Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-09

was to get together q farm near his
! birthplace, keatland, Ind, His place,
| Hazcden, comprises 900 acres and the
| farm Is by no means merely play
| thing Mr. Adc makes II pay him s per
! cent a recent visitor reports the yield
Of oats close TO 80 bushels per acre and
! the corn the tallest IN all Newton
! county Indiana is proud Of George
! Ado and the president Of the Big -Four
Railroad has promised 20 make his
| name permanent I'm the state II his
! books TAIL 10 accomplish IT, by naming
the station near Hazaldcn ON a new
branch of his road George Ade'
| The local color Mrs. Mary r. S. An
drews uses IN - Political Tip her
story IN the August McClure's, has
| started am interesting controversy IN
| New jersey. a street railway fran
| chise tax bill, an old lady who says
quite some and a political boss Of a
| type that envy state would be proud TO
own, nre the main-springs OF the story
| and In these a correspondent Of the
Newark News thinks he has found IN
terual evidence" that II the author
doesn't hail from New Jersey in his
opinion the state had something TO do
with the narrative.
Mrs Andrews lives IN Syracuse n
y, wnere the franchise tax may well
be lust as much OF a red-hot issue AZ
IN Jersey. quite some the News
editor considers much better evidence
Of a Jersey origin Of the story 1t is an
expression, he says, heard more often
I'm New Jersey than IN any other part
Of the country,
Mr. Henry Wellington Wack, the au-
thor Of The Romance Of Victor Hugo
and Juliette Drouet' published by the
Putnlms, says that a number Of read
crs have written 10 ask him why he
did lot extend his interesting story
TO include the liaison between Nine.
Hugo and the critic Sainte- Beuve, ons
correspondent assuming his ignorance
OF that affair, The only reason for men
tionlng this matter IN Mr.. Wock's book
Wouii have been 10 avoid placing Nine.
Hugo in the undescrved position OF an
innocent heroine. Mr. Wack, who Is
thoroughly familiar with all the as
poets Of the life Of the Hugos, prefers
that this error should prevail rather
than that the exquisite story OF Victor
Hugo and Juliette Drouet should be
marred by any connection with an UNI
lovely scandal
The most talked " magazine OF the
mputh is the American illustrated
Magazine. known for 80 years as Les
Hes Monthly. The editors evidently
understood that the first issue under
the new name would be subjected to
pretty close criticism. for the striking
thing about the number Is its very uni
form excellence, The magazine I'm
printing and illustration. is finished
with the greatest care, II begins with
the first chapter of a beautifully illus
trated history OF Aercan painting, and
throughout the magazine the Ameri-
canism Of the title is emphasized In
the choice Of subjects, American hero
ism IL emphasized boy the first author
lied account OF the Carnegie hero fund
and the deeds Il has rewarded ygor-
ously written by Henry Kitchell Web.
ster American business IS significantly
treated by a study OF Thomas t. Ryan
and group " his brother traction
magnates. Throughout the number
there Is the same attention given TO the
pcrsonaltis OF interesting people which
has characterized Lesltes Monthly
hWrng the past year The fiction,
which Is particularly plentiful I'm the
magazine is excellent and rather UNI
usually varied,
A posthumous story by Elizabeth
Cherry Wall, "a Lady OF Balance"
will be one OF the September Ccnturys
features, A pathetic interest attaches
TO an OF Mrs, WHlzs work since her
death just at the time that her first