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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17

i'c incident hy tho wa der,rG VOC from
India cor nd.luipotis--lNd YOU think
ing right nm 90 tN,. last u'uut, u guiu 4:
To- turn out to bo tho Shifty Dyed son Of
the killed man. who bod every sane,
sound reason ono may htv" for killing
his father why. that sort OF p'tlc vii
rot give the pleasure that one human
character n. even though he achieve
nothing more write than Ia hit" into an
o.. ,uSu,rt'd|s sour apple. Even tire third
business man knows this Ito reads the
PIC, story ana forg e 49, He reads the
character story and rcrrtds a. and re-.
members IL. Aristotle indeed | a.
ready know more about the mechanics Of
fiction building than Aristotle did. Sc
does Harold Rell Wright, Aristotle had
y mind. maybe. but not the kind Mr..
Wright and | have. lie was even SO
little knowing In our trade as To say
that novices learn 'portraiture and die
ton" before they learn TO make a plot
An hours expert study of "A twclve-year-
old child, had he been capable OF IT,
would have taught him that we inst!nc-
lively make plots almost from our ear
Hest consciousness the ''portrSlture.
the characterization. We must learn, II
We ever learn II. through fasting and
prayer and agouizcd travail. That Will
be about all for Aristotle.
Not only are plots easily made; they
are not worth making" Has Mr. Post
ever asked himself how people recall
the stories they Ike? Is Il not almost
Invariably by certain characters that
touched them And almost never by
plot? To take his own practice az dis
tnCuishcd from his preaching, Mi Post
deliberately spoCiali2es In plot. and now
and then one forGcts his people In the
mad whirring Of his wheels. Then he
las written a failure sually, ! am
glad Ia say, he atoucs for this excess
of plot whether he knows Il or noh
10y rtther unusual excellence of char
acterization. II he built not better
than lie seems to know his stories
would IN no way excel the average
mystery story OF commorcialzed
magazine vice. where the plots are as
ton could all he done up nicely with
four rubber stamps.
Mr.. Post somewhere to prove or dis
prove something that probably didn't
need thugs I'm Or johnson A fine
plot he was Surely We agree there,
ar Post--that he was the absolute zero
OF plot. Yet along came "A man with
"A gift 'or chRract nothing
clse-aud made a best seller OF one who
otherwise would long since have had
the forgetting he was In for
our fiction Is truly In bad way,
Mr. Post, but for no lack OF good plots.
as you, tho arch plotmaker. seem to
think Has 'Iiuckleberry Finn" a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
ny ANELIE RINEs PRINCESS
TROUBETZK

Mr. Posts article The Blight" re-
minds me OF the assertion OF some neo-
pie VINO say that they love music"
NJ times | have been drawn tn people
who have declared that they loved mu-
sic, Then | found ,hat the music they
loved was not music to mo. although far
more popular having more universal
appeal" than that which love There
Is no doubt that both here and abroad
the Merry Widow WALTZ" was more
popular than Beethoven's Ninth sym
phony, hut I hardly think that fact
proves that tho Merry Widow Waltz
is superior to the symphony.
Those people and l. with the same
words expressed very different con-
Mr.. Post also uses the same words that
! should use. TO express very differ
cnt opinion For too feel that prob
lem and mystery should be he vital
clements IN every work of art hut while
MIR, Post applies these two dcuuitions
to such facts as plot aud incident
apply them 10 the inner forces N In
diyiduals, which prccedr plot and iuci-
dent, from Witch indeed, plot and in
cident always spring
To give To plot greater Importance
than to character. f., II seems tu mo. To
start from the consequence Instead Of
from Tho cause from the surface instead
Of from the source This latter method
will. I am sure make tho greatest an
pea, 20 the greatest nunhor of readers.
since they viii more easly understand
an exposition Of concrete facts than one
OF more subtle psychological problems,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17

