Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-02

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| in London, having returned from his
| travels In Egypt lie reports that he
| gre fly enjoyed Egypt, but that he does
| not intend To write anything about Il
| as the result of his visit. certainly not
a novel MIR Churchirs presence in
London at the publishing time Of "a
Modern Chronicle" has given ID an
added interest To English readers A
testimony of the cOrdiality with which
the English novellsts regard American
was revealed at a dinner of the Tit
march club the other evening Mr.
Churchil was present as the guest Of
his English publisher, Sir Frederick
Macmillan. who is keen Thackeray
lover rof Saintsbury, perhaps the
most noted authority on Thuckcray
now living, was IN the chair, with Mr.
Anthony Hope" near by "Wc have
with US tonight" said Mr.. Hope "the
leader OF that young group Of Amori-
can noVelsts who are showing Amcri-
ca the wonder and drama Of her own
history. and showing these TO us also"
Mr.. Churchill made a speech delightful
for its note OF "reminiscences and anec-
dote. one suggestion which he made
was received with special interest
namely that some effort should he
made to standardize the English Ian
guage as spoken by the various races
70 which it belongs.
This Characterization Of the late Myra
Kelly tMrs. Allan NauEhton), tho
author of Little citizens" and of
Little Aliens just published, was
contributed at the time of her death 20
"A New York evening paper by teacher
who had known her as a girl In the
Horace Mann school. II reads:
"She was distinctly a favorite with
both teachers and fellow students In
NJ al
showed marked interest and talent
She brought to her reading a quick I'M
telligenCe and a seusitiVcucss 10 Inn
presslous. What she had 10 say was
never foolish, seldom commonplace, and
often keen and witty Those Of us
who had the good fortune 10 know her
both In the class room and out Of il.
remember with pleasure her bright and
cheerful ways. her occasional keen and
penetrating insight, and her happy gO-
lucky Irish tempe rament. This buoyant
temperament was, however. not an;
under II there was "a vein of real seri-
business, and a warm. Irish heart. II is
one of the pleasant reCollections Of her.
that she was free from pretense of any
sort. She did not think of herself as
set apart Tor great things. She was.
on the contrary just a wholesome. hap
by, hnd-hcarted girl"
dtions I'M the Canadian Northwest.
James Oliver Curwood. author Of THE
Danger Trail" runs across some in
teresting and unusual business meth
DDS, to be found only On a pioneer
country. As an example, the bOokkecp-
or OF a logging camp was found TO be
keeping his accounts In the snow. This
was not such an unreasonable thing,
perhaps. but Mr. Curwood inadvertent-
" destroyed the accounts Of an entire
day by literally walking through the
ledger Logs We're counted by the time
required to pass a given point IN the
river as they passed down the stream.
a farmer heaped up the wheat gath
cred from his 500 acres in a mound and
sold IL by the foot instead OF by the
bushcl
Charles Tcnney Jackson. the author
or The Day of Souls" has the wan
dcring foot. Hst pcripatctic incIna-
tIous have led him from coast to coast
and from canada TO the gulf At
dinner I'm Chicago about "a year ago
some college men We're discussing sum
mer outings, boating trips and the Ike,
when one of their number "stumpcd'
Jackson to cross the Gulf OF Mexico in
an open boat. Atmosphere both iu the
literary and the physical sense. being
a hobby with Jackson, he accepted
Starting on the Mississippi ny Now
orleans. they threaded over 800 nilcs
Of southern Louisiana by rivers, lakes
and hayous. following the line of the
Barntaria and In Fourchc canal az
first, and coming out ON the Atcha-
falaya river. 90 miles from the gulf
Thence they continued their wander
ings across the gulf toward the Flor
ida coast
Most Of the trip was through cypress
forests. swamp jungle and salt pruIrios
where not even paths existed and ull
communication is by water. For miles
they had 20 fight their why through
hvacinth bloom, past great Victoria
lilies and iris spikes. putting them
aside with the paddles 10 find passage
The trip was made I'm plrogue tho
native dugout Canoe-a single log OF
cypress 70 feet over an, two fet beam
In which "a man dare not sncezc for
fear Of overturninE the craft The hsh-
orsn on their great platforms bnht
over the swamps said SIM would never
90, far But she took swift rivers
narrow Jungle wavs and rough hikes
Notwithstanding that she carried two
men. a tont an the fishing. hunting
and Photographic apparatus. grub Tor
two weeks and five days water supply
Tbc, went among Crcolcs, Indians,
.Nisnila-men" and Malays-nshers.
trainers hunters and moss pickcrs
Thev proved the kinduost, most hos
nitaLle neople imaginable. Converse
with tho Crcoles was an animated pan
toniue They werc am eager, laughing
and rcspectfuI children. To the tent
Al every step came negroes, Invariably
asking n they were not fortune-tellers
or "showmen."
These wanderings doubtless will he
,oid In some Of Mr. Jackson's future
works. and he viii interpret the Gulf
country az he has made old san Fran
cisco live again in THE Day of
Souls"