Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-06-25
MARX TWAIN AT work.

addressed envelope for the return Of check.
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think o thought
Mary Hnrtwoll Cottonwood, the authoress
OF the ''Romance Of Dollard," uses pen
and n very painstaking indeed. She Is
Quiet, modest little woman whose manners
ought TO shame tho disagrccable profess
sional literary person who goes through
life filled with q nameless joy because he
has succeeded alone In winning his own ap-
proval.
Julian Ralph Is a selfmade stenographor.
That is, he hlfs worked Ralph's great method
Of shutting up his notes like concertina
while doing rapid work, and then he pulls
out several JOINTS of this oven, II necessary,
but he dictates 70 stenographer when he
writes up great job like a page or two OF
New York paper, which he frequently does
when feeling well Mr. Ralph docs not
mako memoranda on his cuff. Young re-
porters and detectives who desire 70 at
tract attention do this.
Mr.. r. H. Spinner, during his early
literary career, whilo doing paragraph
work for the United States Treasury at
Washington, used threo legged quill pen
and teacup full OF Potomac mud. He
made appropriate gestures by gently wav-
ing brightred tongue through tho aston
ished atmosphere.
John q. New, while Treasurer under
General Grant, wrote q good many things,
aud his autographs written at that period
in his literary career command O high
price. He did not use tho typewriter but is
very symmetrical and handsome penmqn.
His whiskers, his penmansh,p, his beautiful
family and his unerring Judgment as to the
proper time when man should be firm and
stand pat, are strong characteristics OF his.
Charles Dudley Warner never dictated
nor used typewriter. He docs hts own
writing and thinks his own thoughts as they
occur from time TO time. He docs not OBJ
ject, however. To tho use OF tho type
writer or stenographer, II not taken In In
ordinate quantities. He believes that In q
literary work, inspiration passes through
the two fingers and the thumb. He 10 glad
TO notice also, that tho antique hnger-nail
trimmed with edging OF moss-agate, 10 no
longer proof OF great literary excellence.
George Makepace Towlo uses steel pen,
even In composing, he says, but hopcs 70 SEQ
the typewriter or modification OF that In
strumcnt come into general use for literary
purposes. He Ia sorry, however, TO see tho
MSS. ofvarious authors nbbed OF their In
dividuality In that wny.
Richard Watson Glider feols very much
the same way. He resents the put up
jobn appearance Of typewritten manu-
scripts, and yet he likes II because OF its
clearness. Mr.. Glider q the editor OF the
Century Magazine, on Seventeenth street,
near Fourth avenue, good and fiourishing
publication, terms, four dollars year His
paper ia little siow In the matter Of news,
being made up about three months ahead OF
It's publication. The Century hns no tel
egraphio or Associated Press dispatches
and docs not issue my sporting edition.
Mr.. Glider does his own literary work by
means OF pen and writes strong running
hand. Ho can return rejected MSS. In
such gentle, caressing way that disap-
pointed scribblers como To him for hun
dreds OF miles, 10 thank him for his kind
mesa and stay 10 dinner with him.
Oliver Optic wrote with pen until four
teen years ago, when he was threatened
with pen paralysis. He then had 70 look
shout for other meaus Of expressing him
sci. He saw IN advertisement lin this pa-
peri In 1875 calling his attention TO type
writer, and st once availed himself OF the
machine. After six months OF uso he
could do as we'll with tho typewriter % the
pen, md now ho does not haye- 70 hunt