The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-22
TIE LITERARY OUTLOOK.
.,,.voWlsT WHO NEVER LAUGHS
MD RARELY SMILES.

,ND a ANELH SMILES
.oroc.~ New PIay-COntinued
N'' ,,rit, of shore Acres''-Mr.
'..,inn returning to the United
-, New Book by Andrew
..i,-tirSt Appearance i'm the
800, states of Two New English
..,rs-Uhe cost of Floating New
-,,dicaIs-VHriOus Items.
49,. York Jan. H.-The new play that
H.rre has just brought out at
....,,- The Rev. Griffith Daven-
,f.rS IS what he finally settled
che uue-was not made necessary
-nr...ii0s in the popularity of "Shore
Although Mr. Herne himself has
AN .,.re shore Acres continuously
U'" va. wears. and latterly has also
i0S s..7rd company on the road play
I'' VET rr a recent three weeks en-
us .ot IN Poston, where ii had been Of
ss.r before 1t Played to $4,000. The
r.,-ar was under rehearsal at the Her
~, s-a3ra Tltater in this city before its
g.. lr,iu,.f0n at Washington. 1t is as
5.qars3t f0m shore Acres as can be,
2 .hnI|I DOUBT II u GOQll prove do SUE
mi In 1t MIR. Herne Is still a strenu-
r.,.is,. htt there is moi the local color
~ Sam. and the local flavor of character
,isl 81 much enhance the charm and hui
s-.,sr.ss of Shore Acres" 1t is
Una nj the civil war but chiefly of the
eol-5l side of IT, having little to do with
arms and natIl,s-a fact for which 1 must
confess myself rather grateful. From
washington it goes to Baltimore, and then
4, comes TO New York for long engage
men..
Besides being aggressivefy realistic as a
dr3nat,t and actor. Mr.. Herne is a zeal
ous social and political reformer. He is
IN close relations, especially with the sin
eIe-ax or Henry George group; and this
connection has had some rather interesting
effects on the composition of his compa-
MES For instance, one of the members
Of the company that first played Shore
Acres" was a brother of Mr.. Hamlin Gar
land who as a fellow realist and single
tayer" has been in fraternal relations
with Mr. Herue for a number of years
Another man with whom Mr.. Hernes re-
formaoly impulse and sysmpathies brought
him into intimacy is Mr.. Thaddeus Wake
man a Well-kuown lawyer of this city,
man of much learning and a perfect art
mos, radical ana Heterogeneous of socie-
ties The New York Liberal Club and the
special prophet of all the struggling causes;
One Of the most rational, and yet one of
the widest, and always one of the most
interesting men to be met with in this
region About three years ago a daughter
Of Mr. Wakeman's the heir of not a tit
tie Of his ability went on the Stage, and
her second engagement was with Mr.
Herne Neither she nor Mr. Garland is
with him now; but that he has other re-
formers, or daughters or brothers of re-
formers, IN his companies, l cannot doubt
Ii becomes every year a more costly bust
ness to float an important periodical. 1 see
that Mr. Harmsworth of the London Mail
ana dozen other publications, disclosed,
al the recent annual meeting of the share
holders OF his company, that 1t had cost
$4,000 TO Introduce the new Harmsworth
Magazine and get out the first four num-
bers. That is a pretty good sum-S10O OO0
and four numbers, even in the swiftest
fight to success don't carry a periodical
s0Tery far. Yet this is about what.any one
must be equal to, if he would undertake
10 found new monthly or weekly. Peo-
Pc VINO undertake these ventures without
knowing We'll beforehand what they require
aie apt TO make the mistake of supposfng
ndl "Aen they have figured out, with
reasonable cIeVerness, the cost of producing
single number and have made financial
provision for paying such a sum at the
required intervals, through a certain term.
ule provision is ample. Editing so much,
NefaIuIe So much, and art, typesetting.
Niauns paper binding, distributing and
50 Iorln all so much more; this is a COM
p'IdVNeN easy sum. 1t leaves out of cal
Vu'a.oH Una cost of getting your publica-
uoii known; and that is perhaps the tough
~ o- an the problems. You can produce
Se" numbers Chat is, u numbers)
vi very GOOD magazine, in editions OF
Pretty good size, for $50 600 or $40 OOO Rnt
u'ele mas been as much as the larger of
uest sums. and probably more, spent by
single periodical in the course of three
''..Hs SIMPLY IN advertising itself in 9TH
iTl'ouicdls. Add to this the cost of
4 ''S ana regular and special notices.
\ si'u.ea lor the most part through The
,"4'' ana see what a total results as the
NJ merely of selling your production.
.''oI few years ago, to conjure with
-'A'Alar name and revive a periodical
.onS since defunct is said to have cost
'l1 u three or four successive owners
av 5'I'm l'rtune. Every penny of the large
4 tan,r. "ic went for naught, and the at
6 5'lp nae finally to be entirely aban-
nj wi, Ahdrew Carnegie, in the ardor of
ia,ts gN'oS'uon TO expansion and imper-
ie"t Is now writing a book on this SUBJ
4 bnr3-ll1, Will be work of two or three
a5o'. pages and will be brought out
resi5. me middle of February. Mr.. Car
ex9os,ie deSire is to make it a complete
sior,s, uon OF the views of the anti-expan-
,ea,. ana the grounds on which those
his I, a'e passed Mr.. Carnegie, in spite of
re-oi 5e occupation in financial and com
pro16a, al. aIlalrs, has long had quite
s.5a. .ea devotion to authorship. Be
r.rio3.5 ''l'I- outing occasionally to leading
ersblatt''l$' he has published three consid-
port,,.' 'oohS the best known and most i'm
mocr me- Oh them being triumphant De-
yeqrs brought out ten or twelve
had ago some time after Mr.. Carnegie
yo,a5 i'i a,S 80 Che IS now 62). He is a de-
- u'Aoer Of the Authors Club. and #
N' odia1 over 5.Sl,SNs..y-.y ..