The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-15
Oh Hiss5ssiP7l ard Sseicys Gees 10
20 he- Snort story Nhirn Fa-
vc-f.. Novels. Has
Written.
TALKS ON WAR STORIES
Heoscas EoveIis. Believes That Inter.
Is. in Ho-sd Struggle Viii Not
Die Down Very
Soon.
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B- Margaret AitEch.1
g-,err Hughes vas home again
Thursday. en-oute from California 70
New York City. II Vas his annual
visit ho--Quite brief, but greatly
entoyed BIZ nts friends. HIS war work
ss c-e- now and he is once more Just
Rupert Hughes, the novelist, with
not much trace Of the high commits
stoned army officer II his makeup
EXCEPT that he is still Interested in
military affairs and knows host OF
distinguished soldiers whom orci-
nary civilians only hear about and
read about
This Eeokuk novelist has not for
gotten his native city and the good
times he used TO have here when
Dor. In fact, he likes TO live those
days over again, and that is what
he nas been doing lateiy-in Cali
fornta. While in that state he wrote
a new river story about the old Mis-
siss.ppi and Reokuk 1t viii appear
in next months Cosmopolitan.
American writer's are going TO
continue TO write war stories for a
long time" Mr.. Hughes said last
evening, because" he continued,
aren't tired OF hearing about the
bloody struggle yet Most Amerf
cans haye deYoted much and some
! tines all Of their time, strength and
means IN helping to make the war
glorious for the United States.
They're proud OF Themselves and
they want to keep on thinking about
their accomplishments for long
time to come.
Revive War Stories.
Fifteen OF twenty years from
now, there viii be q big revival OF
war stories written by American
writer's. The nineteen and twenty
year-oId soldier of today viii be
notwithstanding twenty years from
now over the things that happened
70 him and TO his soldier pal back in
1918, and he viii either write
more war stories himself or eagerly
devour those that someone else
writes. This condition has existed
In ali countries, in all ages after
great wars. It was true OF the United
States after the revolutionary and
civil wars.
Shortly after the arnistice was
signed. editors and moving picture
producers sent out word to all OF
their contributors, No more war
stuff In storieg-cut it OUT; but this
was a false move, for everyone still
wanted to read and see war stuff,
and they have-for writer's have ca
tered 20 the public taste rather than
TO the hasty advice and admonitions
Of editors"
Story of Reconstruction.
Mr.. Hughes has just completed an
sster-the-war story himself 1t fs a
serial novel and will start to run in
the Red Book next month. It's a
story of returned officer from
service In France" said Mr.. Hughes,
land II deals with some OF his prob
lens OF readiustment into civilian
life, and the soldiers do have such
problems" the novelist said, land
they're hard, almost impossible, TO
solve In soms cases. During the
war. everyone was keyed up to a
high pitch and there was nothing too
big 70 be done, no sacrifice too big
10 be made and no hardships and
prfvstfons too hard TO endure, but
g
relaxation; eyerybody's confused and
dazed and doesn't know which way
to turn The world ia in a worse
condition than il was before the
war when Il comes TO the general
unrest and dissatisfaction OF the
| people" Mr. Hughes said. In his
new story, What Is the World Com
ing Tor the novelist places his
-
ditions-not story-book conditions,
but real ones which exist every
place, and which people can't es'
cape.
Of the day IN your story, Mr..
! Hugheag" he was asked, and the
man who has seen war, the man
who has associated with heads Of
nations and who thinks soundly and
deeply on veighty subjects, shook
his head and gaid: Il have no solu
/ ton"
| Mr.. Hughes. who Was Major
| Hughes during the war, was pre-
sented with the gold leaves Of a
! major, although he was unable to
/ serve with tho army in France. They
/ were given TO him by a major friend
| Of his, who said in presenting the
| gift that Major Hughes deserved the
| decoration az much az any man who
| had been in action, for he had served
| his country in wonderful capacity
| In the early days Of the great war
! the famous censorship act was
! passed. This act prohibited any
army men from writing any sort OF
material for the public which had to
| do with the war. Mr.. Hughes, along
with many other men were ham
/ pered IN their work by this law, and
Mr. Hughes get about TO write an
| amendment 70 the act which would
permit soldiers to continue TO write
at least fiction about the war. The
one amendment which ne prepared
for the act was SO satisfactory To
those In power that he was asked 70