Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-20

mar. I. = Man who Has Little Path IN
the Judgment Of Readers.


attave had somothing 10 do with the
business Of story writing In my time, both
"a a nroduttr and Judge of other peoples
work. said a man OF letters. The latter
occupation / finally ahandoncd, because
the iaior Of Inspecting manuscript con.
tributlons in bulk was TOO wearing. don't
think il g. found particularly 20. "a n rule,
l,y readers f0f magazines, because they ne.
riecth Il. Often u & impossible that II
should Be Otherwise ono great monthly
An New Yori. ciiy receives 10 manuscripts
every week In the year. II H. reading ytan
was multiplied by ak proper denomination
could no, ic given 10 them oil. Asiti Il, Il
r the exception that a. 70 fortunate ~ 10
BE- looked at.
"p,rsons end contributions 20 tho big
msgazincs with the notion that they viii
h. Rad. They are victims " Ia dclnslon.
usually. !, who have seen the inside works
Of ench concerns. say H. The task Of gct-
ting through tho vast number ~ manu-.
scrluta admitted il 70 hopeless that ll.tlc
morc /. attempted with the great majority
than 10 return them. ordinarily after many
DAYS. II ynn nru NJ all known by reputa.
hon YOUR Offering Is likely 10 be Inspected,
but not otherwise.
"Games have often been tried upon the
great monthlios for the purpose OF scclng
whether this was " or not. George W.
Gable. the famous author. published the
rrsults II few such experiments Of hi,
own awhile ago lie tont two or three Of
his stories, under an assumed name, the
ruunds ofihe New York magazines. They
were refused by every one-i0und not
Ayailable'-whorcupun he dispatched them
oye his own signature. aud they were
promptly accepted.
Before he achieved his reputation he
was unable 70 secure the printing u manr
OF the tales which have since come 10 be- ~
garlcd o. classical Poison Jono' was
hawked about the metropolis in vain; not
an editor would buy IL. II was this carlJ
experience which led Mr.. Cable TO hts sub
sequent experiments, the result Of which
polluted IN tho conclusion that . coBtribu
ton offered 20 ono Of these monthlic'
had scarcely the slightest show upon ~
merits unless known name was attached
toi,.
several years ago when ! was alto
goihcr unknown myself used 20 Try som'
little trick. upon the magazine readcr.
such ~ putting the smallcst possible dhul
Of glue between two ot the page. Of nj
manuscript or turning one Of the leave
upside down. Invariably upon the return
Of the contribution ! would ind the tvs
pages silll stuck and the turned leaf ns be-
fore, proving that n really had not been in
spccied. II was discOnraginR, though no
40 much 10 ~ 10 suppose that my work hai
been fairly read by m expert and ~
nouncel not westh publishing. You mn
try the trick yourself, aud You will fin'
that IL will 20 every time,
"On one occasion sent a story 10 Ger
tain important monthly, entitled 'I'h
Crystal HAIL. The edltor returned II witt
the usual thanks, saying We are sorry q
fnd that your contribution called 9TH
Cheerful bull" Is not available for our pun
poses Il reminded me Of the famou
translation u 'Triste Lupus by u class
mate of Tom Brown nj Rugby, NJ Til
sorrowful Wolff
II wish could remember all the funn
thing. | came across In the manuscript
submitted 10 me for pcrusal when for
time | served ~ reader for a magazin,
Therc was ono story that reached its dra
matte climax when the hero aud hi. fanil
were bslegcd In a wooden cabin by Indian
| The sayngcs. several hundred IN number
had lighted FIRE all around the dwcllln
and werc breaking In though the roof wit
axes Atthis critical juncture the hero n
marked thoughtfully II Is time that we q
capped. Washington star.