The sun., 1916-11-05

Mikes Saloon and No. L. A,enne f.
with his loose impressionistic charm
Among the forerunners Of Il,
present generation Of fiction make,
William Dean Howells. Marion crsN.
ford, Brander Matthews, Henry CIV.
Ter Bunner and Thomas A. Ianytr
Edgar Saltus. Edgar Fawce,t and
Frank Stockton easily head the NJ,
PfafY's. where Mr.. Howells met Va,
whitman and that remarkable Irish.
man Fitz James O'Brien. author q.
What IL It?" Washington squa,.
too. what contrasts of Bohemia AMI
Beigravia! What playground t,-
dazzling antitheses. Henry Jam,.
visited 1t more than once. and sal,u,
and Edith Wharton. That hri,lar,
and compelling fiction "Thc Tr,n
about Tristrem Narick" is aid g,
Gramercy Park, the old S,hn'.
White house. During the sos Edg,.
Saltus played the role Of social S..
retary to the aristocratic 400. and r,
always to the satisfaction uf his su..
jects. He told the truth. Mrs VIII.
ton told the truth. Never tell o..
truth in fiction II you wish tu rcp..,
sweetly in the breast OF your reader.
II may be confessed without con,t..
diction-and Mr.. Maurice moro thar
hints at this--that the majority ur a,
writer's are sadly given tn sirkll :,
timentalizing their stories. rhi. j, ..
course. the result of tho need. Il %,
myriad magazines. cur drama a..
our fiction must he lined with ml,
cotton because Of the sensitive ,,.
dermis OF the man and tho woman N
the subway. In the street who mo-.
thcless. digest without shock >.
tough" facts IL life H. 'hc uu.
new spapcrs. They want tucir &C.,
dosed with saccharinc Thc~i,r.
Dresser has found this uu, Sc,oal
Of his novels deal with Now Work. rl,
latest. THE Genius" in part,u.r
Not only book moral To- tue ,"rm.
izins point. 1t Is fun Of tho sights az,
sounds of the city. Robert " rau
bers fashioned the scene "f J', "i
King in Yellow" from this nclghno'.
hood. His subsequent work i, =, 90.
found In more modisli parts Of ia,
city.
Sister Carrie" came to- NeV ",
from Chicago. Mr.. Dreiscr u,. u.t
thus far excelled her ~ - pni''s'
though Jennie Gerhard" i~ 4 c.u..
second. "Predestined." 10y Suphe
Whitman, one of the few well w,t'.'
iictions in these days of vulgar dlu.
tion and typewriter rubbish de.
picts with a vivid brush certain So.
tions not far from Second avenue "a.
Shsrkeys old saloon On Fourteen
street. Irving Place and LUchow'
have often figured in tales. Tho Va
Bihher Of Richard Harding Davis -.
never no forgotten. We hopc VI
Davis was lover Of tho tow II.
once told us that the chief reason -
regretted having left PhIad.Ip PIN
was because he no longer had Ne
York 10 go to. The heart Of -. Hem.
according to Mr.. Maurice. wa, IN o.,
Irving Place. not far away iron
Gramercy Park. TIE Hotel Am"rcd
old Munich and Little Rheinsch.os
Scheffel Hall is still open. but b. f.a,
Hubel took it over. Goerwitzs. N'
door on Third avenue. was the ,'.oy.
resort for beer loving bohemians TT,
was from about 1885 to 1880 H.nr
did not see either Of these place,
their glory. But as Gilman Hal '..
closest friend, has told us in the r..
Gently published biography ~ Tide
sentimental writer. that New Yu'.
vas FOR him as the magnetic rtr ?.
Sinbad. II irresistibly drew him r.
her embrace. He became cvc,u'
among cockneys.
Gramcrcy Park is another mHrM.-
spot. after Madison Squarc. IT, Re
Tango and Topper Land" Hlp,
Hughes is ~ his brilliant n'-'
readers of What VIII rcuplc So"
we'll know. Around the Mctrp,ui'
Opera House the m!sts uf m'NaI
have not yet mounted. II is u.' .
enough to have become Legend .
the old Academy of Music. Ii' 81
j. Henderson in THE Soul of u Ton.
has not passed it by. Tho H''.
Mirth" plays near il. Theatre n
evokcs cloud OF names W. r,,'
not touched upon the work of 10 L,.
I. Hopkinson Smith because - pace
Mr.. Smith knew his city and to 'J'.
lying districts How many ~
have followed his trai, even ~ f..
"l.aGuerre's" now. alas. not in its pfin
estate. A city passed ont uf cN,'''t
while Hop" Smith wrote and p,,0'o.
Fickle. protcan. shifting. cmGrn,r
New York. You go across tic hrIu-'
IN the morning to BROOKLYN. ara
your return at night you M. 30.
"A big hole blasted through a house Y
had left whole. Anything IS ap'
happen here. except monotnny
The department stores ha,e no.
been overlooked by the youugcr hr -sl'
OF anecdote purveyors-the nov s1lu
story form Is. as far as strli,' re
concerned. amorphous. invertcrrr"
as Montague Glass, Edna Fore
Samuel Merwin can testify TIE"
are new Bohemlas springing Dy y"
mushrooms canned mushroom. SV
avenue Rohemias such AS Mou0u'r
and Jacks seem eternal Like 80
cafes of South Washington ~Ugar'
and its vicinage. these serve ~ a''
upon which youthful talent s'irpoh'
It's teeth. Old Delmonico's has e,r'
We can sit no longer WI. N'.
Bihber on Fifth avenue ugl"' '-f
girls. With "A sigh We realize t..,' on
New York. the New York rf 'n'r.
cans born. of well bred M and
women, has also disappeared q od
prophecy has come to pass. ., '.'-'
has submerged the West Side Nr.
ners have. like savory cuisir'. -N
the way "f all flesh. You 81"
aware OF this in reading ct Sow
York Of the Novelists." whose v.''
oi material We have barely .Iu MOI
Yet Is the cry not always No" p