New-York tribune., 1919-11-01
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Burroughs's Tribute to Roosevelt

AS his contribution to the birthday
memorial exercises in honor Of Theo-
dore Roosevelt, John Burroughs. the
octogenarian naturalist, journeycd to
Garden City, Long Island, the other
day and planted Roosevelt tree"
in tho gardens Of the Country Life
Press
When Doubleday, Page E. Co. first
moved out to Garden City, it was
Theodore Roosevelt who laid the cor
ncr stone of the Country Life Press
building there
AS n tribute to the great American
last week, John Burroughs selected an
essentially American tree-the sugar
maple. 1t now stands not far from
the evergreen tree, which John Muir
several years ago planted in the mem
oral grove on the Doubleday, Page
grounds.
Despite his great age, Mr.. Bur
roughs refused any assistance in filling
IN the earth about the sugar maple ;
roots. He even got down into the
mole and insisted in packing in the
soil with his own fingers.
Memorial Edition of Van Loan
With the passing of Charles Z. Van
Loan America lost one Of its foremost
sporting writer's. His stories, ever
friendly and kindly, interpret the man
~ sports in genial humor and accurate
terms.
His long illness, involving great ex-
pense IN efforts 70 recuperatc and his
consequent inability to prosecute his
work with his customed vigor, great
ly depleted his resources. MANY Of
Van Loans friends have expressed a
desire to possess representative ex-
amples of his written work To accom-
push this and at the same time to sup
plcmcnt his small estate, a committee
composed of Irwin s. Cobb, Grantland
Rice, Robert II. Dayis and Bayard
NclIier have undertaken the production
OF a fve-volume set of Van Loans
IN which he starred. The publishers
the George II. Doran Company. are sup
plying the books to the committee at
actual cost of production All income
derived from the sale of this special
edition viii be paid to Mrs. Van Loan.
The five volumes selected by the
committee for inclusion in this memo
rial edition are Fore, Golf Stories"
old Man Curry: Racetrack Stories"
score by Innings: Baseball Stories."
aklng the Count: Prize Ring Stories"
and Buck Parvin: Stories of the Mo-
tion Picture Game"
As a labor of love five of Van Loans
trends, all writer's prominent in Amer
lcan letters, have contributed introduce
tions to the books
About Stephen Mckenna
Stephen McKenna. whose novel
soma Married. a SEQUEL TO his earlier
work, sonia. was recently published
by the George II. Doran Company, was
scholar Of Westminstcr and an ex-
After he had taken his degree his
father. Leonold Mckenna. an elder
brother of the Right Honorable Regi-
maid Mckenna. tho last Liberal Chan
ceilor Of the British Excheuuer. made
II possible for him TO travel and take
up literary career.
On the outbreak of the war. as his
health, which is delicate to the point
of frailness debarred hlm from enter
ing the army, Stephen McKenna first
volunteered for service at his old
Schgol' and. after a year joined the
taft OF The War Trade intelligence De
partment, where he did valuable war
work for three and q half years He
represented his department on the
Right Honorable a. j. Balfour's mis-
SION IN 1917 to the United States, whore
he enjoyed himself thoroughly and
made himself very popular, and he did
not sever his connection with the GOV
ernment service until February. 1919.
TOUR months after the conclusion of the
armistice.
In person Stephen McKcnna is tall
with slender figure, Irish blue eyes.
fair hair. regular features and a Dante
prohle. He has an engaging and very
courteous address, a sympathetic man
ncr, ready but always urbane VII
and great conversational charm He
possesses the rare accomplishment of
laiking Ike a book His intimatcs
are legion, and apart from these he
knows every one who "c0unts" in Lon
don society. He is "Stephen" to all
Als friends. and he has no enemies. He
has never been known to lose his tenn
per, and it is doubtful whether he
has ever had cause to lose il.
us ono recreation is the opera. and
iurng the London season his delight.
full chambers in Lincoln's Inn are the
almost nightly scene of parties col
ected then and there from the opera
rouse.
An Artist at the Front
Ernest Pexotto, the wel1-knou,
american artist. went to France i'm
1918 as artist officially attached 10 the
a. Z. +. Through the thick of the
lighting he was with the vanguard Of
our forces at Chateau Thierry and
ne Marne, IN the Toul sector. St.
Yihlel, the Meuse-Argonne offensive
md in Germany with the army Of oc.
'upatlon, sketching as he went his
hare of the great series Of drawings
or the War Department. Charles
'cribner's Sons are publishing on o.
ober 81 a volume containing MANY Of
hese drawings together with q narra-
ave OF Captain PeiXotto's experiences.
is permanent record of ver,.
in!que kind Of Americas part in the
var.