Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-23

that plays an important part I'm IL. 9TH,
Merry Anne" Is a story OF action pure
and simple, woven round strong cen.
trail plot, which deals with a conspiracy
OF smugglers to bring in contraband
whisky from Canada across the Great
Lakes, one OF the chief characters il
the revenue agent who goes on the trail
OF this conspiracy. The Macmillan
company will publish The Merry
Anne. this month, with Illustrations by
Mr.. Thomas Fogarty
Marmaduke Plckthalls hobby is Ian
suages at which he has wonderful
| talent, and when he goes to London he
has a good opportunity to ride II. His
| interest In London centers In the East
End, where all the foreign element
| which drifts into the great city on trad I.
| Ing vessels congregate, There Mr..
Pickthall Is able to make full use Of
| the wonderful talent that he possesses.
AT one moment he will be conversng
with Greek sailor In his native tongue,
the next moment with a Russian, OF
again with a Persian merchant. Ho
says that II * here alone that he is
able to get the practice to keep him
fluent In the various languages that he
speaks
Auguste Sabatler's remarkable inves-
tigation into the basis Of our Christian
beliefs Religions OF Authorlty"
been enthusiastically received by the
thoughtful readers Of this country. The
demand for It having exhausted the
large first edition, second edition has
Just been put on the press
In the May number OF the Popular
Monthly Robert Edeson tells the fol.
lowing interesting incident;
My first appearance with Charles
Frohmans Empire Theater company,
where was laid the foundation OF such
popularity as | at present enjoy, has
ever been a subject of Jest with my
friends. ! was sent TO Chicago to re-
place Cyril Scott In The Girl | Left
Behind Me-" Soon after my arrival,
Thomas Eberle, who was playing the
Irish Sergeant, was summoned to New
York city by the illness Of a relative.
The stage manager asked me II would
Jump in and help them out OF a hole
! readily consented
Lines business, even dialect were
easily acquired but the costume proved
TO be a difficulty, Eberle was thin
while was thck-set.
! struggled into the clothes, though.
and everything progressed satisfactor-
lily until the third act, when was sup
posed to carry the dying Indian girl,
Katherine Florence. from the stage. [
was somewhat proud Of my athletic
prowess, and when the stage manager
asked me II ! were equal to the task OF
litting Miss Florence, ] replied
"Ill do II with one hand"
When the lifting moment arrived,
FRANK Mordaunt, who was playing the
general, exclaimed my God, she's
dead'' Then turning TO me, said Lift
her up, sergeant"
]. chest thrown out stalked across the
stage, prepared to bend over the girl
| couldn't; the clothes were too tight.
| attempted to kneel on one knee. then
the other, The spectators began TO
litter Growing desperate. tried TO
life Miss Florence with my feet, so |
could clutch her garments, | succeeded
In raising her 4 little, then let her fall
back heavily.
Mordaunt struggling for composure,
said 10 super; Private Jenkins. ms.
slst your sergeant He is evidently stiff.
fencd from exposure" Everybody I'm
the audience and on the stage were
laughing except Miss Florence. and II
took me six months 10 get her 10 speak
to me.
The librarians Of New York state re-.
Gently took vote as TO the best 30
books for a village library, among the
1855 books published In America last
year. SIX more were thrown I'm for
good measure; and Of the So books Sc.
lected, ~ or % per cent, were published
by The Macmillan company. The books
selected are: THE CAN Of the wild"
by Mr. Jack London; Mr.. Morley's
Life Of Gladstone" "A Womans Har.
dy Garden" by Mrs. Helena Ruthor.
furd Ely; THE Hcart Of Rome" by
Mr. r, Marion Crawford THE Social
Unrest by Mr., John Graham Brooks,
Two Centuries Of Costume In Amer.
lea" by Mrs, Alice Mores Earle; "a
Descriptive Guide 10 the Best Fiction"
by Mr. Ernest A, Baker, THE Met.
Gle OF the Pasture by Mr.. James Lane
Alltnt MI SlVHtN Leu 'lllRUOn0lN or
National Biography queen Victoria.
a Biography by Mr. Sidney Lee. cold
Quebec. The Fortress OF New Frcnce."
by Sir Gilbert Parker and Mr.. Claude
@, Bryan; "People Of the Whirlpool" by
the author Of THE Garden OF d Com.
muters WIFE" "Sutdies in Contempor.
airy Biography by Mr. James Bryce.
and THE Care Of House" by Mr., T,
NJ. Clark,
Myra Kelly, who IL writing so clever.
~ OF child life IN New York's East side
shows In her work how nrohtably one
may stake out n chosen field and work
Il, Though Miss Kelly has published
nothing outside Of this field she ls al
ready widely known and popular. She
has recently been approached with a
natterlng proposition TO dramatise her
little people beyond the Bowety'
Ellis Meredith. whose charming ro-
nance OF motherhood, Heart OF MY
Heart" has Just been published by
Mcclure Phillips, Is a Denver ncwspa'
pervoman. She has always lived In
the west, and was born In a little from
tier town In Wyoming In her news
paper work she has made herself