The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-27

the barbarous fashion Of bird
feather wearing by women. but
they are stsadi promo ting 4 wide-
spread intrest in bird study, and
awakening general appreciation
of birds In their relation to agrii-
culture and other interests of man
kind. Pubic Opinion.
MENTAL TRASH FOX Bows
An Expert Tells How Scnsaiiona: --..ys 9,
Are Put Together.
The writing ot Teton IL. ~,
Young has become :sn IN, .,,.::.4.li
bra nch Of literatHrc.' said ~. ,is:
Hl1ter whose charming stori y have
sffcklcd 4 generation, d, yo,.ngg poole.
1t ses ms $ .mple enough. decs,,'i IT,
10 DRAW 4 li,t!e ,.pon Ia. i.,,:.:,ia altos.
and spin oEt q !ot Of sluif about
jimmy he Safe Cracker or b Is Ill.
Boy Detective, bit some Of The best
I1tewspaaer writer's in this citv liay
sized the story -Mrital's quill with ],
surf Of holy enthus aslll--antl have
f;lilcd. Onn Of them Ml,,,st. heart
fending ttle was published had Ill,
happiness Of hearing llinlSnlf callod Il
'ch,lnlp b. a galtlii, critic Who h:lis
just finished reading the tffrli.
II guess this faculty OF writing
iction mus. ce me voluntarily 10 4 Eers
son. l have tried my hand Mt othnl
branches pf Literature. and have .ilr-
neeli:teiy and with great ,,nnninity
been prono';nc"l no god. Shortly
If er5tlis rrbliff,t story. tel .in, of the
s,ucr.enl:t.l deeds of q yoaug hero
appeared and ever Stree have not
teen able to turn ont manuscripts
quickly enough for tho publishers.
On some days l can't. osaYas me,
write J, single line, while ut Other. tila4l
may worry Trough q long par:.-
Graph, but on reading ita sccand lime
! tear it up in disgust. Nothing re-
mains but t, wait Tor an inspiration
his does not come from above, Il g!f
from The gods, as is vulgarlr s',,,,,r,4e,l
but is brollgh: OH by a KNOW, dgc OF
the fact tllat the publisher is waiting
mpaticntiy for the next chapter Of ny
story. When I once get started th,'
thoughts come almost toe quickly.
DO ever correct my cupyg Well.
not much. | put the story together il,
my cranium and then spin il out. ]
sometimes ro"d tia scto.rl time am!
hange n word occasionally. then Of
SHE goes tothe printer. We ire moi
very particular. any way. since we ar.
working for Doodle, not for llndvi,.p
fame. II we We're to follow the advice
nf Horace and lock up ON, manuscript
for mae years, and then take ii out and
revise il, ] an, afraid That Lootb,acks,
nessen ger boys and the voting i'll gon-
eralwould go without intellectual food
for some line. That, however. might
not prove !; serious blew 10 the cosu-
rnunity, for messages would then in al,
probability be delivered promptly.
Why, ! have SEEN II messenger boy. OF,
whose hcetness OF foot II fortune I'll.
probably 4 life depended. sa.el-
ing nll u corner for half MI hour ill
tensely absorbed in one # my. conn
positions. Quite n;.t!cli.gg 10 me. was
it net? ia
~ on think the increasing drain
should e0l,i'i,St my stort. ;,oase of
ideas, 10 youp Let INC inform YOU
haiti doubtless would. did / ilot.lear.
something new every day. ! always
mike ;tsI,ote Of every thing sirangeisl
see u. lse:,i,, ard hoesss and papers
give me an,y3 number of IDEA wi, Gil j
mold to suit my renders mot liiv
readers exactv-bus the publishers
readers. We write to please but one
person, and he is that all powerful I'M
tividlial who can take the story OF r +, e
turn it with thanks. lifs.
s.s=.. Y on want to know how we are
paisip Wail none of us ever become
'nillionailes. vet \ person with ordinary
Talent can always make II good living
at the business,
Il % all Of my writing in two o..
three days OF the week anu can make
fifty OF sky dollars witi,ou exsrtins
myself, /. The NEST money ev..r re-
sceiv,.d for q story Vas I'VE hundred.
dollars for i little thing I finished ~
four days it was for a celebrated
comedian who. with my permission
erased my name from the title ,,..gs
and inserted his own I dan { Know
how much he received for his name
aud my story.
Il think / am doing As n,,,,c,, rood
for the you.,g as many wllo MAKE
more pretensiuns. M 80 Of s,:,y s..or ios
arr founded on his orv. sEd probably
impress truths on youthful mind { q, ore
fnrcibly than do some nf the r,.,!es-
s.'is WHO affect 20 ,i.spisa oar
sim SO much. 81 4 !. lete:y al. B.