The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-06-30
Shouting Son Scene
ofFathers Triumph
Mrs. Sinclair Lewis Says People of
East Are Delighted With
ELMER Gantry"

Mrs. Sinclair Lewis, wife of the
famous author of "Elmer Gantry,"
has arrived in Minneapolis to car
ry out her wish, and that of her
husband, that their son see Mr..
| Lewis home state, Minnesota, says
Friday evenings Minneapolis
Journal.
Tall and slender, and eager to
talk of her famous husband, Mrs.
Lewis said she enjoyed the hearty
reception given Mr.. Lewis newest
book on the churches of the United
States, of which she says she has
heard very bitter criticism.
"Of course, | don't know just
how everyone out here feels about
the book" she said, "but in the
east everyone likes it. can't be-
lieve that the host of ministers who
seemed to like Mr.. Lewis so much
when he was in Kansas City with
them, would change their feelings
overnight because of the publish
ing of the book. Mr.. Lewis is
thoroughly sincere in every book
he writes.
y"s'With every book before ELM
er Gantry' / helped him. This time
Ishad no experience with which to
assist him. [ was abroad with our
SON, Wells while he worked.
Mrs. Lewis and Wells will leave
Minneapolis in a few days for St.
Cloud, where they will visit Mr..
Lewis brother, DR.. Claude Lewis.
From there they will go to lStruth-
ers Burt ranch in Wyoming to
spend the summer. Mr.. Lewis, now
on a walking tour of Europe, will
return to this country in the fall
to join his family in New York.
"Wells has been schooled chief
ly in Europe" Mrs. Lewis said L.
"Now we have brought him back
to attend school in this country"
! Wells, who is II years old, is 50
unused to American ways that he
asked his mother what a conven.
.tion was when he learned of the
Iplumbers meeting in this city. He
lis a tall, blond boy, with very fai,
1skin. Mrs. Wells was dressed in a
,bblack tailored suit and hat and
.fWore string of pearl beads and
\ pearl earrings.
! .sMr. Lewis will begin another
book as soon as he arrives home, u
Ibis wife said. "He is a bounding
Spring of ideas for his novels. Ed
! ith Wharton once said me that
his ideas for the books he wants
to write are unending."
:, Mrs. Lewis, before her mair-
riage was one of the editors OF
Vogue, and conducted departments
in other magazines. Her last visit
to Minneapolis was made about
seven years ago.
"My husband feels that he miss
ed a lot by not being able to hike
with Wells and myself through
Europe last SUMNER Mrs. Lewis
said. "We had lots of fun in
Switzerland and Austria. That is
why Mr.. Lewis is now hiking in
France with friend of his, The
last 1 heard of him, several days
ago, he was in Alsace ard was en-
joying himself immensely. He
likes hiking trips more than any
thing else, and that is something
one can't do in this country. The
towns are so far apart that it is
impossible to walk from one tC
another. In Europe one starts out
from one town only to find him
self in another in a half hour OF
[so."
But charming as Europe is tc
herself and her son, he must be
brought up in his native land, fol
it is a nice country, Mrs. Lewis
said. The best way to start his ed.
ucation here is for him to see the
country. Then he will be entered
in school in the east to finish his
formal educational. IL