Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-08

I'm darn glad that the United
States now has a rival of Daisy Ash
ford and her young Visiters," any
how, to say nothing of her "Hang-
mans Daughter" I met him this
morning-the twelve-year-old author
of "In the Shadow of Great Peril"
| and 1.-THE Heavy Hand of Justice"
and Tracking Whisky Wolves" to
say nothing of that stirring adven-
ture Of the Mexican Border, "Daggers
in Boots"
I talked with this youthful author
who had done all these books, and
one other of which the MS. was lost,
before he was dozen years old: and
I am convinced without having read
costly viands and such-lil1e. Mr.. Hor-
ace A. Wade himself. in mis- own
small and wiry person, intimated
that what he liked was rough stuff
and Mr.. George AIDE, in his preface
to Mr.. Wade S greatest work. says
"They are fond of food and fight
ing-quite Anglo-Saxon, one might
say, regular fellows"
The food, therefore, was of the rug
ged and substantial type rather than
the costly viands" of Miss Ash
from the young authors account of
an interview with Thomas A. Edi-
son, in which Horace asked the great
inventor if there were any way to
increase the capacity Of the human
boys stomach in respect of waf-
files.
Horace, in company with his faith
er and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
I. Wade. his brother. Edward. Jr.,
and Miss Marion Britton. of Dalton,
+n YAlS
morning in the course of lecture
or speaking tour that includes a
large section of the nation. He was
billed to speak at noon at the Spring
Street school, introduced by Gov
ernor Hugh M. Dorsey, on whom
L made his acquaintance.
Meeting Cordial
The meeting with the Governor
was cordial and business-like. After
their visit--the Spring Street school
gagement-Horace asked the gov
ernor if there was an amusement
park open in Atlanta.
The Governor Informed Horace
rather oracularly that if there was
one hundred miles. he was unaware
Of it.
Horace was manifest1y put out His
erudite young mind seemed running
on amusement parks. of the Coney
Island variety. He recently worked
York World. and Coney was one Of
his assignments. He also "did" the
Toombs, and Judge Gary, and a muir
der trial or two. and Thomas A.
Edison.
wanted to know what he extract
ed from Mr.. Edison. besides the in
ventor's inability to cope with the
problem of waffle displacement.
Horace grinned.
"Oh. he asked me where I came
said. My. that's awful and I said,
well. I was from Chicago later than
that, and he said that was still worse.
He's sort Of deaf in one ear and I
had to talk loud. They say he chews
tobacco, but didn't see him. Maybe
he does. Do you collect stampS?"
Coin Collector
said no; I tried to be a numis-
matte and collect coins, but had a
hard time getting them. He said he
had one he'd bet 1 didn't have, and
1t was German ten-pfennig piece.
His pockets also contained peanuts
and shells, box Of matches. string,
them-possibly notes for lectures,
though he speaks extempore; and
other matters you might expect to
find in any normal boys pockets.
Horace appeared to be a normal
boy in every respect, with the pos
sible exception Of having been dis
appointed in love. I gathered that
Horace had had sad experience with
a former fiancee.
This was Miss Mary Pickford, a
young woman not unknown to fame
It seems that they met while Horace
was taking a turn in the movies. and
that Mary promised to wait for him,
whatever a woman means by that.
The next time they met was in the
lobby of the Ritz Carlton, and in the