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The New York herald., 1922-03-26
What You Should Know
About American Authors

He went to Princeton, entering as
a Fresh Junior in the autumn OF
1891, and within a few weeks be-
came the great man" OF his class.
His ambition then was TO be an ar
tist. But one day Jesse Lynch VIII
liams. who was then senior, called
his attention TO a prize that was be-
ing offered by the Nassau Literary
MaqdSine for the best snort story
submitted. The senior told the
Fresh-Junior that he thought he
could write IL he tried. and urged
him to enter the competition. Tar
kington did so and won the prize.
His story was The Better Man.
In The Gentleman from Indiana
one of the scenes and some OF the
minor characters were spun from
that story.
Some years ago. in the columns
of the Princeton ilaB,ni Weekly
Mr.. Williams drew picture OF the
Booth Harrington he knew first in
undergraduate days. Twenty years
later the memory suggested to Mr.
Williams the figure of the pathetic
and fragile looking Bibbs of tbt
early chapters Of The Turmoil
II gave him six months to live Ht
was woefully gaunt. almost caday
erous, and had a concave chest. l
always made me feel that h"t
been sprung by one Of his spasmoai
exhalations of cigarette smoke -
that the breastbone hit the back
bone and stuck there. like pair o
collapsed bellows. That was al
most a quarter OF century agc
but | may add that until compare
lively modern times six mouths h
been the usual time allowed hir
not only by anxious friends, whs
of course. don't understand sue
things, but by famous physicians
Paris, Rome and New York. VIII
! of course, hare scientific know
edge. And Harrington. bein- n
kindest. most imasinativelv consll
crate person in the world, feels
real sense of shame and sorro
whenever he meets any of the'
famous scientists face TO face. F.
he has a convex figure now. and "a
stand longer hours of work thf
any member OF the authors tra'
union"
After Princeton the seven yea
OF the Indiana rail fence. and the
almost simultaneously. The &c
a tleman from Indiana. and Mo
e sieur Beaucaire" appeared. a.
ii readers were at once conscious tn
y new and vigorous personality h
d entered tho lists in the writing
4 American fiction. As faaffer
d fact there had been an earlier -
!" accepted. That was "Cheery
Il whimsical tale of under yrat'f
life at Princeton in nre-Revoiutis
IA airy DAYS. Harpe,.'s had taken tn
IS but for some reason - not u g
a. I'M the magazine until two or ~
K years after the author hid w7n u
-y ognition. "The Gentleman fr'
"a Indiana" was published N 'ssa
10 was not beyun till SOS ct ela'
r rating The Better Man alrea
q. mentioned, Mir. Harrington, had
The New York herald., 1922-03-26
Limited knowledge
Chinese History

A N irresistible magnet seems 10
~ draw the European scholar
away from China proper toward
the fringes and purlieus of the en-
pire. II appears TO be assumed
that events in China are uninterest-
ing unless they are in some way
connected with nor-Chinese peo-
pies. Just as the biographer of a
nonentity will make play of the fact
that his subject probably knew
Browning and George Eliot and
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about IL and how he came TO write
it At home. in his own country,
they don't care how he came to
write 1t. He's written 1t and that's
enough. But In America II is diff
ferent. One month after the dis
tinguished authors book on The
Boyhood of Botticelli" has appeared
in London he is seen to land in
New York very quietly out of one
OF the back portfolios of the Olym-
pic. That same afternoon you will
find him in an armchair In one OF
the big hotels, giving of impress
sions of America to a group OF re
porters. After which notices ap-
pear in all the papers to the effect
that he will lecture in Carnegie Hall
on 'Botticelli the Boy" The andi.
ence is assured beforehand.-Fr0n
"My Discovery OF England" Bl
Stephen LeacocE in "Rdrper's Mdgd
| SINE"
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Carlvie "Cives Up" Emerson.

