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A GROUP OF SUCCESSFUL AUTHORS

According TO the London Daily Mail, ="
few men start life with the idea of be-
coming imaginative writer's. Some are
born to write; some achieve the art OF
writing; and others too often have writ
ing thrust upon them Mr. George Mere
dith published his first volume CT poems
at twenty-three, and has practically al
ways been a professional writer, as has
Mr. W H Maliock. and one or two
other writer's Law, which claimed the
early years Of Dickens and Scott, was
The first profession Of Mr.. Anthony
Hope, Mr.. ". E Norris. Mr. Frank
Anstey, Mr.. Henry James. Mr. Alfred
Austin. and Mr. Sydney Grundy, while
the church, Of one denomination or tie
other. has or had claims on Mr.. Barring
Gould, Dr. George Macdonald Mr. S
r. Crockett. Mr. SiIas Hooking. Mr. Jo-
seph Hooking. Ian MaclaFen, and Mr. J
NJ Cobban.
Mr.. Thomas Hardy was an architect;
Mr.. Ccnan Doyle was. Of course. doc
tor; Mr. Arthur Morrison was the sec
Rotary OF a phiIanthrOpic trust, while
the early years OF Mr. Robert Kitchens
and Mr.. Louis Napoleon Parker were de-
voted TO the profession OF music. Nj.
Rider Heggard was at one time SOL
der; Mr. David Christie Murray was a
war correspondent. and Mr.. Robert
BIatcbford a soldier. Mr.. Frank Bullen,
Mr. Joseph Conrad and MI Morley Rob-
erts have been merchant seamen, while
Mark Twain'S early days we're spent On
a Mississippi canal heat; Mr. Clark Rus
sell. the sea novelist, was in the mer-
chant service from the age CT thirteen
to the age Of twenty-one.
From journalism 10 Imaginative liter
allure has been the path Of Mr.. Hall
Game. Mr. Frankfort Moore, Hr. Mar
riott Watson. Mr. Barry Pain, Mr., Der
nard Shaw. Mr.. Max Pemberton, Air. Gil
bert Parker. Mr.. Louis Becke, Mr.. 3. l.
Farjeon. Nj Rudyard Kipiing, and Mr..
Marion Crawford. Mr.. C. A Henty. Mr.
Maurice Hewlett. and Mr.. ". ". Jacobs
have been in the civil service. Mr.. A.
E. ". Mason was at one time a poIiti-
cal agent
Among the noFel'Sts Wsio nave Deen
teachers OF one sort or another are Miss
Evelyn sharp. Mr.. Israel zongwiH, Mr..
George ManvilIe Fem. Mr. CUTLER
Couch. and Mr.. II. G. Wells. Mr. Tom
Gallon. Mr.. Richard lie GaIlienne and
Mr.. Eden Phillpotts were clerks. Mr.. J.
H. ShorthoUse. who. unfortunately. is at
present seriously i'll. is 2 chemical man
ufacturer at Birmingham. Mr. Henry
Arthur Jones spent his early years IL
trade at Birmingham, AID Mr.. John Da-
-ldson used to be a chemist. Among
publishers, Mr.. Heinemana IS i drama
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KING AND LIBERTY BELL.

