The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-05-25

George Ade, author and playwright
was the first speaker at the second an.
nual dinner Of the Periodical Publish
ers association recently beh at Lake
wood, n. J, where they entertained
more than 300 editors, authors, artists
and public men, says Lakewood spe-
cial dispatch to the New York nmes-
Called upon to respond 10 The toast
The Business End Of Periodical
From the Authors Standpoint" Mr..
Ade's patriotism asserted tseh, and
before be was fairly launched on his
remarks he was singing the praises OF
Indiana as the fountain spring Of mod
ern literature.
II think / am. an author because I
am from Indiana" be said EVERY
Hoosier is an author BY instinct You
gentlemen are In the publishing bust
ness, and no doubt you are locking for
hot stuff. If 30, do not worry for an
other moment. I bring you t1dtngs Of
great Joy. There are now being incu-
bated in the state Of Indiana enough
manuscripts to keep ali Of you going for
the next ten years. Every summer the
authors Of Indiana meet at Eagle Lake.
They assemble tn the open air because
there Is no building in the state large
enough to hold all Of them
You know how many authors we
have in Indiana7 I do not speak at
I make no careless esti-
mate. I give you the figures compiled
by the Society Of Authors, and we have
In Indiana 22,s37 authors, classified as
follows:
Historical novelists, Reo9; dialect
poets, 6s97; magazine poets, 1925; real
poets, 40; dramatists, 1,216; syndicate
humorists, 674; short story writer's,
a,532. .....
I'VE can give you anything you want
If you wish the scholarly essay, with
q dash Of craftsmanship and politics,
30 down into the Beveridge belt where
the Saturday Evening Post Is house
hold word, where John hay started
and where Schuyler Colfax, Benjamin
Harrison and Daniel w. voorhees, Ia
bored. There you can get an essay
while you wait IF you wish hovel
with burning love interest go and in
spect what is known as the Harrington
outcrop in and around Marion county.
Here you will find F. Meredith Ntchol-
son, Charles Major and hundreds Of
others, each writing the book Of the
year.
Northwest Of Marion county you
Will find the McCutcheon family, and
light members Of the McCutcheon fam
II are now writing and illustrating for
Mead & Co. They have day and
light shifts, each author working eight
lours.
"South Of this tribe and east Of In
Annapolis Is the romantic novel region |
made famous BY General Lew Wallace,
daurice Thompson, Will Thompson,
David Graham Phillips, Mary Hart
veil Catherwood and countless others.
'ohn Clark Ridpath Of Greencastle Is
ne Of the pioneers Of what has now
,ecome a permanent industry. He
vrote school histories and sold them
0 college students for 80 cents copy,
nd afterward it was discovered that
y putting In Christy pictures and dis
orting minor incidents the books could
re sold for $3.50 on all trains and
ews stands.
The present activity in the region
etween Vermilion and Posey is some
hing unprecedented, and every young
ian in this region says, We'll, II Tark-
1gton and the McCutcheon boys can
ct away with it there's chance for
le.'
"Go through any village In the corn
cit on peaceful summer evening and
ou will hear from out Of the vague
omewhere a low, buzzing sound. At
rst you will think it is the dynamo Of
D electric lighting station Not so.
!; is some si1teen-year-old maiden
linking out a romance. Next year /
,e will have her picture In the Book ,
an unless she Is careful Go south ,
I'D west Of Indianapolis and you are I
the home Of ]. Whitcomb Riley, Tod 1
Ioane and Kid Mccoy. I will not
1rden you further. Suffice it to say
at whatever you want YOU can get