The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-03-29
THE BREAD-wINNERs.
Luke sAarp, in Detroi, Free Press. I

Luxe Szaro. n Detroit Free Press. l It having been announced that z. The Bread-Winners was written by De,roi, ] man and also that a Detroit mechanic ] furnished the germ of the book, see nc
 reason why l should longer keep silence
 regarding the authorship of the book <! especially as the secret must s??n come
 out. It was rumore6 at one time that
 detectives were 10 be SC, to work 10 dis.
 cover who wrote the book, and if tha,
 had been done there would have been nc
 need of this confession, as the matter
 would have forever remained mystery
 but as no detectives have been engaged
 l think il IS only a question of time ho >
 soon everything will De known. h . letter to recen: number of he CeHiury
 stated that my business prospects miga,
 be injured by acknowledging myself the author of The B,ead-N Nlnners." and
 that, of course. will De a; once paten, 10
 everybody, for . newspaper man Is
 generally supposed 10 De kept so busy
 that he has Io time to spare in the wri:- ing of books. l; IS said that d mem Der
 of the staff of the New York HerdkI IS a, once bounced II he commits such an ln- discretion. anyhow, nave determined
 to avow inc authorship. let the conse-
 quence he ~h.. they may.
 My friends said 10 me when l showed them the manuscript of " The .Bread-
 Winners, for goodness sake. arn,t there enough cook books now before the public : iel.. however. that there was mefi; in the book ,ka, otaer volumes on bread-nakins eiid no, contain and sa perseHuted. sen, the manuscript first to paper Tn Kalamazoo. en II was promptly returned 10 me as being un- suitable t. thetF columns. An Ypsilangi sheet kept :, sek efai weeks and on a fe. quest !of decision sad no rsaaGsCr!t, was returned without stamps not tn. they cared about inc expense but Il WAS the rule of the oifiee. Thus the maru- sonpt vert back and forth until t got 10 the office of a Chicago paper ,ha; kep. stamps and all, and have since treated all my inquiries with contempt. re- wrote the book, putting in some new recipes abou, bread and otherwise m proving i;. kep, getting less and less ambitious until $; las, would have been quite willing to have had II appear even Tn Boston paper. bu; the Boston paper wasn't wiling. 50 l; did not appear. l hnd by referring 10 my note book tha, up to this tlme The Tread Winners . had eos, iae T stamps a.one Si6 s,. ye, now any oae ean buy itfaY -. My it. innate ihends urged change ,ot ute. They sa... fle-ni;crs or Fotato- mashers would Dc more appropriate. The American people cared very littie ! about bread. Neser,heless. Iresolved ,o stick to bread alone |, IS truly said thu, man cannot live on that. and me living 1 l was making on The iiread- Winners was not one to be bragged about.
 Al last. ;o my astollshment, IL was accepted by the Ces.u,.y. after being | aimos, all that time ,raveilng all over the | United States. II t,taveiing and age !m- 1 prove manuscrip, as a man ur wine is | improved. doubtless therein lies the | secret of its ultimate acceptance. of course I, Is quite d oome-down from d | Kalamazoo paper 10 the Ctntn,r. vet was glad enough ,o get i, psln;ed any where. The result has shown that after all there Is a deep interest in bread 1 making in this country. and If the result l of my labor Is even one better loaf, 1t will | be all the reward ,ha, the oversicned 1 loafer asks.