Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02
by the Hunk Norm.

8rl quito certain that one OF tho
rec most constantly and careful
read hooks this sprinR VIII he
Diet and Health. with Key to the
alorics." or course. Americans need
for they arc essentially a nation
nibblers. Watch them In the thea
rs. on tho trains. round the soda
untains or tho tea rooms. In the
(cuTity OF their own homes. The
Fnerican who goes two OF his wax
8g hours without partaiirH OF a
tie nourlshmcnt Is rare.
1t must be fully twenty years ago
at Mary Johnston made her first
8g success. In "Silvcr Cross" feel
@ has struch twelve agaiu. 1t is
hat might be called a lighting book.
IL IN going 10 canse controversy
along it's pathway. | can think
no class OF readers who Will leave
Is book without being In violent
re encnt or diSagr ccmant WITH Miss
Il I'M etons findings. ! cannot imagine
~ - . going away from the book
Hind ~ the beauty that IL In H.
wcvcr. II ! were TO make n list
i this seasons books which every
e should read. ! should einphatical-
place silver Cross" near the top
the list.
Mcrrirk Loves Amrricn.
8In casual way We know that
= onard Mcrr!Ck is one Of the Eng
writers whose reputation was
|ide In America rather than In his
I'm country. ], is rather OF sur
Use. therefore. to find him saying.
w very good reason there actual
Is for his fondncse for AmerI-
ms. III II weren't for American
j blications, which took my stuff
enty and more years ago. should
obably have died of starvation. The
Figlish publications simply wouldn't
me. or when they dih they pad
tho mttu!'icent sum ~ four shill"
Ne and siNpcnce story tabout 90
- nts at the present eSChnngo.
ter while they raised ms price
six shiiiings story El2D. There
other reasons why / love Amer
- a. was about twcnty when
- ent there ami stayed nine months.
i was reporter and lived in a
harding house on West Fifteenth
feet. What a boarding house!
hvcr have / seen another like It.
never even hope to see an
- her like Il. II was an oasis IN tho
scrt. What remains most clearly
my memory are the meals. There
10 people who Tell me that Amcri-
ms do not know how To cook. but
KNOW better. was Il very hungry
col
o much 10 eat in England. and !
an certainly no modest ndmircr OF
"a table OF that boarding house"
BY products are always interesting.
! rhapS the most interesting by
oduct OF Mrs. Asqu!th's visit to this
in,ry is the new edition OF "Dodo."
4 book which made +. T.. Henson
! Tous overnight. and which IL has
Mays been claimed found it's pro-
a. tn, 20
Struggle DishrnrtcninE One.
= II is forty i've years since Frances
Ddsson Burnett began writing. Yet
Hr nrst novel THAT Lass a. Low
&e's." published in 1877, Is SIN SELL
g. while people who read little
)rd Fauntlcroy- as childrcn are
8iying II for their grandchildren.
= ne is one OF the few writer's who
= ,vc always chung 10 romance. and
G story OF her own hrSt attempts
d writing !s n romantic one. II IT.
Id that her family. who had just
mo from England. was living in
reat poverty IN Tennessee. and that
@ enrncd tho money for postage 10
- nd her first stories TO Northern
4aEa2in"s by picking blackbcrr!es.
the forty 1--WE years she has lost
8)ne Of the romantic glamour she can
hit about her child characters. Robin
arct Lawlcss. the little heroine of
The Head OF the House of Coomhc'
Il 'omptly adds herself TO the galaxy
4 Mrs. Burnctt's children. and our
8lly regret is that all OF Robins
q Org could not have been put into
he volume. We are so out OF prac-
3ce In waiting for second volumes.
To beginning authors IL frequently
ems that tho struggle to secure
publisher is dishcartcning one.
1hey seldom realize that tn" race Of
|ibliShcrs for an author can he an
en- more absorbing chase. The day
ems almost gone by when authors
fld publishers are tied together for
- &c whole OF writer's career. Now
is an exciting struggle TO capture
successful or promising authors
ext book. ono Of the most impor-
- ut of these captures is that of John
[ournos. Doran brought out the first
&vo of John Cournos' books. Now
H. hear that three American pub
8shcrs have been angling for him.
BIT that he has signed a contract
it'll Iioni & L!veriSht for his next
q box, Babel" We should lac very
8roud To claim John Cournos as an
mcrican. though his early childhood
az passed in Russia and he Is at
resent living In England. One
american critic has said that Amer
IA has produced just three supcrla-
be literary geniuseS Mel
lie. Walt Whitman and John Cour-
os.
By-PrOduct Of Prohibition.
Prohibition has had many. many
~ products. one Of the strangcst
q these we discover In John Pros
acr's novel, The Gold Killer" II
as brought about new crook. For
Is long as there has been a tradition
fooks have been supposed To spend
heir Of-time In saloons. Different
Passes OF crooks consortcd in hang
outs restricted to their particular
8k. There would be one place where
aickpockcts gathered to drink and
Ian and form new partnerships. an
Their barroom would he devoted
b safe blowers and there a cracks
6ian would drop in while on n pro-
fss!onal tour and pick up pal or
8et precious information, while n
can well-lighted cafe might he n
rendezvous for con men. one cclc-
rated character owned string OF
6-Soons In Chicago. each OF which
"F devoted to some particular brand
crooks. Now. with prohibition
traditional hangout is gone. or
iero it remains ii is liable to raids.
raids are something unpleasant
4 the crook. Now no has gone into
he hannts OF the respectable, SAYS
3ohn Prosper. They meet in their
ats and find their amuscmcnts I'm
he cabarc,s and dancing places Of
hc ma iority. While the crook spcnt
is off-time in rough saloons he