The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-19

Elinor Glyn, to whom 1 have anlnad
Tecied more or less jocularly in these
dispatches Of late, is now a back num-.
Der. Her place in the literary lime
light of gayest Gotham is at present
occupied by Mrs. Mabel Chan-Toon,
late of India and Ireland. Our loss
is their gain.
Mrs. Gyms chief claim to fame was
the authorship of Three Weeks"
feryid and naughty novel which she
succeeded in having barred from the
mails. Addedsto this, as a means of
notoriety, was a criticism of the Pill
grim Mothers, and the fact that she
habitually referred to her underpin-
nings as "legs," instead of the more
refined and ladylike limbs" Mrs
Gyms book is double-distilled essence
of tomyrot, her criticisms of American
women mere stable-boy vulgarities and
her neither extremities of interest to
none but students of anatomy. At
that Mrs. Glyn was amusing and fair
to look upon, compared with her sue
cessor.
Mrs. Chan-Toon is an Irish woman,
a novelist by trade, fat and forty. She
is the widow of a native of Burmah,
India She has dog, Twiddledums by
name, and upon this woody animal she
lavishes all the wealth of her young
affections.
ct love my dog better than any
thing in the world" declared the Irish
authoress. 'sTwiddledums is my great
est Joy in life. 1 have little 6-year
old daughter, but l entertain no affec-
ton for her whatever. I detest little
children, but as for my doggie, why j
simply live for her."
Such sentiments are commendable
for their frankness and have won for
Mrs. Chan-Toon the entree into the
best New York society. Folk who dote
on simian dinners and butterfly BAN
quets find in Mrs. Charlton a soul
sister, and she will be wined and
dined until another celebrity happens
along.
Of course, the Chan-Toon person is
writing a new novel, which Is expected
to have a great sale in America. The
Irish novelist has permitted a few Sc
crets regarding the book to leak out.
and 1t may be stated that it will deaf
with the love affairs of a wealthy
Burmese leper, who, although afflicted
by the great scourge, yet possess id
sufficient money to become what is
popularity known as gay dog" The
selection of such a romantic and SEN
her literary ability marks Mrs. Chan
Toon as a woman of profound and de-
licate esthetic sensibilities.
Mrs Chan-Toon admits that the new
novel will undoubtedly be branded as
obscene and immoral by the "prudes,"
but this does not alarm her. "Ameri-
cans are eager to read immoral books,
which in other countries receive no
attention" the Irish novelist frankly.
assures US. Thereby she has exhibit
ed not rare insight into the psyche
logical processes of the American
mind.
Four-Footed Policemen.
Ever seen four-footed policeman?
There are now five of them on the
New York police force and they re-
ported for duty the first time this
week. They are foreigners, being ma
tiVes of Belgium, where the four-foot-
ed patrolman has been trained to
high state of efficiency.
These dOgs-for they are canine
cops-are not ordinary yellow station
house ours. They are Of a special
breed and have been given months of
training by Lieutenant Wakefield. who
was sent to Belgium to study the work
ing of the dog police Of Belgian
cities.
The CANNES are used In patrolling
remote sections of the city, where the
beats of the human police are too long
to enable them to cover the territory
at frequent intervals. The four-footed
cops have been trained to- be on the
lookout for suspicious characters, and
if they attempt to escape. to Ego fos.
the legs" of the suspect The saga
cious animals have been taught to do
this with persistence that will soon
take the fight out OF fleeing crook
and make him an easy CAPTIVE for
the dog cops human side partner,
II the dog policemen are found 10
be as useful here as thew have besa
in Belgium and France. the force viii
be increased within the next few
months.
The Snake and the Lady.
A modern romance of The Snake