Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-30
Cannibal Land Braved
By an Irish Authorizes.
Our London Literary Letter.

by one OF two old women outside she
made her way ina. and saw what no
woman had ever before been permitted
o. look at-r0ws Of New Hebridedn
mummies hanging ON the pillars Of the
roof. strangely carved spears and sa-
cred kiiing-mallets. aud a fine colleC-
ton OF skulls. Afterwards she got
away down 90 the shore unseen, and
left before the natives had time TO fni
out. At another time, she penetrated
several miles into the unknown Interior
and saw an idol dance a. cannihal
town rever before visited.
on another Island. cannlbal feast
took place during Miss Grimshaw's
visit. mile or two from the house
where she stayed. The victim was q
woman whose husband killed her "he-
cause she talked too mGch,". as he A.
forwards expiginei % the missionary
who demonstrated VITA lin Nothing
vas known q the t-ageey uil Il Wa
Cye-. ra:.ve "a tse Island brought
mucn-gnawed thighAOns 81 the unfor-
turate victim % 10 stranger 90 Gee
and Miss Gf.ssraW took g home ls
a memcat0 tbs. and SKULL from n
neighb0Ting island, are among she Gu
rios Of hef collection ina. ere least a.
lreciated By her friends. Mlss Beat.
rice Grimshaw Is of OPINION that TIE
New Hebrides are extremely interest
Ing. because of their primitive state
and strange customs. but they lack 'ne
curious charm and beauty Of the east
ern Pacific.
Dion BoucIcault used 10 turn
out biz plays with astonishing
rapidity and the knack Is evidently
Inherited by his grandson Dion Clay
i1n Ca,ihrop. o young Londoner who
has begun Coo harvest fame from sew
efai fields 90 once, being O successful
artist, aa Wen as :te author 70 three
hooks 'gs' rlehstcd. 1nd 40 now ON
The market but 90 wholly different
each from the other that they do not
C0u0'rt one Sc careful and serious
study ~ fhe costumes worn in n by
gone century; the other entitled
Rouge - a roaring melodrsma writ
ton Boz conjunction With Haldane Mac
Flli ana the third. King Peter" Is
O delicate and delightful fantasy. But
what Z started 20 tell about Calthrop
vas that be- had an idea for a three
cet comedy the other DAY. on a Ri
day afternoon he divulRed the idea 20
O. friond. who proved o. De enthusiastic.
Hurry mp ans write IT," salf the
friend before you forget all about
g. PERHAPS 7 Will" said ralthrop
aH5 yrollcl 01 Tho following Mon.
G7y morning De turned up casually
WITH parcel under hig arm. and On
TIE course ~ O0nve s7ti6u SAID. by
the way 7 have written that Play we
were talslng about ana here q Is
Don't yoI want to read te" sure
enough ehern ID was. COMPLETE. ir
thrce r.'s. r1h every tt ~ business
CIretui'f f0n-rtf 0uf ard described
With each character distinct and wei
Developed and With nothing % indicate
thlf d. bad noi been the result % three
months work Instead of less than three
DAYS Ca'thr0T'e 90 her was John
clayton. the motor. for whom many Of
Pueros early plays we're written.
Miss May Sinclair has finished the
first story she has written since '-rhe
Divine Fire" II Is OF about the
length for tNo magazine lustalnenis
and the subject IL one n special ln.
ierest to women. and Il treated from
o viewpoint that IS likely 10 maize
sensation. Miss Sinclair returned
from America much irnrrovc5 IN
h,alth ana IS making steady progress
WITH tho novel which Is to succeed
me pNine Fire. although she has
- IDEA as yet how soon she will IN.
I'm Il.
Hs'ke1h Priehard-aovsllst, cricket