Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-08

lose HlNlt bl thllhtt lNlIB III compare
son with that Of our English relatives
At the supper which followed. Mrs.
stowe said to her brother: Henry,
when you were a boy you used to Ne
IN that lordly Yankee fashion Of which
YOU spoke IN your lecture just now"
To this accusation, Mr.. Beecher
laughlngly pleaded guilty amusing us
with some anecdotes Of his youthful
mischief,
An interesting collection Of the "Epl-
grams and Aphorsms" OF Oscar VINCE
VIII come next month from the press
of John W. Luce & CO. Into It's pages
have been gathered a great variety
Of clever sayings and witticisms from
Wilde's best known works, including
Lady Windemere's Fan" "A Woman
OF No Importance" AN Ideal Hus-
band THE Importance Of Being Earn
est" "The Picture Of Dorian Gray"
THE Decay Of the Art Of Lying" etc,
etc The same house has Just brought
out In book form George Bernard
Shaw's essay "On Going to Church"
The following letter appears in a
recent issue Of the New York Evening
sun "A green carnatiou was produce
ed by French gardener IN 1892; and
I'm the same year on making his ap-
Iearance before the curtain at the
premiere Of his first play, Lady Wlnde-
meres Fam Oscar Wilde wore one
OF the specimens produced by the
Frenchman, thus setting the fashion
OF wearing the green camation, which
was for while followed by his many
imitators. Mr.. Hichens instead Of be-
ing an originator, was merely re-
porter when he wrote the book "A
Green Carnation," for, not only was the
title transferred from life, but most
OF the characters and many of the
Incidents came from the same source.
as Tor the green carnation, we had
samples Of II here IN New York soon
after the Frenchman's discovery"
The number Of new novels and vol
umes Of stories published IN the United
states IN 1904 exceeded 1000 by seven,
according to the figures compiled by
the Publishers Weekly. nearly 200
more than were recorded In 1903. The
number of new editions Of fiction pub.
llshed IN the same period was Sli.
Harold steele Mackaye. the author NJ
The Winged Helmet" Is a son of tho
wen known playwright steele Nice
Kaye ANA was born near Paris. MS
ny "Tst Ie'o ,lt'tlons are connected with
,hLc ~ ,ue household OF q peasant w
tt"' III w 'uIe7Que mus Of Burgundy and
W., m.,'G' NJ, ,ule 9'Iu'nt maid In The
w. ueIu't ne mas orystallizcd
'"' types remembered from those days.
MANI o.o -
, many are the stories yet told az OK.
FORD Of Master J0wett's abrupt and for.
i,4Iiuaioie wiz writes Thomas Wentworth
,ilhB iIlson IN the Atlantic Monthly for
.i". va one Occasion, at one OF his
wv u,u",' parteS' when the ladies'
,au ICtIIed ana a guest began at once
upon that VEN of indecent talk whch
~ py' maps Tess lnirequent among cdu.
.Nlou men IN England than On America.
Us az lgdSt more easily tolerated therc
Muster JoWet. IS said 10 have looked
SUI, PIl toward inc offender ana 10 bayp
solu WIN q decisive polItcncss. shall
we continue this pOuyarggt}.,, a. -
dr'Nlhg'room2' HE then rose from his
vha"' the guests all, OF course, follow.
ing by which measure the offender
vas so 10 speak, annlhlhted without
ul''oulteSy, They tell also al RallioI
OF dinner at Master JoWett'g table
WU'h lhe talk ran upon the comnaya.
I'VE gllts OF two BIlliol men who had
n'th respectively made Judge ana "A
nlshop Irot Henry Smith. famous in
nIs dly for his brIllancy pronounced
lh' bishop to Doe the greater man of
l.' TWO FOR This reason. "A Judge. at