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CHEAP MAGAZINE FICTION.
An Analysis or II by One Who Is Trying 10
write Literature.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir: Con-
corning the discussion in THE Sun about the
treatment authors receive from MAGAZINE
editors, / wish to say that | have been writing
stories with Indifferent success for the last
two years, and during that time i have never
met with a discourtesy. That more OF the
stories OF such as myself. authors compare
lively unknown, are not accepted. Is due not
so much to the editors as to the readers OF
the magazines.
This is an era OF screaming type and little
thought. A story that requires the least
mental effort Ia rejected az too difficult for
the general reader: It does not matter what
the real merit of the story. it is returned II
the editor perceives that mental effort will be
required to digest il. To sell your wares
you must interest your reader in the very
first paragraph, and from then on rush for
ward breathlessly to your climax. No time
for sidelights. no time for philosophizing. no
time even for description. You must dive
into your story with the first line, letting
atmosphere. description and other essentials
take care Of themselves: and YOU must MI
your story with conversational twaddle to
keep up the interest for the general reader.
Who among R the leaders Frs Of a ten cent mSsa,
to read Hawthorne's The Great Carbunole"
or The Ambitious Guest" or Hal g The
ana MSP the Spth Psnd e SSS""'F or r&2fTTinrsS.s rip Pc V r q
WLnkls'S or 4 they were read; would be
their human interest and perfect English7
Not one in a thousand. of such readers.
A majority of the short stories Of to-day
are not short stories at all, but condensed
novels. with intricate plot and changes If
atmosphere and scene. and gaps OF time and
multiplicity Of characters that have no place
in a real short story. oh, for a literary mag
aIine with readers to appreciate the technique
OF the short story. the beauties of unity Of
time, place and action. but. alasi am afraid
it's readers would consist only Of the poor
authorIings whose suppor would not pay the
ink bill. EDGAR MATHEW KEAToR.
BROOKLYN, October ~.
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term for the hearing Of non-enumerated
motions, |. e., on any Saturday, except
in July, August and September, and on
any Monday in those month";
The practice thus initiated in Brooklyn
worked 80 we'll that it was subsequently
adopted by the Supreme Court in the
county of New York. The rule here as
now in force is as follows: "In actions
for absolute divorce or to annul a mar
rage where no answer is interpOsed, a
reference to take proof will not be
granted. In such a a the application
for judgment must be made at the Spe-
cial Term, Part Ill, and the case placed
upon the preferred calendar"
We thus perceive that in one matter
OF divorce procedure, at least, the State
Of New York has set an example which
the other States would be wise to follow.
Indeed, we are inclined to think that they
could not do better than to adopt the
divorce law Of New York in all respects.
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Joseph Bonaparte's AmourophobIa.

To TIRE EDITOR or THR SUN-Sfr Yankees"
newspaper friend WHO feared a mouse Is not the
only one Of the male sex, who has had dread Of
household animals. In 1925 Joseph Bonaparte. the
cS-Ning OF Spain. who with a numerous retInue
was then stopping at the United States Hotel in
Saratoga. was present At a dinner party given In
his honor by Henry Walton. He was accompanied
ny his sister, Caroline Murat. and his two daughters.
Though a crowned king. he looked very much like
ordinary mortals. His manners. dress and equi-
page were wholly u~nAssuming. quiet and unpre-
t~entious. as was likewise the case with the ladies
OF his family.
In the course Of the dinner Bonaparte all at once
turned deadly pale, and with the Precipitation stand
ing In great beads on his forehead turned implor-
ingly to Mr.. Walton. gasplnE out: -Un chsti un
chat"
John" said Mr.. Walton 70 his waiter. take
away the cat: II dlsturbs this gentleman"
Cat. sir" echoed John. Il can see no catl"
The other members OF the party now Joined In
the search: and at last. sure enough. under tho
sidebOard. crouched away In a dark corner. was
discovered a poor little frightened kitten: but II
was not until Bonaparte had lain down for some
hours that he fully recovered from the nervous
prostitution into which the presence OF the little
feline had thrown him. WILLIAM l.. STONE.
MOUNT VERNON, October 20.
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Great ButtermIIk Uplift.

