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The sun., 1915-10-16
By KATHLEEN NORRIS

The American novel is in a bad way,
says Mr.. Meredith Nicholson. And, read
ing what he has To say OF our novels
and our writer's. one sorrowfulIy agrees
with him. indeed the charg" is not
new one, nor the truth OF it very far
TO seek.
Bu;. with American nctiou--arr not
American architecture, American art,
the American social structure, American
women and children and schools. equally
in had way? We are a nation OF
spcndthrifts. morally mentally and ply
sically why single out the writers for
especial censuro: As matter of fact
your popular writer has cleaner hands
than are usually brought from the busl-
ness Of living: he writes, his publisher
and his public approve, he enjoys his
income and his glory knowing that not
one of his hundred thousand readers
grudges him the latter or has been de-
ceived or betrayed into contributing TO
the former. l. II for him To fing aside
the honest work that so pleasantly solves
the problem uf living. to hammer away
Ia hunger and obscurity for n dozen
years, and finally to perfect his real
dream for the hundred or less real judges
who will fnd 1t good" Are bakers
blamed because they do not leave the
pulpy. sugared five cent loaves that sell
bread that will not sell AZ twenty-five
cents loaf? Are silk merchants
blamed because they no longer carry
the five dollar silks that made our
grandmothers' "best" gowns, but con-
tnue to please tn. public with almost
silk and part silk that wear al
best a few months?
An unknown writer whom | knew
some years ago wrote a short story
about fat girl. The story was re
jected by two leading MAGAZINES be-
cause tho heroine was fat The writer's
friends suggested that instead of setting
herself up as a better judge OF fiction
than two editors. she reduce her girl
in figure. But the writer persisted she
wanted this particular plea SAINT. helpless,
good nntured girl fat She sent the
story out again, aud the third editor
sent for her an editor. by the way. who
was also writer. They liked the story.
hut not tina fat girl There are fat
girls" protested my writer But not
In fiction :" said the editor lie took
| the story. but 1t was altered when il
appeared. and the illustrator had drawn
the usual sylph
| Now this IL perfectly typical ] cannot
blame vhe writer ! certainly do not
| blame the editor 1t is our reading pub
| lie that must be arralgned, 1t is our
| reading public that must somehow he
| brought to realize that waen America
| has her own fiction Ns background viii
not be that of French or German fiction,
above all it will not be that cf English
| fiction. Try as we may--and 1t seems
| 20 me a dcplorahle fact that some OF
| our very first novelists are continually y
| rrying-wc cannot take up the pleasant
| familiar histories of landed gentry. OF
squires and curates and picturesque vii
The sun., 1915-10-16

naive American critics take for genuine
British phlegm. OF having no soft spots.
when We all know he is M lie up OF
them? Does Il not resemble that Other
pose "yhe cultivated air of iu.filciency,
as think n. 6. Wells has called II,
the manner Of looking and speaking like
born fool, that the Enslsnman has so
often put on through fear Of being sus
pected OF Intelligence. which Il has taken
the war and it's horrors to dispe''
All. but YOU viii say that Il is who
am now calling names. | do not mean
20 I am only entering a feeble plea
FOR literary liberation, for recognition
OF the vast legitimate range Of the
readers tastes ard needs for a breath
ing space OF freedom from the literary
doctrinaire and for the letting OF the
poor. harr.ed. worried art OF the Amer
lean story teller alone II Is a beautiful
art and when prac,ised between the
artist and his audience II can be a pleas
ant one. but 1t comes near to being
spoiled hy the pontifcat!ug OF the self
appointed mddleman
The sun., 1915-10-16
By ERNEST POOLE

