Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-05
\ several editions.

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Robert Buchanan had one deep en-
thusiasm, his mother. She was al
ways young in her appearance, but he
regarded her, to the end of her life as
Astounding even in grllsh charms. He
could never realize that she was grow
ing old. In looking at her, even when
she was close upon so, he saw the soft
blue eyes and golden hair which he
had loved long ago,
II cannot imagine my mother az old !"
he said again and again. the day after
she died II do not feel that she il
dead, for | cannot imagine the world
without her."
When, youth Of IS. he went up to
London, ito take the world by Storm
he was a mserably homesick lad, He
sat in a corner Of the railway carriage,
his heart aching, his eyes dim with
tears.
81 realized he says. that was for
the first time quite friendless and alone.
] thought OF my mother praying for me
at home, and llonged to turn back and
ask her forgiveness for any pain | had
caused her Even now, / never take
a railway journey at night without re-
calling the dismal heartache OF that
midnight journey to London"
Almost daily, during this early strug-
gle, did he receive a letter from her
always full Of loving instruction for
his guidance. His answers were over
flowing with heart and hope Mother
and son were constant in this tender
service. From first to last. they were
the best and most intimate of friends.
Somebody predicted that Doubleday.
Page x Co, would make mistake in
publishing novel of the big selling"
sort In midsummer Yet one BOOKSELLER
alone ordered 10000 copies of Thomas
Dixon's new novel, The one Woman
after he had read IL, and ordered $500
more. but could not get them before
the book was issued on August /. II
has not been uncommon, the publishers
say, for dealers to increase their orders
for THE One Woman" three to Ave
times the original order when thsy
round that other people were sending
for books faster than they could be
printed, and that this midsummer now
ell would be record breaker In pLint
of sales, More copies OF Dr. Dixon's
first novel, THE Leopard's Spots" are
now being printed than ever before.
This first effort Of his sold 100000 copies
before the end of the first 70 months.
Mr.. Howard Pyle, whose religious
novel, Rejected Of Men" continues to
excite the most diverse opinions from
religious and secular reviewers, is at
work for Harper y Brothers on some
important Illustrative work. Mr. pyle
has the distinction of being probably
the only American artist of distinction
who has not only never studied abroad,
nut never even travelled there His work
Is significant example of what purely
American training can do for the Amer
lean artist, for II Is generally acknowl-
edged that Mr., Pyle has maintained for
years a position In the front rank of
American artists So far as versatility IL
concerned, his record Is unique. hts
work being equally distinguished
whether In pen and ink, black and
white, or color.
Mrs, Humphry Ward. the fortunate
author OF Lady Roses Daughter"
which for some months has had no
rival with the novel reading public,
confessed the other day Tat II cost
her quite an effort to make a short
speech before an audience, as she al
ways has to overcome that curious
psychological state called stage fright
Nevertheless, she manages 70 deliver
good few addresses In the course Of
a year. Her latest effort In this direc-
ton was put forth at the unwilling OF
the busts OF Emerson and Martlneau
at the Passmore Edwards Settlement
In London, which she was mainly in.
strumental In founding. The situation
must have been one OF no little din.
Gully since she had to speak after that
practised master OF the spoken word,
Mr.. Choate, the United States ambas.
sador. But she delivered an eloquent