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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-08
THE LITERARY OUTLOOK
Study of Speech Rewards of Authorshp--A Remarka
BILE journal of Disappointed Genius
Authors as Scientists
By HERBERT BREWSTER.

James; 1.-THE Chameleon" by James
Weber Linn novel of modern social
life; Lees and LeaVen," a story of
Western and New York city life, by
f. w. Townsend; 1.-The Circle" novel
by Katherine Thurston, and YOUTH"
three novelties, by Joseph Conrad.
The rewards of authorship is al
ways a pertinent topic, but the subject
has been forcibly brought to mind re-
Gently by the account of Bret Harte's
estate, amounting, as 1t does to but
81 800, and the recent death of very
popular author, Frank Norris, whose
most valuable asset was a book pub
lished after his death. A book which
will also keep the subject up for dis
cussion for some time to come has
just appeared. THE Journal of Ar
thur Stirling" it is called, the diary
of a young man who day by day set
down his thoughts during a period of
doubt and waiting in which a score of
publishers refused what was his mas
terpiece. 1t is a record of struggle
and defeat which should make young
writer's hesitate before deciding on a
career of authorship. The story of
Arthur Stirling goes far to prove that
literature is one thing and a salable
book another. AS a matter of fact, few
thur Stirling ever lived. Some time
last summer a notice of the suicide of
an Arthur Stirling appeared in one of
the New York papers. The young man
was but % years of age, according to
the report. and. in the letter to a
friend the day before he wrote of his
intention to drown himself somewhere
in the Hudson river. The body was
never found, but his friend received
on the day following the suicide, two
packages which the young man was
supposed to have sent just before TAX
ing his life. In one of the packages
was the manuscript of his tragedy,
THE Captive" which number of
publishers had rejected; I'm the other
package was the diary now published.
According to the preface. written by
another friend of the unfortunate Ar
thur Stirling, the young man was one
of the submerged who felt that he had
a great talent He was a dish washer,
a street car conductor a workman at
various kinds of labor His tragedy
was composed while he was almost
starving, and then followed a more
miserable period of his life IN the at
tempts to get the work published. All
Of his feelings are shown IN the diary
He tells Of his vain efforts IN the way
Of going from one publisher and the
thing Is set down with every evidence
Of truth, according 10 those who are
familiar with the practical side Of lit
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-08

and tradition has it that student Mills
was about the huskiest man IN the boat.
The training which he received in those
days did him no harm.
When graduation came in 1872, it
found him among the members of the
class entitled to election to the Phi Beta
Kappa Society, the honor which goes
to those who excel in scholarship. From
college he went into the ministry of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Most of his life has been spent in
Central New York. He became affili-
ated with the Central New York Con-
ference of the church, and is still a
member of that organization. His
brethren in the ministry early recog-
nized his ability. and for year after
year elected him secretary of their or
ganization. Half a dozen times he has
been a delegate from the Central New
York Conference to the General Con-
ference of the denomination, the great
iaw-making body. So ii was not as an
obscure man that DR.. Mills became the
corresponding secretary Of the commits
sion which, in 1898, undertook to raise
$40. 600, 900 TO mark the going out of the
century.
No mention has been made of the
enormous amount Of work which had
20 be done to make the Twentieth
Century Fund project success. There
were those in the church who' Tor
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-08

There are some thousands of people
just now trying to invent a word which
shall mean a wireless telegraph mes
sage across the ocean. The word Mar
conigram has already come to mean
wireless telegram, but the recent sue
cess of Marconi in sending messages
across the Atlantic has created a need
for a special word to apply here as does
cablegram for a message by cable.
Every day brings batch of sugges-
tions to the editors Of the New York
papers, and while Marconi was in New
York more than half of his mail was
made up of similar communications.
Aerogram, ethergram, spacogram, ino-
gram and lightogram are some of the
proposed words. The desire to supply
word shows an amazing activity
among people who feel an interest in
the language. For my part, do not
see why the word Marconigram may
not be used to cover the whole matter.
1t was rather a startling suggestion
made the other day that but for the
doctrines of the theosophists who years
ago promulgated their belief in wire
less communication-by thought trans
mission, however-Marconi would not
have thought of system of wireless
telegraphy, and that, but for H. G.
Wells War of the Worlds" he would
not have thought of certain improve
ments in projecting his ether waves.
We always felt that the imagination Of
the novelist was superior to that of the
scientist but we never thought of CIV
ing H; G.. Wells, jules Verne and 9TH
ers of the kind. the credit for many
of the modern wonders. AS a matter
of fact, however, 1t is doubtful II Mar
conf ever heard of the theosophists
when he first thought of wireless teleg-
raphy, and he has so little time for
reading that 1t is doubtful If he knows
there is such an author as H G. Wells,
however. well he is known to the rest
of the world.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-08

