Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-22
(special correspondence.(

Y ONDON, Jan 12.-Maurice Hew-
lett, who is mentioned as prob
able Liberal candidate for a
Welsh constituency. is one. OF
the many famous literary men who
have spent a portion of their lives in
government offices. Perhaps from the
archives of the land revenue record
office he got his first taste for TO-
nance.
1t was as lecturer that Mr.. Hew-
lett first became famous. and many an
amusing anecdote he tells of those
days once, speaking at a small Scot
tlsh village. the chairman having re-
ferred to "the mon wha's come here
tae broaden cor intellects," remarked
that short prayer would not be out
of place.
And. o Lord" the good man went
on, "put it Intae the heart o. this mon
tae speak the truth. the hale truth,
and naething but the truth. and gle
us grace tae understand him"
Then, with a glance at Mr.. Hewlett.
he added, i've been q lecturer mo-
sell"
When Edmond Rostand is In Paris,
one of the things he loves to do is 10
spend an hour or two in the old print
shops on and near the left bank of the
Seine. The other morning he was
turning over a portfolio of pictures,
when a pretty American girl burst into
the shop. She chose her picture. paid
for 1t, and asked the shop-keeper to
give her a receipt as she was buying
the picture for a friend. The man
was rather embarrassed
II am afraid I can't" he said
You see. I am not the owner Of tho
shop He has gone out to luncheon:
l am only looking after it for him, and
and 1 don't know how to write"
Then the man had an inspiration
But this gentleman is an old custom
er." he said, he'll give you receipt
for me, am sure"
1t was not until her return home that
the American knew what a prize she
had secured for her autograph album
HELEN MATHERS AN ANTI
When a London paper recently pub
llshed a picture of a lady who was
described as Miss Helen Mathers. one
OF the militant sulfragiSts," II was the
victim of a curious case of mistaken
identity. The popular novelist whose
suffragette was portrayed In reality.
Miss Mathers. far from being
militant" Is a member of the Ants
as they are called. She has an abb
solute adherence of all the violence
and hysteria OF the militant suffragists
and is writing paper entitled. The
Secret Violence of Women Made Man
ifest and Exploited as Heroism for
Money for the National Anti-Suf
frage League magazine"
Good women" she says, who have
wrongs enough already fight and crush
out violence. knowing that long and
weary though the rath of duty may
be, and the beauty of that path only
apparent perhaps when the end of the
journey is nearly reached. they have
been only an influence and example
to their men.
Instead of object lessons" Miss
Mathcrs added, the militant women
are a shame and a disgrace to all
womanhood."
Many authors adopt n kind of hier-
oglyphic signature which they think
IL striking or picturesque, but to
which they impart no sort of legibility.
They forget that a signature is thing
by itself. and that II cannot be deduc-
ed from the context. II seems that
some Frenchmen have the sense TO
know this and accordingly they repeat
their signature In an easily read script
A letter will sometimes bear two Sig
natures, n decorative one which is
only meant to be admired. not read.
and another, which Is meant to convey
something. but need not be admired
Some French journalists follow the
plan OF repeating their names in Ro.
man capitals above the script, But
this was not the method OF that busiest
OF journalists. Francisque Sarcey.
NEW STORY ON THE PRINTER.
"At the 'Rappel." said Sarcey. Il
have a marvellous printer. My writing
Is very bad, but he finds his way
through 1t with incredible case. He
sees what intended to say. and he
says IT, In the terms 1 use. or in others
But he says 1t. Sometimes they are