The st. Louis Globe-D Democrat spouts
happy tears over the uplift of Missouri. 4"
One Of the most uplifted Of world states
men, the Hon. CHARLES WARREN FAIR
BANKS, has been making speeches in that
favored State, sometimes at the rate Of
ten a day. He spoke from car platforms,
and multitudes heard him. At Warren
ton, named after him, the cheering was
as an earthquake capped by a cyclone.
At Trenton the militia had to blaze a
way for him to escape to his carriage
from the surging crowds. At a young
vomen's college he was hailed as "the
Republican obelisk." Everywhere his
heaven grazing form was seen with
rapture.
Even the stern and rOckbound Demo-
Gratis Of the Ozarks are beginning to use
buttermilk as a chaser, 7" a sure sign that
their ~inveterate Bourbonism is breaking
before the suave Hoosier apostle.
II there is a frOwn upon the Apollonian
face Of Uncle ~JosEPHUs, II sharp crackles
and flashes Of language are heard and
seen as he wanders about the country,
saving 1t, blame him not. He hears the
laurels OF MIJTIADEs rustic, 40 kno-s
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The Commission to Germany.

The despatch Of a tariff commission
TO Germany is a timely move. As the
result of an understanding rather than
an agreement effected last winter Ger
many suspended the operation of her
new fiscal system 80 far as American
imports are concerned until July /, 1907.
The understanding IN our side went
no further than the expression of a hope
that certain customs regulations would
be modified in Germany's favor and a
general supposition that the whole ques-
ton would receive prompt attention in
Congress.
The failure to put either Of these plans
into effect has placed the State Depart
ment in a somewhat embarrassing posi-
ton. Germany's action was by no
means unselfish, but it did call for a
reciprocal consideration which the State
Department hoped would be given to it
and that certainly should have been given.
This country wants no tariff war with
Germany. it is not a question OF which
contestant could better stand a conflict,
which would lose the less by it. In this
day of the world a commercial struggle
is as undesirable as an armed conflict,
and may be quite as costly.
The commission goes to Germany TO
confer with the authorities there for the
purpose of finding a basis for an agree
ment that will admit our wares to Ger
many under her conventional rates.
Something must be yielded on our side
if we are to secure the advantage Of
those rates. A large percentage OF our
exports would not be affected by the
changes in Germany's tariff, but the
failure to reach an agreement will cost
us more than we want TO lose. The fact
that Germany's loss would probably be
heavier than ours would be a poor COM
nenSation.
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Mr.. Murphy In s~elf-Defence.

The Hon. CHARLES F. MURPHY'S an
nouncement that he intends to prosecute
for libel any person hereafter reproduc-
ing q notorious cartoon in which the
Tammany leader is depicted clad in the
traditional garb of a convict is not sur
prising. The picture is a most vulgar
one, in every way designed to injure and
offend it's subject and hold him up to
contempt and ridicule. II is unfair to
Mr.. MURPHY, for he has never been
sentenced to confinement in a penal in
stitution. Four or five years ago the
criminal authorities began an investi-
cation of Mr.. MURPHY's acts as Dock
Commissioner, but no indictment was
returned against him.
Some persons have expressed wonder
that Mr.. MURPHY does not protect his
fair name by directing his attorneys to
proceed in the civil and criminal courts
against the original publisher of the car
toon, for it is not the creation of the
persons who have made use Of IL recently.
The explanation of his neglect to do this,
however, is clear. Mr.. CHARLES f..
HUGHES has made plain the difficulties
and embarrassments that await the ag-
grieved person who undertakes to bring
the originator of this attack on Mr.. MUIR
PLY to justice. The course is long and
arduous. The prospects Of success in
an effort to get him into court are very
slight. He is the most elusive man,
the mar most difficult TO bring to book,
that is known to the lawyers Of New
York. To begin a prosecution directed
against him is to an expen-
eive and laborious chase, the outcome
of which is dubious from the start.
The persons who have printed this
Objectionable pictorial representation
of the Tammany chieftain recently are
publishers easy to bring into court and
accepting full responsibility for their
acts. The originator Of the libel is the
statesman who now has Mr.. MURPHY's
enthusiastic support for the Governor
ship of the State Of New York.
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RAILROAD PASSES.
Under The New Law Can They He En-
changed for Newspaper ADV ertisInE?

