The Washington herald., 1907-08-11

IN Glen Echo. Nd, where she JG revising
the proofs of her forthcoming autobiog-
raphy.
Regarding the worldwide aversion 10
the tourist. NJ Booth Harrington writes
in the current EEerybody's Magazine;
mo doubt the feeling could be traced TO
the hatred for g nouveau that animated
the breast of some primordial mud turtle
as he watched a migrating dragon fly
sklmming superfcially down the creek
and away. Thus in watering places, IN
summer resorts or winter resorts, those
who live IN houses somewhat disdain
/ those who are lodged in hotels, and those
who are lodged in hotels despise the day
| excuTsionists. And so il is with our coun-
| trymen abroad. the permanent fixtures OF
| a colony. following a seemingly univer-
/ sal law. show a certain consciousness OF
superiority (often expressed by gracious
ness) TO those who take villa or apart
ments for the season: the latter exhibit
/ the same feeling for the people who come
20 the hotels for a month or so. and here
kindliness ends. for all unite TO execrate
/ the tourist. One afternoon last
/ February. a young member burst into
1 the lounging room OF the CO5mnpOlis
/ Club in Rome and called TO group of
! friends in a corner:
| Hi! You'd better come quick if you don't want
I 10 miss il!
| What is it' What is the matter'
just saw two Italians in the Piazza di spagns.
/ If you don't hurry they'll be gone!
The recent death Of George Croal. in
EdInbuFg, at the age Of ninety-seven,
sewers a link that has connected Sir Wal
ter Scott with the present day. Mr..
! Croal was, In 1927, one Of a party 10 which
Sir Walter made his first open avowal
of his authorship OF the Waverley Nov
els, and he was more than once guest
at Abbotsford. AS long ago as 1858, he
wrote a narrative poem called Eagles
ward. that gained some repute, and the
publication of his Living Memoirs Of
an Octogenarian," IN 1924, brought him
before a generation that was practically
unaware Of his existence.
In the literary department Of The
North American Review. for August ?,
Galsworthy's 'The Country House." IS
reviewed by Olivia II. Dunbar; Raleigh's
/ Shakespeare" by Prof Brander Mat
.hews, and HugO's Intellectual Auto
biography" 10y A. S. van Westrum
The identity Of the "Old Man" in Miss
Clara F.. Laughlin's novel Of stage life.
Felicity" has naturally moved many
readers to wonder and conjecture. He
Is not a strikingly real or original per-
sonage, but one reader after another has
hailed him as a fictional reproduction of
Joseph jefferson, of William Warren, of
John Gilbert, Of John T. Raymond, of
! Z. A. Sothern, each showing by a wilder
and more impossible guess his ignorance
Of stage life and stage history. The
authors own statement is that 'he is
composite of all benign old age, all apple
checked philosophers; all the wisdom Of
the slippeTed wayfarer in his inglenOok,
and all his tenderness for little feet ad-
venturing on hard journeys" On the
other hand, the beauteous creature who
gives her name % the story has been
varioUsly Identified with Mary Anderson,
Julia MaTlowe. Maude Adams. Ethel Bar
rymore. and Eleanor Robson. and more
than one actress has written Miss Laugh
lin that the book Is like a story Of my
own life"
Tom Mason has decided to bury the
trivial past, suggested by the nickname
under which he has been writing for sew
eral years. HencefOrth ne is 10 be known
dignihedly as Thomas L. Mason. ''The
change was suggested first 10 me-" said
Mr.. Mason. "by Edward W. Box who
insisted that, in spite Of Mark Twain
Jack London. and Tom Payne. 1t was eX-
tremely undignlfed for me to pose in
such a youthful garb After I decided 10
make the change I received the proof Of
story in Appleton's Magazine. which
was signed with the old name. and
changed the old 10 the new. and it was
printed Ny friends, Trumbull White.
editor OF Appletons, did not notice the
change until Ii was too late. He said he
had bought the story from Tom Mason
and paid him a greet deal more than II
was worth on accoEr- of the name. and
he naturally felt chagrined when Il ap-
peared under a new and wholly different
name. Personally, I do not think II
makes a great deal OF difference. Per-
haps the dignity which is supposed to
attach itself 10 the new name is coun-
terbalaneed by the greater length over
the shorter
In a very interesting article in "The
Cornhill Magazine" for June, entitled,
Wanted. More knowledge" which treats
Of the Quarter Sessions records Of the
seventeenth century for Sussex, the
writer remarks: THE name Hamlet as
Christian name is surely a rare find.
I know of no other but Shakespeare's s
SON The surname Of this person was
Layman; he lived at Horsham, and got
into trouble in 1853 for 8ssaulting Rich
ard Slark.
W. D. Howells and Mark Twain. the
two most prominent authors in Ameri-
can literature. have both received the de-
gree of Lift. D., from the great Univer-
sity OF Oxford, Mr. HoweIls having been
given his degree three years ago.
Besides his degree from Oxford, Mark
Twain has degrees from Yale and from
the University Of Missouri: and Mr. How
els, in addition to his oxford degree.
holds degrees from Harvard and Yale, all
Of which, in addition TO the learning, the
scholarship, the high attainments, and
the distinguished literary skill Of both
these men, as acknowledged IN every
part Of the world, makes IL of striking
interest that neither Of them had a col
lege education.
Mr.. William Winter. dean Of American
dramatic critics writes thus on age"
in the current Scribner's:
Snow and stars the same as ever
n the days when / was young;
Bur their silver song, ah. never
Never now is Slngi
Cold the stars are, cold the earth IS
Everything is grim and cold
Strange and drear the sound Of mirth,
Life and I are old
Cardinal Manning