Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-29

Henry James. because the writer uses
the word linn" when he might say
..hotel.''
Theodore Roosevelt. because the writer
| mentions "a very special reason Here
the reviewer adds: could so thor
oughly a Rooseveltian phrase be any
where but in a work by Theodore Of
that name?"
Mark Twain. il view Of his recently
published inquiry, rs Shakespeare
Dead?" is sure to be interested in a
new contribution to the matter of Ba-
con and Shakespeare appearing In the
| latest copy Of the tLeipzig) Der Men
| schenkenner. The author Of the ar
| ticlc, a woman, Frau Thurn-kintzel,
| discusses the Promus manuscript, aid
to be Bacon's, and published some
years ago by an adherent, with illustra-.
| tons In comparison with passages from
Shakespeare. The writer maintains
that in reality the handwriting shows
the greatest contrast to Bacon's, in
height, slope, pressure, etc.; and that
it was in fact penned by the same
| hand that wrote the Shakespeare Tesla
mcnt and Signatures. The original
Promus manuscript is in the British
museum, registered under Francis Ba-
| cons name.
Louis Closer Hale. author Of the new
Harper novel, The Actress, attributes
most of the enjoyment to be got out OF
life to a capacity TO seeing the Joke
when it. is on ones self, and she has a
sense of humor which is quite equal to
any strain in that direction.
while + was writing The Actress.
Mrs. Hale said recently, II was touring
Ensl part OF the time. and | often
wished J. could put my various landlay
dies of the .diggings' in which we lived
into my book. They knew very little of
Americans. and expected us all to talk
through our noses. She speaks quito
nicely, doesn't she % said one landlady
to my washerwoman right before my
face. Another, after 7 had put on the
miserable rags that the forlorn bride,
Miss Hazy wears in Mrs. Wigs of the
Cabbage Patch" had occasion to come
to the theater to bring a parcel, and
viewed me with much satisfaction.
Now, you are something like it, was
her statement, which was too fraught
with dire suggestion to require any
further words"
Gertrude Atherton establishes her
w~orthiness to be the great-Grandniece
Of Benjamin Franklin. by continuing
pre-eminent among women writers for
/ hIloNI SlG ~ sAtiN o''t -
politics and political history. In her
last article, appearing in the current
North American Review, she does not
hesitate to discuss a generally difficult
subject, how Russia nearly acquired
our Pacific coast. with an interesting
bearing on Japanese relations, and q
consideration of Nicolai Rezanov. Of
the latter she asserts that had he
lived 10 years longer. what is now the
western section Of the United States.
with British, Columbia as we'll, would
be Russian territory.
william Dana circuit. author OF one
OF the seasons best sellers, The
SPELL exchanged a few words the oth-
er day with the boy who runs the
newsstand at ono of the largest of the
New York hotels. Mr.. Orcntt. a guest
at the hotel while stopping In New
York went to claim two theater tick
cts reserved at the stand in his name.
..Are you William Dana Orcutt" de-
handed the custodian. S you wrote
this here The Spell did you?" point
ing to the book.
II did" admitted Mr.. circuit. What's
the matter with it? Can't you sell it,"
q sure; it goes all right said the
youthful vendor, s~cnerausly. But say.
you fellows don't none of yer know
how to sell a book.
'NNhat'G wrong Win us. HultlDiy
asked the author from Boston.
why said the other. what o
want to do is to get a pretty girl and
nut her on the cover, and after that it
don't make no d. bit of difference
what's inside the book
In Herman Whitakei's new Harper
novel. "The Planter the rubber plan
tation called la Luna" is modelled
upoii d plantation where the author
stayed two months. making no secrctsof
his intention to score the contract labor
and slave systems when once he
should get out. I'm not going to
fight individuals" Mrl Whitaker told
them, but I'm going tn hit the system
the hardest whack that is in me-" No
body seemed to take it over-seriously.
however, until inc day q newspaper
clipping come to town in the mail, and
the station agent took it out of the open
folder and tackled it UP in the sta
ton for all the planters To read. I'm
print the announcement of my inten-
ton produced Il different effect says
Mr.. Whitaker. What happened made
me feel il bit 'scary;' and / confess L
wasn't sorry when. a few days later,
an opportunity served for me to move
up one town. They don't like the
truth, those follows. and I'm not sur
prised that The Planter hasn't made
among them a bowling hit"