Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-18

and there, like Ward and Twain found
fodder Of the right sort for MS re-
sagus. He has been living abroad for
tho mast quarter century and writing
novels. but ne can't do better than
when ne produced 1.-THE Heather Chi
nee" THE Society Upon the stanls.
laus." Luck Of Roaring Camp ana
things Of that llk
Lesser lights OF 1880 are NJ, d. Landon
(En Perkins,, who now lives IN New
York city, author Of wit, Humor and
pathos" Thirty Years of Wit and
many other humorous books, and Cy
Subway, the tall congressman from
New Hampshire, who occasionally de-
lights his hearers with a speech thar
for humor can be compared only with
something similar from his colleague,
Champ CLARK, his junior by eleven years.
one congressman Is a Republican, the
other Is Democrat, but both men are
rich, rare and juicy in their speeches.
although as authors they have not yet
reached far beyond The Congressional
Record,
George Wilbur Peck born 1870, who
has been mayor Of Milwaukee and gov
ernor OF Wisconsin is well known as a
journalist, but better known as the au-
thor OF the "Peck's Bad Boy" stories
and plays. His present address is Mill
| waukee.
The year 1S41 introduced to the world
two such celebrities as G. II. Clark
MAX Adeler) and James NJ Bailey the
once famous Danbury News Man,
Each one had his innings but only
Clark, author Of "Out Of the Hurry Bur
ly," Elbow Room ETC.. remains alive.
Year 1912 is responsible for brace of
WORTHLESS, c, 4. Adams, author Of Lee
die Yawcob Strauss" native Of Mas
sachusetts, and Charles u. Lewis 9TH
erwise and better known as NJ. Quad a
native Of Ohio. Both have been sue
cessful and, what Is far better from
our point Of view, both are still alive
and doing remuneratke work.
Robert Jones Burdette, once known
as the Hawkeye Man, a humorist by
birthright and preacher by adoption
lives now In Pasadena, Cal, being at
the present time ffty-seven years old
Joel Chandler Harris. racy Uncle Re
mus, owns up to fifty.three years, hall
Of them spent In editorial work. lie
lives In Atlanta and Is devotlng all his
time to the production of more stories
of the Uncle Remus sort,
In 1850 Edgar (otherwlse known as
Bid Nye was born In Shirley, Me-, Ar
temus Wards native state Like him
he had only common school educa.
ton, drifted into journalism and then
into fame. Nye Is almost the only hu.
morist who looked the character, hay
ing had physlognomy provocative Of
merrment and jolly disposition. liz
died young, unfortunately-tha Is
young for him." as he might himself
have sad-haying departed this life In
1895. But though physically absent, he
will be long remembered as the author
Of "Bill Nye and the Boomerang" "Tht
Forty Liars" "Baled Hay" and Other
interesting works,
Another journalistic humorlst, alsC
born In 1850 was Eugene Field, whose
untimely death In 1895 has been, like
Nye's, universally lamented. Few 9th
er writer's, except r. l., Stevenson, have
received such posthumous praise al
Field, and his books, such as his lit.
tie Book of Western Verse" and with
Trumpet and Drum" have had wide
circulation.
James Whltcomb Riley, surviving lee
ture partner of Nye, humorous dialect
poet, author OF "The Old swlmmln
Hole" etc. was born In 1853. His ad.
dress Is Indianapolis. In the year 1896 q
promising light was extinguished wher
II. c, Bunner died at the age of forty,
one, The year OF his birth, 1855, was
also that Of Edward w. Townsend au.
thor Of "Chimmie Fadden," "Majoi
Max" Days Like These" etc. books
! that have had large sales and won @