incident.
Mr.. Joyce asked was the right honor
able gentleman aware that they We're
ply draped flags.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-19

Gen. Bragg, of Wisconsin, the gold
Democrat who loved Cleveland fol
1.-The enemies he had made'' (and they
are legion) is now, by the grace OF the
Rough Rider Of Oyster Bay, the con-
sui general at Havana. In letter
to his wife Gen. Bragg said OF the
Cubans: Uncle Sam might as well
Try to make IL whistle out of q pigs
tail as to make anything out Of these
people," Mrs. Bragg showed the let
ter to lady friends, and it's contents
got into the papers. Now it is feared
that Bragg will be asked by the
Cubans t. leave the island.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-19

Father Cronin, of the Buffalo Union
and Times, read the American Declara-
ton Of Independence at the Cork cN-
hibition Oh the Fourth of July. 1t
is surprising that Secretary Wyndham,
the Castle coercionist, did not order
him arrested for reading the treason
able language of Thomas Jefferson
against the present king Of Great
Britain" as George III. is referred to
in the immortal document. The plain
people Of rebel Cork listened attentive
ly to the reading of the following
charge against the royal imbecile: lie
has plundered our seas, ravaged our
coasts, burned our towns, and destroy
ed the lives of our people,
The Irish standard., 1902-07-19

rected me to draw up the tactical Or
der for the attack and this was done
Oh the assumption that there would be
bona iide resistance. In the attack
and the preceding skirmishes we lost
122 killed and wounded. Ii the city
was surrendered as result Of a
definite understanding, what was the
understanding and how definite was
it? Was it that American soldiers
We're to be sacrificed for the honor of
Spain|'
The Irish standard., 1902-07-19

Don Dickinson, Of Detroit, Mich,
was in London recently and attended
a banquet at which he made speech
savoring strongly of Anglo-mania. In
the course of his address he eulogized
Ambassador Choate and referred to
him as presidential possibility.
dickinson is a gold Democrat of the
Cleveland stamp and is a Republican
in everything but the name.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-19

The Minneapolis police force has
been reorganized, and, let us hope, in
oculated With the virus Of honesty
st. Paul Globe.
The virus of honesty has not been
administered by that genial son Of
Esculapius, DR.. A. A. Ames, the Repub-
lican chief magistrate, who is now
bathing his emaciated limbs in the
rejuvenating waters of West Baden.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-19

The only Catholic honored by King
Edward in the bestowal of title was
+. Q. Burnand, the editor Of Punch,
who was made a baronet. 1t is the
lowest degree of honor that is heredi-
tary. It is next below baron and
above a knight. The editor can now
have "Sir" prefixed to his Christian
4 name and his wife, if he has any, can
60 under the name of Lady Burnand.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-19

Rt. Rev. Henry Goldman Potter, the
Protestant Episcopal Bishop Of New
York, is to wed one OF his wealthy
parishoners, though he is u years old
and has five daughters and Il son. He
is not quite as old as was the late
Bishop Whipple Of Minnesota when he
took unto himself Il wife.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-19

The supreme court of Minnesota has
declared Il. w. Hugo to be the duly
elected mayor Of Duluth. In two clec-
tions Mr.. Hugo defeated his Demo-
ratio opponent, Henry Truelsen, by II
clares that he will not enter politics
again.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-19

The woods are full of msinforma-
tion OH the Catholic question in the
Philippines.-Milwaukee Citizen. Yes,
and our esteemed contemporary was
made the medium Of disseminating Il
big lot Of it. What about that "Ameri-
can traveller" who said the schools
We're controlled by bigoted Protestant
ministers? Has he got back yet?
The Irish standard., 1902-07-19

Major Gardiner, the governor of
Tayabas province, has been ordered
home from the Philippines. 1t was
he who complained Of the atrocities
committed by the American army on
the natives. In consequence of his reve-
lations he is mon persona grata" ut
Washington and may be retired from
service.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-19

A writer in the New York Sun says
that the Declaration of independence
was first printed by John Dunlap and
first read in public by Col. John Nixon,
both of whom were IriShmen.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-19

Kitchener is no orator. In replying
to addresses Of welcome on his return
from South Africa he simply said:
Il thank you" He paid more atten-
ton to the people in the streets during
the triumphal march than to the men,
bers Of the aristocracy. The Anglo
Irish general is plain, blunt man of
Democratic tendencies.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-19

James l.. NIalloy, of Boston, and
Michael Malloy, Of Nevada, two Amer
lean citizens, have been released from
captivity in Bermuda. They were
both captured While fighting with the
Beers in South Africa.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-19

Says Joseph Howard, the famous
newspaper correspondent {: Bourke
Cockran's speech in Tammany hall on
the Fourth Of July was u superb effort.
He not only has Il great gift of CAB,
but puts ideas into phrase more felic-
itously than any speaker ever heard
except Beecher, and have head them
all from Webster to Mckinley.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-19

DR.. Conaty, of the Catholic Uni
versity, failed to appear at the Co.
lumbian Summer School as announced.
He attended the a. o. III. convention
at Denver to explain matters relative
to the Celtic chair and the forced re-
tirement of DR.. Henebly.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-19

James j. Hill has returned from his
trip to Labrador. He was amused to
learn that he was suspected of PLAN
ming to build railroads in that hyper
bOrean region.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-19

To whom does the Isle of Pines be-
long-Cuba or the United States :?
There are number of American set
tiers on the island who would Like to
know.
The Irish standard., 1902-07-19

The Catholic Progress of Seattle,
weekly which deserves the patronage
of Pacific coast Catholics in whose in.
terests it is published.