chance. Plots. therefore. constructed on
best"
well constructed plot should he
Single IN it's issue. 1t should present
one moving event in its complete unity.
" should he so constructed that IL UNI
ioids Itself OF builds itself up by a nat
ur'i and orderly moving Of events
Every event should follow the preceding
one IN inevitable sequence and the ex-
pa alton should appear suddenly,
Inc element OF surprise must come
swiftly al the end. When the story Is
ended the reader will not walt for cx.
plantations. Everything he must know
or ought to know should be given to him
before the explanation. The complica-
TONS must be cleared in u few words
This Is the great age OF the short
story. II Is to the American people to.
day what the drama was TO the Greeks
we seek the same elements OF interest
IN II, and III We would reach the whole
people VIC must combine those elements
OF interest that the Greeks found TO be
universal. II We would interest every
BODY In our publications. az they under.
TOOK to interest every body In their open
forums. we must give them work OF
art following strictly the rules they
pointed out.
We must work Il out with characters
agreeable to its intent with sustained
dialogue with Incidents assembled from
life. and such descriptions as will make
II succession OF vivid pictures And
we must do all this without single line
or word OF idea or suggestion that il not
organicaly essential to the whole design.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
Nv H%RNY LEON WILSON.

Mr.. Post writes stories better than he
can tell how 10 write them. A piece ike
th's arouses all that is evil H. my nature
nat | win from his TO many words
we should all write mystery" stories.
II not that. then we should nav NOR.
attention TO plot than to character. In
either case. God forbid.
TO a sometimes guilty bystander IL
Neritably appears that our fiction is al
ready plotted t. death: good plots
deftiy fashioned. nicely scanned with
an abundance OF what Mr.. Post calls
'Nlrile incident take dozen
monthly magazines-rather desperately
because | live in the Countrywide f,rst
dozen YOU would name, some cheap. some
costly and all, with one new and i'm
pudent exception, quite uniformly bad
In their fiction often correct" enough
but generally lfcless. | count II a lucky
month when | iind four readable short
stories In the twelve-say four stories
out OF seventy-two, Plots evenly good
but oh the dreadful aridity Of their dis
'ioAures-thcir appalling dead cunven-
iionalncss OF "charaCter''
And Post saving we should rryo s,p,
more attention 10 plot, Quotes Aristotls
too-sayinS he was zone who knev"-
To this effect: The plot. then, is the ,Irs,
principle. and as II were the soul az
Tragedy character holds asecond place"
Maybe Aristotle knew" but did beo
why necessarily? From this ono s,.
poets not, or course We shall novrr
hnow certainly until We find some Of
MS own tragedies or some of his short
stories as good as Mr. Posts. ONLY tho
man VINO can do 1t knows" and he
can't tell. It's q secret "a similar ract
Is seen In painting" continues this Snug
uld thenlan-with a quite modern er-
trontery. because he has stated no fact
and what he now says more plausible
proves him wrong than right: "The
most beautiful colors laid on conrusedIv
VIII not give us as much pleasure as the
chalk outline OF portrait" Ex.c,Iv
what we wish to say to Mr.. Post. hut
exactly not what Aristotle thought he
was saying The most beautifully in.
trcate plot with nine rattles and a but
ton-a secret murder in Shiny scwsr
by the pastor of tho Second BAPTIST
Church who was hypnotized to this yir.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
~ MEREDITH NICHOLSON.

