Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-11

tne university OF Michtgani kendrick
Charles Baecock, Phi. D., president of
the University of Arizona; Frederick
jackson Turner Pho, of the Universe
" of Wisconsin, George Pierce Garri-
son, Ph.D, of the University of Texas
James Kendall Hosmer, LID, recent
librarian at the Minneapolis public lib
rary; and Edwin Erie Sparks. Ph. d.,
OF the University Of Chicago.
BY a curious coincidence, there Is to
he u production in London soon Of
Mark Twain's "Pudd nhead Wilson" a
truly American play. 1t will displace
THE Squaw Man" which the English
nave decided is also truly American.
and which they forced into new bool.
edition that the London house OF Har-
pers called "A White Man" More than
this the same star that made a success
or one WIN be set to making ii of the
other Mark Twain has won the Brit
ISL public with his books. and the play
IL eXpecfpG to be an unqualified sue
cess; II is remembered that "Puddn-
mead Wilson has been played over
mere 10 the delight of many audiences,
allc The Squaw Man Is running in
New York al the present moment
Thomas Hardy's deepening popularity
mas long been apparent to the critical
reader, but it is becoming obvious now
10 the casual one. Within the last
fortnight three of his novels have gone
INTO reprint through an American
mousse, the Harpers. Tho three are
'Life's Little Ironies," Jude the oh
scure" and Under the Greenwood
Tree Mr.. Hardys novels are al
most prolific In number. and yet this
scarcely reconciles the reader to the
authors determination, reiterated with
in the week. that he max write a little
hnTnnffnt. ~ tot,
novels.
e Mark Twain and Gertrude Atherton
arc ssten placed side by side as having
attracted the British public more than
any other American authors. A few
weeks ago at a dinner 10 Gertrude
Atherton in London a story was told
by a woman who had been present at
New York luncheon when the author
of Ancestors" ana the nuthor of
"Huclleberry Finn" We're introduced,
and placed next To each other, Mark
Twain thought his nelghbor was about
to speak and gallantly waited for her,
While Mrs. Atherton with her custom
airy reserve of manner waited for him
There ensued chilly silence, which
was broken by Mark Twain saying, as
he shook his white locks: Child child
don't be so terribly bolsterous!"
w lnston Churchill Is a sure enough
politician" said an old-time Washing
ton newspaper correspondent the other
day II always thought he was Just
one OF these amateur reformers, like
a lot OF writer's who have broken into
the political game and broken out
again. But Churchill is in il to stay,
you'll see. How do | know2 Be
cause he has pet superstition. Po-
liticians aren't a rabidly superstitious
lot, but every last one of them that
amounts TO anything has some one
cherished weakness In that line. AS
soon as j heard that all Churchil'S
books begin with 'C' / made up my
nina that he had good political blood
in him, and was In the game to stay.
There's The Celebrity, Richard Car
vel. The Crisis, The Crossing, Cont
ston.' and now MIR, CreWe's Career
That isn't just accident by the way,
did you ever stop To think that Con-
gress begins with 'C?"'
An unusual experience related by
Ellsworth Huntington In his recently
published book THE Pulse of Asia
was when, at the height of 20,500 feet
in the Himalayas, he heard the song
OF bird. probably a migrant from In
dia to T'urkestan, II Is certainly "A
marvellous thing that these little war
blers, with the most wavering and un-
certain flight, should be able 10 cross
200 miles OF bleak desert, most Of the
way at an elevation of nearly four
miles above the level OF the sea.