| Show orui I r OUR LONDON LITERARY LETTER J j thru thu t t vu t U Special Correspondence lO Feb Jeb having biasing met W Pelt Pett Hidge once or twice t re cc recently LONDON LO L curiosity urlo l led Ill me time le to 10 turn tr h up itt the helpful 1 II Who with Ith the Iho object of ot discovering what this title novelist of oC side streets to o use IC his own on expression lon tutu had hlll named as its his hil favorite recreation I found It given gl U characteristically as tin lS roaming east aRI of ot and Ind south which It Il IlU may U be bu explained Is the time squalid local locality loal ity 1 it where whee the tho author of Lost Property ProperlY and lud A Suit Son of the tho State fluids ld I most of nf his I do not think lii oh how however ever eser that tItle this really Is Pelt Pet favori to recreation It 1 I t Is II like him not notto notto to 10 say II It I but hUt mummy any UI one who ho knows him hll well steil wel would tell tel you 01 that flint this conscientious cOl clel Interpreter of time III custer cu te 1013 undoubtedly linde his hil greatest t pleas ideas pleasure ure hi re In III I mu doing 1011 uig things t It lags for tor needy need II He lie Is at ul It all ni the year round hut but of o lute late line has been leen no so 4 especiallY active aIo In itt Inthe 11 the time Interests of ot tho tIme poor loot 1101 as nil ashe 01 he Ito would call them that It II Is lit II doubtful If It I f he ho line has his found foul time to do ulo any a 1 le I Il 1 work stork ork at itt lt all ull ni Only a ti I few tel lays days ago ngo I heard of ot him hll as ns the time presiding genius at nt n mt lavish tea II for blind children n at itt atI II I I E lx hull hall hal at mit lt which over 01 itO sightless various rlou Institutions little folk tolk from em tilled filled with wih good things Lust Suit Sat Saturday Hit Pelt Pett Pel nut and some other theta mem members urta which he belongs hers bore of ot a society to siw to It II that nearly 1000 children front from the tho slums rhinos visited I nn aim east tail end panto pantomime mime and atul were regaled with wih ether and oranges mind front trl a n morning paper I III learn leant II on out Thursday next the author will M give Hire a mu rending from rota his hil own works 11 In aid of tho time Association for tor log Ing Jo 01 s sPelt Pelt Iett literary work vork Is In imm con comm cOl slant Mant demand over ici CI heie hieme lIe Ills I latest book hok Up Hide SIde Streets haa hUl him unite done rone es Cs especially el p te It thy well weh 1 I probably 3 It I t In h I it only because the time of f his hiM stories lies Irl of their local to fO much In itt II time the Ihl m curacy color that hut t ho Ito h Is in comparatively earth little I I t the known in itt II the tIme United States Among mon Inon his Isis clos closet Mt t friends me nit 11 li 1 0 Q Wells Well W WW WW Wv W v Jacobs Jacob rOS 1111 Jerome K I Jerome mind Ms sis wife tIfe from n a I visit to whoso whose winter homo home wll In itt Brussels Pett lett Pl Illge returned only onh a n short time ngo ago With Wih tIme the th ways of youths like Iko hIs hil lie here ro who ho drive I rise parcel vane vu its nUll and n of ot east unit and 1111 Illon characters line has ex CX exceptionally generally lett ll grown 1 bait II y familiar through t h upending Mite ad I practically mill all his hie time In their rom com company patty pany At A I lie tho Ih I 11 theater t you ou will iv 11 I I I find ii nil him himIn himIn hu hun In Iii 1111 the th pit pl and I Imagine he lie always travels trawls third thill class cp on iii 1 the tl Under Underground ground lie I Ic even osen orel lives eR up imp in frowsy district I that thai t timid and fried friedhelm all tram trama Irm lines linos 1111 helm ni taking shops His Il bache hacho bachelor lor br theo thero mire are lre snug maid and Ind a I stir cur irIs after tho the you 01 climb to nadi 11 rt h them hut but ut I fancy talc the lies has hOI seiti n to toI Jt I t that t t both holh th t hm charwoman who doe doci tom for him hll and the Iho slave who ad ul mils I