Salt Lake Herald | 1902-07-11 | Page 2 | Writers, be Brief

Writers Be Brief New York Tribune S An English journalist discoursing on j Wagners music dramas and their S even inhuman length l makes some sonic remarks which authors as well ell as composers might take tak to t heart When Wagner made the first act of Die Dle Mels Meis I alone last two hours he proved that in one Important respect h he did not know his business It is idle idl t to answer anser that Wagner had much to say and could not say BaS it In fewer minutes it should hays have been part of his craft t tsay to toS S I say It In fewer minutes Precisely and our modern modem author would do well to re remember I I member that It is part of his craft es especially especially when ho is writing fiction to cu cut cutto cutto to the bone When the wen went S out of fashion readers heaved a sigh o of relief relic for tor under the new regime the nov novelist saying what he had to say In a sin sinS S sic Ilc gb volume proved on the whole muc much better com company any than In the old days Vo Wo do not forget torget that the masters have hav covered some pretty extensive canvases L but as regards d novels today we are no not I talking l gs about masters What we complain PI of t Is that at the dabs dabster tel thinks noth I fills inc ing of hundreds fu spinning of his pages s story ry along until i Ip It