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The sun., 1913-12-19
INTERESTING NEW BITS
OF LITERARY GOSSIP

DR.. Weir Mitchelrs novel Hugh
wynne" is being put into type for tn,
use Of the blind and will soon be issued
by the Pennsylvania Institution for the
Blind at Pittsburg.
The same institution will bring out this
season as a Christmas gift to its pupil.
the story "The Burgomaster's Christ.
mas" BY Jacob A. Riis. which appeared
In the Century for December. 1909.
The entire first printing Of Alfred
Soyes's Collected Poems" published this
hil by Stokes, was exhausted In exactly
six weeks after publication. And 1t is
reported that although two presses ar,
now busy with the volumes the supply
cannot keep pace with the demand. Five
hundred sets. each costing more than
twice as much as the. average novel, have
been ordered In less than week.
An especially interesting feature OF DR.
Joseph X. Dixons 1.-The Vanishing Race
just published by Doubleday. Page n Co.
is the account of the famous Custer fgh,
In 1876 as told by the Indians who took
part in the battle. The author has been
in charge OF the Wanamaker expedition.
to study Indian life and history, and his
book comes at IA favorable time, just as
the national memorial to the race is build
ing on Staten Island.
renewed interest In the works of
Oscar Wilde would seem to be Indicated
by the fact that at the recent exhibit of
books Of the year number of his poems
were on view Stokes has Just issued The
Happy Prince. and Other Fairy Tales"
The sun., 1913-12-19

A FTER the matinee Peg q NJ Heart
u had lust sat down in front of the
mirror TO take the first hairpln
from her rod Wig. and Nchd'l had JUST
begun ,o gnaw his well earned dog biscuit
under The table when both were inter,
ruptcd 10y tho interri' wcr. reg turned
around ard became at once Miss i.aurete
Taylor, ready to tell what sh" thousht
~ "A new novel OF the stage Anne'
Actress" by a retired member OF the
profession. Miss Juliet c. Sager'
YES" said Miss TAYLOR Anne. Act
ress. is almost the only nove' OF the
stage ever read which pictures II truly,
and il is wonderful story sat up
late To finish Isn't II very popular
II ought to bc There have been lot
of lib.llous stories Of the stage recently.
which lust cxaCgerate the dark SD" "t
il for the sake of making sensation
with tn. public. But every person on
the stage knows that the majority or
successful actresses are praiseworthy
won.n who have worked just as lesiti-
mately for their success as women IN
any other profession. The actress mas
"A hard enough time anyway compattins
the old prejudice against the stage WIN
out having to stem this new tide or
MISREPRESENTATION. I liked Anne. Act
ress' because II shows the real struggle.
the hard work. the plucky disregard OF
disappointments IN fact the IRE ana
problems of a lovable woman who tries
10 make "A success on the stage and
works her way up II anybody wants
10 find out what it's really like to be
AN actress he or she couldn't do better
than read this story"
Miss Taylor has nothing OF the taci-
turn In her
II remember the last book they sent
me" said Miss Taylor 1T was scam
dalous and stupid AT the same time
They tried to get me to say something
striking against il when they found I
didn't like it. but wouldn't give them
that chance for advertising II was a
dull book, and insisted that II they
quoted me at all they must use the word
dun The man they sent tried to get
me to leave that out and when wouldn't
he said ! must have consulted "A lawyer"
Ry this time Hartley Manners dropped
in Miss Taylors husband ard the
author of Peg" She began to
tell him what good play "Anne,
Actress" would make "The situations
are tremendous" she said and some ut
them are very humorous. too. Take that
scene where Anne. who has been playing
Camille has to convince the ineXperl-
cnced playwright that she can play an in
genue role and makes him underestimate
her age by at least ten years. No audi
.nce could miss the fun of that And
the public always wants the mother idea
presented on the stage too. This does It
The sun., 1913-12-19
by CONINGsBY DAWSON.

G TICK at IT. that's the first rule.
~ Stick at II intelligently; that's
the second. Stick at II. believing
in your own worth no matter how other
people may discourage you that's the
third. And ! might add fourth. don't
get hungry for money any one can get
money. If the getting of money is your
sole aim you'll get death.
Becoming a writer is like becoming an
architect, lawyer. a doctor; like join
ing any one Of the skilled professions.
1t takes years OF work to accomplish
proficiency. let alone perfection. You'd
think a man fool IT, coming straight
out from college and seeing the Metro
politan tower he said: "Ha. III be an
architect. III build tower in Chicago
exactly like that" You'd know at once
that he couldn't. He'd have to spend
fourteen years in learning how, But any
young person who has read Thackeray,
possesses an admiring family and has
access to paper and pen thinks that
to be n successful writer all the equip.
ment necessary is the desire. Make no
mistake about It. desires only the egg
from which the bird may ultimately be
hatched.
Mothers have often said to me. II
wish you'd give Jessie little encour-
, agement. I'm sure she could write She
covers reams Of paper when the moods Q
OIL HeT fes' anu prODaDy sHe never
corrects Tell me that she wastes hours
in searching for the one right word and
I'll believe there's hope for her. When
Jacob was dying he prophesied OF Reu-
ben: "Unstable as water. thou shalt not
excel" It's the instability Of most would
ne writer's that bars them from excel
lence. At times they have the fatal nu-
ency Of water and can tear of pages and
pages OF unconsidered words but they
| haven't the divine perseverance to stick
at It till they've clothed their ideas with
their highest possible best.
| A man can only speak out OF hts own
experience. ] published books. In.
Vulnerable articles and short stories be.
| fore l had the first glimmerings of sue
cess At 20 I was partly supporting my.
/ self by journalism; my first printed ap-
pearance was at the age Of II. My first
volume was one OF poetry. Issued by
tho Macmillan Company. ] was advised
to try Il novel. because my poems were
supposed to have the dramatic quality.
When written II was refused by tho pub
Usher who had urged me to write II, and
appeared In England, only to sell some
thing short OF a thousand copies. Four
ysass went BY w trying aud ! bad ssEnsd
The sun., 1913-12-19
DIVERSIFIED EXPERIENCES
OF CYNTHIA STOCKIFY

Cynthia Stockley. whose novels,
Poppy" ''The Claw" "Wanderfoot," are
published by the Putnams IL a South
African by birth. but of Irish parentage
She lived all her early life In the Free
State. spoke the Bocr Taal and several
native languages, During the Boer war
she had husband and brother lighting
for the English and two half-brothers on
the side OF the Beers. She herself In
spite OF being Irish. was for the English,
for. though she had many friends among
the Dutch. IA thorough knowledge OF the
Boer character had taught her that South
Africa would never come into It's own
under their retrogressive methods Of gov.
ernment.
Cynthia Stockley's home is In Paris.
She has an apartment in the Latin Quar-
ter with II studio attached. II is in the
studio that she works--a big, bright room
with books and pictures and old oak fur
uiture against tho wallis Running down
The sun., 1913-12-19
THREE THOUSAND LEGS
ADVERTISED FOR

A little book. 'The Human Slaughter
House." by wilhelm Lamszus, which pio
tured modern war In its stark reality, wal
issued this year by Stokes and created q
profound impression How far II was re-
moved from exaggeration IL brought hom.
~ this advertisement which recently ap
peared In the German papers:
'sIhree thousand artificial legs are
wanted By the Government Of a na.
4 eion q present In war Estimates
considered only from concerns who
- ablo 70 deliver this quantity Al.
DhasonDo ~. 2ichSsd 1sucb, CelVgnA"
The sun., 1913-12-19
PUTTING THE "CON"
IN CONSERVATION

