Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-25
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Some months ago there arrived in the
Office OF the Bobbs- Merrill company a
perfectly harmless looking manuscript
supporting to be by one "A. A, winter
II was at once taken for granted that
"A. A. Winter" was a man, Then hap
pened an extraordinary thing I'm the
history Of the office; everyone OF the
editorial readers waXed enthusiastic
over the story. Also, everyone OF them
detected In II strong masculine traits
and quite as q matter Of course re-
ierred to the author as "he.' Not TIL
the time came to sign a contract did
the publishers discover that A, A. stoo1
for "Aice Ames." Mrs Winter Is very
much a woman. She Is a daughter Of
Rev, Charles G. Ames, the distinguished
Boston divine. After taking two de-
grees al Wellesley college, she began
10 study art in Philadelphia, but M
health sent her out 20 British Columbia,
where she met her husband. She ~
now prominent In the social and philan-
thropc circles OF Minneapolis. being
president OF the Free kindergarten as
ISOLATION "The Prize to the Hardy IS
illustrated By Mrs, Winters brother-in-
law. r. NJ. Crosby, Of the editorial stait
Of Life.
Winston Churchill. author Of "The
Crossing writes 90 the editor of tho
Evening Post How did your usually
well Informed editor get the Idea that |
am out Of politics? | am happy to as,
sure him that | am now serving my
second term In the New Hampshire
legislature and | trust that the other
literary gentlemen whom he mentor
are not as dead politically as he would
make them out, Your political editorial
writer must learn not to believe every
'hlng he reads IN his newspapers be.
cause there is boss I'm New Hampshire
wlo owns a newspaper, and who pub
nshes a funeral notice of me nearly
every week, And yet ] refuse TO die,
lour editorial says that literary men
are looked upon with suspicion by poll
uclans Everybody Is looked upon with
suspicion by politicians. When I am
dead | VIII drop you a line
William Benjamin Smith, author OF
we recently published book on the race
problem The Color Line" rs south
Vner and man OF unusual culture and
CUoarshlp He Is a kentuckian and a
IAImers son who spent his youth on "A
arm, nut managed to get for himself
an academic training IN Kentucky uni.
,eIsily After graduating there no
wuBht sacred history I'm a college, and
AFTER time went abroad 10 Goettngen,
mOere ne obtained Ph.D. Tie took adj
,anIage OF all the opportunities for
ssluny That Europe afforded. ATTENDING
pVufes IN Paris, In Rome. and IN Flor
euve' coming back to America he WAS
eaHed TO many important professorshlps
western and southern universities.
IW now holds the chair Of mathematics
& ulane university His thorough IA
mIlarily with science, pure and applied.
olu ot literature, both classic and mod
~ ~ nothing less than astounding. He
FAMILIAR with Dutch, Swedish. He
INV and Assyrian; and is thoroughly
nome IN the lteratures OF Greece
ppIne Germany France, Italy and
nugl9nd lie is the author of many Inn
Lorlaht books on mathematics. the best
mnuWh OF which are "Co-Ordlnate Geon.
WY ana ''lnfnlteslmal Analysls.r lila
b@rlnpnlets, Tariff for Protection. Z"
odlaf,t Reform ana his articles ON the
~ pasls were important campaign IT.
,Iiature IN the elections OF 1892 and 1890
~ s interest In such sciences as anthro-
rvpby ethnology, psychology and 40
h,O,'essy has been lifelong; ana IL was
a nS familiarity with these fields that en-.
aut9 MN ia write so authoritativelv
y" Tie race problem. "
lne teaching slsterhood burdena the
n nails win more literary efforts by
rsnHinu weight than perhaps nny othet
,"s outside OF the profession OF let :
ms s, FOR every one who arrives tba
unsuccessful are host, jeanette coon.