Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-16

parts Of the world. and Crane had gone
! through the mill In our country and
elsewhere In many ways. The d
years Of Cranes short career were
spent IN Kent, near Winchester where
Mr. Conrad lives. Almost immediate.
~ upon Cranes arrival the intimacy
began. Crane occupied q fine mansion.
living In fine bar0nlal style and making
things very lively. conrad has always
considered Crane one Of the brightest
stars In the literary world, and ahlms
that II he had lived he would have Civ
en- much more than anyone anuci.a.cd
to what can be called the groa, liter
allure OF the world
! Clarence l.. BrownpL the author ~
| Ih' Heart " Japan Mcclure, Phil.
| Ups ~ Company, though he spent tive
! years In Japan living among the peo-
/ PIE never became a fluent speaker of
! me Japanese language He says that
. ms Is impossible unless one has mas
I tered Chinese, so much Of the Language
! OF Japan having been borrowed from
! me C"leStlals. Hc declares further
! more that Chinese influence is seen
, IN every movement Of japanese modern
! CNi.lzNtlJn, especially I'm matters of
. education I'm their schools their
! methods are simply brutal SAYS
Mr.. Brownell They force their
! students 10 digest too much 4 man is
| not considered well educated until be-
| has mastered Chinese, English, German
| ana French, as well AS the ancient
| languages. The japanese students con-
| sumo half OF their lives In study and
the Other talf they spend trying to re-
| pair their broken health" Mr.. Brown
| ell is intending to return to japan and
to make "a serious study Of the coun-
try and he Japanese character I'm or.
| der To draw a comparison between ia
| pan today ana the Japan he knew ten
| years hSo.
Mrs, katherine Cecil Thurston, au.
| NOR " The circle, whose new novel
| The Masquerader begins It's first in
| slalment m the January number Of
| Harpers Bazar was born In Cork, I'm
! the south OF Ireland. She was an on
| ~ enid educated at home and much
given to reading. Strangely enough,
IN View OF the success Of her first
novel, Mrs Thurston AYERS that the
Thought of writing never came to her
unlll 1t was suggested ny her husband
VINO Is himself an author Mrs. Thurs
ton resides altogether in London, max.
ing Il pilgrimage each year to her own
country. It was In the quaint and
primitive village Of Ardmore on the
south coast of Ireland, that the greater
part Of THE Masqueradcr' was writ
ten.
-
Norman Duncan is the author Of
Of his spare time in Newfoundland and
Labrador Travel on that coast is
difficult and unconventional chiefly by
little boats that go from port to port, |
picking up passenger here and drop.
ping one there The passengers on |
these coastVlse tugs are few ana chiefly |
masculine, So when Mr.. Duncan and a |
friend boarded vessel for n short |
Journey last summer they took il for |
granted that they would probably be |
sole occupants Of the cabin which, how |
ever contained two rows Of hunks, one |
designed for men and the other for |
women. When Mr.. Duncan and his |
companion turned In they did 40 lcls.
urely, with a sense of fun possession.
sweeping curtains aside to give them. |
selves ample afr. Mr.. Duncan was up |
early. stalking tho cabin freely I'm IA |
decided ncgllge. He had scarcely I'M
lshcd the dsrobing part Of his toilet
before me saw hls companion rise from
his berth. with a look of horror I'm his