Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-20

| 1liden campaign, when she was quite q
| young girl. She was at that time n
very hot Republican. The work which
first brought her fame and the recog-
milton OF her ability. was done during
the Woman's Suffrage Campaign In
| Colorado, In 1898. From that time on
| her services were In demand by all po-
litical parties, During the famous Free
| Silver Campaign, OF 500, she was sum
| moned to Chicago ana was kept at the
| headquarters Of the Free Silver party
there, She has frequently been offered
| political positions in her own state but
has never accepted any of them.
Frances Hodgson Burnett, the author
OF Little Lord Fanntleroy," whose
story Of childhood, I'm the Closed
| Room" is now appearing I'm McClure's
Magazine, has returned for the summer
to her English country home, Mnytham
| Hall, I'm Kent Mrs Burnetts estate is
a very old one, lying In the most beau
tiful part OF England's most pictur-
esque country. The foundations Of the
house are over 700 years old, and the
old church on the grounds is mentioned
In the Doomsday Book. Attached to
the Hall are two quaint villages, Roll
Nenden Street and Rolvenden Lane.
The section of Kent Ina which Mrs. Bur-
nett lives Is very popular with literary
people. Henry James, Joseph Conrad,
Ford MADDOX Hueffer and Madame AL
banesl all have homes within few
miles Of Maytham,
VIII Irwin, co-author with Gelett
Burgess OF THE Picaroons' Mcclure
Phillips), before taking up journalism,
which Is now his profession, had q
,ta ItFa-aWnogianra In
lived In almost every state In the west,
| ana earned his daily bread at a variety
Of professions, BY turns he was cow
puncher, waiter, coachman, librarian,
actor and many other things for which
there Is no specific title. lie rubbed
shoulders with all kinds OF people I'm
the under world, and THE Picaroons'
indicates how broad his knowledge is Of
the rough West,
Miss Ida NJ Tarbell is spending the
summer in the Catskills. in THE House
I'm the Woods" made famous by Arthur
Henry in his book of that name, In
this quiet place she is writing her last
article I'm the Standard oil series, for
the October McCure's, and is preparing
her History OF the Standard OH Com
pany," for publication In book form in
the fall, by Mcclure, Phillips g. Co.
Edgar Jepson, the author OF "The
Admirable Tinker Mcclure Phillips,
is an almost incorrigible wag. with not
great amount OF reverence for any Of
the accepted idols. The people OF the
suburb OF London in which he lives
have temporarily ostracized him for
lese majesty, because at a recent social
gathering when the guests had finished
fervently singing God Save the King
he CHANGED to remark quite audibly,
1T will be job won't it?'
People who have read Mrs. George
Madden Martins Emmy Lou will re-
member with mingled tears and smiles,
the pathetic chapter in which Emmy
Lou is locked up I'm a schoolroom and
left there nearly the whole night. Real
life has reproduced almost the same In
cident. little tot I'm q New York East
Side school was left behind by her
schoolmates after the afternoon ses-
sion, was locked in by the janitor, was
bemoaned as lost by her parents. until
at length detectives were sent In search
OF her and found her at last asleep in
teachers" chair. her little cheeks all
stained with tears
Charles Wagner, the author Of THE
Simple Life and by the FIreside,"
who is to come to America for lecture
tour this Fall spent his childhood lv-
ing i'm the simplest way In the little VIII
lage OF Wiebersvllle, Alsace. 81 was
a." he says. before l had my first
glimpse Of modern complex civilization.
| was to go TO Paris to school, and was
put on the train and told to get out
when the guards called Paris" My life
had been so simple up to that time that
| did not know what Il gas burner was
and my idea of artificial illumination
was confined to candles You can imag-
Inc what revelation to me were the
boulevards, the lights, and the crowds
of gay Paris"
Lincoln Steffens has returned from
Wisconsin where he has been studying
the political warfare between the state
and federal forces. which has rent that
great state. The great Issue OF direct
primaries has been OF special interest
to Mr.. Steffens.
Mary Raymond Shlpman Andrews is
showing her versatility as a writer. In
the August McClure's she has a fine lit
tie love story written In the form Of
play. II Is based on the real expert
ences Of n friend OF hers at West Point.
Many of Mrs. Andrews's stories are
full of the spirit Of the Canadian woods
where she is spending the summer
but In this story OF sophisticated West
Point she seems equally at home.
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