The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-14
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rain opens his article on Cnristan
lrE he december number OF the Noftn
safet p.,,iew. with the sweeping ADMISSION
lrsn''n .ll insane-that is TO say IN matters
sf Dsinion; If we were sane we shouid an
81. .,ssal or religious doctrine alike anu t'ete
4. pohpN s;.n,te On that basis he halls the
.ssa h ~ s.;."tist as his mate and fellow, and
rhsdsn s'. ~ show that the Christian Scientist
h. Yrofssos .;,.,resouely insane OF all men. AS
be mo-. NJ the cult he finds III it all the
he p0'f,.,,;sI 10 the success OF new re-
ssn,as e'.;,a,;on---it passes itself for an inn
sCsG osS .be existing religion it has money |
nvsnen' W authority and capital are concen-
d paEa s ;o NJ a small and irresponsible |
si.d 10 w :, has baited its hook with a new
due sn H.. ,dvantage-the promise TO rid the |
nd 'ms s.t, and disease. Mark Twain examines
ne p..,ts upon the testimony OF some OF
~ CUE, NJ Christian Science to their personal
~. as printed in one OF the authorized
s !eI'.ors Of the sect in manner which is
Y Illustrated by the following paragraph
vi a e.s. Far-Western girl of nine, equipped
= adpIt vocabulary, states her age and
rA ~ = ,Songht would write demonstration
sls ! e. had claim, derived from getting
you ronv's head and landed on a rock
tns e.. saved herself from disaster by remem-
re 'DS cav God is All while she was in the
Hns .,iin't have done it. ! shouldn't even
ts,rh, Of il. l should have been too ex-
NV Va,hinu but Christian Science could have
'su t, ,t,, child to do that calm and thought
s'u. ls ;ndicious thing in those circumstances.
.,s dawn on her head, and by all the rules
y 'socld have broken it, but the intervention
4. foruiua prevented that, so the only claim
,i,g vas blackened eye. Monday morning
~, still swollen and shut. AT school 1t
N e., nrettv badly--that is, it seemed TO- 50 l
wv .Y.,ns.d and went down in the basement and
B "a 1Now | am depending on mamma instead
81 W I'd and will depend on God instead Of
~.r' No doubt this would have answered ;
n Z. n make sure, she added Mrs Eddy to the
~ and recited the Scientific Statement of Be
~. which Is one Of the principal nominations /
e ~, Then 4 felt my eye opening. Why, 1t
roid have opened an oyster. l think 1t Is one
& y n. touchineest things in child history, that
Il r,u, little rat down cellar pumping away at the
lS,.ntihc Statement of Being"
~ Hr,m,s Robert de Montesquou-F ezensae, the
"a ~, Is one Of the most interesting figures in the
81 l,s,rv world of contemporary Paris. He IS a
81 lr,al descendant of d'Artasnan, that soldier
b -ad. famous by Dumas, he of whom 1t was saic
n A,xe went TO war with a sword In one hand anc
zen In the other, de Montesquiou is true Chile
& bNs race, and Of those ancestors In whom fol
+ centuries the courage of the knight has beer
81 uahsd to the wisdom of the statesman,
# He Is contemplating q short visit 70 this eoun
n tn As he Is an unrivalled "eonferencier di
Ri non, there Is every probability that he viii b.
81 s:,rd in our drawing rooms and that his woEI
b. vii soon become more widely known.
r lit 5, tatsa fVNv he IL
r. enb.r Critic
III "comte Robert de Montesquiou, the poet Q
today seems almost the cavalier Of the past, s
"a much does his personality suggest the Gran
stgneur Of feuda times and the belted leader Q
81 tshng romance. For twenty years he has FOL
n hEed literary career, reverent disciple c
ROnsard, Racine, Alfred de Vigny, Victor Hug
nd fellow student OF Verlaine and Of the La
arday poets Of France. Few writers have pre-
pked so much discussion, few have commando
% much recognition. An aristocrat by brit
lis proudest quartering is that of his own talen
80 that II might be said de Montesquiou has SUI
S:sded despite his inheritance Of race, for in r
81 publican France Of today the ink pot OF Il
uTern Is presumably more inspiring than the II
sand Of the study"
b The December Critic also contains an alb
article from the pen of the late Frank Norris
E The responsibilities Of the Novelist"
III Ia letter to the editor of the Critic N
Hanin Garland says OF Mr.. Norris He W
hs handsomest, bravest, brightest man OF lette
III ever knew. He looked at things American in
II hfss way, and his work was sincere and We
strong And yet great as The Octopus a
W The Pit" are, they were only the first fru
II 81 Tremendous creative energy. But after all
sad come back to the keen sorrow that seil
ne as ! remember his face, as beautiful in
shesfy, blithe fashion as Edwin Booths was
!. sombre fashion. Norris was TO me one of
most enviable of all the men I knew
can not realize that he has gone into the d;
and cold. He had not many friends in the E
mean those who know him intimately-7but
Winning personality captivated every one
eaaneed to meet him. His going is a great i
. american literature. He was man Of blair
e'' lie, high Ideals and great achievement
+ y +
n The Mote on the Literary Element
n''sdsley's Art by Albert Gallatin, is decide
worth while reading.
E Beardsleys Illustrations for lie Nc
aArhur,' The Rape of the Lock- and OF
g'ssies are too we'll known to more than m
uon here, His drawings to illustrate cert
WORKS OF Aristophanes, Lucian and Juvenal
sso familiar examples of his work TO the
U setor Mutated versions of these drawi
aye been published in the various albums of
.oAee'ed work, but the editions in (which
gpeared in facsimile were extremely limi
'ns series of illustrations for Gautier, Flau
saa dumas, fls, quite early examples OF
so'k' but they are clever and interesting. II
II as well known through the reproduction IN
auams Of his drawings as are others for {
aer two drawings for The Arabian Nights,
oHe Tor Ben Jonson, Wycherly, Balzac, ;
III NY and Wilde .s l., ~ frOptiSnif
H. u ue pages, cover designs, and drawing
Isl hamlet Four drawings for Poe have been t
IL p4enshed, each time in an edition of $50 CO.
sau those at all familiar with Beardsley's '
DE- ~ recall other authors whose works he /
III ss'ea' Beardsey's many portraits-some OF
M ing Of lola, Moliere, Dante, Verdi, Barth'
,,oa Weber. Balzae. Sir Henry Irving y