When King Edward VII. then Prince
Of Wales. and travelling as Baron Rem
frew. visited Philadelphia in 1860. one
Of the places ne particularly expressed
g desire to visit was Independence Hall.
says the "'Woman's Home Companion -
There he spent a very considerable time.
examining every object and asking many
questions. In the declaration chamber
he was shown the Liberty Bell. which. II
Is said. was stored away IN a corner and
surrounded by a lot OF boxes and rub
bish. The prince expressed great sur
prise that an object which so justly de-
served generation should be treated with
so little respect, and it Is said that.
turning to the mayor. he exclaimed:
This bell should be treasured and rev
erenced by the people OF the United
states as their nest precious heirloom. d"
That remark stirred a ripple of thought
IN the right direction; but It operated
slowly, and although talk Of restoring
Independence Hall became general. and
interest in it grew and was accelerated
by the centennial. nothing of a substan-
tiaI nature was done until few years
ago. To the Colonial Daughters OF the
Revolution, and the city Of Philadelphia
the american people are indebted for
the privilege Of once more looking upon
the Cradle Of Liberty just as 1t was
the day the first Continental Congress
assembled there.
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4 nations art can rise no higher than
the character OF the individual genius
# can sink no lower than organized art
control.
The Greeks we're the last nation to
possess a d!stinctfvely national art-the
last nation to leave behind them art
Of educational value The human mind
reached at that time the highest point
art has ever attained from q national
pofnt OF view. The men CT genius OF
/ that cav had behind then masses Of
the people. whf loved crt as their life
/ Art was their religion ether we
have not Let f. measure the essential
qualities that make great art live,
whether it is e-en possible. with our
great haste to do things. ever to have q
distinctly national art is a matter for
Z the individual artist TO decide
/ The nearest approach to anything IA
| tIonaI IN character Is the Shaw Memo
rial in Boston, which covered a period
of some fifteen years in the making L
ANYTHING sordid had crept into thu
artists mind. OF he had spent his time
! in the manipulation Of the art organiza-
ton. there would have been no grand
result. the soul OF the statue would
1 have been lost
That We are leaving nothing Of educa-
tIonal value IN art is partly due 70 the
fact that our constitution Of the present
day Is built in the air rather than on
the solid earth How many OF the Sky
scrapers'' viii have anything to say to
posterity?
It is a matter Of vast Importance what
we leave behind Us as art. For he who
lives not for. posterity has failed TO live
at all Every true artist comes to prize
his liberty OF thought and action as the
one thing that marks him as a high
priest Of the beautiful. The more per-
/ feet his distinct type Of individuality the
more glorious his work and the greater
use 20 humanity
/ American sculpture might rival that
OF the Greeks f the sculptors in this
country could be kept free TO develop
their national ideas and not be ham
pered BY the cunning art manipulators.
Art organization can perform use
By making place for the artist 70 ex-
/ hibit his individual work and y selling
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BEGINNING THE DIME NOVEL,

Il begin thinking with the first word
set down. and not before" he said. ~of
course, I must begin with something
that VIII attract interest. The old
method used to be something Ike this.
." Help, Help : Help," These words
rang out into the air on a cold November
night, in little town not twenty miles
distant from New York Someone was
in dire need, but the whole country
seemed utterly deserted
And then Immediately there was u
row Of stars. after which the paragraph
went on:
" Twenty years ago Ephraim Gobsoa
was the most respected citizen in New
Potsdam, and HuIdah, his sunuy-haired
daughter. was called the prettiest girl
IN the village etc. etc.
But / fancy I revoIutionfzed the open
ing OF the dime novel. Writers for The
magazines have learned how necessary
1T is to begin the pIct with the first
word. and do it perhaps more artisticaI-
". but It's the same principle Here
are some Of my beginnings For In
stance. in Ramon Amanda, the Califor-
MIA Detective start:
We viii have the money or she
shall die"
or. in another one I thought rather
striking:
Swear the Defendant
And in The Dead Mans Hand the
opening line was this:
It Is case of mysterious disaP-
pearance. Mr.. Carter!" From Tx
Confessions Of a Dis e-Novelist7 b
.Gelett Burgess, in the Bookman
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ADVANTAGES OF FOLLY
OVER BRAINS FOR WOMEN

You can never be upsides with =
man, once heard an astute woman
remark, and certain it is that the sex
rarely does a thing because it ought,
but because It chooses. and there is
nothing more grateful and comforting
to it than a female fool-a pretty fool.
be it understood, though have known
some remarkably plain fools absolutely
adored BY men. says Helen Mather. In
the Ladies Pictorial.
But these latter have kept the sweet
morseI known as dattery under the
tongue (the only real rival beauty has) j;
they have only asked the men 70 shut
their eyes and take all they can get
end the men have found it delicious,
and have come back again and again to
osk so- more. for, one and all, they are
ruled b the love Of being spoken com
foTtably to-otheTwise presented IN a
heroic or fascinating light to which
they have no real pTeteHsi0ns.
For It IS the good looking and silver
tongued fools who are the really clever
ones Of the earth. who get all that Is
worth having out Of life; for whom the
strong work their hearts out, well paid
OF lock, a phrase, q little of that
beauty Of honey for which man. the
child. who has always a sweet tooth,
has always SO great an appetite
He goes back comforted to the dust
Of The arena OF life, determined TO wTest
from his fellows some bauble OF dainty
acceptable TO the dear little fool who,
all frflIs and smiles, awaits his return
Usually with some other men TO help
her pass the time agTeeably. for lime 3
tEir well and II wifi catch more birds
than one what pIeases one good male
judge invariably pIeases the whole sex,
And It IS natural enough that men
should love the soft, dowpy creatures
whose pTattIe. ceaseIessly revolving
around trifes. imposes no strain on the
hearer, and the less they know about
things in general The more they VIII be
certain 20 concentrate their minds on
their lovers. and learn them thoroughly.
And 70 study a mans little ways. his
likes and his dislkes, his idiosyncra-
sizes, and. above all, his weaknesses,
comes easily 10 the woman who is dis
tTacted by no claims Of Intellect or high
principles, from the congeniaI task. She
must be entirely destitute Of humor. for
a man fights ssv OF a woman capable Of
turning him into rtdlcuIe or seeing him
IN any other light than heroic one
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REFLECTIONS.

