Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-01-29
How Magazines are made.


how our freside monihlies are made. aud
50 the other day determined te CRAFTY
my curiosity. and en- casting ny ey's
about me, | soon Fixed upcn Woods
RousekOld Magazine, as the object Ofmy
visit.
THIS popular monthly, as Irchars our
readers are aware, is published in the
beautiful hillside city Of NeWburgh. on
the Hudson. Could natures surOundng
beauties in any way affect a magazine,
then Woods inde-d, would be the grand
est in the world.
But it Is of my visit more especially
that intend at this time to speak. It
was on the last day of the o!d year that
presented myself at the editorial sane.
tum Sanctorum Of this noted menthly.
The ouens we're propitiOus, and presently
| was enjoying a social chat with the edi-
tor Of the Magazine. A mere pleasant
anu IihiipS ""h ~ mas neNeI beth my
good fortune to meet, aud scarcely credit
that the modest, unpretendlng gentleman
seated in chair before Inc had, unaidsd
by friends or money, aud under circum-
stances most disceuraging, IN less than ten
years established on firm foundation,
one of the most popular dollar monthlies"
of our day.
Having stated the object of MY visit.
Mr.. Woed very kindly volunteered to in.
itiatc me into the mysteries Of the art, il
so we may callit, and forthwith proceeded
to do, by saying the FIRST thing in order
was the gathering of material. was nos
D a little surprised when be quitely informed
me that his "matter" for the past year
had cost him no less than six thousand
4 dollars. Said he, Il paid Gail Hamil-
ton three thousand dollars year have
given Harriet Beechcr Stowe two hundred
u dellars per article James Parton fifty ):
5 Tiltop the same T S. Arthur, one hun.
Il drcd; Horace Greeley, one hundred; Joel
Heady, fifty; Wakely, thirty; T. X.
i Beecher, thirty.six Virginia Townsend,
= thirty; Harriet Prescott Spoford, seven.
= ty-fve, and Rebecca Harding Davis, one
D hundred and twenty-five dollars, etc. Al
'i of these articles vary in length from ono
d and a half to six pages. OF course select
ed matter does not cost anything.
1t The material being now all obtained, it
u is sent to the coapositor's department.
H. which, being in another street, and rOt in
e. his main building we did not visit. The
st "matteT" being 'set up" the forms are
y sterreotyped, and the plates are returned.
Of to the press room, situated on the first floor.
ID of the main building In this department
y we found four large book presses, valued
at from three thousand to three thousand
lie FIVE hundred dollars apiece These presses
aS print sixteen pages with every impression.
IA The paper being now printed, it is
he placed upon an elevator in the corner of
nr the room, and with it We ascended to- tho
A fourth floor, where these sheets of sixteen
.h pages were quickly folded by means, Of
G, folding machines attended by girls ,;thess
~ sheets are then taken where they are
ln gathered, stabbed, and stitched
,g And now it remains only to paste on tho
IS cover, and the magazine is readyfor nail
ou ing, and of course it is no little work. to-
ST post over three hundred thousand maga-.
re zines The mailing departing nj alone
or gives constant employment to six female
oi mailars. Mr.. Wood informed us that he
IL mailed shirty bags in day.
is. In ALL the establishment gives employ
~ ment to about fifty hands. The runapaex.
ne peuses of the house must be immense; and
lie yet very large subscription list. enables
a the manager to send forth Dollar Month
p ly that is read and enjoyed, no doubt. in
thousands Of homes frem Maine to Calfor-.
MA. T
= Should any of cur readers ever chance
:, " to come to Newburgh, take our advice
- and see for yourself what we have tried
10 to describe. - From the Democratic Re-
!" publican, Hamilton, ~ T., Jan. 9thIS73.
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