The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-03-12
THINGS READ AND HEARD
BY THE AUTHOR OF PERIwIGs.

Dear U; I am sorry that the post
marks are left off my letters 1t mus1
be Uncle Sans fault, or perhaps it is
the fault of Miss D. D., who helps
send out the mails there.
Your editor must be terrifcalIy
thunderous man to blow up his country
correspondents in such card | know
if should ever meet him l would i'm
mediately sink down in a swoon.
1t does seem rather useless to spend
money on books when one gets so many
late novels through the magazines.
There are very few people nowadays and
even living in remote wales where the
mail comes only once or twice week
who don't take some periodical or mag
azine. You are as apt to find the peo-
pie who don't read next door to you in
town as you are in the country. A
much cherished aunt told me the tale
of neghbor of hers who upon one oc-
casion had informed her of magnifi-
cent library in her new home. "Oh,
how NIGEL" said A., a lot of good
novels, l suppose The neighbor
looked at her with fine scorn: Nome,
they amt novels; they're sets. +"
Don Marquis, who was in your town
during the recent Nightrider trouble,
has no doubt been all through the chief
builder of Uncle Remus's magazine. /
could never imagine the late Mr.. Joel
Chandler Harris sending forth such
Virile editorials. He was such dreamy
story man. Mr.. Marquis dreams too
but he does stay awake most of the time
and writes overtime. He must be a
young man and an optimist. | cannot
see why he should have changed the
name of Uncle Remus's" to "The
Home, " There is nothing so domestic
about the periodical Jack London's
new novel, Martin Eden" is running
in it this spring and summer serially.
There was an interesting picture of Mr..
London and his present wife on board
their yacht, or sloop, the Shark" in
one of the recent Bookmen. Mr.. Lon
don's first wife was a cousin of Mrs.
Minnie Maddern Fiske, and his present
one is the niece of Captain Ames, the
other member of the party of three who
built the Shark" and started around
the watery world in it. If Mr.. London
writes like tough" in your eyes, then
please spare my feelings and remember
he has had enough to make him write
so. He has, it seems, been always in
debt, and writing to get out. He mort
gagged his property to build that
Shark" SO that he might get out upon
the water where there is no filthy lucre i
md he might make some, working t
light hours day at his magazine stuff /;
md novel. That same person who 2
makes the Illustrations for Mrs. Wards q
lovel in McClure's must make them for L
lrs. Emily Post serial in Everybody's. >
here are the same lanky ladies, look .
1g so hungry and wrath like in the T
lndscape gardening. The illustrations C
Anthony Patridge's serial, 'Passers Is
y, =" IN the Cosmopolitan, are a great L
cal prettier. Munsey's is running
Oyel, The White Sister," by Marion
rawford, and in its dramatization Viola
lien (Mrs. Durea) has returned to the
age. Mr.. Crawford also has novel
in this months Delinea-
r. A series of papers by leading
lentists of the world on Spiritualism
Is caused great many Delineator sub
ribers to forego their craving for in
concerning how to build hats.
WINS and fudge, etc., and quit taking
magazine all because they indig-
ntly don't believe in spirits. Mr..
leodore Dresser, the Delineator's edi-
:, is brother of the late Paul Dress
who wrote among other ballads
IN the Banks Of the Wabash" {" and
other of Louise Dresser (Ndrs. Jack
rworth, Jack Gardiner). the comedi-
ne.
John Drew will be in Nashville soon
his Mughn comedy, Jack Straw, .
the Jefferson brothers were at the
ndeme Friday and Saturday in The
Tals, " by Sheridan. The Jeffersons