Since reading Mr.. Nicholson's inter-
esting article l have been thinking OF
the novels--modern American novels
that ! have read In the last few years
Most were disappointing but some inter-
csted me cnormousiy--and OF these last,
as look back upon them now, It seems
10 me that almost every book In the
lot gave me the feeling as OF a window
a new window-through which tre-
mendous vista was opened for me upon
this American life Of ours. For. though
| was deeply thrilled at times In each
of these novels as | read, ! was, l re-
member. thrilled still more by the thought
that for me at least this was one OF
he first books. one Of the first really
big novels dealing with this field OF
our life. How many others l would
read In the still richer years abroad
as human life. all kinds and conditions.
tceming, pregnant, multiplying. spreads
over this wide and generous land and
is writer's CLEAN the true tales that are
here-the wonderful stories that shall
be here,
have read such books as THE octo-
pus," "A Certain Rich Man." Maggie"
"A Mans World" 'The Jungle" "The
vrginian.' THE Midlanders." "Old
Wives for New" and many more--and
these novels though they have gripped
me hard. have done more than that.
for the others of their kind. the still
more powerful of their kind. that will
richly reveal to me lives OF real men
and women and chldren--in New York
| and in Chicago and In Oklahoma City
| in Butte and in Seattle. on our coasts
| and up our rivers to lonely little river
| towns and in isolated houses or sweep
| ing fields Of wheat and corn. or cattle
| ranches. on plantations, In mining towns
| on steep mountain sides. amid strikes
| like those In Colorado-books revealing
| all such struggles, all such places, all
such people-and again and again, books
| of the town, the great cities l mean. Of
people most amazingly rich and people
most alarmingly poor-the intense and
dramatic. significant life OF the millions
| If our immigrants-and again the rush
Of young people for towns.
These are only few OF the fields Of
our life that come up In my mind as
| | write.
In reading l know that nine times
out OF ten l shall be disappointed.
| shall take up books and drop them
sometimes because they are dry as dust.
all crammed with the most painstaking
| truth, the most useful informal tton, with
| Just the ghost OF a story, and an arti-
fetal ghost at that, looming up for
| lornly through the pages here and there.
Other disappontments will he books
| that arc small fusslaS, ruled ny liter
| AIRY czar, a chap who has purpose. q
sermon or a tendency. who writes with
| pen OF iron. jabbing his characters in
to line--poor devils or saints as the case
may be---to prove the point ne Ia max.
ing, Books that a Russian friend OF
mine used to call 80 damn tendencious.'
And still other disa ppoiptments will
be novels that at first leading the IN
nocent reader to think no 10 going to see
some real life here. proceed later to drag
HIM head over heels into . plot. "a
The sun., 1915-10-16
THE ROMANTIC CAREER
OF AMELlE. RIVES

Few readers OF the Princess Troubetz-
koy's romantic new novel shadows Of
Flames Will know how this popular au-
thor lays claim to her graceful French
name Of Ameie or the title of Princess.
The Princess Pierre Troubetzkoy Is the
of William Cabell Rives,
Southern gentleman Of the old school,
Congressman and Senator of Virginia
and, before the outbreak of the civil
war. Minister Plenipotentiary to France
During the reign of Louis Philippe the
eldest daughter OF Minister Rves was
born, and the French Queen bestowed
her own name On the child, who in turn
handed It down as a legacy to her niece,
the present Princess Troubetzkoy.
Col. Alfred Landon Rives. father Of
Amelie Rives, was also born in Paris, and
the Marquis de Lafayette. descendant Of
the great Lafayette of American kevolu-
ton fame, was his godfather at baptism.
He retuAed to America and married in
The sun., 1915-10-16
SOME MERITS AND DEFECTS OF THE AMERICAN NOV

breathless that IL will not be until the
end that with a gasp he looks back and
sees what q pitiful little bag OF tricks
II was that drew his nerves SO taut.
But among them all I shall md what
will be the great novels for me. They
will paint real life with depth and
power which while sweeping me along
in the personal narratives will at the
same time bear mo far out all over this
wide country. books that deal first and
foremost with a few individual lives,
but lives not isolated, lives bound UP In
the intricate warp and woof OF the mass
life all around them, as our lives are
increasingly bound these days. when
not only the affairs of our nation but
even those Of all nations on earth have
sudden and amazingly deep effects upon
each one OF us-on our jobs. our In
come. our homes. our reading, our hopes
and beliefs.
stand In the Grand Central at a rush
hour and in few moments thousands
Of people will have swept by you. peo-
pie from all over the land. Watch their
faces. They all seem intent upon get
ting something for themselvss-money,
fame. social position. or they seem alb
sorbed On loves and hates and jealousies.
or dreams and hopes and plots and
schemes--all their own, mind you. all
Tor themselves OF CONCERNING tucHesciSeb,
their wives and children And In this
etraining, cropping. In all tbs breathless
hurrying some of these peoples faces
mark at this very moment personal
crises that would thrill you II you knew
But you can't. for they won't let you.
It's none OF your business. It's their
own, But though each OF them thinks
This is my own life. my own scheme.
my own trouble" you standing there can
quite esily zee that his life is about as
much his own as is the life of one small
drop upon one wave In the ocean.
Well. in the big books / shall read
I think people will be shown more like
that than ever they were in the books
Of the past. I think the tendency will
be to depict chara cters more and more In
their vital relations to the whole. so that
following their stories you will be drawn
too into those vast tides Of business. pol
tics industry, education. social move
ments, the swift spread Of new ideas
into the world of the making Of money.
and all the many other worlds, OF the
spending the wasting. the building. the
dreaming. the cropping and the straining &
on which all 60 to make up this astound-
ing life we are leading these days as
slowly and In spite of ourselves who are
bound closer and closer together-for
good or for evil. bound into a common
life
The sun., 1915-10-16