After all. the neshpots are not half
bad.
All the world loves a liar-of the
right kind.
It is worth while taking two bites
at some cherries
The cleverest Of ghost stories is
the one told by the cashier.
IDEAS are as elusive as butterflies.
but they are to be caught for the
chasing
That country is greatest that has
the greatest percentage Of happy
people.
It is possibly desire for bargains
that causes a woman TO enjoy tobac-
co smoke second hand
Soak in the sunshine while you
have the chance. Some day you may
be forced TO live in London.
The kissar is one Of the most an
cient Egyptian instruments With a
small vowel change 1t is still doing
business
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it for him, but here its work should
cease.
Since the advent Of art-reform poll
tics in this city there has been less in
terest in public monuments, and II the
aTt-control movements are allowed to
sway the public mind there will be no
more art left. The true men cannot,
and viii not, work IN such an atmos-
phcre,
National art has always been found
ed on the intellectual individuality OF
the artist. and it will rest there for ali
time Nations viii rise. flourish and
sink again into the sand of time. but
the day viii come when man Will need
art egain. because It is the creates,
teacher ever given him
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SEA LOVERS.

Come. let Us fare together
Into that clear blue world
The tide that no fate can tethsF
With the sails Of our souls unfurle5
Let Us drift into any weather;
Come. let Us find 4 path.
Such as the mermaid hath
With pebbles and shells impea-Ie4.
We will float down the foam-sweD.
spaces,
We VIII hide by the crystal : ais
TIL they break On our cool, moiss
With a rush as OF waterfalls.
Or. Ike tears, in Loves tempeEs
driven
Love with Us, there aIcne-
Halt the world for our owR
And the whole Of heaven!
Beggars, We may not borrow;
SPeudthrifts we cannot pay;
But comet There's no bright tomorrs%
As dear as OUT sure today!
Look, not q cloud to shade US.
Nor a boat sail that's near nor far,
And we are as God has made US,
Woman and man we are.
Come, Cor the worlds ways grieve usI
Hot are the burning sands
The hours and the days bereave US:
Clasp with ne gladstone hands
And so by sweet height, and hollow.
Where never g milestone Is
To point the way to the bliss
Our sure feet 5Ed and follow
We viii buffet the waves and beat them.
Rest with them. cheek TO cheek
Rush with them, meet them, street. them
Flee from them when they seek,
Lips, with their passion glowing,
Living, loving anew,
Shall we spare them & kiss OF tws
From our hearts Wild overlooking?
Nay. If we leave behind US
Loads too heavy 20 bear,
Fetters that strain and bind Us,
With the rags that we used to wear
Out OF LIES fret and pain,
Taking the way that IS nearest,
What matters it, Heart, my dearess,
II we come not back again.
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The intimation has been conveyed
to the public that the new contract
for the printing Of postage stamps
may not go to the Bureau Of Engrav-
ing and Printing, which has done the
work for the past eight years, but to
private parties. The Bureau claims
that it has done this work below the
actual cost, It's loss last year having
been about $4,000. For this reason
It's bid this time. It Is limited, viii be
above some of those coming from pri-
vate establishments. and the contract
consequently viii not go to the Blu
rear. The result Will be the closing
down of a part of the Institution and
the discharge Of several hundred of
It's employees.
It viii be understood, Of course,
that the reason why the Bureau can
not do the work as cheapiy as 1t Is
dome IN private establishments is that
It pays its employees higher wages.
The whole situation Is decidedly an
omalous- Here IS a branch Of the
Government created for the express
purpose of doing a certain kind OF
work For years q very large amount
CT money has been expended to equip
it with the latest and best appliances
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Ask me not this:
To take from thee a single kiss,
Then go, forgetful of the store
Thy lips conceal, nor beg for more.
Yet bid me slake
Mine utmost thirst and so awake7
Lady, no longer should I see
Dawn, noontide, evening, clothed in
thee.
Truth hath it still
That didst thou let me take my fill,
Drink down thine every charm and
show,
I, Ike all other men, world go;
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PRISON COMPARISONS.

