Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-21

dinner under the escort of w. j Lamp
ton. was In one OF these groups. If 9TH
or photographers had been unjust to
her. this one outdid them. And when
the photograph was printed. as they
all were, Mrs. Woodrow was the, rccipi-
ent OF dozens Of letters. typical of
which came the following. from Life
Dear Madam---After seeing your pic
turc in this weeks Harper's Weekly.
we are compelled to inform you that no
more contributions from your pen are
even in disorder here. We regret to
take this course, but. under the circum-
stances. no other course is open to us.
In heartfelt sympathy, we beg to re-
main, The EDlTORS.
This was bad enough, but even Mr.
Hampton had his fling in his own char
acteristic way. He was moved to poe
sy:
20 Nancy Wilson Woodrow
Hear ME as declare,
II you look like that picture,
didn't take you there"
.The Melting Pot" the play which
Israel Zangwill came to this country to
produce a few weeks ago. is to be pub
lshcd in book form by the Macmillans.
IT Is dedicated. by special permission,
to President Roosevelt
One OF the things that amuses Mrs.
Wilson Woodrow most-and she has Il
very active sense of humor--is the as
sumption on the part of good guess
crs' that she Is the wife of Woodrow
Wilson, the president of Princeton uni
versity and that she has turned her
name around as literary pleasantly
or an evasion Of direct responsibility.
Mrs. Woodrows new story of New
York society. THE Silver Butterfly
has gone into its third large printing
within a month of publication.
In the illustrations by Alonzo Kim
ball for 1.-THE Right Man is used for
the first time the very elaborate pro-
cess known as color hotogravure The
effect is bizarre in the extreme.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ms Wheeock'
Stories Of the Wagner Operas Told
for Children has been adopted for the
public school libraries Of Rochester. n.
Y.
over half million copies have been
circulated OF Raymond NJ. Aldcn's
story, why the Chimes Rang" This
is generally regarded as the best kin
dergnrten story ever published.
Japan averages about three earth
quake shocks day. and the American
visitor to the sensitive little isle, after
experiencing a few mild 'tremors,' in
voluntarily calls to mind the old legend
that the land rests on big live fish,"
writes Frederic S. Isham, author of
THE Lady or the Mount THE diff
ferent brands of 'tremors' form an in
teresting topic OF conversation for tho
newcomer to Toxic, and old settlers
never weary OF expounding thereon"
1t was at the Imperial hotel. just be-
fore fleet week. the novelist first en-
countered Il few members of the earth
quake club, and experiences We're in or
der What I'm going to tell you hap
p,aned during one of those right-and-
left, or left-and-right quakes," said a
charter member, as he leaned more
contidingly against the refreShment
counter. They're the worst sort, most
confusing, for you never know where
your are at. when they're over. In
this case | was sleeping in the east
room of my japanese villa, and my wife
and children were In the west ROOM the
sliding screens or doors being open be-
tween. About midnight came one OF
those right-to-left and left-to-right
shocks; 1t disturbed us some. but as it
soon became calm and quiet once more,
we didn't bother, but went to sleep
again. ana now comes the part M
leading up to: When awoke in the
morning. blamed If wasn't in the west
room, while the wife and Riddles were
in the east one.i
The author of king Spruce, Hol
man Day, has written another story
OF his fuvorite Maine woods. this time
for young people. THE Eagle Badge"
takes a young hero into the forest
wilds. III the midst of the lawlessness
which the woods invite by their near
ness TO the Canadian line, where
smuggling and counterfeiting are OPP
posed by the honesty and goodwill
Of the genuine woodsmen. The lad IL
elected Mayor of the Woods whicn
always means excitement, and has
plenty of adventures In the mixed COM
pany of outlaws and guardians of the
law powerful drivers of the logs and
gay hearted French Canadians. 1t is
story OF outdoor life breathing tho
fragrance and MYSTERY of the woods.
full of incident and SUSPENSE fresh
tale which will no doubt attract an en-
thusiastic train of readers among young
folk of twelve years or over. (New
York: Harper & Brothers,)
DO the dead speak to the living? Is
there way to find out whether they
10? In 1.-THE Shadow World" where he
faces such questions, Hamlin Garland
has written a book which is logical
this ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS