The chronicle=news., 1914-11-09
oPIE READ, NOTED
NOVELIST
SEES TRINIDAD

Trinidad is the most attractive,
romantic town that ! have seen in
Colorado" said Opie Read. that gen
! ial southerner. the distinguished man
| OF letters, as he puffed contempla-
lively at black cigar this morning
and talked to representative OF the
C-N in his room At the Cardenas Ho-
| tel. The irowniug- cliffs which are
| seen from nearly every side relieve
the city from that feeling of newness.
which holds any town back. conttn-
usd the man who Is conceded to be
one OF Americas greatest authors
and lecturers. These huge project
ing rocks, full OF inspiration, are old
er than Babylon. yes, older than
Rome and We're just as inspiring
when Caesar was conQuering the
world. although they were not known
to the civilized world
This last statement came as medi-
tatively as the first and did not fail
to impress his hearers that he is
keen observer and that he is an or
iginal thinker and master painter
OF things which stir mems souls.
His conversation Is keen and pene-
trating and his use OF the English
language is smooth and beautiful.
Opie Read. Americas famous au-
thor and story teller. VIII has enter
tanned millions and set thousands of
the most brilliant men in America to
thinking BY his keen bits of philis-
ophy. arrived in Trinidad Saturday
evening. Yesterday he spent the day
roaming about the city and the near
by hills. admiring the wonderful
scenic beauties of Trinidad and
Southern Colorado.
This morning as he talked to a
C-N representative he maintained
that same calmness and deliberative-
ness OF speech which has character
lied him throughout his whole life
He was dressed in dark suit. a
lback SLOUGH hat and a large black
bow tie. characteristic OF the south
ern gentleman. He wears his hair
rather long. which is shaggy at the
ends.
As he sat back in his huge arm
chair smoking his cigar in COM
placent manner he reviewed the pres
ent war in Europe. the great prohi-
bition wave which is sweeping the
country at the present time, and
talked for few moments upon his
new philosophical work, THE New
Mr.. Howerson." which is just off the
press. There seems to be nothing
worth while talking about now ex-
cept war and prohibition said Mr..
Read. and in the line of the grea:
moral crusade which seems to be en-
velopins the country at the present
time 1t seems to me that We ought to
pass law forbidding war This
last was utterly in q Joking way and
is only one OF the examples of the
seemingly dry humor which is evil
dent in all his works But it will
be long time before We have such
a thing as universal peace. War is
as old as peace and from the very
dawn of time men were wont to hit
each other over the head with clubs
and so 1t has steadily gone on until
at the present time men are fighting.
with gigantic machines Of war
Upon the remark that Turkey had
now entered the conflict Mr.. Read
replied, This move in the end is apt
to cause the war to merge into a re-
ligious war. Turkey has thousands
OF Mohammedans at its call who
would instantly rise up to defend
their faith and nation. Do you know
that Mohhamedan has never been
known to destroy mosque or a re-
lisious building of any kind. while
| the Christians never hesitate to de-
stroy church of even their own re-
lision.
Opie Read is now residing in Chi
caso where he has carried on his lit
erary work. 1t is said that his books
| command the highest prices of any
writings in America. For the past