The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-06

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an earnest worker for suffrage.
Mary Austin has confidence IN h,r
readers education. Her new noo,
THE Man Jesus" H. the result ~ Ge.
teen years study in the Interpretation
of myth and folk lore.
"In writing the book she SAYS. ~,
problem presented itself as 10 vho'h,r
| should load 1t up with footnctcs and
other evidences Of scholarly care.
decided against that. because fc,.
that the rapid spread of UNIVERSITY
education had made scholarly proc.
csses sufficiently familiar tn rro,oc,
me from NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The title Of Rupert lIughcss la,os,
novel, 'Clipped Wings was sur.
| cestcd by a story his mother told him
Of her own childhood. Her father. who
had moved to Missouri before the CIV,
| war. while hunting ono DAY vouuded
a wild swan. He brought it homo
, and clipped one of its wings. II was
his little daughters pet mil a farm.
band. INSTRUCTED to clip the shorter
wing again, clipped the longer one 10
l az NHuhl Al 'llti'llIE Inc
swan to balance herself and fv avay
Years later the little girl, grown IN.
| told the story of hcr anguish 10 her
son. and now he has put IL into a
! novel az n symbol Of the lie O. NJ.
heroine. His m6her knew nothing q,
1t until she received "A copy OF n.
new book. Sae wrote him:
"I never dreamed that on page so
| should read a little story that ! told
you Of my early childhood. saw tho
garden and the little stream 81 uate-
that ran through ii where the swan
slept. saw the sUan as she "a ed
away. and you made me feel again the
despair I felt then as she disappeared
over the horizon. | never dreamed
then that long years afterward my sor
would write that incident In a book
OF his that will live for centuries"
Author of the play IA Par Of SIX
Stockings and actor of a leading par
in II last year. tyril liarcourt has row
written the play over in novel form
Mr.. Harcourt is an Englishman whose
home Is in Westminster Abbey, whore
he lives with a brother who is a canon
there. He was educated AZ Bedford
school TO he a civil ing ne"r, hut
abandoned engineering for music, and
then music for the stage. Wien me
last named abandoned HIM. A. b" ss,s.
he became a cook. a cab driver and
many other things. He has trdyo' 81
all over the world. generally spending
his winters in the Alps and his sprInys
in Italy.
The play "A Pair uf : X Stncninss
was written during a nervous break
down. which a%ccouuts.' says Mr., lldr-
court. " for its being such "A bad pia""
Bad as i; is. the play has already
been translated Uto Russian and hI'
for the war would have been don" 'r'o
five languages. II j. at present p-.n-
given in Chicago. Mr.. Harrouti = nov
engaged in writing by Commtss.oO 4
play for David Belasco.
An iutnrcSting visit 20 IN" home -
Selma I.agerlof Il ~rcroun'cd hy iie'f
Goddard Leach. secretary Of 'ie g
lean scandinavian Foundation.
Wien VISITED Miss Ias,r'o: vi.
haka. the HON. &C.: her childhood rt-
H. .ng transformed from Il pIi.'' ..
dwc..iu. To- = m"d''n country r'I.'
Til" hail was il>, rcfiu.sh,I u! s..
drawing ru"m had ben turu -...
swedish Old 'r,'u" -I, v.'h .r
woven ,l"rr's. tuwcr'd wal la
reachil. hat WI, t. iu. ceiling " o.
cnamellei furniture trimmed wi
and upholstered IN ShimmelIn.. ="
cat. >--S.