Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-05

Special Correspondence,
r oNDON. April 2j.--Will the Wins
ton Churchill who wrote The
Crsls" and "The Crossing agree
after a while, to print tiny
American flag after his name to show
that he Is not the English Winston?
AMI will the accomplished son Of Lord
Randolph Churchill likewise consent TO
embcllsh the title-pages OF his books
with a small Union Jack lest any should
take them for the work Of his AmerI-
can namesake?
The thing Is quite possible should u
plan be adopted which the British So
cety Of Authors is said to be Serious
ly considering" at the present time. 1t
is no more or less than that authors
generally should adopt definite tot
ems or trademarks In order TO dis
tingulsh them from other writer's who
are similarly. or almost similarly
named and il must be admitted that
as things are now there is chance for
. good deal OF confusion In the mind
OF the reading public.
Perhaps the case OF the two Winston
Churchills Is the most striking instance
On point but one also recalls immedi-
ately that no less than three brothers
BY the name of Benson are writing
simultaneously in this country, that as
many Haggards, similarly related, are
producing fiction. and that romantic
works OF moral character are being
turned out by two Hockings--both Of
them clergymen, too-the Rev. Silas and
the Roy. Joseph. TO name these, how
lso h.a NJ
a well known literary authority has
Just drawn up much more formid-
able list Of writer's who not only have
the same surnames. but IN some cases
the same Christian names. They IN
cude, three IangWllls. five William
sons, six FoWlers, seven Murrays, eight
Smiths, and no less than nine Watsons
to name only a few out Of verltable
literary army.
why should each Of these writers not
ADOPT some distinctive insignia. or tot
em?" asks the patient compiler OF the
aforementioned list, and he then goes
ON TO advocate "humor ana common
sense" I'm the matter of selection. For
instance he says, in dead seriousness,
III Cutclifie llync printed a Kettle az
ter his name TO distinguish himser
from Conrad Hync there would be
llOlnlTk lldHIlHI'l ltlN'f A'l iAf7 'NfN'-''
Kettle stories have made that useful
article quite a famous and bIoodstirrlhg
emblem
In case the thing come Into effect
Mr.. L. +. Benson might distinguish
himself from the other Bonsons by
printing @ picture Of Dodo on the
title pages OF his uovel-that Is II any
picture now exists Of that notoriously
extinct biped. hut think OF the pos
abilities that this scheme has In the
matter Of future advertisements I'M
ngine being told TO TASK for Laura
Jean Lbbeys new romance and insist
on seeing the trademark tview OF LIB
hey Prison. stamped on the cover
But after all, viii IT be any easier for
q reader, say. who has an affection for
and Insists on getting the books OF
the Mr.. Haggard TO remember that his
Totem" is a female figure, c'She,D
thar to recall the simple fact that his
first name Is Rider, and not Andrew or
Lionel as the other literary Haggards
are respectively named?
Evidently Bret Hartos daughter tn
herited portion al any rate OF her
fathers literary genius, for quite
promising little tale from her pen ep-
pears in the London "Tatler' this
week and | hear that another rather
longer story by Ethel Bret Hnrte as
she calls herself, has been accepted by
tn, London Magazine and is also Ia APP
pear In the United states. These arc
almost Miss Bret Hartc's first ventures
I'm the way ~ story-writIng, although
she has had some little experience on
the stage. II may be remembered that
thr fund which was raised for her ben
eft some time ago was used in assist.