see the dramatic possibilities OF a row
Of little crude suburban houses bravely
perchcd on a muddy bank. he may read
the tremendous Sory that every trail
Of factory smoke writes on the April
skies, he may ache to make immortal
the comedy and the tragedy O. the city's
boys and girls. pale faced and eager. at
the film play. but the Constant Reader
will NOT see II.
So he writes OF lesser theme, a
Southern girl, with a bay horse and
roses, or arr irreproachable young en-
giueer who transforms a whole railroad
system and OF course as he writes he
breaches. For even his casual inves-
legations have given him something
about which he may preach.
Yet one feels that his real day is
coming very fast There is dawn behind
all this cropping darkness. there Is sue
cess beyond all these clumsy failures.
And while We wait 1t is good to feel
that there have been those before US
10 preserve the old times that are no
more. Surely Crawford" Is no truer
picture Of the old England than Miss
Wilkins and Miss Jewett have given
US OF the new; old California IL safe
IN the pages OF Bret Harte, and for
the South We have Gable and Page and
Ruth McEnery Stuart. We shall not lose
one delightful phase of our national de-
vclopment while Mr.. Howells Boys
Town Is in print, nor forget the child
hood that was in little country towns
when THE Boss OF Little Already" and
''Rebecca OF Sunnybrook Farm and '"rhe
Gentleman from Indiana" were written
These are all American to the core. as
THE Call OF the Wild" was American
and as Peter Stirling was American
] And each presents its distinct and sep
arate glimpse OF the cities and towns
The men and women, from whose his
tories the Great American Novel will
some day be wrought.
The sun., 1915-10-16
By HENRY JAMES FORMAN

Mr. Meredith Nicholson has put his
finger on many weak spots in the Amer
ican novel, and everything Mr. Nicholson
says. so persuasive is his pen. carries
conviction. Yet to my thinking he has
not touched the vital points. ITO see
life steadily and to see II whole is. in
Mr.. Sicholson's opinion, essential to the
writing OF sound American novels. There
are at least two reasons why In the
hurlyburly of our present day life to
zee life steadily and to see II whole is
difficult trick to acquire.
For one thing. We are not homo
zeneous people. Our fiction is OF neces-
sity chaotic because our nation is cha
otto Where else do you hear Of hy-
phenated citizens. unhyphenated citizens
and sem!-hyphenated citizens? 1t may
take centuries to make Of us homo
geneous people But to say that novel
list has to reflect all OF the population OF
his country is. OF course. TO strain i
point Turgenieff is credited with The
conscience OF his people. But Sitting IT
down. Turgen!efrs people is very
small class-the Russian ariTocracy.
What does Turgenieff know of the mill
ions OF Tatars, Mohammedans and
Jews living in the Russian Empire?
But in the United states, where the
melting pot is supposed to DE always en-
gagged in melting. the very caldron itself
seething on the Are. with all its heat and
smoke. Is Mt enough material for the
earnest novelist. English novelists.
moulded and safeguarded by the sharp
| distinctions and demarcations Of class,
envy Americans the infinite possibilities
| that abound in American life. But one
| Of the chief indictments, perhaps. against
| the American novelist Is that after his
| first one or two serious efforts money be
comes AN ever growing temptation to
1 ~ l. 81 f,.x 90 t,A
| successful business man. He forgets
that novel writing is the high calling he
env!sage! 1t In his early ideals. With
| the pressure Of the popular magazines
upon him the writing OF fiction becomes
"A speculative enterprise like hanging
round the ticker in Wall Street. Where
| in his youth It seemed to him almost
like joining a religious order. requiring
preparation, purgation and initiation.
| middle life sees him tgenerally, but not
always) Judging success wholly in terms
OF magazine and public demand. That
Is why novel writing with us becomes so
often merely manufacturing industry.
Generally speaking, fiction OF the best
kind does and should aim to portray life.
to paint the truth. to carry on the great
business OF the teachers Of manknd,
that is to exalt the ideal IL romance
does that II belongs among the best
Action. II realism doesn't do that it
should no less certainly be excluded
from the best Action. Well. to do your
best means TO forsake the manufacturing
industry OF fiction. The mob OF read
ers not only in the United States but
throughout humanity hasn't the best Of
taste. Part of the business of the nov
elist is TO elevate It. But what chance
has an artist of doing that If he knows
not how to be frugal? II he knows not
ha IA ha
The sun., 1915-10-16

