Show HORACE WADE YEAR OLD AUTHOR In a locked room lying flat upon his stomach with a stub pencil held firmly Horace Atkinson Wade Vade the year old eleven old old novel novelist st writes stories of terrifying mountain bandits hairbreadth hairbreadth hair hair- breadth esc escapes pcs and heroic rescues His mascot is a teddy bear who watches watch watch- es him in his hours hour of literary effort and regards critically his tales of bo boys s 's wh who o regardless of th the press press of most exciting circumstance always find tint time to eat r Horace ace s son n of air Mr and Mrs Edward Ed Edward v ward I. I Wade of Chicago was born bora borny borni y i in n St. St Louis March 26 20 1 1908 possibly OS possibly with a pencil in his hand Anyhow Anyhow- according to his parents parents' statement p fi he has has' been writing most of the time since then and last August he spent three weeks s on a novel entitled In ill Inthe f v the Shadow of Great Peril PerU which prefaced by Geor George e Ade and praised b by IrvIn Cobb was waa published in Il Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago February of this year To quote n from om the preface Master Wades blades lads wear freckles and aim s va B ht for forthe forthe forthe the Jaw ja with ever every y punch Horace is a n pupil in the Carter Practice school sch oJ He f is a e ahead of his class and expends surplus ene energy gy in the ex excitement of football baseball skating and hiking with the lone scouts scout He Is Is- Is Isa a thoroughly Y red blooded American boy Those agreeing with IrvIn Cobb who lays Jays To my way of thinking ho hohas hohas hohas has imagination he has balance and pro proportion most marvelously unusual considering his age and he has a wider choice of words than I should have believed ed it possible for a boy of his age ge to have will be glad to know that Horace is planning a sequel l to his published published- volume an and hey eagerly await awalt The Heavy Hand nand of Justice I |