The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-01
MERE GOSSIP.

| SherIa,I, II, iies OF stories dealing with
SHERLOCK Holmes is to be entitled ."T'ba Dr.
| turn of Sherlock Holiness 1t viii ,,,.e 'e o..
,ne strand. in England and in Col1;srs
weekly IN this country. Consequently, ,ho
stories VIII not be included in the American
sui,ion OF the Strand. Four of the stories
r t,u al g eauS oeeh completed by Sir Arthur
conan Doyle when We discussed the mar
| ter with him few weeks ago.-From A.
ust Bool.man. aus
MI James Lane Allen, the gentle Ken
lucky novelist, is a man of more than
average Kentucky size. and what is MT
common to all kentuckians, Is always on-
Pareied In the best form. In respect Of
other attractive details. Mr. Allen is of dis
tinsushed conspicuity. One evening he
stopped in a small shop just around the
corner from the quarters into which he had
moved only a few days before and made a
rev purchases, amounting to a dollar or So
When he came to pay, he discovered that
ne mad left his purse al home. He explained
to the storekeeper, and asked that he be
trusted for the goods until next morning.
as he was in hurry and could not wait.
The shopkeeper declined to let the goods 90
without the money. Mr.. Allen was nettled
do look like man who would try to
beat you?" he asked with indignant dig
nifty.
"Of. course you don't" replied the shop
keeper admiringly. IF you did wouldn't
1t isn't that kind 1 have to be on the ever
lasting lookout for."-The Reader for Aug
uSt
It is told of Whistler that. upon certain
occasion he appeared at dinner party with
no tie A friend of his demonstrated.
For heavens sake, Whistler. you've for
gotten your tier
Not at ALL he returned mot at all.
Why wear a tie? My white collar rises from
Zoe a
stud. Everything simple, excellent. Why
put another white on top Of that? I'm much
better dressed than you!"-Harper's Week
ly.
A few weeks ago l noted the success of
Mr.. Kinsey Peile's one-act-play, adapted
from Kiplng's THE Man Who Was" which
was presented on the occasion of the poet
laureates dramatic production. "Flodden
Field Mr.. Beerbohm Tree and Mr.. Max
Beerbohm have equally distinguished them
selves, Mr.. Tree in the ihpersonation Of
Austin Limmason, and the irrepressible Max
in his caricature of the dramatist the
Man of the Moment and the author as the |
Man who Was. There has been a growing
to speak of Kipling in the past
tense, and nothing stamps the truth or |
starts lie in the public mind faster than
the caricature of trenchant wit. But there |
is never unkindness in Mr.. Beerbohm's art; |
it is pure fun, born of the moments fancy. |
and ] have never known any of his VIC |
tins refuse to join the jest. He knows |
that he laughs best who laughs last, and |
that what is excellent, as God lives is |
james Macarthur in Harper's
Weekly.
Arnold Bennett. author of Anna of the
Five Towns declares that herones of IS
or - are too trivial for the novel writer of i
the day to waste his powder and shot upon.
He says that they were suitable enough to
raise the sympathetic signs of the readers
Of the early Nineteenth Century. but that
the dignity Of the novel writer's craft to-
day requires more important material
than the tnfantile unhappiness of some
childish minded girl. He is backing up his
opinion with practice, and his next novel,
upon which he is now engaged. will have
Tor its central figure woman Of 40. From
10 on Is the most interesting period of a
Toman's life" he says. THE average hero
Inc of 20 is by no means 30 interesting a
study as the woman who has lived and
reached 4e." Mr.. Benefits new novel be-