To THE EDITOR OF THR Sun! Sir: An eN-
traordinary ruling Of the Interstate Conn
merce Commission denying the right of rail-
road companies and newspaper publishers to
enter into arrangements whereby the latter
may be paid for advertising in railroad trans
portation ia, to say the least. a harsh and
arbitrary view.
Let us analyze IL. In Section I Of the act
of June 20. 1905. free tickets. free passes. free
transportation. may not be issued to or used
by such persons as are not excepted In the
provision Of the act. The act does not pro-
hibit. either in express terms or imnliedly.
or by any inference whatever, the exchange
of transportation for a commodity of vaiUe
equal to the duly scheduled price Of a rail-
road ticket or pass given in payment. Rates
for space in newspapers are fixed, rates for
passenger travel are fixed, and both are pub
hsbed, Wherein. then. lies the alleged danger
of "discriminat ion" or -favoritism," in an
open advertising contract between the ad-
%vertlser and the carrier?
The ruling declares that the right 10 travel
is not a contract right, hut a political right.
the very essence OF which il equality" on
the contrary, 1t is a civil right and il is even
now and will continue 10 be after January l..
1907. a contract right also, in every transac-
ton between the United States Government
troops and sailors. post Office %oficials aud
employees, &c. 1t will he but too often, no
doubt, a political privilege, should the Federal
Government ever own the railroads; bnt il is
not n political right by even the most strained
Interpretation Of language. The ruling an
pears 10 me not only illogical. not only I'M
sound in law. hut also inconsistent. Would the
commission prohibit the sale of railroad
transportation. for instance. 10 a foreigner
Offering in payment Mexican or Peruvian
dollars. which are in this country only COM
modities and not current money?
The decision Ia 10 he regretted, because IL
will greatly lessen the facilities heretofore
Afforded newspaper publishers IN sendinV
their representatives thrCughout the country
after practical and valuable information
daily and hourly benefiting the public and
advancing Its Intelligence. ANGLO-SAKON.
WASHINGTON October 20.
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THE SUPREME u n
Impr Opriety Of EleVatIng Acknowledgement
Moody Pointed Out.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: May !
add these considerations to yours OF Sunday
regarding the new Supreme Court Justice?
In the orderly conduct OF national judi
cial selections the Acknowledgement is the
Official adviser TO whom the President
should turn. lt would be unseemly for the
Acknowledgement to advise the selection Of
himself.
IL Is prudent and expedient. in view OF
the possible presence in the court OF ques-
tions appealing to sectional preiudices. that
the Justices be. il possible. fairly distributed
over the whole nation.
1t is Incredible that Mr.. Moody will. II ap-
pointed to the Supreme Court, sit in judgment
in the cases in which the United States is a
party. and which have been initiated. pre-
pared and tried in the inferior courts under
the direction or the supervision OF MIR.
Moody, and have been carried by appeal or
writ Of error to the Supreme Court. There
will be presumably many such railway and
trust cases in which. # Mr.. Moody cannot
sit. although a Justice, there will be only
eight Justices. LAWYER.
NEW YORK. October 20.
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1he Monroe Doctrine Not Obsolete.