The first magazine article on conserva-
tion ever printed was written by William
Atherton DuPuy of Washington. author
of Uncle Sam. Wonder Worker" 1t
treated Of the possible control of the now
Of the Ohio River. and the scientific data
for 1t we're furnished by NJ. O. Leighton
waterHow expert of the Government.
Rcoently Mr.. DuPuy met Mr.. Leighton
and they spoke of their pioneer work on
the policy that has since grown SO popu-
lar.
We are the guys" insisted Mr.. DuPuy,
'who put the con In conservation
"Yes," said Leighton land they havp
been putting II In ever since"
The sun., 1913-12-19
YAMEs BRANCH CABELL. author Of

"The Soul of Milicent." has some
- rather novel views as to the present
status OF American fiction.
Perhaps the most striking defect of
our modern American literature" said
MIR Cabell 'is the fact that its existence
Is nowhere apparent. We are IL is true.
producing IL vast quantt, of reading ma l.
ter whose candidly recognized purpose Is
to kill time. and which. properly speak,
ing. ought not to he Nended over book
counters. but rather in drug stores alon.;
with the other narcotics.
1T is very well to protest that the
class of people who generation ago read
nothing at all now at least read nov
els. and to regard this as II change for
the better by precisely similar logic 1t
would be more wholesome to breakfast
OH laudanum thah To omit the meal en- :
UreN Inc nineteenth century IN iact' oy
making cuuce,l"h popular mas rrouuceh
III Hr''r"a ,ne curious SP.t",t vi
,eauihk , pun,lc WIN se,''tal,S lIo,
u.e."! ,,,', .ustos , u.'., ooVn' ~.
e Pionsneu ue.iu '..,' . W. an. III.
.snu,,.,,, .,,.'.i ,.,', 80 ,,',, har..,s >
.n 49,, ""' .s.,, ,., ,s ,,,,''r''.'
a. az ssr..''s 80 ,o,,',. ,,.h, r,,d uh..n
a.. r,,.d u, NJ, -, ,.,o,a,,on w, 80.
s.n... i,.,,,,,,
.'su,h srounds nc yet exis, for hone.
>,,n.,s ,ro ,n n, sound quite ,Isewb.r,
eh.r an ,ha croudod ,r,rl,et ni,ces ~ sc
Sinn where ren,,ine inteilircncc n,naers
m NH sides 10 ilI,tcrncy and indoIence
Yes. that sounds rather cryptic mean
that two Indispensable requisites now
sdsvs Of n pecuniurlIy successful move,
are that II make no demand upon the
readers imagination and assume to start
With that the reader possesses no in
forma ton on any subject whatever. The
author who writes over the head of the
public is the most dangerous enemy Of
his publisher, and the most insiduous as
we'll, because most publishers would hon
estly prefer To confine themselves to u
higher class of publications were II pos
sible to do SO upon the preferable side
Of bankruptcy.
THUS no novel which does not deal
With modern times is ever really popular
among the serious MINDED. fahcy taie
The sun., 1913-12-19
INDIA

NHEEN, green birds 'gansf a bi,c sky.
The scream Of the parrots as
The golden simmer hot. hot
And an orid PLAIN meath the fierce gldvc.
ShddoUs lie sharp on the sun baked land
Nothing but shddoms and drv. bare
4 yeNov dog goes sinking BY.
And blue rock pigeon mhees high.
Aud the PILGRIMS pass In a endless rou,
Shu6ln9 mum bling, on they 90;
Bent u1th burdens and gears. and pain
They struggle past IN a motley train.
The tdckdls Wnil in a distant tope,
Wall and 1rnil IKE a souls lost
And close to the ccdseless hun,
OF the grinding rice and q natire drum.
From the London Spectdt
The sun., 1913-12-19
Arka nsan. G7. Wed. Cir, Of ~.

