Show I BUBBLE AND SQUEAK 1 In condemning modern literature merely because it is modern we should remember that that which we substitute substitute tute and praise because it is ancient was wag once modern and if worthy of 01 praise should be perennial and hence modern Independence is a very precious and pleasant quality but we often have to mortify the flesh and the spirit in or order order der to gain it S a S a SIt a aIt It has always seemed to me mc that one who truly literature can belong to no nation in thought a a The only providence for old age is youthful prudence a a S The best conversationalist may be a dun dull companion for he is apt to mo monopolize monopolize aU all the talk talkS S The English insist upon their supe superiority so much over aU all other people in inand inand and out of season that we cannot help suspecting that they are terribly afraid of being taken for what hat the they really are S S England is particularly a nation de despising itself in what It might call caU its descending scale a a a aThe The veneration of the old is less rca rea reasonable than the veneration of the new an addition to the old The worship of the old at the exPense of the new is the worship of the acorn and scorn of the grand oak tree fun full of sap and vI vitality taIl ty The lovers of for forget forget get that their cups and saucers tomor tomorrow tomorrow row will be too Credit is usually much more impressive impressive sive than cash The young man wIth an account everywhere is the envy of the young man who has to pay his way WALTER VALTER BLACKBURN HARTE HARTES S S S Three plays by stOry K Viele Rupert Hughes and Winston failed in swift sUccession sion It Is a very different game but you cant make the storyteller believe it SS S Mr Clyde Fitch Is of the opinion that If Hamlet were produced nowa nowadays nowadays days It would be referred to as a bully Bowery melodrama Very likely And yet curIously enough Hamlet reads well in book form whereas the pla plays ts of Mr Fitch do not 55 Told by the Press Agent John KendrIck Bangs has a little son whom he is fond of using for tor copy He Is a great reader of the newspapers though of course he does not com compre pre he d everything that is In them j pa he asked the other morning what are the s powers doing at co 1 The powers my son replied the parent gravely have gathered at al Morocco to bind the peace of Europe Mr Bangs new book The Pink Can will witt be published next month by the Harpers A prepossessing young lady was recently re recently asked at a studio tea what she thought the chief characteristic of Rob Robert Robert ert W Chambers must be She replied promptly QuIck action Pressed lot for foran lotan an explanation she saId she gained the idea from his novels in which all hit his heroes make a quick getaway and win the heroines heart In a romp The will bring out six new books by Ir dr Chambers this spring 4 It will be of interest to admirers ol of the automobile stories by the William Williamsons sons to know that they wore entirely written in a garage Mr Williamson usually lies under his hi motor while he writes but Mrs WillIamon WilliamE On prefers n hi barrel for a desk Their new book The uThe Road Burners will he be ready in May S S S Gossip about a successful authors methods of composition Is always per fascinating to those the profession of leUere as well as to those within the charmed circle Mary E is ono one of the most conscientious of authors She he always decides on what her story Is to be be before before fore she begins writing and theta then writes on ruled paper leaving every other line blank When the tale Is fin finished finIshed the blank lines are filled with lo local local cal color and the manuscript is ready for the printer Mrs Freemans new novel The Line Fence is in press for June S Mrs 1115 Pearl John Oliver Craigle Hobbes was vas recently presented to the Punjab of Hellebore Does she write asked the Punjab afterwards Write We should say so One of her latest books Is The Flute of Pan which Mr Joseph h Choate said was a perfect picture of court life In Eng England England land The prIncess of Wales consults it on all occasions Her new novel is awaited in select circles with the ut utmost Utmost most interest 4 HenrY Wallace PhIllips author of Mr is eccentric like all genIuses He wears a blue and white sweater and rubber boots when ln in invited out to dInner and recently ap appeared appeared at a wedding In carpet slip slippers slippers pers and a mackintosh Everybody wIsh to read his forthcoming book Damn which has sold two editions In advance of publication Manager Wilson ot of the or orchestra orchestra chestra states that 1 people eople who for formerly formerly merly loved music are now paying more attention to bridge whist than to music Mr Wilson probably means menns the people who formerly pretended to love music People are becoming more honest due to the efforts of the I magazines and the ox ex posers Besides bridge whist is not ot otan an amusement but a disease di a when hen I 1 tight ht says MarIe Co rolli uI I do not hit below the belt but give my any straight blows in the open My my any Anybody like to go four rounds ith Terrible Marie of the double chin |