CARLYLE would have had scaht
~ sympathy with the aims OF the
committee appointed by the Eccen-
tric Club Ito decide which member
during the previous twenty-tonF
ronrs has done most to brighten
London by cheerful acts or de-
meanor." The sage of Chelsea toid
Charles Kingsley how he once tried
to cure Emerson Of his persistent
ontimism. Il took him into the
worst Lonaon slums, showed MIN
What was going on. and said, 'Soo'
man. dye believe in the deeVli!'
oh no he replied. all these people
seem to me only parts Of the grea'
ms hine and, on the whole, thihh
tbev are doing their work very
satisfactorily.' Then / took him
down to the House OF Commons and
showed him ane chiel getting u
.fter anither and leeing-ieeinf
Tben I turned to him and said, 'Ant
moo. man, dye believe in IN
deeyil?' He made just the saih'
answer as before, and | then gav'
him up in despair. From the "a"
chester Guardidn.
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Holland House in Fiction.

TT OLLAND HOUSE has been
Ii portrayed in many memoirs
and novels. History. foreign as
well as English. has been made
there, and Mrs. Humphry Wards
romance entitled "Eltham House"
has been built around it. This led
to a spirited public protest on the
part of Lord Leicester In the pages
of the London Saturday Repieic.
He took exception not SO much to
the fact that Mrs. Humphry Ward
should have taken Holland House
and its owners, Lord and Lady Hol-
land, for her theme, but rather TO
the manner in which she portrayed
his kinsfolk, under the names OF
Lord and Lady Wing" giving them
a twentieth century setting. He in
timated that the portrayal was 10
the nature of a 'travesty of ques-
tionable taste" Lord Leicester con-
trasted "the lofty sense of, honor
the chivalry. the breeding, the In
finite tact and patience" OF the third
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English Diseoverer. of America

TT is now quite understood that
as soon as an English literary
man finishes n hook he is rushed
across to America to tell the people
Of the United States and Canada all
The New York herald., 1922-03-26
The Author of "a Shropshire
Lad"

The Author of "a Shropshire
Lad"
T AXE, for example. the poetry
L of militarism. In poetry inn
perialism is taken to mean kipling, |
so that one thinks instinctively OF
the "Recessional," and the white
mans burden. and phrases ironi-
cally banded about in the histori-
cal textbooks. The change to mod
ern war poetry comes through
Hcusman. For, while the irony
with which the historians treat i'm
perialism is justified. 1t is also mis-
directed. Thus we read that inn
perialism endures because it offers
opportunity for exploitation or
backward peoples. phrase almost
as resonant as anything in kipiing,
so that IL is not ur,sl one has
thought a hit that one sees how
false it is, and how, like many other
fine phrases in the textbooks. IT
seems TO have been uttered by that
strange invention. the economic
man-who. the economists will has
THY and wrongly assure you, is ex-
ploded. But men do not patiently
die for the economic exploitation of
backward peoples They die. not
for living capitalists but for dead
soldiers, because ii is the habit OF
humanity TO die that way. Tommy
Atkins alive is doubtless very I'M
pressiye. hut the reason why he no
longer looms large on the poetic
horizon is because of the superior
impressiveness of Tommy Atkins
dead. This is what Kiplinc ma.
never seen, but what Housnan ha'
seen.-FroH II. e. H0asRtdg, Las
,, OF the Romans" By H0icGrd Nun
ford Jones. in the "Doable Dealer
Henley's Likeness to Long Johi
Silver"
A FRIEND of both Stevenson AM
n Henley once reinforced tn
suggestion of Henley's likeness 3
!, John Silver by a story which ! be
lieve has hitherto not been pub
Eished. tt was an incident tina
should make a symbolical back
ground for Henley the critic.
was little more than the story OF
gesture; but it was one OF the mos
striking gestures i'm a certain vic
lent drama (which we call the hi:
/ tory of English literaturel since ii
"a curtain fell on Kit Marlowe, in ti
d days of the Mermaid Tavern.
i The scene was late at night, ou
te site a famous London theate
.r Ycu must picture the audienc
% cloaked and furred. streaming ol
II into the gas-lit fog. Whistles we
~ blowing for cabs and newspap
N boys yelling hoarsely. The light
. entrance of the theater made
nj kind of second stage. where a fe
rs groups fingered or dispersed fro
e time 60 time as the hansoms dro
~ up. On one side of this stage W
he large yellow and black post'
e,. advertising the play. Against q
al luridly appropriate backgrou
II stood the heavy figure OF the dral
ae atist himself, then at the height
al, his success. He was waging sol
), kind Of wordy warfare with q
4, other man. a man on crutch,
m certain struggling journalist, nam
Henley. But the successful dram
- tist was talking in a manner whi
= that particular kind of struggli
journalist, by the lock of his ey
would not be likely to endure
long. And to ciinch the VIII
"a. matter of their argument, as
lat dramatist let the last word
Lry and moved to the street. Henle,
led lifting his'head like n wounded u
pie swung up his crutch and hur
ali il, with oil the power of John
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yer behind it, straight at the head
of the worlds temporary favorite,
Oscar Wilde.-From The Poetry of
w. Il. Henley" By Alfred Noycs IN
"The Contemporary Reuieo."
Phillips County herald., 1922-05-18
Ner.,s Scarce

