Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-13
Litterateur Says Diary May Exist
but Was Probably Edited
by Others
AUTHOR TELLS OF REPTILES
Relation Between Humming Birds
and Snakes Feature in
His Statement
Continued from Page one)


to incorporating his knowledge thus
gained into a book.
MY brothers were mining engineers
who had come out to New Mexico, and
my sister had come with them. After
she married 1 came from my home in
Connecticut to visit her, and it was
there that I met Lummis, and it was
there we were married.
WIFE IN LITERARY FIELD
"Since our marriage ha has had great
success in his chosen career, and / can
say without conceit that 1 have been
an immense help to him. UP to that
time he lacked much of the concentra-
ton and ambition necessary to make
him successful.
"I have done good deal Of literary
work myself.
"a number of my stories have been
published, but my chief work OF in
terest in the past two years has been
the translation of Spanish work into
English. A play and a novel that l
have translated are now in the hands
of New York publishers-the novel,
entitled The Bull Fight made tre-
mendous stir in Spain two years ago,
and is a powerful protest against one
of the faVorite national customs of
Spain. Whether 1t will be so well re-
ceived here is matter that is yet to
be decided"
When asked whether she would re-
turn to Los Angeles, Mrs. Lummis said
that She had not decided.
81 will be in San Francisco for some
tirne-a month at least, but where my
fdture home will be I do not yet know.
AS long as have my children with me
it does not much matter where L am,'
she added
Mrs. Lummis refused to discuss the
matter of the diary. "I do not want
to speak of that at present" she said
LUMNIs WILL NOT CONTEST
There are indications in the atti-
tude taken by Mr.. Lummis that if
his wife files suit, he will not contest.
81 have lived for fifty-one years"
he said, land have never fought a
woman. No man would fight a wom-
an
Referring to the diary which, it is
said, may be an exhibit in the case,
he said:
"If a diary such as is described ex-
lists, 1t was edited for me, not by me-"
without apparent reason he broke
into a discussion of humming birds,
their beauties and characteristics.
From humming birds he took up a
discussion OIL snakes.
When asked if there appeared to
him relation between women, hum
ming birds and snakes, he replied:
Perhaps. They are all creatures of
God"
Perhaps you've watched the hum
ming bird that vivacious, prettily-
formed creature, whose iridescent
feathers please and whose beadys live
ly eyes enthrall. Father Acosta, in a
work published in 1892, gives a de-
scription of the resurrection bird of
the same family. This little creature,
when the chill winds of October sweep
DER the land, hangs TO bough by it's
feather-like talons, and dies in a
Iethargic sleep. And when the re-
vivifying suns of April call forth the
flowers and shrubs, this little crea-
ture comes to life. Hence the name
the resurrection bird.
"And have you ever noticed a snake?
That graceful reptile which crawls
so magnificently, so sure Of it's course
how human are these?''
did you say human?" he was asked.
"Why not? Do they not possess
the attributes of human beings?"