Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-10-04


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10 Inknovtngy make the experiment.
How would you advise a young man OF q
t5tefsry bent, aid possessing keen sense for
that whtrh h gnusazsi or hainorouss How
sDall he and the market without money or In
6usneef IL humorous writing rerunerarive.
Can you cife al instance Ia regard To your
gaining literary notorietys
Please don't ffspair At this. 10 IL nearly the
Introduction OF what !. bore can do Possibly
I. too. shall be eminent some day. and In lieu
II this great trnposSibility VIII close the op-
portunsty presents Please comply Very sim
:srely.
The above letter is written by young
man who needs Information about as
severely as any one with whom l have
sver met mp. put three asterisks in
place Of his name in order TO shield his
family. This Is only specimen OF one
kind Of correspondent out OF a list OF a
great many hundreds. pause to won-
der where they all come from
Passing over the first paragraph.
which il kind. fattering and fulsome.
let us come at once TO what Mr.. Aster-
isk-Nr. Jack Asterisk. il you please
really wants TO know.
In the first place, do, as often and as
lucidly and pellucidly as can with
what few talents l may embrace. an
river the inquirers who have something
20 inquire for. II am able to supply the
information First then, Jack, you
should know what you want 70 inquire
for. and, secondly. you should know how
10 spell II Then any one would be glad
10 drop the information into your recep-
tacle.
Undoubtedly!
Now comes the query, "How would
you advise a young man OF literary
bent and possessing keen sense for that
which is unusual or humorous
Iwouid advise such an one to avail
himself OF it and enjoy it. Few people
are best with keen sense OF the IN
usual. Il should be fostered.
You ask next. How shall he find the
market without money or infiuenceT
lie win naturally have great difficulty.
The market for keen sense Of the I'M
usual was never more panicky than IL Is
now. Without money or influence you
win have quite long search before you
will get your price. To tell You the
honest and never dying truth. Asterisk.
there Is no market for A keen sense for
The unusual or humorous IL Is good
thing to have. for your life will be longer
and sweeter for having IL. Don't mar
kes il OF all. any more than You would
market your keen relish for what Is good
or beautiful You doubtless want to
End q market. not for your keen sense
Of the unusual, but for your ability to
describe such things in an entertaining
way. and you cannot deliver the goods
st present, fear.
Learn Erst to write good English.
Write as a mark for eight or nine years
and let up on busy people. if You please.
/ once knew young man who decided
10 30 20 New York and TO try TO get a
lob on the metropolitan press. He had
rracticed on = country paper for sew
sral years. and had received cyclope-
ira and a reversible wall map as a re-
wHr.i for his genius and toll 30 be said
~ himself: Il viii go 20 New York
IRIS ifs il killing me. Il Is time 70 call
: haItr he did not take trunk be-
r.ose he said IL would only be a burden
4, him. and one hot day when the sun
Was bringing out al the hidden fra
qxaaes that = century has concealed be-
tween the heated paving stones Of News
,,Snar row. he found the door which led
INTO the inhospitaole dwelling OF the
,rest rsrrspaper upon which DE had de-
eided 20 bsstow himself
Everybody about hsm looked 50 cool
aud superior thst be hated himself be
e.use hr perspirsi 50. aud he knew that
seen we elevator boy looked down on
sfn. He fels houlesick. AMI when he
scak sut his handkerchief % wipe his
hrew be accidentally pulled cut a little
v.f xsoeushion that hts sister gave him
when BE- started Ter towl Is sFnote on
his heart vsry hezFily. 1r. Asterisk. and
se compared the weleeuae be generally
s,.f a. home With ts1e chslly glare be got
when he carue 20 tovFn
vrnan he mustered the courage. he
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