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- Due tot-be Prevailing flood of mem- cirs by-more or less-eminent per- sonsptha question is often asked- wmetimes not without reason:

. . “Did lo-and-so actually write the ubmoirs published under his name?"

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: which reminds me that when Louis ‘VIII, after the return of the Bour- bpns, published "Le Voyage a. Cob- lants,” doubts were expressed as to the real authorship oi that book. Whereupon a Paris critic wrote that ihrmatter was not worth discussing.

-'."1f the volume was written by the he said. "it is above criticism; unot the work of His Majesty, it is below criticism."

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"rainy authors dedicate their books: “To My Mother." Much less often do ‘you flnd on the iiyleai: "To My Wife." [have been told, by those in a posi- tion_to know, that when hardened

Iinsinals are getting a taste of_the_

eit-d-nixie-tails-as they still do in England, for instance—they frequent- ly call for their mothers, never for their wives. ‘ ' I I I

Far be it from me to draw a paral- lel between criminals and authors. or and wives. No, sir. Butwhy re at all? Someone has said: always seems to me to be peril- o. Jy near an indecent soul expos- us" '

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I recall but one author who got

around the mother and wife poser in his dedication. He was Thomas It. Marshall. Iormer vice-President- brilllant diplomat if ever there was Ilsa-T 'l'his was the amusing dedica- tion to his reminiscences: - '."I'o the Two Women Who Were Uniniured in the Fall of Eden. my Mother and my Wife, I lovingly Dedicate this Book."

_ I I I _ Oscar Wilde never forgave Chicago iocthe fun poked at him by the news- papus during his visit there on his famous lecture tour. Years after- wagyds ‘when Mrs. Reginald de Keven first met Oscar in London at the home ei_a. friend,‘ he demanded in a loud vebyafter the presentation had been made: . , I "Where in the world do you come from?" I - . "'1 .was born in Chicagoflreplied Mrs/do Koven. . was a look oi horror in his mxuprsssion." says Mrs. do Koven. (in "A Musician and His Wife"), as he answered: " ‘Never; no. never; your parents have deceived you‘i" I

If ever a distinguished visitor—and. after all. as we know his work today, Wilde waa distinguished-invited ridi- cule‘ that visitor was bscar Wilde. Take his meeting with the newspaper "men in Chicago. He received them at. his‘ hotel reclining on a buffalo robe, clad in‘ pastel garments. knee Ulblehas. and long silk stockings. Then while no sipped tea, he told them what. he thought of Chicago.

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And this is what he said. in part: It is reported in "Chicago: The l-iis- tory of Its Reputation," by Henry

" ' , “in Hlesorwicn-‘rauul-tim "rt-wr- m- ou- hhilsieiflfiveliill .““.-r“lé"e‘fi.?_"§ll“tfil'? ‘°""“ rlleyletaetld'fruaiii,aiuria_ q ~v ' ' i‘ no waitior communicative-res. um . .. b‘ ',B“,'_ -v::_ Meantime. ~ .‘ ' ~ ' Una Aspirin ta

iaaiozliia-tinsrby writing and became stafl i-melnher of “Funfl-"Punclifis" .lt was in j-run" that his “Bab

5mm‘. film-hf end Tlilflizliwlsz.» "Y°"=.r=.==:¢i=iww._1~. mutual: -.~ - Your newspapeljgare eamic,but_ es- Yourjiit‘? W"! Ballads", first appeared. They had constlollaled-nboasn-osltyi ty beta- turbid down by r. o. numand, looks pcsitmlyoroel-y tome}! 1 c.‘ » » uit than; editor. Gilbert never forgave He closed his eyes at,tbe uncritical Burnand and years afterwards when of the stockysrdyandflookedwaick" thenimetflat a dinner-party, Gilbert _ -' "' '° '. ‘ " overheard Editor Burnand remark. iulelllngoihiaexpetocu-on ibllrltirprildcz. . _ Phi-furnish, American u All.,~the good things come to Wilde‘ used to relate that theyvdck‘ ‘Punch _ i . p llfevlfllle i0, his abstinence atlllebver imihen" why the devil don't you a man has been _aliot in the yery llsu- pflnfthem?" snapped Gilbert. in which he-Wilde-q-lectured there. , , ‘ ° ' -° l _ while he had turnedhisback births [contrary to conun belief George audience for tbs offeaamin- ‘land, eccentric novelist, did not bob irlg a chromtrlithcgraph.’ ,_ erhair as a defiance oi the conven- "Whlch showsfiwiide. would dd ‘tions but as an act of sacrifice upon "that peoplemhouldwneveriloois- t far oflove. The ironic truth chrome-lithographs." q ‘- ' ireyeilliddniaer "Intimate Diary") is ' "_ f ‘ l‘, _ that ahecut ofl her ringlets in order Then ‘there is thd cits. pasty, f ‘send them to her poet lover, Alfred at whlchWilde-Wls whanths as uutset. hoping that the sight oi __discussion turued-ondwhtfyiallyekaig- 7' ‘Wmlght melt his temporarily covered’ Americas An quarantined chilled heart. But her reward was

