Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-07-27 | Page 38 | [Untitled]

! a II IK SALT LAKK TIMIU'NK, SUNDAY MOK'N i N('L .SILLY -J7. 1!MP. --1 ' - I I! Ail ihLii! i! I Will Write a "TORCHY" and "SHORTY M'CABS" Story ! for The Salt Lake - Tribune 1 1 tvery iiaclay liepiiiiMii Aingiisc o FOR TEN YEARS SEWELL FORD'S STORIES WERE THE LEADING FEATURE OF THE jj ASSOCIATED SUNDAY MAGAZINES ; ! "Torchy" and "Shory McCabe" are known and loved throughout the country. Sewell Ford's earlier stones about these delightful characters have appeared in eleven volumes, and have had an enormous sale, to which j only the sales of O. Henry and Richard Harding Davis are comparable. j This Series Will Consist of I ... Absolutely New Stories '' - ; - ! ! A COMBINATION OF HUMOR AND FICTION THAT IS j UNIQUE : T These new stories are replete with humor and heart - interest ' p that is characteristic of Mr. Ford's work. "Torchy" and j "Chorty" are Americans to their finger tips. If there is any- '.'', ' ' : i j (thing going on, they want to be in the midst of it no matter J . , if it is a war, a new dance, or an adventure in the heart of " " .' Mexico. ' , ' Sewell Ford Is Not Only One of America's Greatest Authors T' j He Is Also One of Our Half Dozen Greatest Humorists. ' ' ' j His plots are timely and in' themselves delightfully funny. The ' - , 7 ; ' vernacular of his characters, right up to the minute in our lat- u y" vVy j ' est twists of the language, is a scream. ty' 7 IU t Mr. Ford started his career as a newsboy in a little town in i:t;.'-?jj;i Michigan and saw life from many different angles before he be- 'j '' ' ' ':':ryC:,j:ujj:s::i !j came famous. He knows how to write about "real life" be-;' v ' ; -1 v ';;;;IH j i j cause he has lived it. His "Torchy" and "Shorty McCabe" ' ; ' frtti&yiVll'' stories will never die in the minds and hearts of their readers. - 1 ; ' Vf ; f 5 H t, jj They touch too deeply the great human emotions that every ''llv0'yVJ'ii ' Jll man and woman must experience who comes in contact .with, ; l ' ' ''..vr;- Jf other people. '' '':', , "K"r:','..'i l, I The First Story Will Appear in The Tribune Sunday, August 3 SEWELL FORD