it his hl vi si tars from the time out outer Olt ott t er Ct world turn nio both holh absolute types Ipe and 1111 11 untold Perhaps It Is In good toe for rely copy I what he lie lute has his sent seen of or rol child chili rh I Iii life 11 I I to In I a London I while hlo lie no umu ui it l t of Aldgate i Id gate and 1 fouth soil tIm that hue has Ils tamale made the HIP novelist co so cokeen o keen about brightening Ii e ii I ii g their r lot hit by l every means In hits his hil Ills His Is alwayn R can cnn bo ic lud when hll It Is IA a IL filia time tho th benefit of or thin tion of ut a is charity for tor I real icor and It WitH was wal only 11 thy u II few te weeks MI ngo ogo ag that I 1 sits I him hInt acting I auction Per Ier at a n bazar hasar to help hell needy heel girls girl I lie lieIs 10 Is lit an nit I witty wil In Iii II spi Ip as lie IR Iv hi h Is In II print ond time the crowd amused and I U U tnt U U U ia u u u bitted wih with bright sallies rallies He lie was 11 selling ln lna a it fancy work worl basket and amid ont asking for tor forbids tord forbids bids d when hel u n girls voice role cried six sixpence pence hence Young loUI lady 1813 user over there offers nee le drawled lett Pel Ide re reo roa butt but of course courso only her h r fun fan This writer was wan a it 1 high hut bul thor thoroughly thoroughlY thoroughly deserved compliment not long Ion Ionn ago n o Ills His Ils story tutor A Son of or the time State concerns Itself with stith time the career of a n boy bo boot of ot the time streets who ho gets etl his hl training In Inthe Inthe inthe the sect Kirt rl of oC Institution that Pett lett Id l believes should exist ox 1st In iii 11 this thin country hut but which Is II unknown at mit lt present Tho The book happened to 10 fall tal Into the time hauls hands of if n ti I member of a local 1001 vestry board who ho 11 struck truck so 1 much by b time the way In iii 11 which novelists suggestions could bv Ie utilized In imi II hits his hit own locality that he ime Fn to tl It that thai a IL copy OP of A Son Hon of that thu Sin to 11 sent to ouch each elch of ot his they numbered 30 or nt mit list last accounts there was Sian nl rather a u goad of ot practical coming of ot It I SS SSI II It I I I In Is II rather muter a it I pity mity pl that thul A K l I W S Ma MaMil Maso II Mil Mn so tt ru ii t ii or of ot Miranda I Ira of ot the time Hal I lony 01 who Is 1 for or parliament 1 e I at atCON 11 CON entry t II I f hits has hIlI not luau nn aim In to 10 ii appeal to entirely made up u of ot book los lov 10 er For In lii that case he lie would be bl al nI almost 11 most certain of election electon not only on ne no 11 count of oC his hll own 01 claims upon renders but bitt hii because of ot tIme the Ih Influence of ot some pomo of 01 time Iho lie folk tolk who have arrayed under tinder his bile hll standard eta rain rh At AI A t the novelists hats first Ir t nubile meeting Ic the other night b It hI I supported on arm the tite platform by Ii h Au the tl and auth a 11 Mr tr Ir mail and Mrs J M ul I Barril S S S SAs As AI It Is just possible that thai It may mn not been cabled mention lenton may ma ama be le made mOlle hero of ot the time suggestion IU lt tol thrown out OUI ott to lo h literary men macit 11 nt at lt a n thInner dinner a at 1 few foss ago ugo by ly Sir Ir William PO the tho scientIst Apropos of ot a us I witty wi speech by ly Moore the novelist concern concernIng log Ing In lit lie hI extent to which until had tor Sir Ir William hinted that u it I mightily good novel might be written on hat would happen Im In II I mm time the world If It I f c ssi rig to 10 time Iho transmutation t t Ion of if lt other otur ot I s by luy I means of if lt radium rail I became trio practically II worthless What would happen to 10 a n tho time grout great authority on atm In time the less IIII metal who hl Invested his hl 01 In Itt II stocke and shares In lii earn case of ot such upheaval Would he lie IK he ruined imel 1 an 11 a n hI IK prosperity pro or 1 I hI ho lie be lit he landed on eum 01 the tl siti t of or r |
