Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-17
LITTLE STORIES TOLD I
ABOUT BIG PEOPLE
by John II. Hartley.

1t was not until George Meredith was
an cid man that he began to reap any
reward from his books. He was at least
60 years old If not more, before n he was was
able to leave the Offices of Chapman
& Hall, the publishers where he acted
as reader. A friend of his speaks OF
this MS one of the tragedies OF nll ms,
Erccted work. and recalls the tact tfat
only 2 per cent of all MANUSCRIPTS SUD
mitted to the average publishing mouse
are Mt for publication.
"Day after day. week after week, and
wear after year," said this friend OF
Meredith, "that wonderful creative
mind of his had tosplod through these
worthle SIS pieces of nonsense. How
little his writings were known was
shown by the fact that the American
publisher. Tichnor, who was one OF MS
dearest friends, never Knew iiia 49, :, ,,e
was novelist at all. He had fecoe-
nized him as the greatest of CONVERSE
tionalists under the happy auspices or
,,,,,I,r ambrosial nights which he mad
snnnt with him. He had visited him
ri. intervals for years yet never su
nected that he had written line OF ms
own. +,.or,,,as
NJeredith's legs We're paralyzed, putin
men 20 first in their heads, he SAID,
but / go first In my legs.
EARTH FLAT. CONTENDS LADY
BLOUNT. i
The english woman Lady Blount mas
recently been conducting some new eA.
ne1.iInents in proof of her theory tnat
the earth is fiat She asserts that M
stead of being a giddy bal, Whirling
through space at the rate or soI1eIii,iis
like 10 miles y second, It's a ila s.l ~
n,ovahle nlane anchored TO it's founda-
Hons she POUNDS her belief upon the
descriptions given in the Bible. but sne
also demonstrates her theories VIII
calculations of her own.
& FOneFgof her proofs Is photograph
taken. with a photo telescope camera.
which shows a river at the end OF
which a cross is clearly visible upon tiie
screen This cross was placed Two ie ,....
above the level of the water, ana SIN
miles from the photographers II the
earth was round argues Lady Blount,
the cross would have been 70 feet pe
low the line of vision, and the iact ti 1,1 |
IL was clearly visible to the eye o. tns
camera proves that 1t is nat. Sne pe
longs to a society called the"t'la sl
and she edits a magazine calied tue
Earth the policy of which tehus "
support her theory.
QUEEN ALEXANDRA OBJECTS TO
CRUELTY.
Lately, when Queen Alexandra and m
her sister, the Dowager Empress, visit
ed in Venice, a luncheon was given IN
their honor by the British consul !. at
+ one of the chief hotels on the Lido, the
sea bathing suburb of Venice.
After luncheon they sat in the gar
den in front of the hotel, where the
| high road could be seen. There came
along an ill-fed horse trying TO draw
a great cart heavily loaded with TIM
Der. The road was rough and the anil I.
NAL was being urged along by a whip ill 2
and rough cries. This Was too much
for the queen. She called to the driver river
10 stop. but not, Knowing who she wa :.
The man took no notice Of her protest.
and belabored the animal harder tilall
ever. She then asked for help at the
hotel. And three elevator boys sssii
after the cart and pushed it from pc
hind. After they had helped the AM, !,
mai over the rough part of the road CAD
they came back to the queen to receive
| n ss5 tip to be divided between them.