| Show I I i Ii I Impossible Impossible 1 I in in Fiction ri t Agitating English Critics London ko Literary i Letter kler I I Correspondence 1 I iNDO No Nov One of the tM pre pie LONDON LOS of a public benefactor hens tan tor tir Is 18 I to II occupy his hi dull dul mo moments 1 ni inPuts ments by contributing to the this pi I loss t MS scathing denunciations of oC con contemporary temporary mpr fiction Action tUon writers Writer writ A ACe few eus el elII ago ngo II some aims JM authors uthol were w held un tilt p by b the II ears ear Mn and I Iid exhibited as a nature fishers fakers At prevent present the notable Lion cloner doner George G 11 n aims Ims some le members of If Scotland Yard Tard Yar and nd a few rew other cartiest people le are r breaking out lut In III a ai amash i mash ash against Int what ht they term ter the Im tm In crime a ca perpetrated by b the tho th Harries said and ad the Arsene Arsena of mod mo o m fIction Action The Tb T authors ut themselves rm rr the most moat mot part p preserve an amused of a course 11 this epidemic ties U their theli books book bb while even heightening the th publics Interest in gentlemen gentleman thieves thieve IN ll ADVANCE thieves thieve ar are Rot not how however tr entirely out Olt of the lh range of ot several vera I IthON au eta authors thor thors personal experience F An Alt AnIe blei atey Ie for tor in instance tunco who ho Is I In III the front I rank of or living I humorists humorist had a par particularly disheartening experience with J I one ODe of his hll first contributions to popular journalism He lie le submItted to un tin tn edl toi 10 an all article on the Food J Value Yalta of ot Potatoes which was waa IU accepted aple end uc which dul duly made mad Its II appearance under the authors full name neTho Thoma An Au Anstey stay In about abut a months titus tl Anstey te ha his ing In no payment for tor the article caned called one afternoon at attl tl tit offices me of the taper Rut nut said 1 the man maa who wh hael sA bad charge cb of or the Ue cash eRb box bos In reply fy to u a 1 question this already has hu been n paid for foi Anstey mildly protested Oh yes Yla persisted the other a man with a strong accent called ale for tor forthe or orthe the money mOle before b It was u due dued said he wanted It I to i loy y his hi mothers mother funeral i expenses expanses eX Some time tm It later another of ot Anoy contributions appeared ar In another ot her jour journal Journal journal nal and this thu time the th author himself m called on the Ih day set act 1 apart for say pay payment ment While waiting he hp got ot Into Inlo a fascinating conversation with wih a siren stran stranger ger Presently a boy 0 entered the moons loom 01 and anil asked for fo Mr Ir Mike where whereupon whereupon upon both Mr Wr Anstey Ante aud the stranger made a 1 movement tn fl foU w ha this h boy boythe the tM Utter latter however hett a moment and ald then thun th bolted down the U stain In connection with tItles ol remember Clement ICing Shorter retail UK one of or his hil Shorter Shuler Is I a I r of o tour four for or five literary clubs In and An Is I obviously u a awell well wel informed delightful gossip TAKK JOHN LANK IANE I hael h just Jut d thinner dinner he be h sold Mid when a servant avant announced s a visitor rind Ald a card cd was handed to in lt tue bearing the lh name natlie Mr Ir John I TAll lAne ane Allen The Tho visitor w was 1 a young man In of ot pren prello s Ing appearance You know kno in m mi father he kl I 1 replied in j thi thin Ih I n negatIve Then hen it I If I h no nn good m 1 nit i fd il tU lag Ing h upon you ou he replied r 1 often r e I beani N him mention menton you yoo And a son of ot a writer I HO so fn much admire mir Is I very f welcome I 1 said MId Mr John went nt Into Int Shorter s lib library Ib IbM M nCr thuds mod m himself at t home h partook k ko of o and nd talked quite quit rips capa buy bl ot nf the t of or hl hI Ills f fa fathers kooks books bk Although the tact rant that that h he had not an In American A Secant nt had to Shorter an air Cir of suspicion clon his hil visit IRIt was waa quite a joy 1 A few f days d later latr the potion reports announced that John Johnn was waa no n son post of or the I th distinguished dillnI