Evening Star Newspaper, November 20, 1927, Page 11

BOOKS FOR YOUTH | “ ARE WRITTEN HERE Eight Washington Aulhors‘? Froduce Tales of Adven- ture for Boys of Nation. Washington authors are be- youth's leisure hours tales of a Indian Inos of fire of i women, avoc as the st eved rtoonis writin 0 boy upon the terial for The first of these light thr “Danny’s in 1 this type called *T the fulln. carioonist, dventure, of frontie; nd of history, 1 of the nd fancy upon the camp- 2 . Two of th They ar wn from m are various aried ries they te. While not horn in Washingtor »d here hecause the nt place to live and 1 opportunities for g information here wh 3 & 2z one of the fo etov nd the F d is now to fur; N, they v deem reca theri assisis 0 now street yren now, in wn resi- homa i his boys’ books—three of | which have now appeared. which saw the ee years ago, is entitled | Partner.” This was followed hy a sequel termed Miracle Mr. Rogers’ third book of has just_appeared e Lost Caravan. of his experience Mr. Re wro reminiscences in 1922, termir ook “A World Worth While doalt *extensively with peoy volities: Ul Mr. Ro; ustrates Own Books. gers is still active w Mine™ and Out o te his g the which in ith his @rtist’s pencil, iliustrating his own books He was horn in Springfield, May 23, Warce: married Sarah Beu April 10, 1 and carto , Ohio, | 1854, educated at | e | “on of Springfield 879, and served as iilustrator onist of the Daily G Xew York, from 187 he was in the same Life, Century For 18 year: the staff_of tha 2 cartooniat, » having. started in 190 was decorated a chevalier of the of Hono by France for his ca aphic, nter | | THEIR STORIES WRITTEN HERE DELIGHT CHILDREN THE ST Upper, left to rizht: Clair W. Hayes, Mrs. en* Curtis, Wil INDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, NOVEMBER 20, 1927—PART 1. she insists upon verification at every | France, March 9, 1866, and was edu- point the book is proceeding leisurely. | cated h her father and private How did she come to write at an|teachers. George Washington Uni-fat Palestine, Tex., attending school in d | Arizona. He began his writing career |road valuation. age when most people are thinking |versity conferred an honorary master 2 fThis is the way she|of arts degree on her in 192 Living fn a comparative-| N Nicolay contributes to maga- ted section of the country, she | zin nd_has writt ral books, ight her two children until they | particularly for v She has a were 11 years old. During that time, | country place in Holderness, N. H.. in her children had no playmates, she | the heart of the State in lake | made up stories to tell them, as they | rezion, where she maintains | picked the topics. On one occasion | ) Nicolay sketches and dos she told them a story which they |scape work in water color and o called “‘Perfessor,” and la they | well as delighting youth with ked her to tell it iin. She did. | writings. {but with variations, which were| She wrote Boys' Life of quickly detected by the children. To | Abraham Lincoln.” in 1906, followir avoid future complications, she wrote | this with * Life of Ul down the stories, so the children could | S. Grant” in 19 ““Persor vead them whenever they wanted to,| of Abraham_ Lincoln” appe: and this started her on the road 01912 “Our Nation in the B writinz. At first she wrote numer- | was published in 1916, and “The Book | ous short stories, but her author of American Wars” in 1918, Miss | | gers. Lower, left to right: father, the on | 1d as late Brig. Gen. Charl hit of Lawrence Cooper, was termed * Yet another m to f 0. - He |of the Rough Riders” by Theodore fjjaorer has is heinz th Legion | Roosevelt for organizing that famofis was graduated from artoons | outfit. Shé that appeared during the World War, | 24 ' both in the New York and P phekdiag) tions of t he Herald. This king gentleman is a member of th tury and lished two works of Hits .ing authentic incidents of the old | i West in her books, which deal with | piox ™ Crmi o Indians and frontier life. Living with | then v her mother at the Shawmut, Nine- | teenth street and Columbia road, Mrs, Hooker has a wide background of per- sonal experiences to supply materials for her books, which have a eircula- States.’ She learned the *“‘cow game' tion in Germany and England, as well | thoroughly and the cowboys' slant on in the This interesting woman, who knows | Cosmos Clubs. ughter of an Army stine C. Hooker, is p; United States. ris edi- 1 1384, being v iy old | " Then she went e Cen- | the Jife she longed for. When a youns - He has pub- | \voman in the Southwest, s came toons, entitled | jnto contact h earried a niche for themselves in h tory—for those were the days, officer, | history was in the making reserv- | these notables were Gen. Nelson A. the Army Hooker, son iife. iewpoint of the Indians, the she used to ranchers, the cowhoys and the soldiers from man them in Arizona and Texas, was born vears of residence in_Philadelphia, March 8, SRR SRR among | Michael - Fin lege in aledicta and Dr. then a 24-year-old contract surgeon in Then she married E. Il of the Arizona, and became in time “the only woman cattle inspector of the United Philadelphia in s J an