The Herald this week is shy on
news, but we can't help it. People
are net only being good. they are
doggone quiet. Even the Overland
Unlimited seems to try and slip
through town without any noise.
If someone would shoot up the
town, it would make news. To shoot
down Main street in fiivver is not
news, as it happens every day.
The farmers and their wives are
busy. SO our country news is not what
it was. Then The Herald coming
out a day earlier causes day to be
lost when it seems so much generally
happens.
The Herald mans lame eye makes
him not hardly half hand. but there
is no use complaining. In time we
hope everything will be normal again.
Phillips County herald., 1922-05-18
The Judge Victim
Of Circumstances

AYour statement in last weeks pa
per regarding cut price, on weddings
Is like the empty box--there is moth
ing in 1t.
"The county commissioners changed
my Office recently, and the sign on
my door had been placed there by
my predecessor.
THE old prices govern.
Thus writes Judges Holland in an
swer. to our article that according
to the sign on his Office door he was
performing marriage ceremonies for
a dollar--half the customary price.
So the judge is a tictim of circum.
stances. Maybe the fellow who slip
ped Rev. Bennett the dollar bill got
confused about the two Methodists,
All right, judge, two bucks goes,
and that is considerably cheaper than
we got, off-at time when there
was no talk about prewar prices.
Phillips County herald., 1922-05-18
Circus Day

Saturday is curcHs day, and. the
town is preparing to care for a big
crowd No one seems to know much
about the Christy show When the
show was billed two cars were
switched here. The mayor was told
they had twenty-five cars. The show
will be at the fair grounds, with two
performances AFTERNOON and evening.
Their license calls for one main show
and enc side show
Mayor Struble told the man taking
out the license that anything that
was not clean would be closed up.
He was promised there would be
nothing distastSful
The biggest yarn told on circus
day is by the nien, The barker at
the. side show m% tell more yarns,
but they are taJna compared to the
one told by the man about why he
is at the circus. 1t, he has children.
they are to blame for his being
there. II he has no children, then
the wife is to blame. If he has no
wife. then he tells some other yarn
about why he is there. They are all
yearns. He is there because the av-
erage man cant be kept away from
a circus any more than woman
can be kept from millinery store
before Easter. And he yarns about
it. You never heard man say he
went to the circus. because he wanted
to. He must blame someone for his
being there.
Phillips County herald., 1922-05-18
ALL-YEAR USE OF AUTOMOBILES
INCREASES FROM YEAR TO YEAR