Yorker iepeatad more” moccasin; ‘criticism and ridicule. "r tell you; air; tbit ivvaetlicirett ~ ' ° ' ' coiunibus will; iirrtj our greatoountrv." l I ' _. u c Wilde softly inquired - whetl-lgr ' a. certain Don Amerigwhsdnot given his name totne coatineatiust more oolunibus discovered it. ~

."Anoth'or entry in the Intimate Diary offGeorg Sand - made nearly one hiljldrod years ago-reads:

,- "I'm" glad I don't care for spinach. lforuif’! liked it r should eat it. and Iivcaiinot’ bear spinach."

yWliareupon the great write: is no diilérent from a little iellow 1 know whocame tkfvisit his grandmother for the first. time. As he crossed the tliresholfwhare his adoring relative was‘ waiting. to receive him with open he looked up into her face c eddy-llama:-

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Still the, New Yorkerpcraisted.

"I see." sighed "Wlidsi "Ct-course. you mustbe rishtnthough‘! fancy! can explain‘ tbs anomaly. non. Amer- igo discovered it first, butf it was hushed up." ~-

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, _ . _. _ i n‘ ff! don't like spinach." 'i'ha‘tw.e.oilbart-'-o:oilbcrta‘a ~_- Sullivaufamw-waaekceedingly ttuehy. ' - " a a a in mailers eflaéi-ihs his-cervical 611-‘ ~ Daniel Webster liked nothing bet-

nity is = well-know-nr Iii-once ‘coin’- plained to Sir Arthur Pinlro, t.» play‘- Wfishhoi who a to his house to-cuthisbair. c. "WhaiLdoyots-think-tbe-impertin- ant iellowdared to ask Fare?" said Gilbert to Pinero-ylhofteils of. inciosntln "Tasmania-seventies." Pinero. saidhe didntknow and on‘- bertwentonz; '.=' "l"

"Why. he said: nwhen-aras-we‘ to QIPOCt Inythingl Ilirfillrliflm your fluent pen. Mr. Gilbert?’ ~

"what do younseannlir thunder- ed Ctilbert to the wall-intention“ but unfortunate barber: 1 “What; do you mew; b! ‘fluent pen?‘ l; where-is no such a thing as a- iiuent, pan." Aipen is an .i_nsaaaiblo~,obJect.tAnd.: at any rate. I doiftpresunitttoiinquiro to your privateflfliiis; .you‘will time observe ‘thevfbblfiexfltl-OQHOI with re-

‘ver-than to laugh. so stored was his with humorous anecdotes that slightest touch was enough toset Was the day hot? Then this a‘ one of Dr. Danfortlfs days. What, some‘ one would ask, is a Dr. Danforth day-l Webster would explain (chuckl- ‘iee Allan Ir. Benson in his biography ‘ofthe great statesman. lawyer and orator) that_'there once lived in the vitinity ‘of Msrshfleld — Webster's boishtry place, south of Boston —- a ‘very iraacibie old doctor named Dan- form. ' ' ‘ ' . ' - a a ~a One day. happening to be at a fun- ereipprrpeniorth bent down to the ear of an old gentleman and whis- .. - - _ . “It is a warm day. Mr. Jones?" ,Mr. Jones being more than a trifle whispered back: "What did you remark?" ’“It is a warm day," was the reply. A“! aarvery deaf and did _not un- dveratand you." whispered the old gentleman» ‘ ..,'_'I said it Vwas as hot as hell; do you hear that?"

. . will!" Twain who was ‘being ihavedf talkative barber. nivtngwtornpltted thepcrlornianoa the nu hand professionally across the, chin and poising the raaor above/Mark's face, said: ' r.‘ ‘r " f "Shall 1 to over it againrn . "No-o-o." said Mark. slowly, "I've heard every damned ‘w ." .‘ ' .., I I I

'Wei_:s'ter!s hobbies were fishing and the enormously costly one of grracticing the art of agriculture." -/a;iovedbd_arshneld-which was near the sea-where he raised big sheep. big cattle, and big fields of grain. l-ie liked-to break an ear of corn in two (says Mr._'Benson) and put the halves in the mouths of two fat steers.

