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Show FADS OF MEN OF OCNIUO. Queer Trlcka Reaorted To to Maks tht Drain Active. "Kcnlmore Cooler couldn't wrllo tin lcaa ho had gun drops lo chow,'' said a librarian, "lie bougtt gum drops In Ion-pound snd Iwenly-pourd lots', Ai aomo men are the slaves ot toutccu, wlno or opium, so t-oor Cooper wot tho gum drop'a ainvo. Without It hi couldn't wrllo n lire. "Chateauhrljiul dlctatot hla worki In hU haru feet. Kleganlly attlref down to tho anklca, ho padded aoftl) up and down tto floor. Ida thin whltt extremities very coniplcuoua on tin dark ruga. "Gluck could orly composo tn tin open air, When tl o spirit of composl tlon took hold of him ho dragged till piano out upon tho lawn, and then, li rain or ahlnr. In anow or hall. In An gnat or Decemher. the maitor eiolvt hla beautiful harmonies. "HoMuet worked with a hot cloth bound round hla head, lliltic In f mork'a hood, Oaullrr In a acarlct cloat and Milton In a brown robe. Lore" Derby when ho wrnto alo brandlcH chcrrlca. Tlyrnn, writing, alo trumej "This collection rf facta," concluded" the llbnrlan, "roea to proo that mei of genius, like the rest - us, are sill) la some things." |