1T is interesting to see everywhere
this year. the increased number Of
motor cars in use all through the
winter. And it is also interesting to
note the e>>causes which have brough.
this condition about" says d. S. Ed.
dins. salesmanager in Denver.
In the first place, peopls are more
dependent upon motor transportation
than sever before. Those who own
cars have arranged their time on tn,
basis OF automobile use They are
accustomed to doing more in day
than before. In some cases they have
established their homes in locations
best accessible by motor car. To hn
deprived Of their automoblles.for sey-
eral winter months would mean nh
comfortable changes in their very
habits Of living. falling back upon
the use OF inferior conveyances. loss
OF the personal independence which
motor cars AFFORD and many pcrsonai
discomforts in getting about which
winter always brings in its train.
Because Of this people are not put
ting up their cars for the winter rs
they used to do. Once they haze
driven cars the yenr round they
never think any more about doing
without their cars at any time. e.
"of course automobiles are being
built better today than ever before.
They are being improved all the time.
Every years finds thom hettcr able to
meet all kinds OF travelling conditions.
"Owners. too. have become mora
and more familiar with what their
cars win do. They expect more and
they get II. II is true also that bet.
ter streets and roads in all parts of
the country have helped to increase
Phillips County herald., 1922-05-18
Court House Mystery
Finally Cleared Up

rs the Phillips county court house
haunted? No.
For some time there have been un-
usual sounds emanating from the
large garret in the court house. Oc-
OCCASIONALLY it seemed that the dis
trict court room was iphabited. At
times there would be heard tap.
tap, tap. Then it would be peck,
peck, peck. Judge Holland had grown
more gray. Olen Holland had lost
considerable hair Judge Weir had
aged noticeably. The sheriff didn't
care to hang around his office much.
1T is said Mike Galligar, when he
heard that noise, would make dive
for the furnace room, where he has
a hiding place.
The county commissioners had
been implored to do something be-
fore the up stairs occupants got
worse. While at the east end of the
court house recently they noticed
woodpecker fly up in the gable and
disappear in hole. Presently an
upstairs occupant stuck his head out
of a window and yelled. THE spooks
are busy again" The commissioners
went up stairs, and soon heard tap,
tap, tap. and peck, peck, peck The
woodpecker was busy. First he
would neck on the lath and then nm
the plaster.
The nerves OF the court house oc-
cupants have become noticeably
steadier. Mike no longer shies at
his shadow. The mystery has been
cleared up. The place is not haunted.
An innocent and Industrious wood
pecker almost made mad house out
OF Phillips county.s temple Of Justice.
Phillips County herald., 1922-05-18
, Council Meeting


\ TAs town beard met Monday even
ing, with all members present but
Alderman Hurris, Mayer str,ible pre-.
siding.l1p ss ~
Bonds OF the lssveral new officers
were presented and efavorably passed
upon.
q DR.. r. M. Means was appointa ed
city physician, and c. r. Peter police
judge.
The mayor and clerk were given
authority to put on extra police for
SHOW day The clerk was instructed
to purchase half a dozen officers
badges. gss X
Cleanup week was discussed, and
it was agreed that If some pieces OF
property about town were not cared
for by the owners that the board
would have to take, hand.
There were also some sanitary con.
ditions discussed that must be rer,,
edied before warm weather.
Some miscellaneous bills were !
lowed.
Phillips County herald., 1922-05-18
Do You Snore

The person charged with snoring
would no doubt declare he would new
er convict on circumstantial edidence.
You never heard yourself snore, but
you have heard others snore Others
have heard you 5nore. but never
heard themselves You know your
wife snores and she knows you snore.
You don't know that you snore and
she don't know that she snores.
II we 90 according to the philoso-
nher. 1t all depends ON circumstances
as to whether you snore or not. He
declared that II tree fell In the
forest, and there was no ear to re
ceive the sound. then there w1s- m
SOUND
Then. II you snore. and there nc
one to hear Il, you don't snore.
Many years ago we saw picture
supposedly showing Brigham Young.
He was sitting up In the middle OF
bed so wide that neither side could
be seen. The wives lay close togeth.
er and filled the bed. Brigham had
his lands over his ears TO shut out
to snoring. II he succeeded. then
We suppose his wives were not snor-
ing.
Phillips County herald., 1922-05-18
Thirty Years Ago

