The sun., 1906-12-24

rhey Ks<p Leftsxs D~mscrssie. % ths Case
af PT~Hte Maher shows

To I'VE Eprroa oF TAG srS-Ssy Permit
me- To say a few words in favor ~ the TOO
uttIs loved ma gaziae editor. n is asserted
oy some that rhis would bs a task nsyrra
mortal powers but shInk noe 80 nav-
~ moments ~ sadness -sid bitter snfnzs
about h0sx ptI otishers and orofsasionAI '1sa1-
srs" fs ~ aos PRECISELY The sane rirh the
aaalaxns editor. Al r. noe comp .sr4v
bad with Inn 4 ~ rightly undsrsCand as
position. As a patron Of serious Aad .0csy
work he must BE- accspted WITH soms rs-r%-
1us 4 We can ssiie q rather astig1natlc prstI.
dice long ugh "a take n broad view 70 AiIn
~ must rsaIzs that no better Hphoider 4
the democracy Of IitsraFirs could Sx.st.
he editor who confessed noS long ago thas
ir honestly disturbed hm TO b. obliged 80
reject svsrythins that showed the east sracs
OF gsnius was noe really representatives. aa
vas delicass. 0verser1nx. Inclined 90 rarza
beyond his rrovincs- I have never heart
% oue Of his fellows prHisinx him FOR is This
sane editor exrsnded q warm and shrp6btzx
hand toward everything that lid noe diEcars
him. He vas. in ghs 4nal tsst, snIsrY crtsud
ot literary democracy.
It sesu1s Co be q ssttisd thirE that car
literature a dsmocraric. whatever sls. .s
may be. Run shrouEh any hi ner.d novels
or maxaztnA stories 0f ths day and 71u VII
1nd this stea bodied down n the oor- W
ripple. wave or storm u allowed % break
shs prsvalnx calm
OvercriEcaI people conceive this sa 30
somewhat OF . eauIt. They do nas unesr-
soand the aature Of democracy.
Literature ts generally supposed to r.fsce
much % the national sprit. II the street
urehin or chs nsvsboy may rise 70 the Senate
or the Presidency. Why should noe the scrub
lady or the gTn chewing schoolgirl hurss
into the hallov~d arena Of letsers2 I5 q for
the defence of shis spisndid Stsa that an
m va.f "a n A<4f ! g..r rir sSf~
and lr would be- hard 90 overprab.~ him. rhas
he ever los~- =izht Of the one principle Il "a
impalpable fiction Of his estracssrs TnAs
be closes his pa gss and ais check book 80 chs
cry ot want cannot. think. be saEiy oe
honestly maintained
A few years ago a View YORKER a nan q ,rs
rhan forty. met With q business rsv-re vnsrh
thrsw aim upon exceedingly slender rs-
sources. For seven years h@ had eoncudee1
the mAnufaetur~ Of artificial pickles. ard
h- had done vel; bat one vse afternoon ha
hit upou the unhappy thought of uaxtng
zsnHins szEsaEs. FsilHr. never cane 50 q
mortal with more dixzyins Fwtftuess He
vent 80 far and 80 deep into financial eorrA
that there was no recovery.
For a month he doxz-d the sootse.ps sS
his friends and bounded the erplaTmers
agencies, eazsr for Eornethias. anything hat
would keep rh@ wolf from the door. He met
with only pirisui SIcc~ss- Then cane shs
sirsn voice Of his wife We must kavs sona
money ri xh5 away. RiItolf, Why don yeu
write something for the naEzzines1" RHdolf
am led one of rhoee an les IKE the Pain ot
sickness. Bgs the wife prevailed aud RaItct
set TO work. The result . best viewed N ths
perspective. At the "nd Of the ysar Rr-
dolf'z cash account coutained shsse eloquent
itsns: Received from odd ioes. SIT: froa
maxaziues. sss5.
rhls Is What call the democracy ot utera-
i n -
democracy the American uazaRins editor
has not his better in the wing world
THREE srARs-
PIrrsYTELp. Mass. Decenbe y.