To go back to w.-s-. qdlbort: Sir Arthur Pinero gives his version of a very well-blown Gilbert/tan story. Here it isz;

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Gilbert. asa briefless barrister, nil- ' "I like to be out here feeding the ' ' stock." he once said to his son Flet- aliar. "I would rather be here than in-the senate.” Then smiling a little . hgatlded: "I think it is better 00m- Filth"

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I Itia remarkable (but not to a fish- sl-iuan) what an attraction fishing _ piways had for statesmen. One mt ardent anglers, Lord Grey M-bctter known as Sir Edward Grey- rlotntlyibld an ainusin story about a _ ndoifangler who, spending a iew diya in the country, found hlnlself unlble to sleep because of the quiet- - so be aroee and went fishing.

A; h; passed the village» church. tile clock. chimed » three.

l- "Tiik about ‘cm being up early in tborisountry." -he soliloquized. "This when I put one over on these early m“ bud‘) ‘t-tlut then, turning a sharp corn-tr.

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On Thursday morning, all neat-at Papers carried s two-column: repudla. Lion oi Shearer on page one, Th; u. U010, signed by Mr. Hearst, states that he had no knowledge _ of Shcarers connections with the shipbullders, and discharged him the moment ha m. covered it.

When asked to be specific about his Iwweblper affiliations st the Geneva conferenoepShcarer explained that Henry Wales, of the Chicago ‘Pribuna Save him two cards which would identify him with the New York Daily News, which is owned by the Chicago Tribune-He produced the cards at the hearing.

At the adjournment of the commi- ttee. Senator Allen made it known that the committee is by no means through with Shearer. It is his own opinion. he said. and not that of the Committee, that neither Hearst nor the Ohicaso ‘Tribune publishers will be called to testify. The committee seems satisfied with the promptness oi the denialsmade by all against whom Shearer has lodged charges.

AUTHENTICITY OI’ "FRENCH DOCUMENT" DENIED

Probably the most important piece of evidence from a. news standpoint offered by Shearer was-a so-called "Secret British Dwument," the aut- henticity of which has been denied by Si: William Wiseman, a New york banker. whom Shearer called the chief °1' Emmi Blbies in America, as well as the naval intelligence of this ooun? 13y. Its contents have not been made ‘ public.

Practically everyone indicated by shearer Lrrhis raucous. ruthless test]. mony, has denied his charges gpqcLfla cally.

William Randolph Hearst in Los Aussies Wednesday issued a. state- ment regarding Sheareris employment by his newspapers, which said in part:

"The editor of the New York Ameri- can employed Mr. Shearer, among many others, to write articles on the league cf nations and the world court. and also i-o help in organizing what- ever oppositir/n there might be to the league of nations and the world court into a. public petition to congress.

"The Editor had no knowledge that Mr. Shearer was or ever had been in the pay oi shipbuilding corporations- no more knowledge of this fact than congress at that time, or than the Republican managers had when they employed him to make speeches for

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"We would have been relieved oi the necessity oi taking this step lg you had been frank enough to inform ugl in the bezlnni-ng of your connection with shipbuilding firms.

"Kindly acknowledge receipt of this letter. '

"Yours very truly.

(Bisned) "FRANIQ KNOX. "General Manager."

Wyi-he Williams, Geneva correspon- dent oi the New York Times during the naval Ciion ent congress in 1927, wilo cabled from Berlin on Tues. duy night a denial of statements made that day before the Senate committee by W. B. Shearer, including Bhearel-‘s allocation that Williams had been in. struoted by the acting managing gm. tor of the Times to ascertain whether Shearer, in returning from‘ Geneva. would pass ‘through British territory and had given him a friendly warning not to do so. cabled to the, Time; yesterday a further message about the letter which Shearer included in the Senate committee record as having been sent to him by lvir. Williams. When he wrote his earlier reply Mr. William had not seen the text of this document. After having received it by cable in Berlin he sent the following:

"Concerning the letter 1 wrote w Shearer I now remember he called at my hotel during my absence Just be. fore he left Geneva and left word he Wes Sorry hecould not say good-bye. I then sent a note to him f I believe by messenger) and expressed my re- gret at not having seen him, wishing him well and thanking him for whgg- ever he liad done for me. The letter was intended for Mrs. Shearer as much as for himself, to thank her for hospitality on several occasions.