band occupied villa at Ghira. TNe-e
VIII doubtless he many who viii f-. {
me italian Count. 10 whom the hc-N,r4
or this last move, gave her deep aHec-
toh' resemblance To tho man 10 whom
Amele Rives is now married.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-01
GOOSE GIRL" A RARE TREAT
FOR HIGH CLASS AUDIENCES

"1'he Goose Girl" produced by the
Jesse l.. Lasky Feature Play company,
which is to be the Offering on Tues
day, February 2, at the Crystal, with
little Marguerite Clark in the stellar
role of the title character, should
prove rare treat for high-class an
diences. 1t is not often that the mag
ination is led so delightfully."- far
afield from the monotonous routine
and problems of daily life into the
realms of romantic and fardistant
municipalities.
The ambitions of the chancellor of
Threnstein, who wants to put his own
daughter on the throne, are RESPONSE,
BILE for the complications-for the kid
mapping of the real princess in her in
fancy, for the attempt, fifteen years
later. to identify the chancellor's child
as the lost princess; and even for the
final arrangement of the many threads
in the narrative. 1t is hard to say
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-01

The residence which Contractor l..
Y. Burdick is erecting for j. T. Nelson
on the latter's lot on Ridgewood ave-
of six rooms and bath, and will be
brick veneered and tile rooted Mr..
Nelson is having the house erected
for the occupancy of himself and fam
lily during the winter season.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-01

#SALE OR EXCHANGE-Th hand
soonest new fireproof home; ocean
front, Seabreeze; furnished complete;
steam heat, large grounds, artesian
well. exclusive neighborhood. For
cash consideration, less than cost. In
exchange, would consider small in
vestment property. Address Claren-
don Hotel, room 232. 142-tf
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whether Miss Clark, who appears by
the courtesy of the Famous Players, is
more fascinating as the Goose Girl or
as the real princess, when she is fin
ally seated on her rightful throne.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-01
MlO.WINTER BIBLE CON.
FERENCE IN GEORGIA.

AUGUSTA, Ga, Feb.1-The min.
winter Bible Conference OF Geo,,.
began here today. DR.. S. c. Dc.sr
of Winona Lake, Ind, will lead n.
conference.
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THE DAYTONA DAILY N...
Published Every Afternoon rxo.-.
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THE oAzETTE.NEWs CONN.,,
Al Daytona. Florida. ="
7. E. FITZGERALD. Editor and Man..
c. S. HARRIS. .Assisto,,
Subscription 10 cents per week ;,
rier; 90 cents per month by mail
Entered as second-class matter :.
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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-08-19
SUM MONS

In the District Court of the Fourth
judicial District Of the state Of Ne
vada, in and for the County of Elko.
Action brought in the District Court
Of the Fourth Judicial District of
the State Of Nevada, In and for the
County Of EIko, and the complaint
filed In the office Of the clerk of
said District Court.
MARY PHILLIP, Plaintiff, We. AN.
TONE PHILLIP, Defendant.
The State of Nevada Sends Greet
inas to Said Defendant;
You are hereby summoned to ap.
pear within ten days after the SER
vice upon you Of this summons if
served in said County, or within TWEEN.
ty days If served ont Of said County,
but within said Judicial District, and
In all other cases within forty days.
exclusive Of the day of service-and
defend the above entitled action. This
action Is brought to dissolve the bonds
OF matrimony between plaintiff and
defendant on the ground Of desertion.
Dated June 80, 1915.
ROBERT B. HUNTER,
lStAL> Clerk OF Said Court.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-08-19
GIKo INpEPENoEN1

vada. who on July 8. 1912, made
Homestead application. Carson City
07161. now Elko. No. $500. for South
west quarter; Section 2, Township 35
North, Range Sc East, Mt. Diablo
Base & Meridian. has filed notice Of
intention to make final three-year
Proof. to establish claim to the land
above described. before the Register
& Receiver Of the U. S. Land Office,
at Elko, Nevada, on the eighth day Of
October, 1sl5.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Harley T. Rich, Of Ryndon, Nevada.
Orrin S. Mend. of Ryndon. Nevada.
Carrie T. Mead. of Ryndon, Nevada.
Charles Williams, Of Osino, Nevada.
JOHN E. ROBBINS,
Register.
First publication August II, 1915.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-08-19
RESIDENTS GIVE
VALUABLE RELICS
Nevada Historical Society Receives
Valuable Collection from Veteran
Editor w. w. Booher
Communicated

