The Topeka state journal., 1906-06-02

Clure, Phillips & Company who have
published the laughable story as a little
book One Of the letters is from the
author himself. II can heartily recon-
mend the story myself he writes, be
cause one man suggested the idea, an
other gave the story its name and all I
did was to try to keep it from being
funny
Publishers Note: William Allen
White. the author of "In Our Town
1.-THE Court of Boyville," etc, is the
editor OF the Emporia Gazette He is
evidently under no illusions as to his
personal appearance to judge from the
following which is clipped from an
editorial page of the Gazette:
Editorial symposium: Look out for
some heavy editorials shortly. We
have pasted picture of the editor of
the Emporia Gazette before our desk
for Inspiration. n.''-L-eavenWorth Times.
Whatever may be said of the face of
the editor of this paper-which, to use
a typographical expression, is S6 point
eztended-it has never been used for
inspiration. 1t has been successfully
used IN cases of sluggish liver; a num-
Der Of gentlemen in Emporia. whose
circulation is impaired used 1t success
fully to start heart action; it flushes
the face, quickens the breath, loosens
the vocabulary, increases the tempera-
ture. 1t is a familiar object at the
note counter of the bank every ninety
ceTy stores around town for thirty
days credit. AS a face it is not
startling success. 1t lacks expression.
Other faces have more in them; his
face has nothing but features in it, and
they are job lot representing Grecian,
Gothic and Irish architecture"
Edgar Saltus, after song engage
ment in the vaudeville of Journalism,
has now returned to the legitimate
drama of fiction. and his latest novel
OF Fifth avenue life. Vanity Square,
will be published by the J. B. Lippin-
colt company, this month.
Some time ago Mr.. Saltus wrote a
novel based on the life of Mary Mag
dalene. On its appearance a Western
man wrote a literary paper charging
Mr. Saltus with taking the idea of the
novel from story of his. 'That is
very interesting said Mr.. Saltus when
the charge was shown him. But it
would be more interesting still if the
gentleman had stated which one of the
four vangelists he considers himself
to be- Recently, being asked what
books had helped him most, Mr.. Saltua
with a Bernard Shaw modesty,
promptly replied, MY own
Jessie Juliet Knox, of San Jose, Cal,
the author of Little Almond Bios
soms,'' a collection of Chinese stories
for children, with their scenes laid in
Chinatown, San Francisco, barely es-
capped with her life from the recent
earthquake. Writing to her publish
ers, Little, Brown & Co. Boston, from
San Jose. Mrs. Knox says: Myself
and family escaped by perfect mir
acle, although our house was wrecked
pretty badly. Before we had left our
bedroom, the roof and chimney fell
on the bed we had just occupied. so
you see we escaped death by just \
second. We are all very thankful to
he alive. The great ChfnafQxrf1 a hO11f
which I have written in my book. is
gone. We think now that San Jose
viii have a large Chinatown, larger
than ever before. There are now hun
dreds of Frisco Chinese in this place.
No one has any money just now ana
the banks may not open for a month.
Everyone is living out of doors now.
and we all have a perfect horror Of
houses" The numerous fuH-page il
1ustrations of Chinatown scenes in Mrs.
Kncx's book are of special interest at
the present time.