Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-03-21 | Page 4 | "I"M Already Engaged," Said Granddaughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne; but Suitor No. 2 Won Her

Im I'm Already Engaged Said Granddaughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne but Suitor Won Her I PEDEN W. W rims e terms ack to k f S. S BEATRIX HAWTHORNE NEW EW YORK CITY W WILL ILL YOU MARRY HE IE CLIFFORD SMYTH z k 5 11 a S E i r O mt Two cablegrams climaxed Clifford Smyths Smyth's year five fight to win wire Beatrix Hawthorne Smyth i la is editor editor edi edi- tor of t the e International Book Beok Review and a well known author I By HORTENSE SAUNDERS NE NEA Service er NEW YORK March 18 iS Clifford Smythe cast Beatrice on sight eight for the role of wife in the first and only play he ever directed and then waited five years to gain her cabled consent to play that role in his own life This was some quartet quarter of a century century cen can tury ago Just after his return from Colombia where he had been American consul In his native city of New York he was to direct an art amateur play with a cast selected from New NewYork's Yorks York's literary and artistic set Miss Hawthorne daughter of Julian Hawthorne and granddaughter ter of the famous Nathaniel was one one of the group of The her the lead with no further proof of of her fitness than thaD her ability to charm him Naturally says the director ex-director her performance seemed Inspired and arid above reproach though I may have viewed it with diced eyes But I was delighted to fir ti that 1 at she satisfied the rest of the di 1 aswell as aswell aswell well and that her only stage stag ex experience et- et x was a creditable one After the excitement of rehearsal and production was ivas over oret- Smythe found an unexpected obstacle In his path Miss Hawthorne was en engaged engaged engaged en- en to another He pleaded his ca case cae e but the rival was strongly entrenched in the ladys' ladys favor anc his hiB proposals were definitely refused Smythe lost Interest in theatricals and In the literary set that had welcomed welcomed wel wel- corned him so eager eagerly He returned to South America Later he went to Panama But there was considerable correspondence correspondence correspondence corre corre- between the rejected suitor and Miss Hawthorne One day dayS a particularly hot and unpleasant ant one when there seemed no reason reason reason rea rea- son for living JIving the authors author's breakfast breakfast break break- ta fast t tray W AI r brightened by a a. letter In handwriting that was very dear Clear to him Among other items of interest it contained the Information that thai the rival had been dismissed the en engagement engagement engagement en- en broken and and and- Well Vell he didn't read the rest of the letter th then n. n He rushed to the nearest cable office and the reply was Yes Smythe caught the first boat Their marriage Joined two of the Important literary families or this countr country Smythes Smythe's mother was a writer and one of the first American American Ameri Amen can women to lecture on literary subjects The Smythes' Smythes old home in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York with a theatre on the top floor was a salon to to which all celebrities came as as' as asa a matter of course His aunt was Anna Cora Moore author of Fashion the first American play of manners manners-a a play that won von high praise from Edgar Edgar Edgar Ed Ed- gar Allen Poe Their library with many of Nathaniel Nathaniel Nathaniel Na Na- thaniel Hawthorne's old books and valuable letters and documents from other famous authors of his period Is one of the finest in the country IN JUNGLE TOWN Few men have the entree to the social circles of at elephants wild dogs and blue whales that is vouchsafed d to H H. Smyth head of ot the mines department department department depart depart- ment in South Africa who writes of ot his experiences In Sea Wake Vake and Jungle Trail Stokes One day he went sailing In the Me and was pursued by a veritable Dick the Moby loby Second Its them read sails the chief rigger said Sharks and all them big things lik likes s red for bait AVAST AVAST COLLECTORS COLLECTORS RS Another and this time a a. sufficiently sufficiently blood curdling addition to maritime lore has be been n compiled by J. J G. G Lockhart in Strange Adventures Adventures Adventures Ad Ad- ventures the Sea Stokes Stokes Stokes-ac- of ac accounts counts of murders treasure hunts piracies mutinies and hideous wrecks