The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-04

Il got over caring for fame when l was'
in my teens. saw the folly Of working
so hard simply that the world may be 8,
little longer in forgetting one; l wrote
because had to write. The doing Of the
thing was its own reward. should have
kept on writing had the publishers sent
back all Of my stories
II should not be surprised tSlearn that
am Buddhist without knowing q.
am constantly finding that am Gomez
thing l never suspected myself of being
read book or an article and say to my~',
self: Why. those are my ideas; Thought
all that myse.f years ago. This man has
stolen my thunder In the same way
Buddha may have plagiarixsd my unborn
thoughts
'.One Of my great trials In life IL to ret .
good pen. The pens other people have
are alwa avs better than miae. never 70
into bank without covetin9 the lovely
smooth-howing pens lind there. usually
beg two or three from the cashier, bat
when get them home they scratch ~
versity about pens
Ever since was child have feit >
an amusing sense Of responsibility for the
universe. When my little sister wss
naughty and broke her doll II seemed 10
me that WAS TO blame. have vague
feeling Of tho same kind still when greater
things 60 wrong"
whenever I come TO consider whaA
people may call my virtues find my.
self possessed with harrassing tendency
TO reason them back to faults. Thus
generosity becomes weakness, industry
higher form Of ssltshness and soon.
wish couid reason my faults hack
20 = justification in hercdity or something
else by the converse method, but cannot
do It."
"The great trouble with mo 10 that the
t~n ss{u al A, - g. -
second joint too long. This means. ~ the
palmist tells mo- that my reasoning Pow.
ers are developed Mt the expense OF my
powers Of decision. I see on all sides Of
the question at the Same time and come to
no conclusion except in . general way that
everybody is right"
The story Of Mrs. Burnctt's literary sue.
cess has been told too often TO need 70.
peatsng. Here. At least, 10 . writer who
bears no grudge against the race Of pub )
hshsrs. She has always found them gen.
erous and courteous, ever since the time
accord, offered TO pay q higher price for
her stories than she had been getting from
him. She was then young girl Of IL and
he might have had the stories for half tho
amount he paid, but he did not take ad-
vantage OF her ignorance. Now she has
far greater demands on her pen than she
can fulfill, and whatever she chooses 10
write and as much AZ she can possibly
write brings her 10 cents . word. That
means that earning 500 or $500 il an easy
mornings work for her.
AZ that rate one wonders why she docs
not work morning. noon and night. As q
matter OF fact, she is not even able TO work
continuously during the mornings. In
any event her afternoons and evenings
are given to other duties. to her family
and to society. although she cares little
for the latter. But her mornings she sets
fvsa IN AT - tnpl ..s ~<e
And then what happens?
People from all over the country. strang.
crs whom she will never see, hcsiege her
with letters and requests which she In too
kind-hearted, weak she calls il, to re-
fuse. 1t costs Mrs. Burnett thousands OF
dollars year TO be gooti-nstured 70
strangers.
Here are some OF the people who appeal
TO her n II she were the answer column
department of . ne wspaper:
Young women named Hodssou or burnett.
who on the strength o. their names want her TO
''pienss correspond with them regularly"
Fathers have taken sheir boys 10 $50 Little
Lord Fauntlercy'' and wish she would write
them long letters. which would give the afors-
sad boys much pies.u,e. Ia exchange they
suggest sending sofae Of the boy's compositions.
(which she might enjoy reading"
Anxious mothers who want 90 know II they
Aiso The proper time for weaving infsnta Also
Information about tsethsng. etc etc.
T. Young ladies' OF talent who want literary
advice How are they TO begin, What styis Of
writing hal they batter se!ecty Does the busi.
pay wellr etc. etc.
5. Autograph Gends by the dsavsrfuL These
include people yho sepd on copies OF her books
with requests for - few osigfnsi remarks On
the Hy leaf
G Children whose mammas. or aunts, or
g.sndmothers thiuk they psodsgics. They
usually arrive when Mrs burnett Is particularly
busy, accompanied by their ngrses and carry
ing bundles OF iyrswr.i'ea poems tied with
pink ribbon she is requested " "kiadiy look
over the poeTaA"
:. Last. tn, no, least, the reporters. who ar.
rive from tbs i0ur quarters of tne globe Gu mis-
sions 30 extraordinary a. 10 fasks the Jspaneso
idoa In tbs bali, which 10 perfectly black. turn
blue With smssenent These gsnscmsa insist
jump nc wbs; hour Mrs. EUfnstt nriaes aud has
her bath, how chs dresses her hair. Whist shs
eats for breakfast. - ae'her she Asys her prayers
and y nos. shy not, how many
teisEges IN DIVIDED skifts, y BIO her sayorise
authors, gsou~fs sad un.:erIaksss, where shs
expects 10 go ~nen she de-. sst siIs thinks Of
tod, ard various o'hsr tnings Then she nsx,
day ali ssis 10 pseseatei Ia PRINT - IL Nrs Day
beta herself lsi bean dying ~ tell the world
shsse ta.ngs. and II the reporter had done gsr
The greatest p,sssole favor W allowing her to do
80 These Alissei interviews usually ae.
eosnpanisd with ons OF moro photographs On
the mlrdsrous plan already mentioned. which
naxsa the horror complete.
The Burnett house stands on Massa.
chasetts avenue. few doors from the
chinese legation and the Blaine mansion.
ls - the home of a cultivated woman who
lskes 10 have pretty things about her and
knows how 10 arrange them effectively.
The rooms ON the lower door at the right
are three IA number and open into e,na
anosasr, running Sue whole length C ~