Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-08-12

A few months ago "iiempfie d. IT,
IJayid Cav sen. was the b. 81 seller iD
New York ~..... T.. r."
Griffin Mace said Of 1t; IT,.
To Ny era. son LIE 3 i'm 1ortant
eve. BIT or il, and he senses the high
lights Of humen souls in the small
Tally tasks OF the world He seems in
these pages to be calling US back 10
fundaT entail realit .es' which seem 50
Important before the external AM
snowy world OF the newspapers. IL Is
quiet life be laws talwa"s the
most adequate and potentially with
the simmer of feeling ever the hills
and the warmth OF human kindness
and understanding hovers above
TIE thought and feeling OF his char.
acteTs.' ..a.A
David Grayson has come TO stay.
His books are not timely in the ne.!s-
Paper sense They are perennial, like
the old fashioned, sweet smelling
herbs which grew in cur mothers gar.
den. They need no second sowing
They voice sincere sympathy,
breathe restful spirit and inspire
che with faith in and love for al
mankind. --. .. r.. RI -
The world is getting tired of mus.
cular literature and verbal holystoE
ing. ...-& .-..t -.
Once more the pendulum has re.
Eained its equilibrium and the fad foi'
Phys cal prowess, to the exclusion
OF virtue, is going out. II, Ii.
We, nc longer worship the athlete
or apotheosize the human animal lor
his functional adequacy. -
doubt il he will again be set on a
pedestal
We know that intellectual aDd
moral weakness are often bound up in
splendid physical equipment.
There were guesses for year or
SO as to who David Grayson really
was. Nobody seemed to know. Those
who knew said nothing. A few months
ago read in the Bookman:
I'VE have received number of let.
tiers suggesting the identity of David
Grayson, and others asking IL we
know who the author writing under
that pseudonym really is. All we. are
able to reply at present is that we
have known MT. Grayson personally
for number OF years, but that we are
not at liberty to make this knowledge
public.
There Is no doubt that the interest
In the author of Adventures In Con-
tentment" is very widespread indeed.
ssS
AN interesting development is the
David Grayson following in the Or.
ganization Of a David Grayson. Club in !,
a little town IN Florida So popular
has the plan become that plans are
now on foot for the organization Of
chapters In number Of the different
states designed to spread abroad the
Grayson ideals"
But little girl In our Kona house,
hold knew even then, and now that
the matter is no longer a secret !
may as well tell my readers the story
It's like this:
Dorothy. who, like other island girls
of her age, reads good deal took an
unusual fancy to payid fGrayson's
writings, which were appearing in the
American magazine
So she wrote to the author express.
ing her delight in his Friendly Road"
limiting the doubt she held as to his
identity
And after the round of days enough
for letter to go to New York and
return came this with a book and
inscription):
Amherst, Mass. Dec. 16. 1918.
My. Dear Ten-Year-Old Dorothy:
You don't know how pleased and In. /
terested !, David Grayson, am to get
your letter, written last September.
There is a very special and particular
reason why am pleased because, al.
though you don't know it, you have
sat on my knee!
I'VE know each other already
Il have been at your house at Holua-
loa, there en- the beautiful hillside
and looked off over the blue Pacific.
Il have climbed up the ladder to
the little tower room where your
father keeps his interesting books.
and have walked with you all
around your garden.