Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-26

| ~ know it, said the conductor. I've
! warned him and I've watched him. but
| he's like ii kitten. 1 don't even worry
about him amy more. lie lands as
| lightly as a boy" Mr.. Haswel at his
| death lacked only two years Of being
Il centcnarian.
Miss Elizabeth Jordan, author OF
May Iverson,'' and the new novel
Many Kingdoms, just published BY
the Harpers, hts acted as Sodmother 10
many infants whose mothers and faith
ers are her friends. one of these god
children, aged 5. recently paid Miss
Jordan the following high tribute. The
child a.woke in q bad humor one morn-
ing, ana, being q temperinnental young
ster, did not see why she should colt
ceal the fact from her devoted family.
When her governess entered her nurs-
cry, accompanied by tho child's mother.
the infant drew herself up to her full
height and delivered herself as fol-
lows:
Don't speak to me: don't look at me.
don't touch me. ] want you TO under
stand that / won't talk to a.sngle per-
son this Whole day but cept God and
the baby and Miss Jordan
Octave Thancts thoughts about men
and women as lovers have proved irri-
sistible to many or her renders. Wo-
men especially. who have u way off, re-
membering phrases, are quoting some
of her more Intimate words with Il
pleasure distinctly feminine. Men, al
ways more Interested in the impersonal
saving, are likely to remember the brief
and general truth of one of Miss Than-
cts sentences in IL recent number of
Harpers Bazaar. In commenting upon
the old platitude 'sAll the world loves u
lover" the writer added THE older half
no less than the younger. But the
younger loves with imitation--and with
fuith.''
Australia's demand for Gilbert
Neal" the new novel by Will n. IIar-.
ben, forced the Harpers to send it into Il
special edition. No one at first thought
would associate Australia with plr-
ticular interest i'll novels of our own
south, and yet Mr.. Harben's audience
III Australia has been remarked upon
before this, and his novels. are ali
southern, laid in Georgia and dealing
with types that the Georgia native re-
cognizes as local. A foreign audience
for the local novel is always q compli-
ment to the author, providing that
while the local features may give it
color, they are subordinate to some
truth that IS bigger than the place
WHICH sCOAtdllS ~. ,
Hamlin Garland and Holman Day,
authors belonging out west and down.
east, respectively, have been recently in
New York. each on his own literary
mission. Mr.. Garland is often sum-
moned from Chicago TO fulfil some en-
gagement to read or lecture. Besides
this, it is expected that whenever an
author publishes Il new book as Mr..
Garland has done in 'The Shadow
World" publishers matters usually
have some direct call for him., and this
last is true also OF Mr.. Day, author of
king Spruce, who has just published
through the Harpers q story for young
readers, The Eagle Badge Mr.. Day
came down after a strenuous campaign
In Maine in which he had active part.
Booth Harrington has now two new
books before the public ut one time,
in these days n rather uncommon
feature of Il literary career One is
The Guest of Quesnay,' tile other
THE Man From Home the former 4
novel, the latter the play which has
become a book through the agency Of
the Harpers, and in which Mr.. Tarking-
ton shares his title of author with
Harry Leon Wilson. The dramatic side
of Mr. Tarkiugtons talent rather took
the public by surprise, SO accustomed
had it become to associating such
stories as THE Gentleman from M
diana and THE Conquest of Canaan
with the authors tame, but NOW The
Man From Home" begins TO look all
most like heir rival.