Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-02
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L
Eeuett Burgess. author Of The Reign
Of Queen lsyl,' whose reputation lor
pe,peuaung fantastlcal practical Jokes
had It's start In most daring escapaue;
Mr.. Burgess, on artistic grounds had
a great grudge against the CogBesWell
statue which stands IN an important
corner in San Francisco holding IN one
hsnd glass of water, and In the other
scroll marked Welcome 1t seemed
impossible to remove the statue leglt-
lmately so Mr. Burgess and several OF
his collaborators i'm that original mag
aElne, The Lark, which he was pub
lshhg at that time took a Characters
tie method to accomplish their end.
They chose a stormy night and pulled 1t
10 the ground The city of San Francis
co rejoicod the next day to find only the
water-hled boots of the iron statue ~
naming on the pedestal and the mis-
creants We're not caught probably be-
aus the people of San Francisco were
too grateful to them
Lincoln steffens Of McCure's staff in
spite OF his years Of newspaper work,
declares that he Is a journalist" IL
ON a reporter" he says, yet not a
newspaper reporter, so ! think that
must BE- Journalist In following the
tail Ot graft through the various cities
Of the country whose conditions he de-
scribed, Steffens has mapped out a def
mite plan Of campaign which he talks
Of Interestingly When / reached the
city ! am to discuss" he says, 81 first
look up three people, the political boss,
The leading banker and the worst crank.
In interviewing them ] get the widely
separated views which give me the out
lines OF my story, / learn the best ard
ne worst | meet the man who devlses
municipal corruption, the man who
makes II and the man who is trying to
destroy Il, Then ! IN IN the details.
90 10 the grafters and learn of graft,
90 10 the reformets for reform, to the
politicians for politics, TO the business
men Tor business, In the wider field
Of the states the same plan is followed.
the study Of a state is largely the coll
lectNc or composite impression of the
cities which make IT," Lincoln Steffens
probably knows more bosses" than
any man living His years Of newspa-
per work and his investigations into the
corruption OF our cities and states have
brought him into closer touch with MI
@els OF bosses and grafters all over
NE country And ! like the bosses"
as Mr. Stehens They are go humav
ana helpful. The only thing | hold
against them Is that they boss.
conan Doyes last book was THE
AAayentgres Of Gerard Mcclure Phil
lps His first story written at the
age OF six, was about tiger that
NaUoWed a man, Mr.. Doyle began
h experience with the syndicatlng OF
aN literary output at an early age. He
,'ed 70 tell stories to his schoolmates,
VI winch they paid him In lam -tarts
lOuhs Doyle had his own way of ex-
uacung the price he wished, He would
Icy NIX story worked up to some such
vlmax az this while holding the
iOChy edge Of the elf with grip OF
Wsperauon, the hero could hear below
aln 'he continued grows of the en-
m,asea pear Having proceeded thus
"a" M ne would refuse to proceed further
gae's ne price paid in current TART
0ed .S"'"' ""' uou-
sulan Hawthorne, the son of the
e.S' romancer was educated To be an
,sssluger' bnt when he was little more
I'ah 20 Years old, he gave this up TO
1sNole himself to literature. His hi
p ps,aPny OF his father and his numerous
1--WE I'VE are Well known, Miss Hide
sa-uv hawthorne, his daughter, also