“My letter may have been writtenl on the stationery of the International Club, to which Shearer as well as all ccrrespondents,_belonged, and letter- hcads of which all of us had a. plenty. The context, as quoted, appears to be a reconstruction in part of what I may have written, but in its ihtirety. and particularly as to the views as- cribed to me in the latter part, I deny it emphatically. Before admitting au- thorship of such a document I would have to see me original._

“My personal relations with Shearer were certainly as cordial as those I have had with scores of persons we meet in our profession and work with or through for professional returns but, again referring to the letter in 13nd» question, I could not have used such .

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This letter from Colonel Frank Knox general manager of the Hearst news- papers, dispensing with Mr. Shoal-ens services, was also made public:

Mr. W. B. Shearer, 45 Nassau 5b.,

“My Dear Mr. Shearer: In view of the fact. that We were totally unaware of your financial arrangements with shipbuilding companies, under which

' you were paid a salary for certain

propaganda work you were doing for them, and inasmuch as this arrange- ment of yours which you now for the first time make public, obviously des- troys yr/ur usefulness as‘ a newspaper man associated. with independent newspapers. we wish to accept any further news articles or contributions from you for publication in the col- umns of our newspapers, or to con- tinue your emplo aaawssu in any capa- city in connections with our news- papers.

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"Nice morning?"

"Ay, it be," said vthe fanner. “But it were cold first thing."

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Another loyal disciple of Izaak Wal- ton‘s was President Cleveland. w.I—I. Crane, beloved actor. used to tell the story of a day's fishing participated in by rs ident Cleveland, Joseph Jeflerson, and himself. They fish-ed all day and caught nothing. About six o'clock Cleveland got a little trout. and Jeflerson. who was ready to drop, suggested:

"Now, that we‘ve got a fish, let's go home." _ "You're the strangest man," rewrt-

itename facotto face with a farmer. lng all day, morning.” said the Londoner. to bite

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ed Cleveland. "Here we've been i‘lsh- and just as they begin

phraseology contrary to my opinions. "M7 D9" shearer:

“I repeat that all information sup- plied by Shearer used in my dispatches also received verificaticn from re- presentativm of the American dele- gation.

"I wish further to state most emphatically that Mr, Birchall at no time during the Geneva conference, which I covered throughout, ment- ioned Shearere name to me'by mail or cable. Therefore, Shearerk declara- tion that Mr. Birchall instructed me ‘in find out how Shearer was leaving Geneva,‘ ‘as well as my warning hlm not to proceed by the Suez or through any British territory, is a lie.

"What I do remember about this so called ‘warning’ is that Shearer tm ward the end of the conference came to my hotel and with a. show of agitation-I wondered then whether it was feigned or leak-said had been threatened and indicated that the threat came from British sources. He, also told me this tale about not re- turning homa via Suez. I did not take much stock in it but sympathized with him and asked him how he did pro- pose returning to the United States, which question he declined to answer." The letter which Shearer claims he received from Wythe Williams rollowsi‘

soon, and as I shall be so tied 1113

Therefore I send you this note merely to thank you again for the much ac-

supply not only to mr..liul, tn all the American correspondents. During the recent tri-power navy ccnierence that at least was one conference the United States did not lose, for which, I am convinced, thanks are due t0 the PrQSS quite as much as to the delegation. "Apropos-when you get to Wash- ington, do let me have a line of inside dope on how the situation stacks up. Navy I mean. From this distance ll. appears that our public is at last. aroused in peace time as well as in war. Will it remain on this track. or will the Pacifists. reformers. and other species of sellers-out finally prevail?

Wlll the United States fulfill its destiny and become the Great Ameri- can Empire. or will it eventually mere- ly be a rich industrial adjunct to Eng- land? I‘d like to get over there. I've got the Enlropean background, since belt/re the war, and I know how they hate us. and I'm sick of them, hflflftii)’ ‘Nui’ said.

cerely, WYTHE WILLIAMS.

Quiet Rtlilfllflll Gas Pains!

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Albin E. Johnson efilained his con- nection with the much-discussed Scotland Yard dossier on Shearer in

mile! aaa-vaiaaand held: a cabled dispatch to his newspaper. tcaraabgil-ffifiafififi u‘ the New York World, cn Sept. ‘.20. The ltipltiua. 1s oaata a! aii shim-m, document, Mr. Johnson said, was firm‘ ‘Yflffifi available in Washington as well as in “"h- Geneva in 1927 and Shearers record was known to American naval officers

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