Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-02-05
How She Earned $170 a Day.

Miss Joanna l.. Wood. the Phiadel phu
girl who recently received 800 for three
days work. is living illustration of what
thousands of women (or men. for that natter
might do in the way of earning money with
out setting foot outside of their own homes.
This girl determined to earn living with
her pen. The trouble was, of course,to find
publisher who would give an unknown
writer Il chance, who was not too deep-dyra-
in-the- wo oil believer in the theory that
name and fame are indispensably n""es-
sary to the telling of Il good story. SO when.
one day. she read that The Shortstory Print
ing Company of Boston, Mass, paid from
SlO0 TO $500 apiece for stories no matter
by whom written, 50 long as the stories were
short, original, clean, clever and fascinating,
Miss Wood set to work with Il will. In three
days she had finished her story, for which
the company promptly paid her $500, and
which, under the title. 1.-THE Heart of God,
will appear in the March number Of The
BLACK CAT.
The Ne,c YORK. Press devotes nearly two
columns OF praise to the new departure in
the storytelling art, which The BLACK CAT
inaugurated, and adds that no publication
has done so much for unknown writers and
for the great body of intelligent men and
women who read and love good story for
the story's sake and not for its author sake.
The best stories of the year. it says. not only
appeared in this magazine. but were written
Joy women.
Every one may not be so highly success
full as Miss Wood, but scores of intelligent,
plain, everyday men and women, whose
daily life affords ample material for Just
such stories as delight the people, are
wooing and winning fame and fortune by
using with their pen the opportunities
afforded them by this Boston publishing
house.
The telling of Il clever short story
is neither numbered among the lost arts
nor confined to Il dozen literary lions
whose master works went begging and
those latter day writings, no matter how
commonplace. find ready acceptance by
those publishing houses that still persist
in purchasing fame rather than merit.
Recognizing this common-sense truth.
The publishers of the The BLACK CAT
have inaugurated II prize story competition,
which will close on the 3lst Of March, and
under which the writer's of accepted stories
will receive all the way from SlO0to $500 in
cash. They believe that there are thousands
of men and women unknown to literary
fame, who, if given the opportunity and
proper reward can write as clever stories as
have ever been written. Any one, there
lor".who has good story to tell should
not fail to embrace the opportunity thus
presented. All should bear in mind. how
ever. that no manuscript will be considered
ut all unless it is submitted in accordance
with the conditions published in The BLACK
CAT. n copy of which may be had of almost
any new sdealer, or will be mailed by The
Shortstory Printing Co, Boston, Mass,
upon receipt OF five cents.
All this may read like a free advertise
ment. We are perfectly willing, in view Of
the many poor stories with which nowadays
the public is beguied. that Il magazine
which devotes itself exclusively to stories
that are stories should receivea free adj
vertisement in these columns.