FORT SMITH, Ark. Dec. ls.--IIeur
Medl"ck. 81 years old, wealthy farm,'
ana Lyd!i baldwin 10. wer" marr,d o.
ozark to-day. The girls mother co.
sentcd and was present AZ the weddtn.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-01-24
Battle Of Armaaeddon.

Readers Of the Bible know that the
battle OF Armageddon. which In the re-
vlsed version Is Harmageddon, Is to be
the last conflict between the hosts Of
the Lord aud all the powers Of dark
ness. 1t Is prophesled in Revelation
xvi. IS, And he gathered them to-
igether in n place called In the Hebrew
tongue Armageddon." The name comes
from har megiddo. the mountain dis
trict of M~eglddo-the mountain land Of
Israel. There is where the stars
fought against Sisera. MS narrated In
the book Of Judges. and where Josiah.
rebellious king of Judah, was slain by
Pharnoh. king of Egypt. The battle
Of Ar%nngeddon" is used symbolically
to describe any great conflict, but In its
original meaning 1t referred to the
final struggle which Is to precede the
mlliennium.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-01-24
almnIioitv I'D Innnu LIZ.

Jenny Lind must have been the most
simple, ~unpretending prima donna that
ever lived. When she first visited Eng
land she was bound to sing only ut the
Royal italian Opera House. and when
commanded to sing at the queens con.
cert she was obliged to refuse. Very
sorry to be compelled to notify this,
she ordered her carriage and drove
straight to Buckingham palace. She
handed her card 4 an official. who, not
'unnaturally, declined to take it. A
higher authority happened to pass and
took 1t upon himself to present It As
soon as her majesty saw It she said,
admit her by oil MEANS" Jenny Lind
appeared and said simply that she was
80 very sorry to be unable to sing at
her majesty's concert that she thought
It better to call herself and explain.
The queen was charmed with her nat
lural mRnner. gave her a cordial recep-
ton and promised to be her friend.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-01-24

"Jabe Mathis OF the Thirteenth
Georgia was u good soldier" said Gen.
eral Longstreet, but one day. when
the Confederates were ~retreating from
the CORY Geld Of Gettysburg. Jabe
threw bis musket On the ground, seat
ed himself by the roadside aud ex.
claimed With vehemence: III be dog
gOned n 1 walk another stepi I'm
broke down. ] can't do IT, And Jabe
was the picture Of despair.
"'Git up. man. exclaimed the cap
tain. Don't you know the Yankees
nre following usS They'll get you
sure
Cant help IT, said Jabe. I'm
done for. III not march another stepF
The Confederates passed along over
the crest Of a hill and lost sight OF
poor. detected Jabe. In a moment
there was a fresh rattle Of musketry
and a renewed crash OF shells. Sud
denly Jabe appeared on the crest OF
the hill. moving with hurricane swift
ness and followed by a cloud OF dust
As he dashed by his captain that OH.
Ger said:
"'Hello. Jabe! Thought you wasn't
going TO march any moreP
"%"1'hunderT replied Jabe as he hit
the dust with renewed vigor. You
don't call this marching, do youP"-
Kansas City star.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-01-24
VANISHING DAY.
Il Brings Many Surprises at the Eng
Itch Royal Academy

