The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-17
DOING OTHER PEOPLES WORK.
The Difficulty One Writer Found In Try
ing to Secure a Substitute.

The Difficulty One Writer Found In Try
ing to Secure a Substitute.
A newspaper woman told a story the
other day illustrating the difficulty of do.
ing other peoples work 81 had the grip
along with the rest of the world" she said,
''and was obliged to give up work for few
days. Nothing really pressed except de-
partment / do for one Of the weeklies, and
how to supply this copy did not see. 1t
Is of a miscellaneous character, aiming in
B general way to be of interest to women,
and its production that week seemed Inn.
possible.
1.-TWO days before the copy should reach
the publication Office a friend came 10 see
me. She is a writer Of wide reputation in
the story and essay field, and when she
profered her services / eagerly and CRATE
fully accepted the help for my department
work. She went off promising some manu-
script the next day. and felt great bur
den lifted. By noon she appeared Why
she said. i can't do line. i shut myself
up in my room yesterday afternoon and
spent all the daylight hours trying TO
evolve something. but l couldn't catch the
vein of the work at all 1 am not going to
be able to help you PARTICLE She was
genuinely sorry and so was /.
Later in the same day was sitting up
trying to write a little, when my broth
er came in He scolded that I should
make any effort in my weak condition, and
when explained the serions need delight
ed my heart by saying, T'll help you out
with that. You lie down and I'll go OF
myself for an hour or two and rattle you
off half column or more did lie down
and he went of. When he came back it
was 10 confess that the rafting process
had not been successful 'Confound it all,
be said, I can't think Of a thing; can't
grind ont a single paragraph
yet be was formerly newspaper man.
and as lawyer does more or less writing.
But be couldn't help me, and the situation
was becoming critical. when that evening
a third friend called TO inquire after my
welfare When his name was brought 20
me felt at once that my delivsrer had
come. He IL q magazine writer and fire.
qBent contributor to newspapers, and
was already indebted 70 him for many
items which bad used IN this very depart
meBt, 50 | lost no time in begging his aid
he was most acquiescent, would bs
pleased, he said, 70 do me q good batch Of
copy and would hurry home TO accomplish
it His wife. be was sure. would give ham
some woman's ideas ard between them
should Be served And slept, exhausted,
but confident that with what / bad been
able 70 prepare the requisite amount was
secured
Almost before the household was awake
the next morning messenger arrived from
this last tower CT strength AlNsl like the
others, il was only broken reel He had
no idea that special work needed practice
he wrote He vas terribly ehzgriusd 70
have nothing 20 sffsr me bat the inclosed !
siBgls paragraph which be almost feared |
was un1sabie He had worked I'll nearly !
etc
The paragraph Was u5uEable, hus dss 1
Peration now gave ne strength drank =,
some strong eoFee, bound Up ny head IN = 4
wet cloth AID so down a. sny desk- ~ i
the epd CT three hours tbe work was done 4
and dispatched And the fanny part q / 4
Is that each Of TIE tnrse wiling ous power 4
less frsen1s sevsrziIy and calmly asked uae /
AfseExzrds who frAIly helped yea outf i
The work WAS specially good Tier i
PoiRt q VIEW II Sss YeIk IlzsA