Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-12

| Paul"
A southern writer in the September
| Critic makes an interesting point.
| Northern authors" she says, "indi-
| cate by their work a more progressive
understanding of literature as an art
| because of educational advantages
| which reach by at least one genera
| ton, further into the past than they
| do In the south; and thus they have a
| mental discipline of which southern
writer's know little They
| lnorthernersl do not lack the emo
| tional power to dramatize intelligence.
| There are immortal characters In
northern fiction who owe their exis-
tence to the authors psychic power to
create the spirit as well as the grosser
personality of his hero. We have very
few such characters in southern nc-
ton. There is the never-ending varia-
ton of ante-bellum ladies and gentle
men mincing and struttlng through
nearly all our novels, but | now re-
call only one original man type that
has been produced within the last year.
Mr.. Will Harben's mountaineer, Abner
Daniel, Is autochthonous'
Later on she says Of the same book
and It's central figure: He is one OF
the few living characters today In re-
cent southern fiction" Vaious other
reasons she adduces for the dearth Of
southern books. Comparisons are es-
pecially odious between geographical
sections of this country. But, carry
Ing further her line of thought Is Il
not likely that this forced book-pro-
duction In the north-this rush Of copy
and prodding from publishers--wlll re-
In n ar l.g. . H.. -
quality? And may not that dlgnifled
elaboration which is certa Inly essential
to the production of literature be
eventually confined to the south? Mr.
WIN Harden Is perhaps the forerunner
OF a mighty school,
Most humorists | have met" said n
man whose position has for years
Drought him into contact with writer's
OF all sorts, ARE dreadfully afraid of
wasting their stockin-trade. AS a re-
suit they are chary of Jokes, and their
conversatlon--what there Is OF it's
solemn or tiresome. or both. There
none Of that about Bangs, however.
hes the funniest man IN conversation
1 ever Knew II II TO be hoped that
the speakers generality is untrue. The
hunorist Ia gift OF God, like rain
10 'he dry places of earth. And he has
no rlght to bury his talent In a writ
lng-desk' incidentally, Mr.. Banks,
VINO mas been devoting his time to the
production OF two operettas, has gone
abroad for months holiday.
;. me Ford family seems TO be coming
IL strong In the making uf BOOKS. in,.,,.
was James l.. Ford, who made us all
SIT NJ. with The Literary shop.' there
was the late Paul Leicester Ford of
Janice Meredith fame; and now there
are two >. Fords who are In danger of
getting themselves mixed Indeed, Mr..
sewell Ford, who was a Jolly humor-
Gus story called 'The Remuneration of
Petrus' In the September Harpers has
mad to unravel tangle which got him
mixed up with Mr.. Simeon Ford, the
author OF "A Few Remarks" In a let
ter to the editor Of the Bangor Daily
commercial he says:
Dear Sir-Wlth an intent evidently
OF the best you have most amazingly
mixed the deeds and doings Of two
Fords. am one OF them. No, am not
going to be indignant. ! expect In my
10 years OF newspaper work, have
made many breaks OF the same kind.
This Is merely to untangle myself for
your benefit from the other Ford, and
perhaps prevent more confusion among
my numerous relatives In Maine
The author OF Horses Nine" who
was born In South Levant, and who
remembers coming into Bangor at day
brenk with hts Uncle WIN 20 sell green
corn IL Sewell Ford. That's me. Mr.
Simeon Ford. whose picture you printed