The sun., 1902-06-01
IndianA's Big sixteen.

inutanas Die SiNtceu'
The Indianapolis Sentinel asserts that
no Indiana author received recognition
there until he had won IL abroa adj. not
even one Of the illus,rious cigh. who
appeared on the stage IN indianapolis in
behalf Of the Harrison Memorial Friday
night IL il not home encouragement,
then. that sustained the Indiana authors
in their first flights When they have
won fame. their state coddles and makes
much II them. The fertility Of Indiana
IN authors and the literary fertility of
her authors remain unaccounted for
She IL proud Of them. She loves To hear
them read and Ia gaze upon them IN
their tea-taklng moments. Not Boston
or Cambridge ever purred more fondly
over men, women and children Of letters
Still. like many other parents, Indiana
seems To he somewhat surprised hv
her children. They are famous and she
smiles for happiness in their fame; but
why they took To literature she doesn't
and cant explain. Be the cause IN the
soil the atmosphere, the climate. the
water or the whlskey. great is the liter
ary glory Of the Hoosier Commonwealth
Let us listen attentivcly while our In
dlanapolls contemporary claims the lit
erary championship and record for In
diana and names a second eight which
1t considers nearly a. good a. the frst
eight. and II holds that both If them
are unmatchab":
The .Ssrnso viii 60 iAuner setting thes-
eight aside -w,LL,CE. RILKi. usJo., TsRKING-
roN ApE. C.rHEsvoop. N,cuIcHroN Aud NICBoL
soN t aNsrifS TINT Indiana rsn come neArrf
matching tl"r IA celebrity and abIIfy viva ,Jeh'
Others taan rau any other state "a the uaIpa from
- total uSi 81 author, That certainly ought ,n
be a far to-, iot n, other STATE ib,' maze, 7r~
'snslon ro Iterarv rank. ini iu addition ,nr ,-r.
.irsi vii name notpdy that has been tnpnsd
~ "a Indiana agthor
o. viii name nfs' Io.orIs NuItR. usually
cr-di'~i 20 California ba' vim vas bofn 10 lndana
auI grew TO manhood here Second pat Jou>
H,r secretary of state ~ USe dcscrrtoa Third.
ur name IpHS J.Sss PAN W1oss frrutauon
i,s> VIDE a. tho cogufr. FOURTH NJ claim Rns
rHI l>pEswnop JOHNSON. present 1,-tsrv h.sd
Of tnc Century c ,mpAny. who WAS born a, WASH.
temporarily u,l,lns there. and Who grew up and
was educated 10 Indiana.
Fora ufu ~ name q greater than ,ny Of these
-wnIi,4 l,uuH> MoopI the stsrHKS Pau
LIrs 81 America who's, Nasaue of Judgment Is
70. cry POEM sni'rn In this country thai VIII b-ar
campau,,a with ts- loflc- wots Of uIroS.
HInoN SHrLtEI ami HHosNINO SSth vi,
put ED.,Ep 10 5LEsto> on zoe programme iaous IN
by ror,rsy,as IL rulsaest ialses OF Ito. seventh
W viu nave one Of inose nlmitab. animal storirs
irum wuLi,N HoHS,DN. >lpcHa,cndeL' ~
iae Zoolos.rai Lsfiens % Nss NoS oIi,. And
~ vii ripsr the ns' With ANSIr IILLp~s Ju.as.
sJN saoSe stories % cAlId NE sud casnytcr
sae,ch-s are universally appreciated
Perhaps some of rs would want to
put Mr. DAY, Mr.. EOGLESToN, Mr. Mil
LER and MIR PIATT IN the First light IN
place Of some persons Ia that boat who
NAV be thought to be of the quick
s,utng." rockct-and-stick variety. hut
what has the outside world 10 do wlrh
thu arrangements Of the Indiana Temple
nf Fame Taste IL free as well rs thought
and w. are too irrcclaimably good-nat-
urcd to quarrel with critic Who puts
MnToN, SHELLEY. BYRON and BROWN
ING in the same class. We must protest.
h bwevcr. that /, il unjust Ia n promis-
ing young poet like Mr.. MooDy To-
compare him with the much-bcpufIed
STEPHEN PHILIPs. How would Mr.
NICHOLSON like To be called the STErHEN
PHILLIPS Of Indiana?
But there the Indiana llst- stand. Can
other States take up the chaiieng" and
prove their quarir' iust' lndiana's
ncighbor Ohio might make good start
with Mr. HowELLs, Miss EDITH THOMAS.
Mr.. JAMES fogD RHODES. We leave II
IN Ohioans ~ complete tho list Chicago
can furnish N least eight cights Penn
syiyania has DR. MITCHELL. Miss RkP-
Filler. Mr. OWEN WIsTER. Mr. n. n
DAVIS and plenty more. bu, it ~ not for
Foreigners To sclec, them. Oregon vii,
point to Mr. EDWIN MARKHAM as a speCi-
men of what sh" can produce IN the
literary line. This town publishes most
of the books and has authors to burn.
but We don't yearn for the job Of pick
ing out the New York first and second
Sight Besides. some OF our hest New
York names belong by right Of birth to
other States We should have Tn resign