The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-18

rolled up an cnoImous circulation, me
circulation brought i'm advertisements.
and both together. 10 is said, yielded an
income of more than $4,000 a year.
Frank a. Alunsey must have kept in
mind the old adace. Thine and TIDE
wait for no man" for he took the tide
al its Hood. and il landed him on the
top wave OF prosperity. He may have
derived inspiratio from the thought
that several great publishing firms had
their inception in equally humble be
sinnings. Like him, Horace Greeley
was a farmer boy the founders of the
great house OF Harper were sons OF
farmer, and Appleton once stood behind
the counter of a country store.
With honesty integrity push and en-
ergy. combined with brains. Frank a
Munsey. alone and unaided, established
one of the largest ventures of its kind
in America Ills juvenile weekly has
become the we'll known Argosy maya
zine ana It's great success has been
since eclipsed by its larger rival. known
as MunSey's 1t is upon the debris OF
several schemes that Mr.. Munsey has
established enterprises that have proved
pronounced successes He seems TO
have had always in mind the poets
sioile-pe perhaps 1t suggested his first
title
Ncm mind is tossing on the ocean;
ThcIf. where your Argosies with portly sail,
Like sigtiois and rich hurghors on the hood.
30 o,crpoVer the petty tlsfickers
That Cut sy to them
At all events the Munscy argosy has
long since arrvcd-is. in fact constant
~ arriving noe only i'm single detached
tt, VI
ono can deny thc plucky publisher his
need Of credit or envy him his exceed
ing great reward for he is the exempr-
ficatiun of American grit perseverance
and originality. Failures have not de-
tcrrcd him repeated iebuffs have no
significance in his schemes. For in
stance. recall "a aaiHd his -INlat-l44s- u sslat
against the combinations adverse TO
the continued success OF his hrst issues
OF tho ten cent magazine which reNolu-
tionized popular literature and made
the reading public his debtor lie is
the very antithesis az the "quitter."
foi once he has taken hold OF a thing he
hangs on until that thing has proved
success or a failure. When IL has been
shown 20 be a failure, however, no man
can lrop " more quickly than Munsey
TO take up another venture that has in
IL moro promise OF success.
Onc of his fads. as he is said 10 have
called it. was his publishing huus. az
New London Conn. where his maga-
zines were manufactured Since its
construction ~ g. said that hc has
changed IL several times. until its orig
in3l purpose has been departed from
entirely lie cVidsa D. holds TO the
opinion expressed hy some oue else that
only the really wise man knows enough
tu change his mind when occasion calls
for n.
MunseN'S enterprise o. vast. his ourr.
~ untiring and his promptnc~s 20 act
amazing. At one time when his New
London printing presses were working
up To- tho Emit to turn OF tho niaga.
zines then GGc on the market his print.
ers walked out ou strike They LETT az
noon. At o'clooi that afternoon Tho
printing presses were speeding toward
New York. where the interrupted p.irt.
ina soon went on as though nothing un.
toward had happened This one event
shows he rcal Munsey in his true light,
a man of resources. a lightning eel.
cuaioT iu au emergency. one who
mover allows au opportunity 20 escape
him. no matter how fast its nigbt
II does uui seem 10 matter 30 him
that his fret venture iu douy journal
ism ten years ago bis purcbgse ol Tho
star. hirh hc transformed into The
Continent unrd ru' failure lie
has gained wisdom and experience