The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-10-10

a. Iong o. his mother but for his insane
idea of paying his man 70 wake him early
% that he might write his regulation $50
words each quarter Of m hour before
beginning bic otAeisi dutIesr ~
VXyHEN Mr.. nursIn wsz on the stan Of
w the Idier Archibald Forbes, the
war correspondent. came In one day to
talk about an article that he wanted 20
write. Jerome X. Jerome arranged Il
with him and In duo course tho article
appeared. The day after ils appearance
letter was received from cassells saying
that the fdiff had stolen the article.
which had already been published nv
them In hook form. Take them up the
nle ard show them Forhes's receipt for
the money!" said Jerome Indignantly. At
caasclls Bursin showed the receipt 20 tho
editor who received him. Tho latter
stared. said nothing. merely handing
over for inspection letter from Arohi-
bald Forbes denouneins tho fdler for
having stolen his article. we win eou-
slider cassclls's letter cancelled and apol-
cgise." said the editor "forbes must 10
losing his mind"
Mr.. RUPERT HUGHES IA one of mo
lu authors whose replies TO the letters
sent out two months ago asking for IN
formation about their 'nnuaual" eorfc-
spondents have been delayed by creun-
stances. Since Mr.. hughes has gone into
the game OF writing for the moving pss-
lures he has been deured With let.nS
from an over the world asking for photo
graphs and telling all sorts Of stories. lie
says: II receive an amazing number q
requests for photographs. many OF them
from people who apparently have nothing
else to do but write for photographs since
many OF them call me their pet actor. and
3ne addressed me rs Miss Rupert llaghes.'
saying. 1 adore you: you are my favorito
actress. Please send me your beautiful
picture" o. course. Mr.. Hughes receives
countless requests 20 collaborate or ~
turn into fortune making pictures rct-
sonai life stories: and OF course the usual
letters arrive telling him that he Is the
greatest author that ever lived. and tho
letters telling him that he Is The worst.
nT'T there was one short story that Mr.
ID Hughes wrote several years ago that
had an amazing response. II was called
"The Old Nest: it appeared first seria'ly,
then In book form and then on the screen.
1t was a tale describing the commonplace
experience Of a mother who raised large
family of children who loved her. but VINO
went their way. ana who returned home
or wrote home infrequenty or not at all.
She suffered from loneliness, but never
or expected her children 20
abandon their own careers In order TO
coddle her. She was Just the type OF the
mothers who have endured
and must always endure an inevitable
heartache. That story seemed TO infuriate
I certain type of critic. and one English
reviewer said that the mother was
monster of selilshness, and that the story
belonged rather In the field of psycilo-
Dathic than literary or dramatic criticism.
That, however. was very far from being
The general verdict.
MIR. HUGHES was In Paris wiien Tie
lVI story appeared serialIy and the first
response was bundle of letters, the first
If which ran as follows: Dear Sir--I
I'M q woman so years old. l had not
ieard from my son for two years. To-day
received long love letter from him EN-
losing your story The Old Nest and
pinned to it a check for four figures" The
second letter opened read: "You have
made hard travelling man weep. have
lot seen my mother for six months. /
rave just telegraphed her. | am taking
he o'clock train this afternoon" For
'ears Mr.. Hughes continued to receive
imilar letters. One came from Scotch
nan in Manila, WHO said he had Just
nailed his mother check for $3.50 and
| promise to spend his next vacation iii
Scotland with her. Other letters came
rom all over the world written by
Mothers who had received visits or tele-
rams or gifts from their children; from
hildren who had been moved to go home
II write home or send some token home.
THE publication of the book brought
another shower of such curious let
ers. With the making of the moving
'icture the shower became deluge In
he town of Los Angeles a woman told
ar Hughes that she had investigated the
of kilograms sent home by
eople who had seen "Tho Old Nest"
yinety-fye per cent Of them were sent
y men and per cent. by women. G.ys
dr Hughes: II asked her il many tpie-
rams were sent and she said, 'ThousaBdA
rom Los Angeles In some of the the
ters where the picture was shown Tia
Western Union Company set Up Telegraph
ooths. Exhibitors report strange agt.d-
ions among their audiences san,uis II
'hich was description an eslii;i$o. gt.~