Hon. w. w. Booher, for many years
regent of the state university and
member Of the executive council OF
the State Historical Society, today
turned over to the latter institution
a collection of historical items which
he has accumulated through many
years of residence in the state, much
of which time he was the editor of
the Elko Independent.
Among the newspapers donated
were the following:
Salt Lake Daily Tribune, April Is,
1SSS-Recording death Of Roscoe
Conkling.
New York Herald, June 4, 1888-Ed.
itorial on Conkling's work.
Harper's Weekly Supplement, May
1, 1S75-Oration Of Geo. VIM. Curtis
at Concord. Mass, on April 10, 1875
on the Tooth anniversary of Concord
Fight.
The San Francisco Daily Report
Aug. A, 18S5-Full text of the pal,
Mall Gazette's great expose Of the
white slave traffic in London.
Virginia Evening Chronicle, Sept. s
l875-Account OF Masonic Ceremonies
on summit of Mt. Davidson. Exercis
es held there because hall had beer
destroyed by fire.
Daily Territorial Enterprise, Oct 81
lS75-First publication after the bis
fire Of October 20, which destroyed tn,
heart of Virginia City including tn.
Territorial office and all its files.
' Daily Territorial Enterprise, Oct. 20
1S75-Comment on the big fire; ack
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-08-19

sen NEK; NJ SWA SEX NEA;
SWA SWA SEA NEA; Ell SEA
SWK NEA; SWA sen SWA
Mex; sen SWK SWA NEA;
-NwA NWH NEA seq; Ell NEA
NWA SEA; VIZ Ell NWA sen;
VIZ NWA SEA; NWA SWA sen;
VIZ NEA SWA seq; M SWA
SWA SEA; and NWh sen SWA
SEA OF Township AZ North, Range SIS
East Mount Diablo Meridian, has
filed notice Of intention to make final
three year Proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before
the Register and Receiver OF this Of
fee. on the twenty-irst day Of Sep
TENDER, 1915.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Hiram H. Sails, Of Rowland, Nevada.
Enoch H. Sails, of Rowland, Nevada.
Fred L. Anderson, of Rowland, New.
George Scott, of Rowland, Nevada.
JOHN e. ROBBINS,
Register.
First publication July 80, 1915.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-08-19
Advertise in the Daily Independent
Elko. Nevada, Aug. 18th, 1915.

Elko. Nevada, Aug. 18th, 1915.
State of Nevada, County of Elko, SIS.
At a regular meeting o. the Board
Of County Comm! ssioners of Elko
County, State of Nevada held on the
9Th day Of August, it was ordered by
said Board thst any person or persons
ordering goods. wares or merchandise,
wherein same is to be charged to the
Town Of Elko or the County of Elko,
the person or persons making said
purchase must receipt for said mer-
chandise SO purchased and the said
receipt must accompany the itemized
claim preserved to the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners for payment.
ROBERT B. HUNTER,
County Clerk and Ex-Officio
Clerk of the Board of Coun.
ty Commissioners.
Last publication Aug. %.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-08-19
WHITE PINE COUNTY
ASSESSMENT $12, 900

The assessment roll for White Pine
county for 1915, as compiled by County
Assessor Clark. shows a property val
uation for that county of 1890, 04S,
as against $S,46O,11O.7O for 1914. The
personal property assessed amounts
to about $1,000 and it is estimated
that the bullion tax for this year will
be equivalent to an additional ST..
100000, making the total tax valua-
ton Of White Pine county about $12,-
OOO,OO
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-08-19
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS

State Of Nevada, County OF Elko IS.
Notice is hereby given hat 1 have
this day received from the Assessor
Of the County Of Elko. State Of Ne
vada, the Assessment Rolls for the
year 1915, and the same are now in
my office subject to inspection by the
public.
And that the Board Of County Com.
missioners Of the said County and
State will meet as a Board of Equal.
zation at the hour of 10 o'clock A. NJ,
on Monday, the 23rd day Of August.
1915, and will continue in session as
such a Board from time to time un-
til the business Of equalization pre-
scented to them is disposed of.
Dated this 18th day of August, 1915.
ROBERT B. HUNTER,
County Clerk and Ex-Officfo Clerk
Of the Board of Equalization.
(SEAL)