The sun., 1912-07-20
THREE INTERVIEWS
AND ONLY ONE MAN
J. y. SymOn Just Another OF
Those Surprising English
Authors.
NOVELIST AND EX-EDITOR
Also a Historian. but Busy Just
Now Translating Pindar
Into English.

town. Inc novel Ia an Important one
with an interesting theme. so the author
was called upon. The report was heard
that j. d. Symon. for ten years assistant
editor of the Illustrated London eus
was in town. and the editor was visited
The report was heard that the author of
"The Press and Its story" an important
history now in course Of preparation. was
in town. And 10. one medium sized. sof,
voiced. gentle hammered. retiring Fnrish-
man answered to all counts. Aftnr tn,
recent visit OF Arnold Bennett one
shouldn't be amazed at these literary
Enslishmen. but it is rather hard to get
used 70 the variety and the success of
their literary activities.
For recreation MIR. Svmon- o therwiss
Mr.. North-is now making complet .
translation Of Pindar into English verse
some of the "Odes" having already APP
peared in the English review. And he
utilizes his spare moments working at n
history of the Renaissance on which y. l..
Bsnsusan. the well known authority on
art, ia collaborating with him. II seems
that Mr.. Symon will soon have To get
yet another pen name
Laurence North is family name"
he said That is part of i; is. alway.
regretted the circumstances that Ecrt
me from receiving the name Of nv grand
e father. Laurence Sinclair. which was
originally intended to he mine. and 90
solved that If ever required psc,idonvrp
] would Use IT, Rut when the time came
that | essaved fiction and it seemed inst
as we'll that | should kcap NV identity as
adif Of
ground as we'll a. tho shameful cact ,ha;
] translated Greek worse. I found ths,
Sinclair had already lcpn rrettv mech
appropriated. There was MAY Sinclair
and there was UPTON Sinclair so decided
I" keep only tho Iaurpn"e' half Sc nv
desired non name and "n,nplcjod it with
North. hoinG Scotch'nan and fror,
the Norih
MIR. Sviuon was a litilo hositant to tail,
about tho theme of his now novel which
deals with present ,lav London journal
ISM for the reason that he ha- been for
~ many years iden nti~l with Iondon
journalism. He admits. however. tn.
pr"-ence there of son-at nnals,n. such as
Il Pictured in his book and attributes. II
10 American influence.
'Of course we have never gon. 10 the
extreme in sensationalism tha, Won have" ="
lie said. But We have been influenced
by you in many ways. The other dav
when was in Boston saw several papers
labelled Richeson Must Die and from
all that | could see that was the name
of the paper. We haven't gone to quite
such an extreme with the ,carehead: h,,,
We have the scareheai and We ge. II from
ka, -,
than you For instance, when J l.
Garvin came TO the PaH .HaH he con-
ceived Of telling tho story i'll SYNOPSIS
ny means of the sequence of scarehe,ids.
and used 1t in connection with a political
Crisis then III development. Ii w.s N,r,.
effective; the scareheads, in CHRONOLOGICAL
order through the five or SIX ,ri'ic..l Cay..
gave the substance Of the story"
Mr. Symon insists that The Golieh.lvs-
IL but synthetic study and that it Is
Photographic neither in characters nor
great English newspaper proprietor. were
still aiive he might have something to
say about the character of Go!ichtlr
who in the story ultimately becomes
the proprietor of a Tremendously in
nuentiai yellow daily called the Bencon.
Golighfly had been intended by his par
ents for the ministry in the strict Scrip-
ture CHRISTIANS sect, bt!t at ls had be-
oome a local repoiter and l,tar ,van, ~,
to London. induced a man to ti"',o.,
series of halspennv shock.rs fnr 80
which he himsslf wrote at rba ra,,. 80 80
a week. and so started what w;s r. he.
come n rare tree of ionrnai;s, NJ -,
branches among them G,I7nb,fn'. Uc.1 ir"e,g
Book, which bears "A s,ro,y Observation-Disclosures
TO T.-Bits,
Tho book tells how the scrar bo,,,, ,,.,.
born. Hiram Adderlev ths ,,r''s,'',,,,' nupn "as
oheesemonger. Who wa. hac,;ng tha
budding journalist. felt II inrI,nhnnI man
himself to i've M, f. hi. iiterarv "pnn.1' i~n
tion somehow. 80 had deyrlon..,I n ,,'i,';a
for outing choice th'ups ont ns tba ,,a,,..'
papers and pas,irg mem into a a. .crap RAJ book book
his treasure, whiie poirtar 'tGt,i Gni;sb,lv JrIr
"Iisten ere, Potty" he sad Gnn o,,.r
From the scrap book IN" read ruotu-
ously:
In the Victoria Bridge. Mo,tr.,,
there are T. sa5, ,239 bolts, 30, ,ug stool rir,I.r'
and tho weight of the entire tnntnI,b
sections il 8 900, 900 tons The work onr,,1
pied seven years, and the entire cost
was G3. .OOO. 600 sterling or El Der ton
The girders placed end TO end wonid
reach half way around the globe.
Think O. that"
Potir,ar did know OF that and ,no,a
Il saw. Hire. he remarked uJirie ua.
always his reply TO PottyI, well nrinI
one OF yoIr scrap books nronerIv .d;I "a
of course, in weekly parts Ike = n,ag,I
vino. We must have story in it, but