Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-02-04
How She Earned S170 a DAY.

How she Earned SliU a UaI.
Miss Joanna T. Wood. the Philadelphia
girl who recently received $500 for three
DAYS work. is a living illustration Of what
thousands OF women or men. Tor 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 cOursc.to find
a publisher who would give an unknown
writer chance, who was not too deeP-dyed-
in-the-wool believer in the theory that
name and fame are indispensably neceS-
sary to the telling OF a good story. So when,
one DAY. she read that The Shortstory Print
ing Company of Boston. Mass, paid from
500 To $500 apiece for stories. no matter
by whom written. 50 long as the stories We're
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 $780, and
which. under the title. The Heart of God,
will appear in the March number of TIN
BLACK CAT.
The Ne,r 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 ana
for the great body of intelligent men and
women who read and love a good story Tor
the story sake and not for its author 5 sake.
The best stories of the year, it says, not only
appeared in this magazine, but were written
by 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 10y
using with their pen the opportunities
afforded them by this Boston publishing
house.
The telling of clever short story
is neither numbered among the lost art,
nor confined to Il dozen literary lions
whose master works went begging anC
whose latter-day writings, no matter how
commonplace, find ready acceptance b.
those publishing houses that still persis
in purchasing fame rather than merit
Recognizing this common-sense truth
the publishers of the The BLACK CA
have inaugurated prize story competition
which will close on the 3Ist Of March. an,
under which the writer's of accepted stOrie
will receive all the way from 500 to $500 i
cash. They believe that there are thousand
of men and women unknown to literar
fame, who, if given the opportunity an
proper reward can write as clever stories a
have ever been written. Any one, there
fore, who has a good story to tell shout
not fail to embrace the opportunity thu
presented. All should bear in mind how
ever, that no manuscript will be cOnsidere
at all unless it is submitted in accordanc
with the conditions published in The BLAc
CAT. a copy of which may be had of almo:
any new sdealer, or will be mailed by III
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
the many poor stories with which nowaday
the public is beguiled, that magaziL
which devotes itself exclusively to storic
that are stories should receive free aC
vertisement in these columns.