Amer American ican author who Indeed Is Ia I unmarried unmanned John was wal sent to hi jail fur for obtaining money ushers lisher mM from tm the real n Mr r Allen Aliens s rub pub When he left It Shorter d 1 t hope h he found some mf scope 1 for his bin hi Ing III undoubted ability hlll in Iii some Im honest call cl S RUINED REPiNED For Por or the last four years the I er paupers r of In Kent Ket w aher here P the tb spacious llou Woolwich workhouse is I situ situated sled have been road r to nightly from front el 4 to t S o clock olk Think of ot o It I could a II mom met mo 4 subtle Stabile system lt Of o G slow sloe Io be b In iti Invented vented a tol to ix I almost Cit Chi l flea n In Its iii I N There f those thos pour poor r ru paupers u rl have be ben bean sitting like hike moan darius darl for tor fo 1 hours un while the 01 tH of ot popular pular novelists novelist drop intermittent ly Iy upon un their weak minds lIne Hae YOU ou 01 never hevar been baen Irritated when a hen someone as asto to you o ute Listen now n 1 i Im ni going tu Lu t yeah real r I Iu you u something and ad then follows up this threat with its Ia exec Well r itt thi poor pr In Ute the U workhouse Relief however l IN not Ui fi C off I it I the next meeting mUn of or the guardians i Ic c will wi that the practise prat la is I costing coating cIng t 4 u is week IM tam b discontinued The reading Tading began bagel in III 11 and at al fIrst succeeded u beyond yond con cot conservative expectations The hp men 1 pi I models of good behavior I have H a 1 wonderful politeness leal Rut Hut lul the I reading It now appears Jr was wall tolerated rather than enjoyed and ald rains came to 10 be lie re ra regarded r as the th climax tu to their JUly tusks tasks The most thrilling th Ih the most mOt battling detective del tales tel I this the th most mORI enthralling stories tort of t adventure left Ir the I ip pauper listeners Un dull and Ild yawned awne at Il Rid IUd II mard cut suf suffered lIt fed OI onan Doyle DI In silence and nd worn we indifferent to 10 the charms charm ham of or Collins Dickens Harrison rk Kussel C and andOn UI On O the Ih other ether Ih the tb matron mt nf or the workhouse alps that thai the women In rattled Upton If to the te r ve p al l lly ly Iy to 10 the tie of o the very ve last but Jt named writer while they th the quietly sew OW I must add Idd and a not 01 altogether m K iv that sewing Is H R oh occupation It gives v a woman an such snob an attentIve at attitude MAX MAN JAX OF or TIlE THE Tl HOUR HOeR IN PRANCE FRANCE The Te mats man lan of ot the hour In Prance Franc m iv I Ilke like the man m represented by an en n lal Photograph h over oter 01 the mantel mantelpiece piece one alwa always s knows that he t is I dead ld At A I present dear der old flippant Il 11 I 1111 S IS I having has ha log his hi post posit po mortem mortel fling In it there Ih Is a monument whim In Just Jut been In to Ills his hi ry 11 5 t 1 t ij in 1 J 1 i tin th i I t 1 t ff ef r compare tte I lit 0 c In Ii h i huil l f fatuous mou f fIr 11 c the thi Ii h IK In h c f fr r his hi own can 0 n tombstone mJ Piron qui ne fut tut rien nien Pas Pa P mere meme It 1 was we not on ot o his hi gibes Ib that he hi h failed tal to be b elected however The Te famous 44 40 4 fully meant to beset beseech eh h him to join them but the king kin having heard hea that thaI he h was the author of o sun sins sundry dry dl Indecent verses ve would not hear bear IMro of o compan his being admitted amIte to 10 ao so 8 select wt K a Phon PI ion and Mid Voltaire were re great t rivals In tact r I they ro 1 e to the Ilp height of tie tam lug Ing great enemies During their ll 1 e ethey s they Ily gave gate each Pach other ohe sententious Jabs Jab jb anti and nd Piron Pron wn was wal afraid that olti might get It the ls last lal t word or after fter hits his hI death He Hp tok took his hil precautions therefore anti anil ant wrote rote lift I epigrams castigating the ti theMie sage Mie r of nr Penney Ilmy instructing his hi lIterary eI that Ihal If It I Voltaire tM a ml word to In his hil discredit th Ih they v were re to b hi t posted lt to tip II him Ht itt I the rate r l of r 1 one on a a week weak Ik until this the I h stock tk wa ass t a exhausted WAITER WALTER KOMINS HOI |
