Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-14

I Prophet Elijah and the shepherd Aza-
| ltm who forsakes the God OF his faith
ers, and falls a victim to the wles Of
! the queen,
Miss Mary ChoImondeley Is the latest
| of the novelists assuredly she will not
! be the LAST to discuss the question of
copyright in titles. Immediately pre-
ceding her came Miss Frances Peard,
who published in 1894 a story called
The lnterlOper" and who seems to
have been drawing attention to the fact
that, since then, that title has been
used for a story twiCe-by Miss Eliza
beth Hall In 1901 and by Mrs, Jacob
quite recently, surely, says Miss
Cholmondeley "a title should be copy
right, or an author should be able to
pay fee to make II So lie Il 80 GER
tain that novelist should have perpet-
ual rights in title, or rights in 1t even
during the whole OF his or her lifetime?
asks 4 writer in The Academy. Because
Miss Peard published tale called THE
lnterloper' Just 10 years ago, Is no one
else ever TO publish an "Interloper?'
Also, says Miss Cholmondeley, would
II be possible 10 register (as II were 70
bespeak) title in adyance?' Well, it
IS not desirable that any one should
make "A corner in titles, We should soon
have many more titles than books. Let
us have the book first, and secure the
title, II we can, afterwards Meanwhile.
1t Is open 10 doubt whether authors or
publishers take sufficient trouble 10 find
out whether or no the titles they have
thought of have been used already.
There are catalogues in existence which
they could consult If they would take
the pains. They need not go back so
very, very far after all, If novel has
been out Of print for say, 20 years or
So its title cannot be of any real value
TO the owner Of the copyright, who
would have difficulty, consequently, in
convincing % Judge that someone clse's
use OF the title was an act of spplia-
ton. And that Is what he would have
to prove IL he took the matter into
court.
ono Of the best Of the short stories
written by Clara Morris Is that of '"The
Trouble Woman She was an old wild.
oW living an by herself, to whom ev-
elybody came with their tales of trou.
BILE. After hearing the mournful tale
she would say DO you call that trou-
ble2 Wei, | don't" and would then sot
about helping the compainer through
the trouble, In the end her own trou-
BEES came to light and they make those
OF the others triling by comparison
The lesson taught by the story ls that
the way TO find consolation for one's
own troubles is TO consider th0ra of 9TH.
ers and give what assistance is practi-
cable
Here are some apt examples Of Ten
hNson direotncss Of speech AS ne
ana ms friend, Locker-Lampson,' says
NJ ntnutt Et, Ia
the poet, sat together, mIserablv
cramped In the top Of the gallery OF a
small blazing and glaring Partisan
theater he said, Locker this is ike
being stuck on n spike over HE'LL" II
accompanied Matthew Arnold and Ten.
ny son, says Rev, Mr., Fletcher, of
Grasmore, ION a walk IN the Lake coun-
try and we came to high brow over
looking far below q great oxpanse OF
yellow mountain pasture, i'm which
flock Of hrown-faced sheep were feed
Ing Matthew Arnold made several I'M.
tcresting but far-fetched comparisons
Of am elaborate kind. No. said Ten
nyson, 1T looks like nothing but great
blanket full of neas Tennyson WA.
once reading Maud" to a lady. when
he suddenly turned 10 her TO ask,
What birds apropos the stan2a he
had just finished. The lady, plunged
In reyeric, had not been listening 40
word Of the recital, and was taken
completely abaCk She stammcred out
Nightiugalcs.' "Poohl Nlghtlngalos,
What a cockncy you arel Nightm-
gales cry Maud' p0ohl" he snortod
again IN disgust 'Nghtlngalos! Rocks.
Of course!' And here are two parallel
stories from Mr. Rensons book "Whop
a girl IN his presence spoke Of mar.
riage, lately arranged between two
friends of hers, as 'pennless' mar
rage Tennyson glarod at her. rum
mased IN his pocket produced a penny.
and slapnng 70 down before her cried,
There! I give YOU that, for that is the
god You worship
Mn William Michael Rossetti has at
length brought together all of hig fam
Gus sisters poetry, and the result N the
stalwart volume entitled 1.-THE Poetical
works Of Christina Georglna Rossettl"
For what may be called the denntive
edition Of Miss RosscttIs poems her
brother has supplied an adequate
memoir and an extensive body OF notes.
Margaret Horton Potter's new novel
will DE published In May under the title
Of The Flame CATERERS, This Is a