Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-07

Morning Chronicle" then IA editor
~ the DAILY News" and of House
hold Words" and 20 the end OF his
life az editor aad proprietor OF "All
the Year Round" He was not a mere
figurehead His editorial duties were
performed most consclontl0usly and
--ainsi for It's rarity most sympa-
thetlcaily ae read all the proofs, and
would write upon them. should not
this revelation be reserved until nearer
the close OF the story" Have omit
ia this ar superfluous" Better to
put this into dialogue fornNp When
he changed the heading OF an article
upon "Baby show NJ Woaiwich" TO
"Woolwich Infants" he wrote, More
taking" Hts cheque was always mail
ed on the day Of publication and was
for more money than the exact price
per word or page.
on an anniversary Of the Henrietta
yacht race he asked an American cor
respondent for moro Intimate ac-
count Of the voyage than the report
IN the London Times" saying, Tell
us how II felt % be alone on the ocean
IN December; what you did 10 pass the
time on such n little craft. etc" The
article was sent with an apology for
being much too Ions MS the writer
had no time to coRdense a.
mot a line. not n word must De
cut" ne rppliedi IL will give the
Henrietta plenty OF searoOm." He
gave the story eight out Of the sixteen
pages Of "All the Year Round" and
to-. me thrt Il had sold thousands OF
extra copies.
He published serials by other popu-
lar novcllsts--wilkie Collins. Charles
Reade, Edmund Yates, Anthony Trol-
lope-and paid for them most liberal
~.
The Dickens manuscripts were writ
ten in blue ink. and this became Il
fad OF what used 10 be called the
Dickens school OF writer's" Though
no never mentioned his immortal
characters, and turned the converse
ton Immediately " Pecksniff or sam
Weller or Mr.. Dombey happened to
be- quoted, / ventured te ask him n
he enjoyed hts creations as much as
his readers did. Certainly" he said ;
81 always have the arst laugh and the
first cry!"
Having thus preached forbidden
subject, Dickens was induced to show
me the original manuscripts OF some
OF his novels and to explain his meth
Cd Of composition. There were ho in
terlineatlons. afterthouEhts, changes
of expression. as In Balsac's manus-
crlpis. II word or phrase were al
tered the change was made after. not
above. the first text. nor on the mar
gin. He said that. when he had se-
lacted and named a hero, ne would
lot down memoranda about him
shall he be rich ?" THE property In
chahcery?" AN old aunt or uncleY'
In this, as In everything else. he was
very methodical. But his works show
no traces Of these aids TO Imagination.
Gads Hill was only an appendage
OF the large, adjoining estate OF the
Earl of Darnley. but It carried with II
the title OF Lord Of the Manor, OF
which Dickens was secretly proudsand
the Office OF Justice Of the Peace. But
he refused repeated invitations to
submerge himself like Disraeli, In the
peerage The title OF which ne was
most proud was Chief" az abbrevi-
alton OF "Editor-in- Chief and he was
thus addressed by all his intlmates.
He would not talk OF his own Gre
ations. but he frequently referred 90
those Of other authors, on visit
to Darnley Hall we noticed among the
family portraits. dating from the CRU
saders. that OF a golden haired boy,
dressed In black velvet, and lol per-
feet duplicate Of that boy. the like
ness produced after Operations. walk
ed into the picture gallery to welcome
Us. what story that would make
for Charles Reade," exclaimed Dick
ems enthusiastically; II shall tell him
about It,"
Upon miniature scale, but with
ample means. Dickens maintained az
Gad's Hin the estate OF an old Eng
fish country house. Miss Georgia
Hogarth his sister-ln-law, was his
housekeeper He had an excellent
chef. The dinners were very eiabor-
ate. with seven courses and a differ
ent wine with each course. Almost
every day there were distinguished
guests, coming from all parts Of the
world. and often the entire converse
tson WAS In French, which Dickens
spoke as fluently as his friend Feeh-
ter. Choosing the wines FOR the din
uer was an AiAtINN'h tNHAtN"i t''tAN
ed astride a barrel In the cool cellar
carved from the chalk rock, Dickens
told a good story with every bottle
selected and fairly reyelled In boyish
humor. The intense vitality Of hts
novels glowed through his personality,
After dinner the guests were invited
TO taste the bowl Of cold punch that
Miss Hogarth had prepared In the
central hall. Then there was whist or
billiards. which Dickens turned into
comedy by constantly comic CONE
mentary upon the play and players.
He grumbled "a himself, Well Bad
players always wInl" or, 'lt is very
easy 70 play whom one nolds all the
trumpsl"
on nay hrst visit he remarked airlly,
II suppose that the arlst0cratic Gus
tom OF leaving an the winnings on
the table for the servants has been
adopted In America"
DON'T mind him Miss Hogarth In
terposed; "he Is always like that"
Tho housekeoping az Gad's Hin was
managed 80 perfectly that. except az
dinner, I never saw servant there.
Miss Hogarth, az methodicai as Dick