Herr Most. the anarchist. who has en-
ioyed al international experience .
prison. sums II Up in the epigram. The
freer the country the worse the JAIL
Il was first" he says, Imprisoned in
Austria There I was treated like a
gentleman. In Germany they set me 70
work at boosbinding. That was easy
IN London they made me pick oakum.
That was very hard The first time I
was imprisoned in America had to fire
q furnace. That was Hades."
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to DO this work. Hundreds of spe-
cially trained employees have been en-
gagged there and, with thei- assist
ants, have become adopts in the del
cate labor confded TO their hands. Il
IS a class of work that ought 70 be
done in Government workshops and
nowhere else. No money token of
the United States ought to be made
in any private establishment What
would be thought of a proposition to
have the paper money Of 5he Govern
ment printed by private parties? It
IS only a difference in degree, not in
principle. 10 print the postage stamps
in private shops Internal revenue
stamps are printed by the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing, Why should
not all other stamps be printed there
also, without regard 10 the cost Of
production?
4 decision Of the Comptroller Of
the Treasury is on record 10 the effect
that the Government cannot have its
printing done by private parties 50
long as its own printing Office IS able
to do 1t. This. be It understood, with
ont any reference to the cost Of pro
duetion. The principle underlying
this decision applies perfectly to the
present ease
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A SAD CASE

Temperance In all things IS wise
and right, and occasionally we find
al unhappy proof that intemperanee
is neither. Such a melancholy illus
tration Of human infrmity and the
memorable laws Of nature came to
light not long ago in Salem, Mass.
in the person of one Ebcn Waters.
Mr.. Waters died, the doctors say,
from a complication of diseases re-
sulting from excessive water drink
ing. He was in the habit of drink
ing not less than three quarts Of wa
ter every day
Unnatural self-indulgence Ike this
may send a thrill of horror through
the kentuekian, move the Californian
TO pity, and even arouse sentiments
of eommiseration in the neighbors of
the unfortunate man, who have been
in the habit Of manufacturing and
drinking hard cider, blackberry wine,
and Medford rum. 1t was not be-
cause there was nothing else . rink
in the neighborhood that the rasn man
took to nnbibing the fluid which eaus-
ed his death. If he bad confined him
self to alcoholic stimulants, from
which lie carefully abstained, he
might have been alive now.
This shouid be warning 10 all who
are in danger of over-induigence in
anything, however innocent it may be
in appearance, however harmless
when taken in small quantities. It
Is not necessary to argue from the IA
tai termination of this mans career
Of unrestrained intemperance that
one should not drink water at all. It
IS not necessary to go so far as some
of the total abstinence societies do.
They have been known to preach the
literal keeping Of the rule Touch
not. taste not, handle not" and forbid
even the use of alcohol for the Pur-
pose Of cleaning clothes. Itwould IN
deed be unfortunate if the fate Of AIr
Waters should lead TO the conclusion
on the part of timid people that It
IS unsafe to use water IN any form,
either externally or internally.
The lesson which we should learn
from the solemn example of the evils
Of self-;ndulgence afforded by the life
of Mr.. Waters Is that the NEST alb
sramious HABITS are harmful If car
rcd to IN excess. If Mr.. Waters had
consistently practieed temperance IN
the usa of water Us well as total ab-
stinence from alcohol, tobacco, and
other stimnlauts, he might have lived
till nobody knows when, instead Of
being cut off. as he was, at the COM
paratively early age of ninety-nine
years.
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list and Mr.. Tremayne is a novelist.
while Miss Braddon Is q publishers
wife.
Most Of the successful modern drama
lists began life as actors, amorg them
being Mr.. PiueTo. Mr.. Stephen Phillips.
Mr.. R c. Carton. Mr.. Cecil Raleigh, and
Mr. H V. Esmond Mr. Gilbert. like Mr..
Grundy, was q barTister; Captain Mar
shall and Capt. Basil Hoed were SOL
diers. Mrs. Madeleine Lucette Riley
was an actress. and Mr.. Eaddon Cham
be7s began life in the New South Wales
civil service. and afterward became =
stockrider IN the bush.
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7. P. MS EPITAPH.