u Brings Many Surprises At the Eng
Itch Royal Academy
When the hanging committee OF tho
English Royal academy has completed
the se=k of hanging" the artists
whose pictures are exhibited on the
academy wallis are forwarded a piece
Of pasteboard known as a ''varnishing
card" This card Is the 6rst lntima-
ton the artist receives that his picture
has passed triumphantly through the
processes q Judging and Hanging"
and Il allows him to visit the academy
oil a particular day -"varnlshing day"
just before the galleries are thrown
open to the public. Hundreds OF
knights OF the brush are TO be found
In the galleries Of Burlington House
on "~varnishlng day." and here and
there are flights Of steps and impro-
vised platforms covered with artists
putting the last loving touches to their
canvases- Here. perched on the top
rung OF a pair Of steps, is a young lady
with smiling face scraping her picture
with a palette knife and putting in
fresh spots Of paint occasionally, while
on the foor at her feet is a young man
whose features are the picture Of mis-
cry. his eyes roaming toward the cell
ing. His canvas Is hopelessly skied,
aud be Is silently abusing the members
Of the hanging committee for their
lack Of judgment
"vRrnishing day" brings many sur.
prises to the exhibitors. One man will
end his canvas wrongly named. and
another, an impressionist, may be star
tied TO discover that his glorious sun.
set, over which he has taken so much
pains. is upside down And for the
FIRST time he realizes that an impress
slonlst's pictures can be turned about
any way without greatly eDdangering
the effect
Turner had one Of his paintings
hung upside down, and old academi-
clans we'll remember that a little can
vas, "A Sleeping Nalad," was once, ow.
ing to lace OF space, placed on the wall
IN an upright position and renamed
.sThe Waking Nalad"-National Maya.
sine
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-01-24

In the history Of Princeton universi-
ty is found the following entry after IL
had been decided to seat the college IN
Princeton:
1T was the desire Of the trustees to
name tho new building after the pa
iron and b~enefactor Of the college.
Governor Belcher. but with rare mod
esty be declined the honor, requesting
the board to call the edihce Nassau
Hall as expressing the Honour we re-
tain. in this remote Part OF the Globe.
70 the immortal Memory Of the Glori-
Gus King William the Sd. who was a
branch Of the illustrious House Of
Nassau This request was complied
with in the following terms:
whereas his Excellency Govr. Bel
cher has signifed to US his declining to
have the EdiGce we have lately erected
Mt Princeton for the Use and Service
Of Now Jersey College to he called aft.
or his Name, and has desired and for
Good Reasons that It should be calrd
after the Name OF the illustrious
House Of Nassau: Il is therefore vot-
ed. and II Is hereby ordered that the
sd. Edihce be in all time to come called
and be known by the name Of Nassau
Hail."
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-01-24
bunny FRILLEp LIzkRO.

Carries an Umbrella, Has a Whip Tail
and Walks Like a Bird.
The frilled lizard Is found in Austria
Ian woods, being toIerably abundant
In north Queensland and the Kimber-
ley district of Western Australia. 1t
lives on beetles such as are found on
the tree barks. 1t is about three feet
long, measured from head to tail point
What makes 1t remarkable consists of
two things-its hurried walk aud It's
fighting anger.
II carries a sort OF natural umbrella
top about its neck, which 1t e~levatee
suddenly with an alarming effect even
to ordinary lizard killing dogs, soaring
them as an umbrella opened In the face
Of charging bull; hence 1t is called
the frIlled lizard. It's teeth are not Of
much use as a defense against q vigor
GUS animal, but when 1t fights 1t uses
its long. 1.-the tall in a way to bring
long bruises on ones hands-in fact
could II be properly trained, It might
serve MS an automatic switch, which,
like the magic rub-a-dub-dub stick.
would at the word administer a thrash
ing TO the dlsobedient child.
From the scientific point of view the
creatures peculiar method Of ambula-
ton is most interesting, because 1t pre-
sents an absurdly grotesque appear
ance at such times, more especially
from the rear 1t walks bipedally or on
two feet, like a bird, and SC much does
It resemble a bird in It's walk that It
seems to be the connecting link be-
tween the ancestors OF birds and the
lizards of today.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-01-24
Easily RECONSTRUCTED.