Are we becoming more careless of
our speech? We used to have an au-
thority called, Seven Thousand Words
Often Mispronounced," but the compil-
er of this valuable work has recently
added 5000 words to the collection and
the revised edition, just published is
called "Ten Thousand Words Often
Mispronounced." Our language has, of
course, grown since Mr.. Phyfe COM
piled the first collection, but it has not
grown 5000 words bigger in several
years. Perhaps we are trying to use
more words than formerly, condition
which would explain an increase of err
rors of pronunciation. The use of words
is an interesting study and Mr.. Phyfe
has, in his works, given additional in
terest to the subject. Few people use
more that 1000 words or have
a vocabulary of more than that
number, and 1t is estimated
that more than half the people in the
world get along with less than 500
words. Shakespeare used some $1,000
different words. and, according to one
authority, there are $4,000 different
words in the Bible. The fact that 100
different words make UP half of those
used in speaking and writing is gen.
orally recognized by the inventors of
shorthand systems. By devising word
signs which may be made quickly for
these hundred words, the problem of
writing as fast as the words are spoken
is half solved.
Thus far in the present year, not
dozen novels have been published, but,
within the next few days three or four
score will be out. OF these, already is
sued, THE PITT takes first rank. Not
only is ii the best selling novel of
those published this year, but, in many
parts of the country, it surpasses the
favorites Of last season. Mrs. Wigs
of the Cabbage Patch" continues to sell
in large quantities, to the great delight
of the publishers, with whom the book
is a record breaker as to number Of
books sold. Probably the most remark
able selling book of those published
last year is Stewart Edward Whites
THE Blazed Trail" The story was
brought out early last spring. nearly
year ago. and It's sales have steadily
increased each month since it's publlca-
ton. The usual course for a novel Is
diminishing sale after the first three
or four months Of It's life.
Most notable Of the books 20 be out
this month are THE Better Sort" a
collection Of short stories By Henry
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-08
HOW A PREACHER
RAISED S2O,OOO,OOO

Rev. Dr. Edmund M. Mills Tells How He Conducted Four
Years Campaign That Resulted in Securing to the
Methodist Episcopal Church Colossal Twentieth Cen
fury Thank Offering Interesting Things About Dr. Mills.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-08

erary affairs. The book is already
called a tale of Grub street on the
nineteenth century, the story of a mod
ern Chatterton. Whether there ever
was an Arthur Stirling, one cannot
help feeling that the experiences set
down i'm the diary were real expert
ences. The author of the diary, who
ever he or she may be, must have
passed through them. At the same
time, one cannot help feeling that
quite possibly this book Is another lit
erary hoax and, that after thousands
of readers have sympathized with the
tragic story, some well known author
will be found out as the writer of the
book.
Here are two or three extracts from
the Journal:
Yesterday / was cable car conductor
and to-day l am poet! / know of
some immortal poems that were written
by a druggists clerk and some by a
gauger of liquid barrels, but none by
a cable car conductor. ut sounds in
terestipg, tell us about it," says the
reader. / shall. but not to-day.
This sounds like testing, but it is not.
l have only been a cable car conductor
six months. but in that time l have
taught myself to read Greek with more
than huency. All you need is good
health and spirits, a will of iron, and a
very tiny note book in the palm of your
hand, full of the words you wish to
learn. And then for ten or twelve hours
a day you go about running a car with
your body--and with your mind-ham-
mering, hammering. 1t is excellent dis
cipline-it is lighting all day, "Pous.
podos. the foot-pous, podos, the foot
Thirty-fourth street, Crosstown east
and west-pous, podos, the footr
pyaG al a al
to-day oh, my SOUL it frightens me-!
All these libraries of books-who reads
them. what are they for? And each
one of them n hope And l am to leap
over them all-I-I? j dare not think
about it?"
II wait to hear from the publisher
merely as a matter of duty. 1 have
never had the least idea that he will
take the book. 1 have made up my
mind to drown myself There is no
mess about it, and men do not have
to know of 1t. / have often read of
murder cases. They tie rope around
the body and a stone to the rope but
the stone slips out. or the rops wears,
and then it is unpleasant. I used TO
say that they were fools why did they
not get dumb bell or something like
that, and a small chain. Then there
would have been no trouble"
For several years Rudyard kipling
has been working on a series of sto-
ries dealing with the navy. Mr.. Kip
ling spent a part of one summer
cruising with the fleet during the ma
neuvers and besides gathering mate
rial for several poems, he has evil
IDENTIFY based many Of his stories on in
oil
with the fleet. Mr.. Pycroft, the ma
val Mulvany" is the central character
Of all OF these stories and they are
said to be better than any short sto-
ries which Kipllng has done in a long
time. Their publication In book form
may not be expected for several
month"; yet
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-08

