Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-12
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r ava many authors who take
tnsaH N nublic reading-Dickeiis
and Thaekeray both dia, aHu a,f :"
nresent day there are some 'a,. 49,
or so who give readings WITH ina ~.
success--but there are quite nu ts,s,,
on the contrary, 10 whom ehe pia'i th,s
10 a MACE OF dread, and ainohs M
number is Wilbur Nesbit, author VI "'
Gentleman Ragman.' =, =
so,ne time ago he read poem at q
4 dinner at the University OF ChicaSo,
and /, was 10 be his first appearance III
Il public ,.+ trarner
Il Since deceased) presided. He noticed
Il thai Nesbit was growing nervous ana
B ,ook occasion, quietly, to reassure MIN,
telling him that 1t was all before
Z friends and that there was no occasion
II for alarm.
II But, so Mr., Nesbit himself admits,
N when he arose his throat was dry and
II psrched. and he felt as II his lips were
beginning TO twitch. But he went
hravely at IL.
"A He had not dared trust to his memory,
81 but had brought his manuscript with
n him He glued his eyes to the paper,
read on as steadily as he could. got to
the end. and then sank back in his
chair and took long, long breath of
relief.
II was funny poem that he had read
lone of the many that have made him
so well known--and therefore he was
relieved TO find that the audience were
highly amused,
siJUalI Ala Y IL ka eli 30
President Harper as soon as there was
opportunity.
First rate, first rate was the reply.
And then came the dry query: But
shy did yon read each line of your
losm twice."
After many years as sailor, Joseph
thrad. whose latest book, The Mirror
q the Sea- was recently published by
lie harpers, Is living in a quiet, slant
noted cottage. near Hythe, in Kent,
England,
u front Of his house is an irregular
% stone wall, separating IL from the
losaEay, and about the house are
notwithstanding vines and garden
am with old-fashioned flowers. A
sslnsn could not live comfortably with
lssiflcted outlook. and so one is not
,.-phea 10 md wide sweeps of charm
slndows
Aa's twain. In the lnstalment of his
photography which appears In tho
-lient number OF the North American
neseW, gives droll description Of an
iAIQcuI mai ~
House. at tue White
-, o. was always liable, as Mrs. Glenn
~. n " 70 Observation-Disclosures, and
n g 'oo story as Mark Twain tells
VINE, snst J was leaving Hartford for
h. a, MRS. Clemens said: 4
Ap, " nuA, small warning and put
,og AZ pvshet OF your dress-vest. When
| ,h'.,,, e dressing to go to tho authors
/ ,st,A Dn ~ the White House van will
| tc,ss,s put your fingers In your vest
,0a ~, according to your custom. and
e.,a ma that little note there. Read
ursn, and do as It tells Won
| NJ $40, &c with You, and so / delegate
| LAZY duties TO this little more. IL
u rnn,. give you the warming BY word
had ana INV, " would pass from your
u., 'h' DC forgotten in a few min.
sr. "'S PRESIDENT Clevelond's first
;our nv naa never seen his wife--tbe
i. syrn ,ne beautiful, the good hearted
sou,h ppathetic. the fascinating sura
| MY lust as | had finished dyess,ns
| Dill w me White House I found that
ntl,n ''s. which ! had long apo ,nrs
pfon, Was a grave litfIe nota
fnass n.us noto, like its writer hut
N me laugh. Llvy's eentia a,. ~
Ink y produced that effec, ,,nn S,a W
t1lld have es,i hnmorist's best Joke
s.ly. 'ai'ed for do not laugh
"a Ina Mas W reached the White House
Dent he .s,naeins hands with the nres.
lisrfuptsd IA 70 say something, bur
vii CONF heAcellency will excuse mo
have a W.. sa'k In a moment. hut now
IN. To, ana important matter 10 M,
es " must be attended TO AZ
yosltla t ,s.d to Mrs CLEVELAND -.
nd says beautiful, the fasoina,t,nne
! sAleh my card, on tha haci,
sld asksa had written He didn',,N
"s s, Aose go usr TO sign her name be-
Mar '''' He dldn1g He didn't
.,p 70 discuss , never mind. We cannot
hsndsa you please sign vous - nrk,
sWhyi nsr a fountain.nsn manner
,ayssf In me ny, said, 4 cannot .o.,.
santf mat way. Who az Sohnnlt
gAg wo ssid, time is lying IN a'd nnir',
ssIsrs,s ana mai ! ! you take me I OF, n,yins.
rshL S u Your name to III ~ ny
&s s''e You my word its al,
M and msehs 0oh,pliuissed; but hesita,.
y aid '''nlcally she took t the pen
s ~ ssu must sA ,eI y win take the risk.
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