The sun., 1910-05-21
CALIFORNIA IN LITERATURE
OuITHING ~ THE AIR THAT
UIkEN FOR POETRT.
An nrtgroNth u the Forest Theatre,
Nnnut 10 Hold summer Festivals
Wrn ~ Literary strength tsme
Ton. thr Z cast Home OF sentiment

..r. way, Ot the California literary
...., winch lives among the Carmel
.... u..a tho shores ~ Carmel Ray
,r..r open AR theatre il being con
.,-..,f Or. summer time festivals which
b.. .. hopes will grow to bs for
a...... what those of Oberammergali
a., .. rope The theatre will be
....- July. almost venturing ON
,,a... % competition from The start
.ra.. with a play by Constance
:.
v.t. Williams, the author; George
S,.s .n" post and Herbert Heron
AL ... trends organized the Forest
1r.,.r. society for the construction of
,,.. ..a.frr Now all the Carmel resi-
dom. .,r. marihers. and famous men and
,r,.a. rla world over are in cOmmuniCa-
,.rv,'. ..r ginators, who believe that
,.. r.r .rr.frs with it, festivals OF prob
NOVA Rr., duration and daily plays. Is
-,... .. make history in dramatic art
O..Hrsr ur the lat of possible pilgrims
fy.r. New NnrA and It's environs a good
-ru.fy would prove on investigation
ODD. .. u.. .Hurucvlug to a strange Mecca
Ar merely making a visit hack home
nr .-a occasion u tho recent founding
Of. poets club m this city the number
4. .sI,1ruaus present was remarked
r.,. ..sr a ,aIlfornian really sets out 10
.-..-,.-,.s tnosa or his State who have
--r.rr.l rH. literary ladder in its various
-ars-fwrrfs h- can present formidable
a~ir
ps-ran Srae1auer, the transplanted
california poet q peculiar Characteristic
errs entire literary product Of California
no ryulntmlty with which u suffers
...a.fl tnnsplanting can give such
..r ami soma reasons why California
L.s move than her share u authors.
When tn English poet and critic
,s.sutIv requested some data on the
os.a.,.,e california school of poetry
mi desired 20 trace out a possible con
ra1lua netWeen the civilization and
,rr r-u,f. as evidenced in the poetic
AMI s-t.-rr. output says Mr.. Sohedauer,
I ny-sf when looking over the sub
,e- for a- benefit. was surprised to find
nov rra.y productive California has
1ss- 100 rl. arts during her short history.
Ion mart ,rllar here in New York is a great
a,t r-aiamnan number Of literary men
ami women from the West. chiefly from
'ba ,- West. working in the different
fs.t. or literature. those of the novel
an drama and poetry.
BIZ rae-e men and women are es-
ssrt.aly The product Of their own civihza-
tcr ln irving 20 ascertain the influence
n climate On temperament | was taken
hs.s 'o the difference between Western
AMI EASTERN civilization
n has often been charged that Cali
forrtns are provincial and boastful 81
t1ar state but in the recent words of
p--r Josiah Royce u Is the right sort
q rr.g ncialisn. the sort which preserves
ans protects the things worth while
H., rr,s charge comes from the lips
o. \av Workers who are not only pro-
VI a. but very often insular - apt 70
?. gusa a smile and the poet allows
o-.', be provoked 10 illustrative proof
-It j. eight or ten years now since the
e. -r exodus II may have he"n nat
..-l following 81 Hesrst s breaking into
fasts~n Journalism; lt may have been the
,.grztti1n that the country ont ther.
-...b was ~ great Tor production was
o. . large enough Tor a field u appreCia-
IN Az any rate California began spill
a, over: Just as London draws her fresh
.aod and brains from th" provinces, -
lew YORK draws from the West
At the time Of the first exodus those
r power hers prophssied that there would
IN he a walking hack m uppers. Some
-rl have refused o. take part IN ful.
ling this prophecy are Robert II DAVIS
-1ror of MaHssvs Magazine. Robert
V.rkav Il the same publication Cos
--,va " Ersrvbodys and Bailey Willard
.,-marlv of the Cosmopolitan They
didn't walk: they stayed There SON
,..,ra A time when most of tho popular
-,sr.yines were edited by Calfomans.
great deal has been said u what
'rs climate of California has 90 do with
,ra intellect ~ her sons and daughters
T--~a - no doubt that the climate has
- influence. as did that of old Greece
a Italy. for It grows larger. stronger
letter formed bodies and ths environ
.s.' - such a. % stimulate intellect
- -Ination. ambition and soul, but
a- her Influence - that of the old pas
t.-.. r.vihzatlon spanish and Mexican.
.', vas the home q great land owners
a. rrrssIonarles isolated from the rest
,s go world by its boundaries. the Pa-
90. rra Sierra Nevadas and Mexico.
.t ,r. .aetic influence IL still felt Then
...a,rrg of the glamour ~ the Orient
...g- present. an almost actual touch
r.. la and Japan.
a. -, potent - all perhaps is the op-
-- 'v f1r a free. open air existence.
,"- Di1nysmn, IN close companion
o.. san and fruit and flowers Then
... -. he traditions u the ArgOnaut-
u.-.r.. al make for romance and
80 carly men were of adventurous
4rH rU4rn"yed IN the days OF ar
..H rnruhle travel Il was picked
.r and women who settled the
eng eliminated. this has had -
."..r on the character ~ the de-
Aizo the ueOple are wine
I'd. .suy'e. which fact has always
.'. GATED with nOetiC inspiration
.u.' yravely
Tsr tho CausH or causes NAV h.
boo proved herself a fosterer
."1- .'Her native born or quickly
..N D' all poets ! rank bards as
r.a-t rype followed by poets
.... u0ettes. and lastly. pOstas-
..r. the tTIbe b. innumerable
Miller aud Edwin Markham
r # rho hards Of cOursa. while
-.arHHg II th" Younger school
parable powers Edmund
Imam has termed Ina Cool
greatest Uf our woman poets