The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-12
LITERARY LIONS AT LUNCH
A CAFE ~ LONDON LIKE A
lTAGE OUT or WHO'S WHO."

No Cathersng riare In New rsrk whers
Famous Authors May No Inspected DO
Easily ~ at the Savo,~-A Mind OF
sightseeang Not Possible over Here.
The American who remains In London
for any length % time In apt 70 be I'm
pressed by the ease With which IL u posi-
bic to come into contact with the literary
lights OF England. n lie is not 50 for
innate as 20 meet them personally land
this 10 easy in respect To some II he attends
Q Pilgrim banquet in London). he may
At least have IN" opportunity OF taxing
q good look at them and often. for they
have their haunts and IL Is only necessary
10 bs at the right place ut lunch time
during tho season 60 see the lions ent
and to get other points about them that
60 To show hn~ human authors may he
after all even II they are celebrated.
over her. ~ IS different. Americans
know their authors. some ot them. by
pictures IL them printed IN the news
papers and the magazines. but tho United
States has no literary capital in the sense
that England has. no matter what the
claims OF Indianapolis or Boston may
be in that direction. and about the only
literary treat In the way OF the sight
OF q real live author TO be had by the
ordinary citizen in New York Ii when
Richard Harding Davis takes the AIR
OF Fifth avenue or George AIDE drops in
upon Broadway to collect royalties on
some OF his PLAYS. or Booth Harrington.
here on q semi-annual visit. stands at
the door Of a cafe declining invitations
to enter.
London. besides being a literary capital
has in u sense its literary capitol, by which
" meant that literary London in some
way or other focuses in that region
adjacent to the middle Strand. which
is known as the Adelphi. There II the
home of the Savage Club, and II Won stand
long enough at the corner ot Adam street
of AN afternoon or evening You may see
whole library OF authors 60 ny
But there IL a batter place rear for any
body who has the price Of lunch. ms
l. the grill room. or a they cali " over
there. th. Cafe Parisien. Of the Savoy
Hotel.
The United States il such big country
that American authors are scattered
Many of them come To- New lork az times.
Some Of the successful ones break into
society. Some don't. Others have no
wish to
Many years ago Washington Square
was looked upon "a IN" centre II u"
literary and artistic colony of tie "ity
buI III. literary folk VII" Used To haunt
its purlis,s have been scattered and Their"
Is no public place wher" one NAV meet all
sorts of literary lions face 10 face and
know th.m for what they are. aud per-
hays see them eat
A. 90. single luncheon in n" Savoy
during the season II il possible To make
IN a wnol" nag" Of Who's Who For
instance. that tall. thin man with yellow
HAIR and reddish face. VIII" sits uncon-
Iortably on a mlnui. portion ~ his chair
faiklng L. IN. Oriental looking woman. rs
William J Locke. IN" novelist and play
wright lha' tiny man. with long.
heavy. dark uI-tach" and mourniui
"y.S. VINO "a lunching with Charles Froh-
man j. J ". RHrri". They usually lunch
together AZ least ono" "a week when Prob
man J.. III London
Tn" tall. thin woman with IN. reddish
hair who looks like, any, hing bur literary.
il Mrs Julia Franksu hstt-- known "a
Frank DANNY The heavy set man with
the thick mil-t ache who has just stopped
To speak ~ I + O'Connor i-Tay Paw
Is Dr Conan Doyi"
Tn" short smooth faced man who IL
lunching ainn. near IN" window - T.
Phillips Oppenh.lm. Shn has located
some nj his - ores IN th. Savoy or IN IN"
Cecil mex; door Tn" Ian with the
brown pointed beard whn looks like an
American is Sir Gilbert Parker. the
novelist and member II Parliament
Over there YOU may 80" Arthur Wing
Pinero the dramarist y hile Henry Arthur
Jones IL IN all probability taking lunch
there also II you get TN. friendly offices
Of rh. head wait-r you may have pointed
out 20 you all sorts "S9thsr literary and
artistic celebrities anra'nt and modern.
with n fair syrInklng ~ theatrical man
ayers pIaywrIghis actors and art resss's.
An American Ia whom these celebrities
were being pointed ONT on one occasion
last year gasped as each notahIlty was
mentioned Then he grew incredulOus.
A. Gustav. tn" big red bearded bead
waiter. passed. IN" American caught his
companion bv the arm
say ! siess u | hadn't aeon him first !
you would have. been telling me that THAT |.
head waiter was the Hing Of England. h.
said.
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