All of the organs of the Methodist
Episcopal Church unite in hailing this
as wonderful achievement. Con-
CALCULATIONS have been showered upon
the commission which had the matter
in charge. At it's head was the vener-
able Bishop f. G. Andrews. Other
members well known in Methodism
were: John T.. Andrus, the Yonkers
millionaire Rev. w. F. Warren, Ho-
mer Eaton and Rev. w. F. Mellow
ell
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-08
M r., DOOL.ESY,@
ON GAMBLING.
BY. F. P. DUNE.

Copyright. 1903. by Robert Howard Russell
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06
A Neglected Class.

When looking around to discover social
grievances or to find subjects for philan-
thropic work why has no one Thought of
the: hotel maids and walters? Their lives
are hard. for they have long hours and
must be on duty both early and late.
Their time off is; taken in. snatches, and
they seldom get a whole. day.
A kind lady, observing this at a hotel.
asked her husband to give mis- morning
paper every day to. the a. who waited
at their table. The gratitude expressed
showed how tedious the man found his
idle. time when he was ION. duty but
had nothing, to do and~nothing to read"
A book or paper" to Z chambermaid,
hall boy or elevator boy:is often more
gratefully received. than the ever well
come tip.
IA little consideration as to unusual de-
.miands meets with equal appreciation.
Any one who has travelled much and not
kept his eyes shut soon learns that hotel
work is hard for those who do it reeu-
larly and continuously, and soon becomes
willing to be less exacting and: more
aware Of certain needs in those who
serve which cannot be supplied by gifts
of money. A. little personal interest is
worth much more in many cases.-Phila-
delphia Ledger .: ~: -. = %*2ez
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06
MOONLIGHT IN THE DESERT,

We saw the moon ascend the skies
AS though to music chorded deep
Sweet, super-earthly harmonies
< Swept through the great,Ecalm halls 6o1
i sleep. s& %% ~ M x.S .
sThenSin ethereal Feauipoise II s##
ItSseemed to hang, audible blown
tenuous gold. as pure asTjoy'sa- .S
First ecstasy in Eden known.
And: 10. a miracle! for 'all ."
That aria wastes. compact of: gloom, =
And unto desolation thrall.
Was as a garden girt with bloom.
Topaz and veined amethyst
The paths that wendell up and down;
And in q veil of violet mist -.
The distances appeared to drown. ? )
i a. Il )
Despite we knew that dawn would show
But hideous sand-blight to our eyes, ?
So strong the spell it was as though
F. We stood. in Allah's paradise. #:z. Z
Clinton scollard, inSLippincott's Magazine
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06
A Costly Honor.

1t will cost DR.. Randall Davidson near
" $4,000 to become. the archbishop of
Canterbury. It costs over $1,000 to be-
come a mere bishop. The warrants, Ger
tificates and letters patent cost E226 IS:
'the:fees for the restitution of temporaii,
ties cost f143 IS; - e%xchequuerk. charges
total up f1O4 Is i'd, and when the arch
bishop takes his seat in the House Of
Lords he must pay further costs mount
ing to f4$. The various officials of Can
his secretaries, the vicar general and the
deputy register will get together ZOOS
19s Sd, making the total fees fS44 6s
I'D. These al: come under the head Of
must When all the other little gra-
tuities are counted in. the sum total will
easily be f1OOO. : 80.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06
New zEngineering Tools.