am glad that somebody has had the
,onracs "a ,bro, A., Ia RIO ,urnip at those
.,..,.s ,.,.oro,,, so,.,,ors ,,ho
p''e"'' s'"'' ''u WV
have been telling us Tor long ''Ine 'ha'
ANYTHING that is interesting must. In the
r,ture NJ ,bin.s be Rad Art Mr.. Mel
yria post.s essav Tho RIight" dealing
uith or,io, rreshlv and underst,rdinrIy.
..r,,,l, NO NJ 90 ,yi.c and sans maj | AT
go. cs,iad ~. a,,o,,Iou NJ All INV
Sri.rd. IN i, In narticuIar brought
:, ~ the no,,ce ~ q number of yourg-
s,.rs who boro- ,ra With th.,r conadenCe
ga who ara e.per 70 arr,v. so,nsvhere
q, u,ara,,,r. The ,snirar. u,ho ponde rs
tha, article carefully will be saved
est amoun. ~ unbann,neas The idea
,hat onIv rha nsvchoioeIcai novel or n
No rrs,i,,. ~ no ID reaIisw % ha good
thai "a annroach the h,ghe,, literary
s,andara Is ah.urd Evan Henry lanes
ha. .a,d In an old nssay on the novel
,ha, ,,s ..s.r,iaI junction 10 10 er,or
80 p.oni. ~ d,vorcnt de,,r..s ~ cul
49,. a,a axner,.nro rever v,iu agree Of
course az IN u-hat Is entertaining But II
.oa,,. 90 mo tba, Ar post ia quite right
In on that no savs of tho universal an
neal A .reater number of peonle will
And pleasurs I'm a story that in a story
,bar in ono tha, ia a trart or a string of
dialogue We are preached at from "A
God ,papy sidcs those davs. tho maya
zines and NO vspapers are fuIl OF sermons
az one kind and another Now and
then a "purpose" novel. like Mr.. Church
ms 'Tbe Inside OF the Gun" really does
som. good bur generally speaking I'm
opnosed TO the breed.
Mr. Pos, speaks OF the affinity he
tween the short story and the play, and
most of US who watch the American
theatr. with any sort OF interest know
that the reason so many plays fail IL
that tho stories they tell are too feeble
TO hold the attention. They do not pique
our curiosity as TO the outcome. or they
present hackneyed plots that are per
fectIy TRANSPARENT from the moment the
curtain rises And herein lies the great
difficulty OF those who attempt story tell
ing IN any form. Plots are hard to get.
There are. il Is often said, only a few
basic plots-the rest are all variations
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
DOES CHARACTER DRAWING OR POT COUNT MORE IN FICTION
FICTION;
PRIMARILY
ENTERTAIN7

essential. Ono remembers people longer
than one remembers what they do. That
Is true in life and IN fiction. David
fiarnm," Tor example. was "a book almost
without plot 1t would. perhaps. have
been a better book for more interplay OF
chara ctcr. more plot. but the central fig
urc IN the story was a. character SUM-
GENTLY striking to carry the book to sue
rcss. Almost every book we remember
Nividlv IL remembered first of all for
character. Select at random the great
books YOU have read, beginning with
Shakespeare aud Don QuiNote, and see
which Impressed YOU most which you
remember hest. the plot OF the story or
tho qualities Of its central figures.
Mr.. Post demands a system" lie
wants rules by which immortal stories
may bc made. lie quotes Aristotlc's
rules. In any book store to-day lie may
lind text books laying down rules as def
nitc as thuec of Aristotle. and rs use
less from n creative standpoint. Rules
may m of some use to the raw amateur,
hut the bigger the writer the more he
Is ~ rule unto himself Rules make
hacks. Hacks make mystery plots."
NJ stcry plots may as Mr.. rost says,
make circulation" Certainly thcy do
business man and the sweet girl gradu-
ate as, for Instance. George Meredith
tdcplorcd 10y MIR pusD would be likely
TO do
I'ut does that prove that Conan Doyle
is greater than George Meredith"
To me it would hardly appear so.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
MARIA
THOMPSON
DAN,eSS

