Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-31
NOTES

Amelic Rives. who pictures Italian
country folk in her new novel Pan
Mountain" tells this anccdotc OF thc
.blithc and shrcwd peasant cNaractcr'
"a large stone lay half-burlcd on tlG
land of n very aTarlcious OH l'iaii' anu
there were curious characters ana NUM-
hers cut on its face. The OLD MIN Dt
came convinced that treasure was ND
den under II. :nd so he sent ior SOME
learned people that he knew. ana they
made ont that the inscription meant
that 1t would be Il good thinS 10 h'oNe
the stone from its bed. He got many
workmen and gave them much money
and ut last, behold! there was the stone
turned over on it's side upon the grass:
rhey found no treasure. but they found
more writing on the other side. 1t shlu:
You did well to turn nc. MY side
achcd.'"
The dramatic rights to "tTama. he
Japanese story by Onoto Watunna pun
lishcd only. n few weeks ago have bceh
secured by David Beiasco, and IL is hn-
nounced that he viii make the play In
connection with the author, "Tama'
tells the story Of n young American III
Japan and his sweetheart. called the
fox woman who is in reality the
daughter OF ~ Japanese priestess.
llama" Is the fourth of Onoto Watan-
-1tL s JdDdHtStE DpONtf itii'i li'' sN'S''ii' w
Tie drnmatized "A Japanese Nishtin-
gale was produced on the stage few
years ago
The same week that Margaret De-
lands newest book, "The Way to
Peace" was published by the Harpers
her we'll known volume "Old Chester
Tales was published in Germany un-.
der the title "Alt Chester Geschchten."
The translation was made by Louise
Ohler Mrs. Deland has departed from
Old Chester In the scenes of "The Way.
to Peace" most nf which are laid in
Shaker community This new story has
the same sympathetic atmosphere.how-
ever. and deals with the responsibility
of following an impulse. even when the
impulse is for good
Edmond Rostands "L'Alglon." pub
lished In this country by the Harpcrs,
has been In demand the last few weeks
because of Sarah Bernhardts PERFORM
ancc of the play. In one city where she
made but a single appearance she chose
"LAiglon'' ana 80 copies of the book
were sold to those who followed the
performance with the help OF the Eng
fish text. In New York the libraries
have put out all their copies Of "L'Aig-
lon since the Bcrnhardt engagement
began.
q
Emerson Hough the author of The
Purchase Price, Is heap big hunter.
He has the scalps Of more than II dozen
bears to his credit The Chicago Record
Herald said, not long ago, that he Was
going to Africa. like Il. r.. for big game.
BUY it's really Asia that Mr. Hough has
his eye on, In the northeast corner OF
China there is Il particular kind of long
haired tiger in which he Is very much
interested.
Mr., lIough has, however found plenty
of sport in this continent. He has hunt
ed bear In all the Rockies from Mexico
to Alaska, and has iishcd pretty much
all the waters between those extremes
EIc Is a crack shot with II rife or shot
gun He has never allowed any one
TO know whether or not he Is II good
shot with II siN-shootcr. and carefully
refraills front shooting At mark with
that weapon. He has often been asked
whether he ever had personal trouble
any place in Tie West. and he Is very
shy about answering that question also.
As to the West being tough. he holds
that 1t never was as dangerous as the
large cities are NOW,
Mary Roberts l,inchart her doctor
husband and iirr three lively young
stors. have spent the fan aud early
winter at Scmmcrlng. the st, MurtH n'
Austria Il wonderful place in the AUS
-trian Alps. About ~ Amcrican doctors
and their wives, with n scattering Of
single folk gathered At SCmlncrIng for
Thanksgiving day, They had u chateau
TO themselves, aud the lIausfrau made
n wonderful celcbrutIon-.t big turkey
dinner, With burning plum pudding =
all the comforts Of home except cram
berry sauce. And in the evening they
had music from Vienna ana u dance.
Tho chateau Is far up on u mountain
side. The l.inChan boys tried Siding,
but most Of the party coastcd. The
snow was very deep ana the coastins
something to dream of, They had one
sled-track down the mountain over n
mile long, '.\ftcr that" writes the au-
fhnr Of ANhnn n Ann Mll,1,i.ns nnl WIN