The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-15

regular hours. Half past eight or nine
O'Clock finds him at his dAak where he re-
mains until one, when his labors for the
day are over. For the enooura cement of
his fellow workers it is good to read his con-
fession that he cannot work every day.
There are days he says, when sit at
my desk for three hours without being
able TO get a thought launched But |
have frequently spent several listless hours
at the desk and then in the one final hour
have done good days work which would
not have happened if had gone a-fshing."
Henri de Noussanne in The Kaiser "a
He Is 'gives an amusing anecdote of Adolf
Won Mcneil, the famous German artist
who died last week. Menzel composed
canvas representing William H. and his
court in costumes contemporaneous with
Frederick the Great, which 80 delighted
the Kaiser that he invited the artist to din
ner. Before the feast began the royal
host entertained the artist with some verses
Of his own composing. which translated
read
The painter Mcneil has arrived The man
On guArdmA&es note oihL In his report,
and after City lines conclude with
Behold now. venerated Master MenAel.
fOf mus my ming nls hoH0r would hfstOw.
It's done: and nothing more have to say
Save that Thy King doth honour thee 10 day.
After the dinner and the concert which
followed the imperial poet bestowed upon
the painter an autograph copy of the verses
History does not relate whether Mcneil,
who always sold his pictures at the high
est possit 10 price was satisfied TO take his
payment in imperial doGgerol with u royal
signature
Now that Jack London, euthor Of THE
Sea Wolf has been nominated for Mayor
of Oakland by the Socialist convention in
creased interest is aroused in the personality
and philosophy Of this ycurg author Of
stirring tales Of adventure. To quote Mr..
London's own words:
had lived my childhood IN California ranches
my boyhood hustling newspapers tho areets OF
healthy Western city, and my youth on the ozone
laden waters OF san Francisco Bay ! loved lie
In ihe open and ,oiled In the open at the hardest
hlDd OF work Learning no trade but drifting Along
from JOB TO job. | looked on the world and called
II good. lie, me repeat, this optimism was because
was healthy and strong. bothered with neither
aches nor weaknesses. never turned down by boss
because did not look H. Further. the optimism
bred OF a stomach which could digest scrap iron
and q body whicn nourlshed on nardships did not
permit me 10 Nontluct as even remotely
related 10 my glorious personality | could only
myself raging through life without end ike one
u Neizsche's bond beasts. lusIfuliy rowing and
oonQuer!ng by sheer superiority and strength
MIR. London is young man on the night
side of 30 and the development OF his career
promises to be pregnant with interest. !
A new took called The House Party" Ia |
announced for spring publication, which
should make pleasant summer reading. II |
"a story Of the smart set which opens in
the style OF Edith Whartons House Of |
Mirth,' with small set Of gay people who |
are assembled with their dogs and various
paraphernalia for luxurious frivoling at a
house party. An intense and up to date |
love story with clever delineatons Of char |
acter is enacted against very modish /
background The book ia written by !
sisters, the Misses Esther and Lucia Cham |
berlain, who have published some short |
stories, but offer this az their first book |
Tie Chamberlain sisters have lived in Cali |
foinia. but their home is now in New York, |
the city In which writer's complain they |
cannot work but where books are printed |
and bought and sold and where authors
surely come sooner or later until New York
ia what Boston thinks it is-the literary
centre OF America.
Nine Ztna5de Ragozin. author OF tho
gtory az Ctadna, tie story % Assyria