New-York tribune., 1901-08-18
SECRET THAT DID NOT PLEASE HUsa,y,
HOW THE WIFE WAS ENCOURAGED To Rrc,,.-
AN AUTHORESS

ftOW 4tE WIFE WAS ENCOURAGED To
AN AUTHORIZES
There was not the slightest doubt about II. .o,..
thing had happened He knew il as soon 49,
entered the fiat. 1t written all over his ,w,.s
face ard he felt 1t In the kiss she left on his eh
What it was he didn't know. Perhaps the bahv -,
another tooth; perhaps 1t choice bit OF rs.,1
about one of the score OF neighbors who lived rrs
the same apartment house roof and against v,.~'
they sometimes brushed in the elevator: nar.a.A O@
worst of all, her mother. by law made his IS Us
coming to pay them a visit.
He knew the suspense would not be long W.
wife looked so eager that he wondered wbv .h
hadn't telephoned- '
Guess what has happened?' she said hat.
was fairly inside the fat.
you've found new recipe for making salaa,.
John, quit joking and guess right"
You have at last succeeded In baking bread tb,.
we can eat" was his second guess Il congratul.,s
you, dearest"
IF you don't quit teasing me. John. ru nab.
you wait till after dinner. I'm never going To trv
to cook any more again"
We'll out with it, What's the sensationr.
TITS almost too good to be true she said nv MN.
Of fourth fifth preface. I've had a s,orv
printed in a real magazine"
The husband tried hard to look pleased .I puD-
pose you'll buy steam yacht with the money h.
said. for he a hard working bookkeeuer snd
knew little about literature"
Months and months ago woman called ON ma
She was snartly dressed and talked in an ao.r
way. Just as if she liked it or had had long prac.
tice"
You would like to be an authoress. would you
not?" she asked
Il told her that had tried but that the nnaeaz,n
editors didn't seem TO think much of the beau,ifn1
stories sent them. I told her that my eolIecttn
of refusal slips about complete. and that hal
decided TO quit writing and learn to cook"
II wish you would quit" interrupted the husband
Then she made me the incest little speech
Don't you do IT, she said. We have Just esab.
nshed literary clearing house and have connec.
tions with every magazine in the country. You
probably write good stories. but you don't send
them to the right people at the right time. We eaa
help you
Then she said that they would take nv storte,
and have them read for about 81 30 each When
they are published she said they would take ou4
hfth OF the money and give me the rest ssA
wanted 20 take Of the stories l had ALREADY
written and try 10 sell it, She said each editor
had individual taste-whatever that is-wheh
had to be satisfied. and that they knew the TASTE
money to pay for reading ~
"Well!' exclaimed the husband.
We'll. to-day In the mail l got a copy Of
-'s Magazine, and there was my name IS
WhereupOn she produced the said magazine and
husband had TO read the story from beginning 10
How, did she find out you wanted to writer hs
demanded
II asked her about that and she told me- though
II was trade secret They hire some one in all the
big maya zine offices 10 send them the names OF
people who contribute manuscripts. In place
Il Is the first reader in another the boy who sends
back the rejected stories in the third the girl who
opens the mail. She said there thousands OF
men and women In New-York who are trying %
write stories. and that her company is going
visit them ALL
Il suppose you'll so back to writing again" he
said
'Of course I will" she said Its easy after
you get your first story printed.
Il wish / had that woman here now said the
husband. under his breath. and he strove TO forget
the added trouble which had fallen his shoulders
by burying himself in a boodthirsty evening extra