The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-26
AUTHOR OF "IHB VARMINH +"
OWEN yOHN son T0 SIND OHM
STOI ER TO var.
Hen write gsrok Thatn lss More seri-
Gus Than Ius law rencrs'ilr st"r,
He's opposed 10 th~ Increased iuN-
ug, amt to the secret soctftN system.


He's Oppo>eu To thr Increased i.uN-
ug, amt tee the secret soctrt, system.
Mr. Oven johnson. the creator ~ the
delightful Hungry Sme,-,i. the Triumphant
Frsbsad TN. Tennessee Shah and hose
oahs- young Iawr"nC,Sil. persons whom
ne Gas marched right nat IT the New J"r"
sey school into tn. pages nf his latest
book In. Narrnlnr. CANT down from
Stock hrIig" Mass wh"r' h" lives. IN"
other d,v WIrh a triI. story ahput himself
and the DIi Roman IA" hitter - the
Latin teacher who takes :" PROMINENT
a part N -,u,'lchlnR tn" activities vi pink
Slower ana ms frt'r.~ N Tn \armini,
and according ?" NJ Johnson. any one
who thinks hun an imaginary character
~ very much mistaken
Sfh. Old Roman and | were always tbs.
hest VI frIends. g." SAID the author. and ara
still for that matter. ~InC,' ne has more
than forgiven M" for putting him into
my book hut one. our friendsh y Was very
seriously STRAINED. II was during u Latin
recitation | blush To- state that | Was
reading novel held on s,irreptilons
Zap beneath NV desk and AT IN" ~ me-
time was listening rU what was going IN.
% that II Ivy any pose biIty might happen
60 know the answer to the Odd Roman =
question | could shoot up my hand and
gain a needed reputation suddenly |
heard him ask IN u sc"ntIcdl voice Does
any bright young man know the transla-
tion Of pugnI CInn.Hs.s' Aha thought
I, "A chance to shine and up went my
hand
sPugnn Cdrnonsis Is translated dog
nRht, piped proudly. and not for msny
moons would the Old Roman Ire convinced
that had not SAID II 10 be funny.
Mr.. Johnson was the founder OF the
Lawrenceville literary monthly. and his
&irnt story about the school life was writ
ten while he was an Undergraduate editor
When he first appealed after the well
known manner OF all school editors to
the undergraduate body to- show your
school spirit and send IN your contribu-
tions To- the Liz he was deluged with
love stories that fairly ooard sentimen
tally 80 Young MIR Johnson had
sign mad. and stuck y on tbs. offc" door.
No love stories VIII h~ even road by
the editor u announced He showed
them that they could writ. inst we'll
about familiar things. and he himself
took the lead with story about Law
renceviile from which many wears later
he took the ont line ni his story called
sBeau,y's SisI er
Mr. johnson SAWS ,b,. almos. all IN.
pickn anes hat he ma. q ven his charuc-
ters ", n. used for raal men m ,h. school
when he. was ,h.r. and tho slang 4. tn.
real article too
In Tn. Varrn,nt he. said Il was
writing of a period from sas % lsD5. when
there was A particularly bright lot Of
vounnst ara in Iawr.flC..yiIl.. p,,,ra..rs nr
n necuIiar sort of EnghA ntpraiure I
call them. Big Bill Fdws-,is was IN school
m thar ,i,n.. and I hav.. ,,i, him IN NV
hook bu itIs, wha, mans. n. hears ~
rho printed nag. I must decline to IAN
you. Then h.. whom cali Capt Ki-f,.r
In Princeton's lannon's -Cap' Kaf.r. and
Charlie De Saulle- Nal.'s gr.a, atbI.,.
md Princeto on. Garret Cochran al IN !
near OF and on in IN. book.
A.. L have had lots II fun and some. very
aood lines on new stories o,It Of letters
that kids IN pr-pa rarnrv schools all over
the East hav. sent IN. '..IHnR II incidents
in their school III. that mIghr make COPY
And another funny thing - Ih. nunh.r
of letters thai hav- received from old
IawrspcevIIl. grads Insisting that they
are the original, of certain char,c,..vs IN /
The yarmint For instance Used a
purely INA ginary -pi-ot. wherein Dink
Slower buvs a worthless tol.t oct from
the cunning Doc McSuod-r Now / had |
heard Of this being done. of course. but
was somewhat surprised when got a /
letter from a gradual. the. other day saw
ing almost Indignantly bougt, that
toilet set hut Won haV. mad. a had mt-
take That .oap dish "a. ink not bIue
Il had another character whn,n calI.. !
u,n.ry su.aj and ~ uho,, I .s.,n,,..,,
=,
the pio"" i"'' VI WING a"i' T." eat more
pancakes than anv boy IN the school aud
here IL a letter from "a man whom never
heard Of saving that he was tb.. original
u,,., - ,h., q. . ,,,, -, -.
va " 9"''
niAtoricai ACCURACY ne Az" Ten in"r" pan
cakes than ! had chT"nIcled.
Mr. johnson IL writing -sul.I 10 -Th. |
r.r,n;,,- NOW a a.oueI The, - .oi,, ., ~.
-. -, "a
mofe se'""' WIN ,''a" 'h~ h"s' poos
he 10 going 10 SEND Dink Stover Co Yale. |
from which college Mr. Johnson was
graduated IN 1870 vog the a,,sbor b..
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