of her class. |cnough in her own righ West_again to live Gives Only Real men that have | names of officers, many \hen | point to give facts, a Lmong | record of the old W Leonard Wood. | under Secretary Wilbur, |and assisting ‘in brin; couples together again save a_home from be | From this varied life upon to give full vent ncouraged by other took up her pen and t ‘cattle king” of As “Birdie Cooper of the Tenth,”|Dim Trail,” which saw ride over the hills of [1920. “Prince Jan," tI father's command. and as the wife ‘of a cattle magna’ I’ is now Arizona, with her colored attendant, | St. Bernard dogz, came egen, a soldier of her |and this tale has been b As an Army girl Special Group of FUR COATS Opossum—in all The Colors Most in Demand Are Here: Marron Glace New Blue Midnight Blue Cocoa Rust New Brown Green Navy Black Sizes for Misses, Women and Larger Women. Sealine, Caracul, s 9 9 An Extraordinary Sale of ~SILK DRESSES fh A Values $15.00—$16.50 $24.50 Sworzyn's fe ordinary sals at one low price, and there Is a_variety of ood why sou should Dbe here tomorrow and huy one or several of these charming dresses. Al Sizes Richly Furre A careful comparison” will only 2o to prove that in the matter of COATS — Sworzyn’s leads in value-giving. Here are the smart- est and newest modes for misses, women and larger women. In the favored shades, including Beige, Gray, Woodland Browns, Greens, Black, etc. Collars and cuffs of luxurious furs. All at the one price. she- writes, v, the story of an Indian pony | In her writings she gives only real | gun now hangs on her apartment .| knew personally, and she makes it a paper work in Los Angeles and was fighter extraordinary; | 1ater in juvenile court work, for her first hook, entitled “The Long |7 to 11 tke old West | Rra’lle, for the hlind. Then followed ame that Mrs, of Ouannah Parker, Comanche he original of | c} “When G 10 Rode” deal Canby, in | with that famous chieftain, and this was published in 1924, heing the story of her own girthood in the Apache it | campaizn in Arizona. Chief Mangas, Nt last of the Chiricahuw Apaches to sur- e nder, gave up to her father, and his of whom she | wall he Little House on the Desert,” the story of President McKinley and an old blind soldier he had ided in sone days, followed Cricket,” | dealing with the Kiowa Indians, is a | inz estranged | Story of her own life up to the age n effort to | of 5. “Civilizing Cricket,” one of her | broken' up. | latest books, deals with a girl of the | a5 drawn | Southwest with carefree w who | genius. | Was sent to be cared for by Colonial | r wrl ladies of Philadelphia, and is in real- | he vesult was | ity the story of her own life from i Just_George,” which was | the light in | published in 1925, will be brought out he story of a|in Germany at an early date. next in 19 Mrs. Hooker has thus cight hooks to prought out in | her cred:t, and is now at work upon an authentic he did news then a judge, England and | her ninth—the story of her own life. aflable_in | She has finished 23 chapters, and DRI TN T T T T T Sale Starts Promptly at 9 AM— Second Floor A Gorgeous Array of Materials Satin Crepe Satin-back Canton Georgettes Velvets Combina- tions Metallic Tops { cbt to “the big people of the West | ment wa king possible the pic | German children in one of her books | Indians saluting the American flag, | W'} land to better known the mer trlent d her to put her later | Nicolay produced * Bovs' Life of deas more permunent form. ivette” in 1520 [ and Ihis she has done and T Frier 19 1yvs she owes her suc C A *hook palin: with Washington, » have treated her so Kindly. | aptitled “Our Capital the I’ » should be a statue tc tomac,” v in the hands of your Nelson A, Miles in = Washi ‘| readers in 1922, A recent work Mis. Hooker insists. “He his never g - ¢ Alexander Hamilton.” been ziven the full credit he deserves icolay s knewn among her in_the ‘winning of the West." ‘nd hunnin sonal publicity She _vouchsafes that the Indian |, ing of a retiring ni- will be given his due in her She ssisted terially in_ writi Feels Indebted o West. popularity 1 AMrs. Hooker feels a deep sense of Clair W. Hay in nt, the records of booksellers Washington show. Mr. Hayes is newspaper man of wide expe . and is now on The I His specialty as an author of juve nile books is in wri Iventur stories for boys. These fall into two main divisions, * who have made my stories possible.” e cons 3 eatest achieve- ture, drawn hy a German artist for published in the fatherland, showins and this in & book published since O Ty sup e Boy e the World War. Vit hey deal, in large She has often spoken to Washing: | P2%t With the adventures of a group ton school children, to impress on | Ofhovs during the World war. =~ them that “the West is their herits Ty s wae i chester, who opened up the West, le: it : ande asking nothing tor in return + is another side to the Army hooting zuns and killing peo Hooker insists, “and that | . am teying to show and | ba m. T was raised under | jodo. Ohio. b the Army myself. = One |qqudated nt el ssed me, and that 18 | j1a was in ed you have to be very careful what You | papartment put in a hook, as you don’t know | whom it will influence.” Gl conminin: 4o Mrs, Hooker is a sister of Col [Norway, Denmark and Swe Harry L. Cooper, who is second in|iell as '3 Haiti command at Camp Meade, Md. Their | phi Reta a. His ser father was a noted soldier in the|countries of northern F Civil War, and an outstanding Indian | him a closer insight into material fightes for his hook published in 19 ‘A far different background spreads | Dunlap is now in the e Deps into the years of the life story of ment and was recently granted a les Helen Nicolay, who lives' at the|of absen Woodward, 2311 Connecticut avenue. | Newspaper work also has heen the She is the daughter of John George | avocation of Williim Atherton Du Nicolay, private secret uy, who has made a name for him- ham Lincoln. She was born in Paris, | self as a writer of stories dealing with Boy Allies | and was brought up in | g the Government and the antmal king ation, dom. He was born Januar 1876 ad 11 ——————— nization composed of civil engineers, and special- in the design of bridges and rail- He is a member a correspondent for Paclfic Coast|Sigma Xi, the honorary scientific fra- astern newspape: while in |ternity. Arizona. He worked as a reporter | An intefest in boys and outdoor life |in the Southwest, Washington, New lled Kent Curtis, another author of York and Philadelphia, and in 1907 ks for children, to actively take up organized his own syndicate here to|thl supply features to newspapers. Late: he worked for syndicates and in 1923 s editor for the International| bor Office, League of N | . Curtis ieneva. He has written numerous|street, o | magazine articles. | toonist. ecr. Adventure appeals to him and this he weaves into the pages of s, drawing on the background harged with variety. who llives at 2148 C nally started out with the |hope that he would become a ear He was born at Wichita, Author of Many Books. Kans., October 10, 1891. Joinir Mr. Du Puy has written: class of Sam—Mjracle Worker," Uncle Sam’s Modern Uncle Sam—Detectlve, America’s Mission,” a motion picture spectacle, 19 Uncle Sam— hter 1918; “Is, Corpulence a Crime?” 1919 “Humanisms,” 1921; “At Geneva 192, Romances of Sciences—Our inz t tanght his sul En 1914 at Amherst, he at college there for two and a half lat erving as an airplane pilot dur- World War at the front in r seven years he ha in private schools for hoys ish, Spanish and French as cts. Hunted in Fverglades. ends and s, 1924; “Our Florida was his sphere of action for Animal Friends and ~ 1924 o “Our, Rird Friends and Foes,” 1925, and “Money," 1925, and during that time he fished extensively in the The local color of that My. Da Puy resides at 2811 Twenty- ion appealed to him and he took eighth street, and is a member of the ropious notes of the quaint speech of National Press Ciub. He was one of | the old * kers” in the backwoods. the first organizers of the.Américan | Out of this experience grew the sea Military Intelligence Division of er Army durin 1 W ) t A civil enzine “| Lezion in the Capital. He served in of treasure hunting in Florida, “The Blushing Camel.” which him fame. This appeared in the Ameri Ma ind a w ks zine and has heen put inte hook form ix the present program of Robbins, who weaves his tales ground of French his associatlons with of his works, “Drumbeaters is undergoing a like experi- d will be put into book form Mr. Curtis considers that his frontier and an ardent b s interest adults as well as youth, for history have combined to | make Mr. Robbins qualified to write books of this character. He was horn August 23, 1378, In v | Le Sueur County. Minn., on a half-|time to > of the adventure element. s hopes to turn out a hoys’ ar. In 1923 he definitely \ching to devote his whole writing. . Washington has ap- | cleaved 40-acre farm, spending his | pealed to him as a residential city, so early davs in the southern part of the | he came East to settle here. Iis am- His later Ife led him to the biti iries and the mountains | book in Ida He was| Ie b orsity of | camping, ‘urtis = 1 Robbins lives at 2320 ) ot ings nd has three children. They Ma have read some of his works i inzton, the near future. is always been interested In ailing and canoeing, Mr. 1id, and has served as a guide no woods in Ontarie. He trated articles of Elliot White in the United States Air Sery- zine, pubiished in Wash- seript form. Two of them Louise P. Latimer, sister of Rear lents at (ieorze Washington Univer- | Admi Julian L. Latimer and Attor- and one is at Eastern High School, | ney Wilmer L. Latimer of Washing- heir names are Isabel, Vernon F.|ton, is director of work with children lana Mary Louise. of the P Aiming to interpret the French | Columh ublic Library of the District of and while not classed as a ciewnoint of history, mainly on the |writer of fiction for children, she has {orth Ameriean continent. for Ameri- | written “Your Washington and Mine, i1n readors. Mr. Robbins haz written | which A Bov of Old Quebec” and his second | menta hook “A Boy of the Old French West,” | the Dis as been approved as a_supple- book in the public schools of rict. She has written numer- has just hesn published. 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