The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-17
OUR LITERARY PROTH And Mud
LET'S GER AWAY FROM 1T.
SAYS IRVING BtCHELLER.

ne Prefers 20 write for the Quiet People
oT the Hiils and valleys. hut Admits
mat There are certain Discourage
ments 10 simplicity and Decenc,
Up IN his camp in the Maine woods
near Wilton Irving Bacheller ~ gathering
strength and ammunition for the work
which he expects tn do Nhen he gets back
To his home at Rlvcrside Conn. next
month, the neighhorhood wh"T" the
Chinnnys usually glow in the fall and
winter with "a fare from the active manu-.
factur" 81 literature
A. his home overlooking the Sound Mr.
Bachelor mouids honest American types
and labor- To- turn uut ~holesom" lit"ra.
'ure Just ny IN" road near Cos Cot.
Ernest Thompson Seton ~ busy trans
frrrinE 10 the glowing page the dolngs
and thoughts ~ Wild animals. while hard
by the Riverside Yacht club with the gently
foWing Mianus at his feet and one ~
Johnny Ty-nns motor cars raising Cam
on the road near 10y. Lincoln St"ffens IL
busy forging muck rak-S for the million
~ the atmosphere is literary and at the
same time varied
MIR Bach.llrr labored from his resting
long enough the other day 10 answer the
question - an inqusitor II vas snn.e-
what after this fashion: Have ynu nh.
served any change in the CCndi'iuns that
affect the work Of the author'-
Some. and then some more said Nlr
Rachrllsr Tod tho author man
meets opposition new to his craft For
one thing. the inventor and tho mechanic
la l..I.
belonged exclusively to fiction. the odor
a gasolene is now on tn. most daring
trails - romance Then there ara the
new forms ~ recreation
Not So long ago when even in the
cit,sss Americans lived az home and were
we'll acquainted with their wives and
their authors and hadn't 50 many Of
either. a good book had first mort gage
IN the leisure Of cultivated ueopla Now
that leisure - bone 81 great contention
New forces are competing with the works
II the author Think ~ the automobIl-
works. the asroplans works. and m.
many works ~ Mr. Roosevelt
Then there are the works Of inlquity.
elaborate yOu would say. b-Vund the.
dreams 81 Satan or 81 senator la Fol
le''s Think - the touring car TINT 10
writing i's story on the sands hf,i nave
y.
and sundays. every one ~ on the move
our homes are almost deserted and W"
rarely see the light 81 our reading amus
Ministers complain ~ empty churches
Men who used To- kns'pl AZ IN. altar may h"
seen On IN" road 81 a sunday lying humbly
on their backs IN the sand. praying to
"a new Gud and trying To soften HE heart
with oil or up"u the gates ~ mercy with
a monkey wrench
Think ut the golf Tournament and the
Vhisi party II perChanCe We spend a
day a. home ~ T. because We are over
come with drpwstus-- and fatigue or th..
surgeon has threatened Our appendic"S
az what avail - u - write a Scarlet
! otter when Lake Extra ~ - more ds-tred
than HRWf hnrn~- when sleep - better
than inspiration II the writer - to reach
these metropolitan folk with his tale It
car. a more s-iuCtiv" dissipation than
{ he lobster palac"
Difficult a. this competition may APP
pear 20 b. there are authors VINO have put
Il 20 shame. nadc ~ SIt down and apollo
give for it, feeblene-- DIR johnson has
said that every man pants for the highest
within hls view The author
4 IA" best seller nf to-day pants not for
here l. NO @minenC" ~ hi~ VIClnltv h-
readers 10 all the painting ~ they "" on
iownV ts-i- II "a-. and follow the bold
vo4ih ~ his -snrch for a 'r"azur" con
-"nl.-i IN no buried chest q Capt Kidd .
Dt rather duit- exposed IN m" helvIng
laka-i hist - he hrfoin"
What - m" -..lf--"~V..,fing author 10 .
ga Mr. Bsch"ll--;-
author - b. criminal even II u dos paw .
and N" Law allowsIt He do"snf have -
Cumye'" with the drama ~ lust and the
lobster pnlaca. There's -till quir. bit
= America that hasn't been anu"V-d 10 .
~" oItIe- | recall % thrilling moment
" lfs "a t.sN
~ III" sword and dying and sick e the
l~ar'l"-sne~- 81 Rome which j. draining
he blood for q holiday. IN" gladiator z
'1r'lv rises IN ~" arena thinking ~ the 1
scenes ~ HI bovhood and WgrWur-
here are green valleys m ThruC..
Their. ar. green valleys IN America
many green hills and valleys and plains
iud small homes and IN them men and
= omen - no love what - pur. and sane and
ipri ght and Who hold ~ their hearts and
and 'he fate - the ~ hI'a man ~ this
ieml-pner" t. them lot ~ make our
appeal W. shall b" IN, ,,Iragsd -"me.
'nes bv dsfaypr and notably by that
4 IN" * eyed and peroxide lady Nh"
writes T"vi"ws and Vho - tho only sup.
,or' ~ an invalid third husband and
Who vearns for burning Inst IN gluvIng
h'r0riC and Judges y With ndisyutAhl.
uthOritV Let lIs not turn aside 7
There ~" authors who have their own
dtnrs and magazines and Who build
brari~- Tor their own towns and fil them
nth their own works Let - not try
10 hs - these There are some f.w
Gho know 'us green hills and valleys
hICh ar" M" hope and su',@tanf~a ~
ITn.riCa. Who. content With tho rldNsru.
hcifv and der"ncy and mo love - honor
all ~ hack 20 those things xhich alone
re- saf" and sane and th"s" '"V should
ndcai" oar way
POF'S CORRTITED POEHS.