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. John Nor
seen, daughter. on April H.
The Hoiyoke fire boys get there ey.
cry time, and they put out the fire
too.
Mrs. Price Of Nebraska is visiting
her daughter. Mrs. George L. Clark
OF Holyoke.
E. N. McPherrin has had flower
garden fenced off near the court
house and sEe will be expected to
sport some fine buttonhole boquets
this summer.
William Clemmons has sold the
furniture in the B. & NJ. Eating House
to Mr.. Sanders OF Holdrege. who will
hereafter keep the house.
Dick Sholes had a runaway last
Saturday and his cart partly demol
ished.
w. H. Stout has purchased q tree
claim from Ira Worley.
At the regular melting Of the Hol
yoke nre department Monday night
G. W. Garland was elected as his
own successor rs fire chief.
J. S. Bennett returned to Hclyoke
last week. after an absence OF q cou
pie Of weeks at York. Nebraska.
Francis Bennett came down from
Denver this week. where he has been
attending school. to spend vacation
at home.
C. B. Timberlake was assistant sec
retary of the Republican state con
yention held at Denver last week.
City Marshal Dickerson informs us
that by Saturday night he win have
finished planting between fifteen and
sixteen hundred shade trees on tn
streets Of Holyoke. =
Mr.. Glover is farming c. J. Slaters
claim.
There is no better location In the
west for -four mill than Holyoke.
We have a larger territory OF good
productive land to draw from than
any other town within one hundred
miles of lis. and this land is very diff
iicult to beat in che production OF
wheat.
E W. Dearcup. the jeweler. has
painted neat sign on his show win
dow.
Judge Clynn hald the regular May
term OF distric, court at Holyolse this
week.
p. j.. Dempstcr has been appoint
cd city attorney This is good Sc
lection. and Mr.. Dcmpster viii per.
form the duties OF that Office In u
manner satisfactory to all.
Phillips County herald., 1922-05-18
Peter Was Only Love-Sick Old Tailor
= HicAGO.-Ilad II not been for an

CHICAGO.-llnd II not been for an
\ Idle wind that waited the teasing
aroma OF wcll.hrowned pancake
across the pathway Of Peter Kuztzi,
sunppy inilor nt 1901 Cleveland ave.
little
Peter first knew the pnngs OF love
four years ago. when. following the
nromn ~ pancake. he came 10 the
sitche,i window " the Olivct institute
NJ ~ Blnckhnwi, street. and within
fnw ieonn Merthls. the cook.
Within n year they were engaged.
Livery dny at luncheon time he passed
The window nnd smcllcd aud smiled.
She smiled IN return until few
days ngo. Then her smile turned TO
tcorn,
I've changed my mind" she said.
I'm never marry u tailor"
Peter enve up his goose. flls suit.
However. refused 10 prosper Then.
tired Of waiting for her to again accept
hls ring. he called with n revolvcr.
"wiii you marry mcf" he asked when
he found her mixing u cnke In the
Kitchen.
Never" rhe replied. "lf there's no
choice but ym. I'll I've cook MI my
ira"
Phillips County herald., 1922-05-18
Twenty Years Ago

