The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-04-19

which they produce in the magazine
makes some people wonder how il can
be repeated month after month. There
are many hands to do 1t, for the makers
draw upon all of the best art resources
of the city.
The printing of the magazine is a de-
partment by itself and is looked after
by specialist in the art, Theo. L. De
Winnie. Mr.. De Winnie takes pride in
printing and especial pride in wood cut
printing One of the results of his care
is traceable in the good impressions seen
in The Century cuts, which appear to
stand out on the page. Ifhe would open
his printing house, one of the chief nov
elites would be the preparation of the
presses for printing, and here, too, is one
of the marvels of quick work, quick even
for monthly. A picture in black and
white has many shades varying from
very dark to light gray, yet all are made
by black ink at one impression. How is
this diversified result obtained?
Mr.. De Winnie has brought it to great
perfection by the development of what
all printers know as 'overlays," placed
on the impression bed, which rolls over
the paper as it strikes the linked plate.
The 'overlays," complete, constitute a
low relief in paper of the engraving to
be printed. They are made by taking
proofs of the cut on different thicknesses
of paper, and carefully cutting out all
portions where the relief is strong enough
and leaving those where extra pressure
is needed. From three to six overlays
are used, and, after FASTING together the
set to be used on cut, they are adjusted
on the impression cylinder SO as to meet
the cut line for line during the printing
and distribute the pressure just as need
ed. With hundreds of pictures to print
for The Century each month, this deli
cate operation in printers work is no
slight part of magazine making.
If Editor Glider, of The Century,
should look after the art work and print
ing as carefully as he does to the brill
fancy and grace of thought and style in
his magazine, who would envy him his
| position?
The art department details are con-
Quoted by Mr.. A. w. Drake, superin-
tendent, and w. L. Fraser, manager.
Mr.. Glider decides on all illustrations,
and here, as in his literary labors, is aided
by the associate editor, r. U. johnson,
and the assistant editor, G. c. Buel.
To Mr. Buel belongs the credit of orig
mating The Century War Series, one of
| the great hits in periodical features of
these times. He is young man, and
was trained to the profession of journal
ism before joining the magazine. Mr..
johnson has been one of the staff since
the beginning in 1879, and is now in his
| prime.
Mr.. Glider is a man of all kinds of
in his teens he served in the Gettysburg
campaign in Landis' Philadelphia bat
terry, and is now Grand Army veteran
of Lafayette post. Mr.. johnson is stu
dent, with ideas on art and social adj
vancement. Mr.. Buel studies life every
where and recreates at his home ON Long
Island sound, where good yachting
breeze will always cause him to forget
importuning contributors and that last
poem on the season which he declined
with thanks for the favor of reading it. I"
The havoc played by the fire of 1888,
when firebrand dropped from burn
ing floor overhead into The Century edi-
torial rooms, as shown in the cut, sug-
gests a practical hint TO writers for the
manuscript market. 1t is well to make
duplicates of all articles sent to editors,
the author retaining one. Fireproof safes
are used for the bulk of matter in hand,
but while the papers are in process of
reading they lie about upon shelves or
desks days at time. Articles chosen
for illustration are duplicated in the Of
fee, SO that the illustrator may have a
copy; but in case of great fire both
copies might be destroyed, to the great
annoyance of both editor and author.
T.