The Washington herald., 1908-06-28

10 think that In literature as in life there
is some criterion by which sincerity may
be judged The writer in the Academy
points out the error Of treating the sub
ject from too concrete "A point Of view;
she does not confound accuracy with sin
cerity- And the two are not to be con-
fused Unfortunately, many pseudo-sen-
tmental writer's OF the present day make
no pretense TO either virtue in describing
their beliefs and feelings. But it is en-
trely possible that man should write a
human document inaccurate in every de-
tail, yet perfectly sincere in purport.
At the present time. however. says the
Providence Journal. the tendency is so
plainly to disregard all honesty. all sense
Of moral obligation. the moment that pen
and paper become the medium Of com
munication with the world. that IL is
desirable to lay stress upon the need for
sincerity rather than prohisacy of imagi-
nation. The man who writes TO exploit
his personality must be bizarre at all
hazards; and. despite the theory of the
professional Bohemian. to be bizarre is
very generally 10 be insincere. Too many
writer's are cynical when they really cher
sh ideals; they are fippant over matters
which concern the human soul nearly.
They strain after epigram; they search
increasingly for originality. or, at least,
for its thinly plated semblance Such an
attitude I'm writer is the acme Of lit
erary insincerity. And it can scarcely be
denied that it is the prevailing attitude
OF the dawn OF the century writer.
Variety and up-to-dateness are marked
features OF the May issue of The World
To-day The pictures are both numerous
and good. as always in this 15-cent maga-
zine. The Anarchy Really TO be Feared"
is the title Of an editorial showing that
the lawlessness and disregard Of law-en-
forcement evidenced in the tob tcco war.
the Sunday closing trials. and other mat
teIs now before the public, indicate
danger more 10 be feared than the
anarchy over which there is so much
hysteria In the series. "Our Colonial
Empire" Col Willard French points out
that Hawaii. our forgotten key 10 the
Pacific Ocean, needs protecting and
fortifying for the best interests OF the
United States. as well as It's own ad-
vantage. A reassuring article To many
Will be that OF Elias TObenkin, entitled
anarchists and Immigrants In Ameri-
ca. He asserts that anarchy is on the
decline in this country and claims that
what we have is fostered by newspaper
and police advertising
The Wonders Of Underground New
York" is the title under which Edward
Wildman describes the McAdoo tunnels
under the Hudson River and the great
| transportation facilities thereby gained.
G. H. Forbes-Lindsly writes of The
Revival Of the Waterway" with special
reference 10 the conference called to meet
at the White House in May 20 consider
the conservation of our national re-
sources. What Philadelphia CONNER
cial Museum is doing 10 increase
Americas foreign trade is told by Paul
T. Cherington. The Franco British Ex-
/ hibition." which Will be an attraction 10
visitors 10 England this summer. is de
scribed by Louis h. Northland and well
Illustrated
The historian who wnitewashes some
times sets out, We suspect. with no def
mite intention of bolstering up bad repu-
/ tations. But the very labor OF compiling
a lat volume tends TO bring with II "a
certain fondness for the object on which
| effort IS expended. Lillias Campbell Da-
/ wilson. who has written more than 500
pages on the Portuguese wife of Eng
1 lands merry monarch. has fallen under
l the spell. In Catherine Of Braganca"
! Imported by L 2. Dutton & Coz.
/ Charles II is shown as not merely ami
/ able, but sometimes as actually good
/ Thus, when GATHERINGS life was en-
/ dangered during the Popish plot excite
ment by the charges Of Titus Oates and
/ Bedioe. the King came 10 her defense
( IN manly fashion
! The moment had come when If Charles had h..-
/ the monster many historians are pleased 10 rair-
nm he would have kept silence and so availee
himself q the chance Do was pretended ne ,rde,tl,
/ desired He might have rid himself II a cbidIrS
sue ne haa long ceased 20 love. and have gratineC
6oth himself and his people by a second marriage
~ was not an event that called fer deliberate action
/ ne had merely 20 refrain from movement 10 re
mann a passive spectator. and the blooIhcupd
"omd nave done their work without him "A,
uIsht have kept his lips silent and his bsrd
still. and CatharnC as surely as tbe s,,n lir i
lhe heavens would have been hurried 10 tho ToUcr
and rom thence % the block ON 50 wrll-srtrstr,1
charge Of treason He had but to he stm I'm
| instead, the extreme peril Of ,cforssIess an,
harmless woman woke in hin, All that ,tj,.Ir, 81, -,
maniiness there had been reason 10 think f,-,,r
dead. He strobe 20 the front as her chief d,fc,5-
and her indignau; protector.
Rex Beach took 70 writing orite as q,
afterthought- He began only five year,
ago after his return to America from IN,
Alaska gold fields, and in this time ha.
written The Spoilers which is also or
the boards as play. and The Barrier.
which the Harpers are quoting as a bes
! seller, Mr.. Beach's experience is the re-
verse Of the stories writer's usually tel
about rejected manuscript.
1t was really the result OF a bet " n,
says. Il ran into a fellow STAYING in IN,
/ same place with me who had come out o
the sold country a little sooner. He ha,
written two or three articles about Alask:
for some paper devoted to the interests o
agricultural implements and they ha,
paid him few dollars. He gave me tn
stories TO read and seemed proud of them
l thought to myself. II he can get rea
money out of this, | can | made a be
that | would sell some stories too. but
instead Of following his example an,
working up from the bottom. l decidet
TO start at the top and let the force O
Z
story 10 one OF the magazines and sur
enough it was accepted. l thought 70
a long time somebody i'm the office wa
playing a joke on me. Then | got int
other business in Chicago. and one da,
the editor Of the magazine was passing
through and called on me and asked 10
some more stories. l gave him all had
and he took them away with him.
week or so later he wrote 70 me tha
all OF them had been accepted"
It is recorded in Tennyson's life tha
he used 20 recommend to a younge
brother the thought of the stellar spaces
swarming with consultations and trav
eTSed by planets at ineffable distances