The fighting around Santiago in 1aas
has resulted: inithe addition to the conn.
mentsof the engineer corps. Of two imnle-
ments which proved to be very useful IN
t~hat'battle There are the machete ana
not only a valuable Weapon 81 offen..
at close quarters, but is useful in cnff;c@
through thick brush and jungle grn11S
The usefulness of the pliers is obvin--
since batbed wire has come to be suck =.
important factor in the defense Of fosfi
fed. positions. Without them it sissiik15v.
that many more men would have faN4.
house. 80, -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06
Lliza6eth 1qrcc.arF harriet Endysc9: = 1t r.: y
m The EARL PMt~Aet" now hygat New oYn astronomical ed eb as veil the dnn@t comedies
editor elizabeth 1y@ h@d leading lady role Hsp lay while Dm has the HM Ts - a. 1 ~

exercises We're an %all-da:y affair. with
feKen6en, and afternoon services, and the
bible: class and Sunday school. in the III
terval which the. #ministeEEEtook for rest
between his sermons = Tliere1:were sheds
for the vehicles. and the: maprwho was
kind to his beasts usually put into. his
wagon with the family sandwiches a
small bag Of grain for his team. The
services began: at: 1870 and We're. over
at $3.50, unless the afternoon sermon was
lengthy" as it was very apt to be; five
hours of doctrine and ediication on Which
heaven was supposed to smile; five hours
of light and sunshine and recreation
stricken out of our lives on that so-called
day of rest.-Atlantic Monthly.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06
TOPICS OF THE HOUSEHOLD.
-- : - = .
Hints Ranging fromsMaple Cream Candy
to Mint Sauce.

~ ' r.
In no other locality are home made
candies more delicious than in the Green
Mountain State, where maple syrup and
maple sugar are found at their best.
Here is a rule for maple cream candies
one pound of maple sugar allow one cup
ful Of milk and one of good rich cream.
Break the sugar into tiny bits and .put
all the ingredients into a porcelain. or
granite lined kettle and stand it over the
fire. Stir constantly as it boils, and when
it hardens~ upon being dropped into cold
water stir in as many chopped butter
nuts as the. candy will take up. Turn
into shallow <buttered pans and when
hard break into convenient pieces. If
butternuts are not to- be obtained either
pecans or walnuts can, be substituted.
but by the use of the butternuts with
the maple. sugar a favor that is excep-
tionally. rich and delicious is. secured. ~
An excellent fudge calls for a quarter
quarter of a pound of butter, one and
q half pounds granulated sugar, one cup-
full of sweet milk and one ~teasDo1nful.n f
vanilla extract, Break or scrape the
chocolate into tiny bits and put. all the
ingredients together into a>porcelain lined
or agate kettle. Stand. it over the fire,
stir occasionally and let boil rapidly until
~ Wv" oNAA6 AoppCu lHLO GOA
water. Remove from the fire and stir
until it begins to grain. Pour immedia to-
~: into buttered pans n wnen firm. hut
not hard, mark off into squares: If it is
desired to make it sugar, beat hard for
q few minutes just before pouring into
be made by using rich. thick. cream in
place of milk, emitting the butter. :
To prepare creamed walnuts. use the
fondant already mentioned, 1ayorine
with a little vanilla, and mold into balls.
Crack English. walnuts carefully and re-
move the kernels in perfect halves. Press
two halves upon each ball Of cream, fat
tening slightly.
For cream dates and almonds select
large, fine dates. remove the stones and
insert little rolls of the fondant. Press
the edges together, allowing a little of the
white to be seen, and roll in graduated
sugar. The best almonds for the pur-
pose are Jordan. Blanch the nuts and
use them as a foundation, molding the
cream or fondant over, them until YOU
have. formed balls about the size of a
walnut. Roll lightly in g%ranulated sugar.
To make Mexican nut candy. nut three
cupfuls Of best brown sugar in a. granite
or agate kettle, with a half cupful of
sweet cream and a lump Of butter the
size of IN egg. Set it over the fire and
stir continually until it forms a soft ball
upon being dropped in cold water. Re-
move from the fire, flavor slightly with
vanilla and stir in two cupfuls of pecan
meats. Drop in waters OF buttered pa
per.
Fresh young mint leaves should be used
for mint sauce, the orthodox attendant
of roast lamb. Chop fine two tablespoon
fuls of the best leaves. Mix them with
a quarter of a cupful Of vinegar, two and
a half tablespoonfuls Of sugar and a lit
tie salt. and let them stand two or three
hours. z E".'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06