1he Monroe Doctrine Not Obsolete.
It is much to be regretted that Mr..
j. W. BURGESS. when installed on Octo-
Der u as first American professor under
the Theodore Roosevelt Trust at the
Berlin University, should have taken
occasion to express in the presence OF
the German Emperor the opinion that the
Monroe Doctrine is obsolete and should
no longer shape the attitude Of the United
States toward European lowers. The
assertion was regrettable, because those
who heard it regarded Mr.. BURGESS as
speaking in a misrepresentation ca
pacity, whereas, so far as his views Of the
Monroe Doctrine are concerned, he mis-
represents President ROOSEVELT and a
vast majority of the American people.
The reasons assigned by Mr.. BURGESS
for thinking that the Monroe Doctrine is
outworn and ought to be discarded are
two: first, all European countries, with
the exception Of Turkey, have adopted
parliamentary institutions and have
abandoned the more or less absolutist
monarchical system, which President
MONROE and other American patriots
desired to see prevented from efecting
n relodgment on the Western Hemi-
sphere; secondly, the United States, hav-
ing emerged from its traditional self
imposed isolation and having assumed a
place among -World Powers by taking
mart in the settlement of European and
Asiatic affairs, is estopped from object
ing TO the exhibition of a similar interest
by European nations in the affairs OF
Latin America.
The first argument was brought for
ward ten years ago, when Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND issued his Venezuela proclamation,
and, IL it possessed convincing cogency,
should have proved effective at that
time. For in Great Britain the principle
of representative self-government has
been carried further than in any other
European country which retains a con-
stitution' ostensibly monarchical. There
are, indeed, those who think that, as
regards direct and decisive influence on
the management Of public affairs, voters
In Great Britain possess more power
than belongs to voters in the United
States. Nevertheless, Mr.. CLEVELAND
was sustained by the masses Of his
countrymen, Republicans as well as
Democrats, in demanding that Great
britain submit to arbitration her boun-
Berry controversy with Venezuela and
refrain from arrogating the right to
acquire by her own fiat territory claimed
by a Latin American republic.
The question, therefore, whether the
Monroe Doctrine should be waived in
favor Of a European Power which has
transformed it's mode Of government
from ~absolutism or oligarchism-Eng-
lands polity was m Oligarchy up to 1882
to parliarsentarism of the most ad-
vanced and liberal type must be held
TO have been settled once for all in the
q made by President CLEVELAND and
presented 70 the American people. It is
res G~djudieStG, and has since been &C
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II strikes me that even the much Wanted
hexibility Of Greek can do little better In the
matter OF word formation than that
The personal pr9nquns are Mi. q, thou;
they: 81. rehexive third person; 0nI, one,
they" corresponding to the French on.
Possessiye .pronouns are formed simply by
adding "a"
The numerals are unU. du. tri, kvar, kvin,
ses. sep, ok. nau dek, cent. mil. Fractions
Of On and OBJ -Duono. a half: "KvarObla,"
guadruple. Criminals are made by adding
"a"-"unua. dua, tria." and 80 on.
AsSfor the verb, the various moods and
lenses are formed simply by adding TO The
root As. IL, Os. Us, u and other simple termi-
nations. Thus are formed with absolute
ease, and certainty the present, past. future,
conditional, imperative and all the others.
The verb remains unchan 9ed in each tense;
only the prououn shows the person.
Think OF a language the entire grammar
OF which can be printed we'll nigh on a postal
card. the entire dictionary Of which weighs
one-nfth OF an oIncel Esperanto IN lanRua &c
In capsule form, 10 be- swallowed and di-
gested while Won wait"
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Pace Of The Slowest.

To THE EDIroR OF THE SUN-.Sb. The other
day | was going through a narrow passaReway.
badly crowded with people OF all sorts. men and
women. young and old. was greatly annoyed at
the slownesS OF the procession. since It's rate Of
speed was that Of Its siOwest member.
What a perfect Illustration OF socialism, The
speed Of the body polite and industrial would he
that Of It's slowcst. least eh1cient member we're
society boundin the Iron bands OF sOclalistlc slavery.
BRooELYN, October 70. ID. G.,
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Earnings OF NoveIists.

From T. Pa Weekly.
Authors earn much less In France than in England.
The late Sir Walter BesAnt ten years ago esti-
mated that there we're nifty novellsis In England
who earned upward OF q thousand a year. There
are now probably nearer a hundred and nfty; willis
IN france there arc almost certainly not more than
nity VINO mako a living at all. An English novelist
OF standing will receive cighteenpence on every
copy OF a book sold. Some novcIists receive two
snhnngs. Emile zola. who touched high water
marx In France, got q franc. which Is rather less
tnan tenpence. Seven pence halfpenny Is consid-
ere common.
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that cHARIns the Bland has a farm in

