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"Canada -has passed the stage when it can be." exploited ‘by American para.- sites of the, pen. with their nprepost~

' erous snow stories, and false pictures of"li'1‘t3 in this country.” ' __._,;,=‘ ' This is the opinion of Mrs. Frank:

‘Reeves, .rmore...—.genoraliy..r: _ ,_,___ y “Onato Wa?.nai;" the author of many t tan; and Japanese life, in speaking candidly about what she thought of the present status of Ca- nadian literature, when interviewed this morning in the offices of the Ca- nadian Pacific Railway. ‘ ’ Coming from the West, where. her husband is the owner of two large ra.nches.. Mrs. Reeves is on her way to New York -to direct the picture version of her latest book. "Cattle," which ‘won ‘ widespread recognition . when it appeared a short time ago. it it a western story with the groom of Russian novel. Later she intends t return to Canada, which she believes to be the greatest unexplored field of material to ‘be found in avnylpart of the world. "There is a play and a novel in every Province of the'Dom-.i.nion,"' she says.

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Mrs. Reeves discussed freely the possibilities and limitation of Canadian literature. In -‘her opinion “a gram; ‘deal

too much fuss is made. over. second-. rate locslul writers who really -do not de- ’

serve it. Canadians are much too easily satisfied with their ‘literature, which outside or a few things, is very rnsdiocre. . They should not boost a book ‘because it is Canadian - .sl2ou.id' ~48-tvtmy’-=eii:i:4+i‘£or eta ﬂmerit worth."‘ she dooiabaé‘. I l

of the poor market. Gootfwriters, who after all must live. find that bet- ter reward for their efforts can be ob- tained elsewhere, so they leave Canada to sell it. The recent copyright le- gislation. made on tho essumptio that there are more printers‘ th' writers, is. she believes. one of the worst blowes that budding genius in Canada could have received. The only encouragement given to them is in the formation of the Authors’ Association the object of which is to foster Canadiag Lgttzeratﬁure. '

Mrs. Reeves spoke very bitterly cit"

American writers, who picture Cana- da as a great desolate wasteland where disappointed lovers and outlaws , remove ‘'\themselves as far as possible from civilization. “During a. recent visit to tﬁh, United -States. I saw a motion 'pict'n-re. the story laid in Ca.lgax:yL" she said.

being dry\ at‘ the timo——where a girl in

pink tights‘-danced with a. Mounted’

Policeman in tiger-skin chaps!"

In commenting upon her latest book, Mrs. Reeves says it is the direct antithesis of '‘Cattle.’'' It is a. story

of sunshine and smiles, lacking the V

sterner realism that some critics have styled as immoral. Here Mrs. Reeves interjected a. _“word in defense of "c£:ue." "It isn‘t ,1mmora;1." so .

an immoral book. It may be,wel.l

wrltten.,or badly .written; that is all. ,

"We will stunt ourselves ,very much if we bann r_ea.lism, and suppress the ifﬁct that sex_is the bigﬁieﬁt thing in

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