"Battleships are cheaper than war;"
says Lord Charles Beresford; and so they
are-if somebody else pays for them. The
notion that the only way for a country
to preserve the peace is to increase its
navy as other nations increase theirs, is
on a par with the notion which has led
the governments Of France and Germany
to burden their people with the cost of
enormous standing armies-for the navy
is nothing else. than the standing army of
the sea. 1t is a foolish notion. and the
nations which are guided by it will suffer.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06
Newest Novelties = -.
4 i Shown in the Shoes.

Decolletage ornaments Of raised flower
effects in jet are positively beautiful.
They are arranged on stiffened waist
forms to keep them immaculate until the
pieces are transferred to the evening
gown. One of these gar~nitures has clus-
tiers of the large jet ornaments on each
%shoulder and from these fall ropes Of
jet to cover the whole upper: part Of the
arm. The same idea forms the trimming
of the front and back. The girdle is
made Of the jet flowers. and from one
side fall long chains of the jet ropes
over the skirt. The simplest of evening
gowns with n of these garnitures
added to it instantly becomes a very diff
ferent looking creation.
Around a lovely ~hand-painted NINA
ture on a violet suede bag, steel beads
form a most effective %sunburst design.
The bag is lined with white silk, and in
side is also a violet suede notebook and
gold pencil and a tiny purse of the same
Old-fashioned darning bags. made of
French ,cretonne have needle cases COW
cred in the same daintily Powered ma
terial at one side, and at the other there
is a pocket to hold. scissors, thimble, etc.
The main bag can be stretched to gener-
Gus dimensions to hold all the family
darning.
New veilings appear with fancy bor-
ders Or lace edgings going entirely around
them. Many freakish novelties are
among them, such as scarlet o. green
chenille dots on black net.
Challies are conspicuous among the
spring dress goods. Stripes Of contrast
ing colors seem to be a favorite pattern,
with following designs running through
them.
The popular. antique lace combined
with insertions of white accordion plat
ed chiffon makes delightful extra waist
over a fitted lining Of white silk. !. At
the elbow the sleeves are effectively
trimmed with the narrowest ruchings. Of
white chiffon, causing them to fare out
III "a most becoming fashion. ~ -
Bolero jackets OF black silk renaissance
lace are very useful to cover, up a ia
vorite. waist slightly the worse for fire.
quent wear. Under this charitable ex-
terror it can enjoy q new lease Of life.
Tulle>chaux in white, blue or pink have
bits OF ostrich tips mixed in with them
in quite; a fetching manner.-New York
Mail and Express.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06
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Sunday, in Old Times.

+ The mother, in her best black gown,
and with. her foot, stove. it the weather
was. cold, the father, freshly .shavel. in
his high black stock and equally. uncom-
Portable tallsblack hat. and such of the
sisters as were at home. filled the two
broad seats Of our wagon, with perhaps
We preferred to, walk in good weather;
then the vehicle moved out of the front
gate, and joined the procession OF car
Eriages going i'm the same direction inn
nelled by the same pious duty. With the
foot stove or without went %luncheons
for the MONDAY hour, for the religious
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06

it has been supposed that the buffalo is
practically extinct, but since the an
nouncement Of the. establishment Of "the
only herd" by a corporation which would
like to be practically a buffalo trust, in
formation concerning buffaloes hitherto
unheard Of has been coming to the front.
Perhaps the buffalo may have a new in
ming, if competition between would-be
trusts becomes brisk.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-03-06

!. The German scientist who proposes to
destroy mosquitoes by introducing an
aquatic enemy of the songsters of the
marshes ought to hesitate long enough
to ascertain whether the mosquito slayer
may not impose new ills, after the man
ner of Jamaica's pestilent mongoose.