A member OF Parliament is aid 20 he
circulating about the London clubs q
typewritten copy Cf an epitaph which
he soIemnly declares is intended FOR
John PierpOnt Morgan, and should be
taken By him as q warning not to push
his world grabbing enterprises too far.
The epitaph is as follows:
Here lies his head at last upon this
earth;
He Tow belongs to what he made his
own;
He bought the world for what he
thought ii worth,
And the Lord once more is running
things aloner
Mobile Register.
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A MANS WAY
By MARY oLcoTT.

But since thou art
Shyness personifed, my heart
Runs pit-pat underneath thy feet
And each grudged kiss becomes mora
sweet.
Come. Springtime. sayI
How hast thou known so well the way
To hold me knotted to a thread
When ropes would fail to bind IN
stead7
Thou wilt not telI7
Still do I bless thy woman's spell,
Still, IN the fervor of thine eyes,
Scorch me with kindled witeheries.
The Bookman.
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whether it is even possible, with
our great haste to do things, ever TO
have a distinctly National Art, is q
matter for the individual artist to
decide"
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NATIONAL ART DEPENDENT
on INDIVIDUAL GENIUS
By FRANK EDWIN ELwELL.
Curator of Sculpture York Metropolitan Museum Of Art

"Art organization can perform a
use by making a place for the artist
to exhibit his individual work and
by selling it for him; but here its
work should CEASE"
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The standard Of responsible age
has been moved up several years
from where it was two generations
ago, OF even one generation. This
viii mean something in the life of
the race. What viii be its ultimate
effect?
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THE PUBLICITY METHOD OF
REGULATING CORPORATIONS
By A KNAPP, Chairman Commission

enterprises and
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RETURNED MISSIONARY
TALKS on INDIA WORK

DR.. Bertha Caldwell, who has for
eight years been a medical missionary
in India, addressed a large number OF
members OF the various missionary so
cieties OF the city at Westminster
Presbyterian Church this afternoon. The
meeting was held under the auspices of
the Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety OF the Presbyterian Church.
Dr. Caldwell was sent out by the
Presbyterian board and has spent eight
years in the vicinity of Sllahabad. India.
Her experiences have been varied and
interesting. and her address today dealt
with the home life of the Hindoos rs
she has seen it in her experience as a
medical practitioner
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TO BUILD CANAL
DESPITE COLOMBIA
State DEPARTMENT UIIH WaIf Reasonable
Tine for Action Of Ish5mlov Go9'e1u-
mcnk, Then G0 to U0yk.

It IS announced at the State Depart
meut that the United States Government
win not be delayed beyond q reasonable
time in :ts plans for the construction OF
the Panama Canal II Colombia mani
tests a disposition 20 haggie over the
terms-the price to be paid her and the
exten. Of the United States jurisdiction
on the Isthmus-the United States Gov
ernment viii not wait 10 conclude a
treaty With her, but viii begin digging
the canal and discuss the terms after
ward
This Government has determined 10
construct canal, il has selected the
Panama route as the best, most practi-
cal. and the cheapest; the money to pur-
chase II has Eeen appropriated and the
title has been found perfect Every
thing is ready TO begin the work except
securing IN agreement with Colombia
as TO the amount of her interest in the
project. This agreement is delayed
merely through the action Of the Colon
bian minister and the desire Of the Co
Iombian government to strike hard
bargain
Information obtained at the State De
partment is to the effect that the Unit
ed states does not propose to allow the
prosecution Of this great work 10 be
Ionger delayed by such obstacles. This
Government will complete the purchase