The professor was IN the exaltedly
platitudinous mood that sometimes
masters the wisest of men. As be-
tween alternate sips of morning coffee
and bites Of bacon he read the editorial
articles in his newspaper, he remark
ed to his wife that If we knew what
our f~orefathers talked about at the
breakfast table we could make history
live"
Now, Mrs. Professor is a plain, prac-
tical woman, with a sense Of humor
and much experience with profess
serial moods. She thought to herself
that 1t is rather fortunate on the whole
that history does not depend for its
existence on breakfast table topics.
But she said demurely:
"It would be something like this, !
think: Where's my newspaper? This
coffee Is cold. The toast is burned.
This Is n bad egg. Where do you buy
this butter7 For goodness sake, keep
those children quietl Well, now /
must be Off "-Youth's Companion.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-01-24


This curious incident comes from
suhr. Switzerland: An inspector Of
schools, without any previous warning.
visited the village school and found
the elderly teacher asleep at his desk
and the children departed, having ap-
parently taken French leave. To give
the teacher a great surprise and a bad
quarter Of an hour the inspector de-
cided to wait until he awoke and seat
ed himself on a bench In front Of the
culprit The hours passed, and the in.
spector himself went to sleep. The
teacher, on awakening and seeing who
was sleeping before him, quietly left
the school for home. without entering
the schoOlroom the concierge locked
mp the school and the slumbertng in
spector. Several hours later the con
cierge heard a great noise and, arming
himself. opened the door and was great
ly surprised to 6nd the angry inspector
before him
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-01-24
FEAST OF THE VULTURES.
Magic Of q Tigers Carcass In the Open
Air In india.

Magic Of q Tigers Carcass IN the Open
Air In india.
The vulture 10 seen at It's best when
a dead tiger. brought Into camp to be
skinned, Is exposed IN the open. Over
head IA a cloudless sky and not a bird
70 he seen in that great void by the
human eye
The tigers body Is thrown from the
pad to the ground. and before the skin
has been removed there above one
and always nearing the earth are the
vultures circling. polishing like things Of
cir, now a dozen Of them, In a few
minutes a score or two and then o
hundred strong. Then. when the
Gayed carcass Of the tiger Is left by
those who skinned II, the vultures de
scend
Down they come like feathered thun
der out OF the sky, and from east
and west and north and south, the
very embodiment of power while they
whirl aloft and in their quick de
scent to earth, and now, as they wad
die around that carrion beast, mis-
shapen ghouls. whose only apparent
strength Is that Of the ravenlng jaws
which tear and gorge the tigers nesh
until within the hour naught Of that
splendid brute remains but a clean
picked skeleton. - Sir Edward Brad
den's Thirty Years Of Shikar."
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-01-24

A young woman once sat at a board.
ing house table beside a reserved and
awkward country boy whom she de-
lighted to tease. When she left she
asked him to write In her autograph
album. The poem which John G..
Whittier wrote there stands as a
warning to other young ladies that she
who laughs first at a seemingly dumb
countryman may be herself laughed at
many years later. The quaint conclud-
ing stanza Is:
Thy Me-may nothing vex It
Thy years be not a few.
And at thy final exit
May the devil miss his dua
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-01-24
And He lasted sixty Year.

Roger Crab. the hermit and astrolO
ger. almost solved the problem OF bow
70 I've without eating. Abont l041 be
began to restrict himself to a vege-
tartan diet avoiding even butter and
cheese From roots be got to a vege-
harlan diet OF broth. thlckened with
bran, and pudding made OF bran and
turnlp leaves chopped together. aud be
finally resOrted to dock leaves and
grass. He drank nothing but water
and lived for nearly forty years on 8
farthlngs a week. He died In London
In 1880 in his sixtieth year.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-01-24
WAGES No object.

"Can't you get any work." asked a
woman of the tramp who had applied
at the back door for food.
Eyes, ma'am," he replied. Il was
offered a steady Job by the man who
lives down the road in that big white
house,
THAT'S Mr.. oatseed. What was the
work."
"He wanted me to get up at 4 in the
morning, milk seventeen cows. feed,
water and rub down four horses, clean
the stables and then chop wood until
it was time to begin the days work"
"What did he want to payT
II dunno, ma'am. I didn't stop to
ask."-Youth's Companion.