The Washington times., 1921-06-19
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Among the
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list OF nifty prose SMILES, selected
from standard authors
The contest is open to anyone, ana
the conditions are as follows:
Smiles will be Judged for their
clearness, dignity, and Significance.
A smile may be short or 4ong. but
must be complete in itself.
Sources should not be given.
A contestant may submit as many
lists as desired.
Commonplace and trite SMILES will
be rejected.
All lists should be typewritten and
mailed not later than November l,
1921. to Grenville Kleiser, room sos.
1853 Broadway, New York city.
FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
The Fringe of Immortality" BY
Mary Z. Monteith. a recent publica-
tion OF f.. r. Dutton & Co, Is a SEN
sibie little book giving a matter-or-
fact account of the authors experi-
ences- with automatic writing. She
has an extremely critical mental atti-
| tude toward all these manifestations
and In every case she seems to have
spared no pains to sift the evidences
carefully to discover the exact truth
concerning the messages sne had re-
ceived. Some of the instances sns
describes are very curious and unusu-
| ally interesting. Three of the seven
| chapters hrst had their publication
| in the English review, The Nine
teenth Century and After" They deal
with Automatic Writing" "Telepa-
thy as a Natural Means OF Commu-
nication," and "A Welcome Decree
Other subjects are Psychic Develop
ment," "The Survivai of Memory
| After DEATH" 1.-The Language of
Angela" and Religion"
|
MARK TWAIN AND COOPER.
A Chicago journalist is the first to
discover the irony of placing in juxta-
position on tablets in the hall of fame
at New York University, the names Of
James Fenimore Cooper and Mark
| Twain. The famous creator of
"Huckleberry Finn" was one of Coop
| er's keenest critics, once declaring
that the Leather stocking novelist"
had no more invention than a horse
and a clothes horse at that. In fact,
Mark Twain derived no little fun from
Cooper's literary offenses."
.THE DESERT FIDDLER,
A story of the Mexican border and
|
Unusual setting provided for The
Iesert Fiddler" from the pen of Will
| liam II. Handy, and published by
| Doubleday. Page & Co.
| Its hero is Bob Regeen. who leaves
tis S20-a-week clerkship for a s150-a-
month job as agent for an unscrupu-
lous cotton land speculator. Dscov-
| ering the fraudulent character of his
| employers business, he boldly deies
Sui nYtla
ing story of business intrigue and
| Cpen-air adventure. with many ele-
metns new to its type, and a love cpl
scde with a really captivating hero
| inc
WHAT THE PUBLIC READS.
/ An example Of the varied taste of
the reading public 10 to be found in
the reports of booksellers in sixty.
one American cities to the publishers
| of Books of the Month" The re-
ports state that among the best SELL
ers of the past weeks are books as
widely divergent in appeal as Zane
Grey's THE Mysterious Rider" q
story of action and the great out
doors; Fannie Hurst's "Star Dust" a
study in motherhood and city life,
and Now II Can be Told" Sir Philip
Gibbs dramatic recounting of war
facts.
GHOSTS AND sUCH-LIKE.
There is rare entertainment for
readers who like tales of supernatural
mystery In "SiX Ghost Stories" by
Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, which
the buttons have just brought out in
the United States. Written as a sort
of amusement during intervals of
1nsz
ity of interest and attraction that 10
inherent in writing done because the
author wanted to write and enjoyed
the work.
Part of the stories are seemed in
England and part in Italy, one of tho
latter. a very thrilling, hair-raising
| tale, being concerned with the cult OF
witchcraft among the peasant women
| OF Tuscany. Most of the tales are al
blood-curdling as any good ghost
story ought to be, but in two Of them
the ghost is a benevolent creature
and offers s.riting contrast to tho
usual ghostly temperament by pre-
ferring to do good rather than evil to
human beings.
WINS FRENCH DECORATION.
| George Wharton Edwards, the art
list. has repeatedly taken prizes and
medals for his mural work and paint
ings. His illustrations for "The
Jackdaw of Rheims" (Houghton
Mifflin Company are among the most
attractive to be found In recent gift
books He has recently been given
the highest decoration for art that
the French nation can bestow. The
ceremony took place at the Biltmors
in New York when he received from
the Institute of France the gold
palms OF the office of public instruc-