The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-03-10
PULLER-IN BOOK COVERS.
MISS MCCONNELL TELLS or THE TRIALS
or HER CALLING.
Authors Who want Psychological Moments
Depicted Publisher VINO Are In a Hurry
Hunts for Local C~olor-Glrls Who Finf
That lcSirninx lnnk GaIeIs Paw.

The up-to-date book cover said Mis-,
Sarah MacConncll. simply plays the role u
a refined Baxter streel puller-in."
Miss MacConncll has been designing book
covers for the last four years. II she had
put In the entire time irving 10 think G: a
phrase in which to des crlbe the chief purpose
Of the modern book cover she couldn't have
improved on he one She used.
Il suppose the sensitive souls Of soma
authors would be shocked II they heard 20
say that" She went o The author uses
different words. but they mean the same
thing, He says that the cover ought 70 10
magnetic II you only knew how M young
life Is dlrkeued by the necessity OF making
magnetic covers"
Miss Mcdonnell laugh ed rather gaily for
a young woman with a olouded existence.
Il don't mind auth least, not SONS
authors. she said. unless 1 have 10 design
a comlng-out dress for one Of tn children
OF their brain There are some authors that
| don't mind even then But most Of them
wanted to pa, i mildly just listen. Tor
instance. TO this picking up an open Letter.
Please make tle cover des!g n depict tho
G,sycL9lore m2ment OF the story read
What % you think Of that' "a raths.
RRtafiyS blind and dn / oTiisns aI' do ouTo Know WA psy:
I had reOo ynized hi. one when i met 1, i'm.
positive 1t wouldn't have been capable Of
'e!!2 Y:& d0 .ss. OYER ,Se iq tros a Isvs ~it ise' sse author +.
that he see. with his. mind rather than with
his eye he GENERALLY wants to make H.:
t%e.hnniciii fflmaCodiisoi- Of color schemes. dye.
7oh, tGat reminds me q a c9yer ! msds
for a book by a wom9n writer, She, planned
her IDEAS ddSn 'oSWT When / Showed t to the paTbilsRRemrs
l said thai II would be an ~avfllly hard design
10 carry 22n t and orfred t. submit so11S,hiGIs
aud said 50 20 the author when they sent tAs
a Few DAYS later they wcpt upon my
shoulder She had written that the. Idea
wasthc most original she had ever seeI-it wa4
II out With great faithfulness, a virtue rare IN
artists and that; a. for the cover being hard
20 make, she had not, supposed they were Z
poor ,hingsl They used the design. but
Of ever undertaking another book for her,
,"pes!Cninc covers Is never mere child's
play, but It's the rush orders that really try
your soul. You sec, the putlisher', Idea OF
getting 4 cover il 20 have YOU give ! 70. him
f2 h.a b ,1 5rss ge; ,..S1, ~ T4 Ins,,, really rh f,ruc;;
wednesday. isn't III Well. when asked
tho publisher when he wanted the design he
well, really. Miss Mcdonnell. we oush,
to have had II last Monday"
Rhods BrouThton. and. there were exactly
t tssniyr. ps fSs ,i IF P MSs ro syf II ian IN wb ,hi,
misht have meant snythir g In the world.
En- r gIf.s i EsToin SpG IN ,4nS VET. Ens { RRr%fH apss.an, , tn:
twenty pages to refuse, the, proposai--and
there our oan PgTGio 6 sto IGSoi 1T The book Tishs
] hadn't any idea what they were about.
Here. the C9ver made For a stab In the
zone Doesn't st down. you see. and evolvs
hook cover, out Of ones inner conacious-,ss
HeFe,s r." cover for J9mc. Lac Allcn,,
hemp on II, and ms II was March when T got
the order Their, vas no growing hemp 70 10
r rnitnral hr TGgia u get G' Il II The P Re .G ice could hiGrt do
was 70 dcpend 0n the ency9opetia
street N'ie h ~ NeT% iss l 0Shfa@' he ,s@ geaS Sr
and q fugitive glimpse Of the n.sts at tho
the sSt 3aisA q5 9 Malbe1y yu BepGG .HS Wail
other irrelevent places. 70 find material. I
h fSSo to t2a 9G ggv up ~ 4 t ne g oi dsS S0lps a, t ths nu.ea9
f foPS a dtsisn R .naS ttihmrrSa S Sndi' 10 r HSTa "a
explorer out Of bis rSirsat and set aim e tel
For. another book ! had to study the
ssmGoi' Of IL; tape as II runs through the
f. s! sfa s % { IsP =. ss 'SAlf f. e Rs saP, VIEW. sbes Is
Views sG than TINE. o0 So / went wen. 9 70 the he a ash W %l.s
him. imbib'ns his views en- ,route. ! never
felt 30 new-womanish rs / did when I had pus
seen him safely "a. u"
Al good n2vtis-and some bad ones
pear lint the designs will have to 90 along.
4 certain book. whose cover designed, Is to
%tizntion has been decided on and an actress
selected for the leading role.
co ,lhe st ne @'r gs s1eiss r. want ,Sn TO use the
: siIl ~ vi? E9uid resegbis the aetr ~'sn
they did. so they altered the actress CAP To-
A. ny design' whleI altered the design 70 q,
Even school books have specially de.
TTlffitSG&p G srS hbSEiteSy's PaFtiGgIfaiy thos:
being reprinted IN new editions with the new
s[OittE9t 'Srsr "a qe stGpsd a gGod many Gtthe,o
OF the BOOK goes. Page" and pTesswork ara
very bad oqt the cover is in some startling
a good many girls have attempted cover
designing ana some OF tnom have succeeded,
but most Of them grow DISCOURAGED and give
have broken down Somebody said tho
other day that u a woman wants 70 succeed
respect FOR the luncheon hour Most OF them
ing, young people ~ WHO lived as casually
The pay Is fair II one can get enough
order. II range. from go to 2s5 f"r ia
'' D-AtA' NtiArNt F4AhII~ IL ~
NOR" than that But one must submit A
number " uc.igus and take the chance of
having none Of them aCcst ted
ono ~! to success = Z have a practical
know q" !g@ Of rho actual making Of the cova-
/ and tAe igdi'TaI- "a W.Iun your design il 10
De- carried out fur Instance. ] haro aor,r-
times saved a desg n because ! knew IN.
| ,Ntut ioug'h Of Il Leaf 81 gold The gold
I Leaf j a.!.ul! 20 handle and bv making
the 1r~lsI como within the measurement
| IT q leaf | uhElltad ~" n~crcssity nf niaCinR'
winch j. q CONFEDERATION not - BE- GcSpisei
- hard .pg ALy ctr! - 20 about AMI
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! 90 b" Iherr ar" a I"w fIm4 FOR WON
! hu.e never wo kci aue ! 20 70 son them
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Infr'.' t.' ultu always receives Ls W!'l
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cons ui,'h auu yli u"..t 50. lUux
cordial leht a.' H.t rgps, plb.-lr-,
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W.a~ Wings HI. ~" tina" Their, a. uu" mo-
man who mover -uys au, hing aud YET man.
ago. q, ..' yu. .IuN what uo thinks " your
wuFN D' ti' i.1r. way o." han 4e, Il AMI
b." let Nul tr.w N.'1 pi'l~GUtiy, too
II g.. Wet" NHT 20. go. Nina ~ tho Road
~" M. ~ . cover i"-.Glrr NgI4in't be- hal.
Do. EI' W. ," coo. uually under 80
'.r.E.'I"u Who be- ur. on. To mqJ
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