The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-07-03
Authors Are People


! Bill Adams IS an eN-sal!Or whose
work as a writer Is coming rapidly Into
recognition. From the Pacific Coast he
wrote recently 10 say: There are some
people in this world who are 50 stuck
on what Il pleases them 10 cal HteTa-
ture that they have long ago forGoitcn
that literature Is merely the art OF ~
Ing put into words and laid upon paper
Put your hand upon tho shoulder or
a countryman, or OF a traveller. or OF
sailor. and say 10 him. Emon Of son
have one on me- and he will link arms
with you and rejoice in having met up
with a fellow human being.
Say to city man. Isn't the morn
ing lovely and he Will give you the
sad eye OF superiority. as though You
were n heather with a ring in your nose.
Call r New York girl whom you have
never seen by her first name, and she
can't figure out what the devil Is up
Acountry girl replies. Dear. o'S n"-
Their. please write 10 me again. l !lke
the spring. don't your
That's The hang of II. city Knows
no seasons. 1t IS always sort CT
walled back yard whore tom cat
stretches and sk!n-faced newsboys yell
OF bloody murder. city Is n place
where people learn to take themselves
so seriously that they become as w7i;-
ened tombstones for the little loni!N
ghost OF JOY.
Pm working out in the trees, ware
the green grass Is long and IN" f'o"
peoples are all IN flower.
Biu winds up by asserting that he's
cha only living person ever bitten ~
mad rabbit with black tip TO his IT'i
ear"
One Of the first women to enter Jaw
son CITY after the gold rush OF l9S "aS
Mrs. Katherine Grey. whose hrst novel
"A Little Leaven." a story OF the Ken
.,,o,,,, ,nountaIneers. has Just been pub
! ushrd She had been left with her
bah,, IN town near San Francisco by
her husband, a mining engineer who had
,o,ncd in the stampede for gold. Mrs
! C.re,, missed him so terribly that de-
! snl,s the fact that her baby was only
TWO wears old and her friends sald Sn'
was behaving in7anely, she took pass
are on the FIRST boat that went up 10
, Al, ska after the winter Ice now inc
other passengers were newspaper men
professional gamblers md women OF
we'll, women. For when Mrs. Grey 20
came seaslck they took turns looking
after her baby. MIS- IreI
hodn.t the least idea whore her husband
was. ana WdUuCItu A'' '''
DAYS among the crowds Of Dawson
CITY. On the third day she met him
face 70 face IN the street MY God,
K,ts" ne said what arc YOU doing
bere?' What she was doing there. for
tho next few moments. was crying, IN
m. manner OF women on unhcaraoly
joyful occasions
Morgot Asquith told one 81 the char
actors OF Cosmo Ham!ltons The Rustic
Of SILK" makes fatter!ng remarks about
Mrs. Acqu!th's diary. laughed ana SAID:
'"Ths first person Two heard OF who
likes nv book" But the person talking
with her went on TO say: writing IN
Tho Spur Mr. Hamilton says some
very caustic things about your platform
ind scretions on your lecture tour IN
America" Margot nodded. Il know: I
read them. But then. CoSmo Hamilton
is the only man who can be impairment
without hurting ones feelings"
Sheila Kaye-Smith's great novel.
Joanna Golden" probably owes It's
dedication 70 w. L. George TO tho fact
that Mr. George was walking with her
In the Sussex lanes when they suddenly
came upon a Euady farm wagon in
Neld II was painted n vivid green and
touched In with stripes OF gold. On the
aide In large gold letters was the name
Of a woman farmer. Said Mr.. George
noIrting with hts stick: There's your
next novel The progressive woman
against a background OF the most rud'
ding-headed rcactionaries in all Eng
land" Miss Kaye Smith caught fire and
a lively discussion began; or. or you
want TO put II that way. the book itseIi
began. Another reason for the dedica'
tion to Mr. George Is friendship OF
long standing; II will be- recalled that
IN his book. Literary chapters. Mr.
George has some pages in praise OF
Shela Kaye-Smiths work.
What virtuous old poseur stewart
Edward White is getting to be! He says
that boat on which he's Nacationing In
Northern water has. No photograph