"plot"9 ] do recall the plot OF David
Harum." but only because IL was 30
uniquely bad and vet that story album
dainty found the popularity. you would
guide us 10. merely wonderfully -ur-
ccssful adventure as such things 20 with
us. IN Characterization
To cite one Joseph Conrad he * no
more 10 he trusted with a plot than
IL baby with fathers new koeu-kut
razor. lie does the most veirdly dread
iul trying. neNpert things with his
plots I sincerely wish that so excel
l,nt workman as MIR. Post could help
this artist there. Yet despite his slum-
sluess. our best critical authorities as
scrt. and myself devuutlv believe, Con
rad to be the one present supreme
master Of prose fiction. To he sure Ne
would DE more widely appreciated. and
my self would read him with less dia-
Guilty II he were more sensitive to plo,
but | for one would hesitat, to teach
him any Of my undeniably superior plot
lore, fearing he might lose sometime
more precious while he sat at my feet,
And what | say holds az well with
writer's who are popular. W. w. Jacobs
has seldom shown himself master OF
more than -four plots, and for some year
has used not more than two. but
lot OF ~ would sin tramp a long trail
for a nov Jacobs story.
is Mr.. Post now OF course gracefully
agrees that our trouble is not a lack ~
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
", JULIAN sTRI.ET.


read NJ r.1yt'c I,,.issor Post'.
article ''THc I'.r'' when Il aopcared
.r tho Sot,,,i,y J..a.lg I'o,t and IL
,,.u,, ,,a AZ tho tn. 4e r..rr Quo Of
mo mos, p.ri,.,r. rl,u~.hle hits OF
sop'fs,,.. mad .yc- soon advanced It
WIS bad because 4 IVES good. hecaus.
~ holiif'.4 tho rrosf qualities OF
modem Fl ION ,rS rIoriaod infario-i,v
Mr. Pos, informs II. ia o0cr, that
what tho rlhl., wants" 10 read is IN.
host literature. md mat because The
human mind ry,rvvrore is crgtgcd al.
most cN.iu~a.et with problems" Il
therefore follow that 'no 'nySte,-, story
yid.d il ha lone a. vel as any Other
ONO obvious rrplv 20 this is ,ha, the
m. stcr.,. at,r, viii never Lc done 40 we'll
as certain o,rcr t,pc, If story because
the, highest ,,rc of I.,er,ry mind do
artist
does not generally appeal TO the artist
and a rather chean one 7, consists In
setting Nm n hatpirr circumstance keen
ing the reader ruzzled and letting him
I'm on the secret a, the eud. In this Il
is corup,rable with 'pirs I'm clover the
cut out picture puzzle or any other silly
game which merely REQUIRES a Kind OF
STUPID patience in the PLAYER
| remember once seeing an idiot AT
NAV. She would throw burned matches
over her shoulder, then turn around and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17

attempted TO be a realist | failed for the
reason that let romtu,c get the better
Of me. thank Linn for pointing this ut
TO me. SIN ! never attempted realism
a. the HtiStcgcst Of the hi-hproWs detu,
1t WHAT I tried To 10 iu ~ HoosieI
Chronicle Tor example. Vas to repre-.
SCI; certain phases ~ indiana life ana
dcrlct characters that appeared to be-
within the range of NY Z. mprehensia ian
e., faithfully as knew how. and Vet
To- sirin- the whole upon It plot. II was
a cheerful sort of tale think. and beins
rather sanguine Ia its tone az to tine
tate Of mankind. Jailed to qualify as
retlisr with those who hug the notion
that nctI,n TO he realistic must b, as
bleak a. "A siberian waste. Even IL
this IL the worst of worlds which don't
believe. there's not mucn use in tryinr
to ilch nope from those stupid souls who
are try ing 10 make the best of 1t.
Hut after all "A writer has cot TO write
what's in him to write. II he seeks In
>piraticn in the academic authorities or
tries TO write like" this or that Russian
or French novelist he is bound TO plea Sc
nobody. What We seem likely to miss
I'm American literature from the present
outlook is the all round man OF letters
wGo brought wit SKIN and workmanship
10 many kinds of writing. No one can
.!'Hh 81 ~ present nos anything ll.,,
Mr.. fONollss general ability tu de- a
great number ~ th'ugs well. Aud the
ihil'ty To write well IS not an end COM
temptihle In itself Many of the best
snort stories We see from month to
inonth-aud there are MANY ould Ice
improved 10y more revision than the hur-
red writers seem willing to give them
Let us have Stories--real stories. tho
more the merrier; tales a. frivoluu, as
may he, and mystery and adventure
stories with a thrill In them. and honest
stories rejecting American aims and
Failures and homes. but there Is no rca-
s,n why their literary quality shouldn't
ne lifted 10 a higher plane
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
THE CHANT OF THE VULTURES
ny EDWIN MARKHAM.

