Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-06-13

tor of the Philadelphia Repository. Young
elders boyhood was spent about the
printing office of the Long Island Times,
In Flushing. He learned to set type long
before he was in his teens. His first COM
position was dore when be was 50 small
that he had to stand on the top OF a soap
box to reach the type cases. When he was
u years old he published at Flushing a
boys newspaper, known as The st. Thorn
as Register" ard four years later he and
two other boys united in editing a cam
paign journal at ~BordentOwn, n. j.. in
support Of Bell and Everett for the pres
idency. When he was about 20 he was a
reporter on one of the newspapers Of New
ark, y. J.. and later, with a young compan-
Newark, under the title of The Morning
Register" BY this time young Glider had
become somewhat known In literary circles,
and the ScribneTs made him first an editor
ial writer. and then the editor OF their mag
azine known as Hours at Home" When
Scribner's Monthly was founded, he became
its associate editor, in connection with J.
G.. Holland. and about the time that the
name of the magazine was changed to
The Century" he was made. at the death
of DR.. Holland. edi~tor-in-chief. Since then
he has written for II In poetry and prose.
and to-day many Of the strongest of its
editorials come from his rem.
The Cheap Magazine.
Ny chat with Mr.. Glider covered a wide
range. 1 first asked as to the influence
OF the Decent magazine upon those of
higher prices. He replied:
Il suppose il may have some effect upon
some OF the high-priced magazines, though
how much l do not know. The cheaper
magazines and illustrated Journalism have
= place In the reading Of the people OF
to-day, and hat place will not, / think. 10
n large degree affect ours. Such publ
cations are possible through the cheapened
processes Of printing and art reproducing.
\ certain grade. Of such things have be-
come so cheap that We seem to be ap-
preaching the time when any man NAV he
his own author, editor and publisher. In
the meantime. the finest processes, the best
pictJIes and the best literature cost more
than ever. At least our expenses IN these
fore"
Costly Pictures.
Then I suppose the Century viii not re-
dUCe its price. Mr.. Gilder?" said I.
+ think not" was the reply. The pub
listers have not thought OF making any
reduction"
pCUsive element Of its make-up?' l asked.
1T depends upon the magazine" replied
Mr.. Glider. BY the halt-tOHe process a
Photograph or sketch can be reproduced At
SO much per inch. but the finer methods
Of reproducing cost a great deal. with
Us the ~engravers must adapt themselves 70
the artists and not the artists 10 the en-
1--WE use different methods with different
PICTURES. selecting the ones which will
bring out the best art results without re-
gard 10 cost. If this can be done by en-
craving. the picture IS given to the en-
gravers. II by some other process. we
choose that. As 10 the COSL OF pictures, a
single Illustration sometimes costs more
than an article. We have paid as high as
$50 or 800 for a single Illustration. We
aim to have in every issue at least one
picture which will be worth more than the
price of the magazine"
Money in Literature.
can you give me any idea Of what
magazines pay for their reading matter?"
Different magazines pay different prices
Mr.. Glider. THE prices paid in the
Century office vary according TO the value
OF the article, TO the reputation of the
writer and to other things. Some articles
not cost more than s2 per thousand
words, while for others we may pay as
much as or more than 800 per thousand
words"