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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1902
Page
16
A Los Angeles observer recounts a calamitous bull fight described as brutal and dull. The piece details bleached theatrics, a Chihuahua woman rider, and a dramatic failure to captivate the crowd or mirror romantic bullfighting lore.
In a hazy rodeo scene a four-bit crowd cheers as a brown bull is captured. A woman from Chi huahua leaps onto the bull back, the animal bolts skyward then crashes down. She escapes unharmed as the crowd settles after the dangerous ride.
A humorous survey lauds the bachelor who can support others, share surplus, and provide for relatives, while cautioning about Benedict the mortgaged man. It extols one in a hundred as a good bachelor and valuable to those who own him, noting the social role and expectations of single men.
In a Chicago Federation of Labor meeting discussed age discrimination in employment. Members testified some workers over forty five faced dismissal or required to alter appearance to seem younger. While some urged laws to curb this, the piece argues merit rules and warns against federation resolutions restricting employers.
The Chicago Post notes literary profits from Charles Major and Catherwood, then cites a New York tale: a lemon-cream pie earns a woman stock worth 90 000 dollars. It extols practical skill over digressive romance, urging women to pursue tangible achievement.
The tale follows Senator Foster of Washington and Congressman Loud of California at a Washington hotel both epicures. Loud sent Foster a lamb cut with compliments, and Foster replied by sending salmon with a note that it tasted like cream, illustrating mutual toast and wit.
A short verse from Warrensburg Missouri by Charles W. Stevenson asking who will read the songs written and whether a reader will hear a tear in the tone and find joy. The piece notes an unseen audience and the hope of meaningful reaction to a meeting rhyme.
A Brooklyn Eagle note profiles Josiah Flynt Willard once known as Frank Willard, author of The Little Brother. It traces his tramp life research and Berlin society ties, and argues that poor indexing ruins books, urging authors to hire competent indexers and previewing Wheatley’s forthcoming guide as a practical aid.
The New York Evening Post argues that reducing fiction share in library circulation strengthens access to high quality books. It cites Mr. Foster of Providence and Carnegie librarians, praising standard lists, varied genres, and the view that good novels educate across ages. It notes Homer to Hardy praise and the value of accessible classics alongside popular tales.
Harper's editor explains that manuscripts are declined not for lack of merit but due to scene fit, length, timeliness, novelty, or overlap with existing work. The piece notes why editors pass and praises the sonnet less for general use and more as a demanding form, favoring lyric quality and scope within limits. It also highlights a reader inquiry on book indexing and praises H B Wheatley's forthcoming guide to indexing for authoritative references.
A letter offered for sale contains Charles Dickens advising a literary aspirant to abandon writing. Dickens warns that truthfulness and writing skill are essential and predicts misery and regret if one pursues literature poorly. He cautions that many attempt authorship, often without merit, and notes the personal cost of his own writing.
Inside literary history reveals English publishers doubting a delicately written Cranfore style novel would pay in the market. A vain hope that American readers would not embrace such dainty work led to repeated rejections. The manuscript finally found an American publisher after crossing the Atlantic.
The piece surveys use of pseudonyms in literature, naming writers like J P Mowbray Miles Amber and George Douglas. It notes authors’ real identities, speculative hometowns, and the trend of revealing true names, with examples and reflections on genuine poetry and passion.
A compilation of literary notes reports on Miss Johnston's Audrey and the suggestion that in doubt one should play Indians. It covers Burns letters auction results, Bourget's tribute to Edith Wharton, Andrews novels, Ward name misspellings, Sienkiewicz installments, Henry James wings of a dove postponement, and H G Wells planning essays for autumn publication.
Mary Thacher Higginson, in the April Atlantic, explores two travelers nearing unknown shores. One endures pain while life drains away, the other dies quietly among companions. Grief rises as homesick kin wait for solace, and the speaker questions life’s mysteries and the greatest bond, love.
London Standard surveys mysterious noises blamed on underground rumblings and bells from water, hills, and forests. Reports from India, Sinai, Cornwall, Sussex, and the United States describe Barisal guns, subterranean tolling, and phantom bells with natural explanations ranging from sand dunes to birds, kites, and distant cannons.
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