X/E AhE c'rchnG G'Id ~ NJ me-
w f'9ht The hen
ferW h' IN dim hrnpc rAu The bo i
n rhdnd
~ hare oen "S b"nouH, kings and srN
vast hunger pnuupp
To I'D
The Of ne ~od her NE fundh
kings, dihD'"t iohcy'. praise
i" he stat Z" comfort for
Ih'n spur on me host IN the trenches The
We ten all the "inds OF their trh
From The of Happn ,I,oubc Psss
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
u. WALTER rRICm&np EATON.

NrlStutle InetlrS' has been fruitful
or more critical theory than any work
ever written. and at one period ~ the
worlds history had far greater effect
upon the drama # Europe than any
other single force but now II remained
for Melville Davisson iost to make the
great pcripatctic the archapologlSt for
The saturday Ere,tn1 POS, and the Co.'S
n0poNiGn. Mr.. Post says there should
be surprise In every short stoy: he
also seems 10 believe there should he "A
surprls" IN every piece of criticism.
! have no intention. however, OF de-
batting Aristotle with Mr. Post That
would he poaching on A. y. walkleN's
preserves. Aristotle, as a plain matte
OF common sense. las SO little to do with
Tn" modern short story that I am sur
rrised Mr.. Post should invoke him
Isn't this rather "dlettante," rather
''highbrow"?
What Mr.. Post seems to be getting
~ IN his article. briefly stated. j. this:
The magazine which has a circulation OF
million. which 1t gains by PRINTING
stories full ~ mystery, plot and sur
prise. has proved that the great short
story must contain primarily mystery.
plot and surprise. The other masazin.s
not having so large a circulation. don't
print stories full of mystery, plot and
7Ai ~ iSt. ilFItlpTe fNpbtrl W. Una M
hers is greater artist than Thomas
Hardy.
, ! don't vleh 70 he unfair 10 Nj Post
but upon my word that IS he impress ion
] got rom his article.
Now. a. e matter % 'art I'm - ,
aware that auyhndv worth listening 10
rs ever mad" IN" "l,igu that a shot
story tor 20 Ing one. for that mattcjD
doesn't have - he a s'ory. doesn't n.,,r
have NJ
de and erd--in other words. a plot
Th" nrst duty Of q story ~ course is
20 entertain. hy trouSlng inte-ct in a
nctlont. character or ChdrArters and in
IN" stor~ ~ 'hoir lives But 7 Do most
strouu. usl, object to Mr. Posts ASSUME
ton, 50 hlith"lY made. that what viii
imWcdlstclN entertain a million maya
zinc readers is the,'fore M. hest and
most endu' nE literature. Somctim mo- II
Is. Worry often IL isn't Neither Nj.
I'oSi nor all tho mNTlads Who read the
Sn prdGU Er>uirr Post ana the ,oSuo-
poitdH can tell what ls going q endure.
TIM" has t. d that. And T. Is barely
p"ssl bic that ethus from tao a..
iGUtic NoufhlD MAY endure as Ion. as
the most popula" fiction Of the hour
An 1Tsbliation Enforced" VAS printed
IN the Century. Tie odd chester Tales"
we're printed in Hdrpcrs Monthlu--hoth
magazines with tho ~"orned "Nnv hun
dred thousand" circulation.
Truth 10 tell. this blatant appeal to
numbers IA rather sickeninE. and some
would say only too typically American
Either a story IA literature or 81 is not
according 10 It's perfect fusion OF st.ls
humanity. truth and emotional appeal
Emotional appeal may como primarll.
from plot from melodrama. as in 50
much OF Poe, or Il may come from cha
acter almost exclusively, even from tn"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17
ARISTOTLE NAMED
AS PLOT CHAMPION.
AUTHORS DISAGREE