that CHARLES the Bland has q farm in
Illinois.
The windows Of the Skyscraper r
bright with hope. What good man will
not rejoice in the progress Of the Butter1
milk boom? So here's to
" ButtermIIk CHARLEsi
Rum and its carries,
To the Devil that rrllsthem on red hottest marlsi-
Wherever there is a mich COW, wher-
ever there is a churn, wherever innocent
joys are loved. there the name Of CHARLES
WARREN FAIRBANKS is as a cool, refresh
ing and savory drink in the desert.
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should Mr.. HEARST be elected be would over
shadow Mr.. BRYAN immeasurably. -Secrstdry TAFT.
And il HEARST should not be elected his
fulsome Endorsement by BRYAN would have
to be considered in casting the horoscope
Of BRYAN.
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To TOE EDITOR OF THE SUN-S'r: Last nigh:
on my way from ROselle. N. j.. TO my home in the
upper part OF the city a hole about three inches in
diameter was cut out OF the middle OF the back OF
the new plaid silk rain coat which ! was wearing.
From its appearance u must have been done hastily
and with scissors. I am Interested TO know II any
one else has had a similar experience or can offer
an explanation. a. G.
NEW YORK. OclOher g.
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GABRIELLE D'ANNUNzIo's new play. More
Than Love-" has been hooted in Rome.
The patron Of the modern drama Is fully
satisfied with a proper treatment Of love.
Anything more he cannot understand and
doesn't want. The playwright ought to BE
satisfied with a sure thing.
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The Hon. FRANK II. WAsKEY. Alaska's
Rst Delegate to Congress. has arrived in
Washington -to learn the ropes before the
House meets in December" Mr.. WAsKEY
could a v time by catching up with the
Hon. JOSEPH. q. CANNON in his swing around
the circle and getting an introduction.
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Mr.. KIpIInR'a LIrht.
From the peauv lSaso.,n,

FVOW NJ TcHWV Nd90-tnf.
II was by an accident that Mr.. KiulInR 70, nj.
famous title. The Light That Failed" He had
almost decided to call the novel The Failure"
although he was dissatisfied with this. One even
Ing as he was sitting In bis study reading by lamp
light the light went suddenly down-almost failed.
in fact. In a second Kipling jumped up. exClaim-
ing e~NcitOdly: BY Jovei I've got III" Pointing
to the lamp. he said: The Light That Failed"
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FRANCIS ]. HENEY is making the same
kind Of a fight against the grafters in San
Francisco hat he made against the land
thieves. AS a prosecutor he knows no
party and a Drawer man never performed
q public duty.
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Filming the Man La Front Of IN. Bar.

From D0aV Consular ana Trade Reports.
The strong feature OF the New south W.I..
liquorlaw IL that when a person Is found on licensed
premises during prohibited hours he must 20
before the court and prove himself "a be a traveller
or regular boArder or submit IN n Ane
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The President alone has done more in two months
to reform the English language than have all the
pathological societies In twenty years. l tell you,
he IL the boy. CARNE0IR.
Tribute to whom it is due, Of course; but
justice requires that the labors Of ARrRMUs
WARD should be recognized.
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From me Laurence Cd:ste.
In Kansas Governor Folk Is urging the people to
be non partisan and rise above the reach Of the
party lash. In Missouri he Ii swinging the party
lash and cracking down hard on the fellows who
are trying 10 break sway.
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From me International FncycloDcdso

"CzolSOsz, Leon us73-I0OIJ. A Polish
American anarchist, the assassin OF William
Mckinley. twenty-fourth President OF the
United States. He was born at Detroit. Mich
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Great Moral O~uestIon s.,u.d.

From ne SprtnaneId Republican.
A debating club within the Young Mems Chris.
tian Association of Cleveland has decided 10 N 7
that q millionaire cAnnot be an honest man.
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Mistress-Are you a good cook. washer and
IroneTr
sr.age.-No mum. Ohm not Incorporated.
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New Crime Of Joe R,n.n.

From the Houston Age.
Tho Palestine VISITOR aIludes 70 yenAtor R.i,.v
- . pagan sophisI"
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Murphy's judges.

Leonard A. Giegerich
John J. Brady.
Mitchell L. Erlanger.
~. Marley Plstzek.
Peter A. Hendrlck.
Charles L. Guy.
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HeaFst's judges.

John W. Coz.
Samuel ~Scabury.
John Ford.
Charles W. Dayton.