The school election In Holyoke re-
suited IN the election OF c. ~ Mow-
ry us treasurer of the school board
a number OF the friends OF Mr.. Aai
Mrs. c. G. Beyard gave them sur
prise at their home south OF Holyoke
Wednesday evening.
Over an inch OF water fell In the
recent rains In this county.
Robert Hunter OF Pennsylvania Is
visiting his brothers In Holyoke.
Mrs. Frank conlin Of Sheridan,
Wyoming. came down to Holyokc on
Wednesday for u visit with her
mother
c. NJ. Mowry Is having some I'm.
proyemhents made on his dwelling
house. porch and bay wIndow be.
Ing built
Robert White has recently added q
large now tank and system OF pipes
10 the water plant on HIS Residence
property. aud Ia now well fixcd for
successfully irrisating his lots.
John r. Warren OF Haxtun and Mrs.
Jonic English OF rhaycr. Missouri,
were married at Hoiyokc on wcdnes.
day. aiay II. =. c. churning. J. r..
officiating.
Aiiss Jennie Holland and her broth.
or olin entertained number Of
young fffcnds at their home Satur.
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harney Clark are 70.
joIcing over thc arrival Of u fine bay
at their home on Thursday. May s.
n. A. Snyder has had some repairs
made on his dwelling house In Hol.
yoke. preparatory TO having Il
painted.
II Ia reported that Ole ffcrigstcd
will bring wife home with him on
his return from his visit to his on
home IN Norway
Phillips County herald., 1922-05-18

the winter use OF motor transporta.
tion.
"As matter Of fact it is when the
weather is cold or is disagreeable
Otherwise that the use of an auto.
mpbile is most enjoyable as well as
ptpctical. And in present winters
ymbtor cars have proved their ability
to transport their owners when and
where other means of conveyance
have failed.
This is especially true of the light,
yet sturdy and powerful car. the type
th4( Is proving the most convenient
|eh4 economical for general use At all
tllles. II has the advantage over
heavier cars through snow and other
b,al winter conditions.
he development Of closed cars Of
TN 5ps has had . very great innu
enc % ths increase Of motor car use
ia winter. When you consider thai
you ran enjoy sll the comforts Of the
clg4f1 0er ~ any weather, together
'Hb an the superior advantages Of
a. Jendability and economy OF light,
ofen cars It is impossible to see why
anyone should deprive himself of mo
It& transportation through the win.
u. In fact, it is easy to see why
~ practice OF winter driving Is In
cieasing in popularity.
s''1ssen closed cars are within the
means Of practically everyone. And
people are buying them, now. ut this
sime of the year for use this spring
and next fall and winter. And Il Is
dge to the present low price of oual.
i;y, completely equipped cars of both
opea and closed types that you are
Ecing to see more automobiles in use
nuxt winter than ever befor."
Phillips County herald., 1922-05-18
Removing the Squirt

We asked Joe Frederick II he kept
canned grapefruit, and he unbosomed
himself thusly: 'sNo. sir: do not
sell canned grapefruit. and unless
change my mind. l will not handle
it, In its original state Il Is the most
popular fruit. Why? Because Il Is
no respecter OF persons and will
spar with those Of high and low es.
tate. II Il can't win on points II
will on squirts. The fellow who
goes one round with half grape
fruit at breakfast is fit for the day.
If he eats dish of canned grapefruit
he will have no more speed than had
he ate n dish OF prunes.
Grapefruit without the squirt is
no more popular than a raisin with.
out kick."
Phillips County herald., 1922-05-18
Vanity Failing Especially Prevalent in the
Male Sex in All Ages
ny lady pIANA MANNERs. EnglI.h peau.y.



Men hate 10 be called vain. wcgcr indictments
with far degree Of eIuanim Call them hearess cxtrayagnnt
lazy. selfish dceu unprincpled downright
wicked they admit the impeachment any they
viii prepared argue the point Call vain they immc
diately ny into passion.
Ey yany pride personal appearance aud
bo clearly shown that TO the general this failing
ca prevalent the male and has been ages and
countries
Undoubtedly the most manly Of professions perhaps the only
which his likely to be seriously challenged the
fession Of Yet what - it that first strikes the
with regard scldien Surely the number ncy
and the magnhcncc OF their uniforms These beautiful clothes
Mas useful purpose the field Of battle and the outbreak
they have to b discarded which TINT they the first place
adopted solely to crafty mnps passion for dressing up
The military profession h. however, BY only n
which have succeeded hiring their fancy would
in fact be hardly too much that unable any
capacity until s has what he considers the