NOTE--n recent article IN the
"Su'aridy Ercuiny Post Noiriiic
pdriSsor roSt inoeniously called A,is-
tote 70 his aid 10 prorc that plot, myS-
icry and suspense make for moro pIcri.
iorious literature than do psyche iogy
and character dr0Wiag and stated that
N tbs Gcorge Ncrcdith made his mis-
take. This article prorokcd much dis.
t,Ssion. mere Mr.. Post presents his
'iows IN a condensed form and other
critters contribute their carrying opinions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-02-28
The New Wash Dress Goods Laces Enbrodees and Ribbons
Laces, 1Oc and 15c
Values are up to soc yd.

Values up to soc yd.
The Bargain Spots associated with the opening of the
spring yard superb limitations of duchess
lace 1 ~ inches wide At yard Cuny laces
inches wide. Street floor, e. door.
nd InchS
Val Lace ar
to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-02-28
Glad to Present All the Facts.

I'VE of the National Capital shall be
glad to present all the facts as to the
history OF the National Capital, its
relations to the country at large and
the taxation. actual and comparative,
or Its residents to the proposed joint
committee. This is just what we have
been doing ever since our committee
was created by mass meeting OF citi-
zens aroused by the hostile Legislation
which passed the House year ago.
We have been exercising the right
of petition by presenting the facts and
reasons to individual senators and
representatives. and to their constit-
uents throughout the country by
means of the national civic organiza-
tons having headquarters here. This
work has been kept up ever since
March IL of last year. This winter it
has been done without as much pub
licity as last spring, but none the less
faithfully by large number of public
spirited citizens, here and elsewhere.
The results appear in the debates in
both houses, in the action of the Sem
ate rejecting the threatening legisla-
tion by decisive vote, and now in the
action of the House itself. 1t is, of
course, to be assumed that the mem
bers of the joint committee will be en-
tirely impartial and thta the inquiry
will be judicial in character. We need
have no fear of the outcome"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-02-28
ENGLAND BUYS TIES HERE.
Virginia Concern Gets Contract for
About Half a Million.

Robert E. Duvall, Washington repre-
sentative of the Valley Tie and Lumber
Company of Stanton. Va, has re-
ceived information that the shipment
of the first railroad ties to be sent
from this country to fill an order from
European railroad will start load
ing at Port Arthur, Tex, tomorrow.
The ties are consigned to the Great
Eastern railroad of England. and two
or three steamers sent by the English
government will load $4,000 Of them.
The contract OF the English railroad
people with the Virginia tie company.
it is said, is for about a half-mIll on
of ties, which the British government
undertakes to have carried to England
for the Great Eastern railway. Repre-
sentatives of the Valley Tie and Lum-
Der Company are now in Europe ne
gotiating with various warning powers
for tie contracts. but owing to the diff
ficulty of finding vessels that will
carry them no contracts except the
English one have been closed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-02-28
EVOLUTION OF THE HORSE.
Missing Link in Fossil Form of
Three-Toed Animal.

BERKELEY, Cal, February 27.-The
missing link in the evolution of the
horse has been discovered in the mio-
Gene strata of the southern Sierra Ne
yadas, it was reported to the Pacific
coast division of the archaeological
Society of America in convention here
today.
The fossil form discovered by J. P.
Buwalda of the University OF Caiifor.
MA is that of a three-toed horse of
the merycohippus type. long sought by
scientists to fill the gap in the history
Of the horse. II is said the fossil fits
precisely the description Of hypo-
ihetical animal which scientists main
lain must have existed in horse his
tory.