The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-16
REX BEACH WILL TILT
AS COUNTRY EDITOR
Author Tells His Hopes for
Newspaper Venture in
MorristOwn.
BELIEVES IN "BOOSTING"
Applauds Stunt Of Partner in
Challenging Statements
of Minister.
BELIEVES IN "BOOSTING"

Rex Beach, author Of best sellers, and
David w. King. his pal In klondike days.
sitting on the edge of the cyclopean chairs
In Mr.. Beach's house at $50 West Seven
, tieth street. told yesterday all about tho
Norris County Press, weekly newspaper
of Morristown n. j., which they are golny
TO run together.
The talk spread from Morrs,own to
Alaska and the days when Mr. Beach and
Mr. King produced play in Nome to get
grub money" How TO run newspaper.
especially In Morristown. novel writing.
the Rev. Charles Ste,zlc and his social
survey and the relation OF money making
to true art swan into the conversation.
Mr. Beach and Mr.. King have Just
acquired the Morris County Press, but Mr..
King has already stirred up slorristown
with an editorial.
Challenged Minister'S Figures.
"1t was this way" said Mr. King while
Mr.. Beach nodded approval "the Rev.
Charles Stelzle with his organization
which he calls social survey said that
the death rate in Morristown was so per
cent higher than in New York. We found
that he was counting in the inmates OF in
situations and invalids sent to Morr.stown
to get well. l wrote an editorial pointing
out the facts and boosting Morristown
and I tell you we had the whole place
stirred up!"
INJURED his novelist partner.
Big business men OF the place came to
me and had me print thousand extra
copies" Mr.. King went on. Then these
men took their own tme--worth some
money-and spent a whole day sending
these copies broadcast"
Bad business. eh?' Mr.. Beach exulted,
stIll unanimously.
And what are you doing to make a
Better Morristown?" was put up to the
author.
Author Believes In "BoOstinu,"
tits a fine town" said Mr.. Beach.
First thing Is TO make true local paper
lots OF local Items. People like to read
about their own doings. We've got 10
print all the local news-every bit OF it,
and editorials taking a definite position
and always boosting the town. We want
to make daily OF tn. Press-new ma
chlnery Is needed and all that We want
10 run pictures and some magazine fea-
turee-e serial stoty. for Inst lance. The
chief concern Is to put the paper on a
paying basis. No need 10 sink a lot of
money at the outset. II we get out the
right kind of paper we'll be able steadily
to Improve it and get back all the money
We put In and a lot more later"
you'll get fascinated BY the newspaper
business and find yourself giving up all
Jour time to H." was suggested
l W
efal kinds OF business already-wr!tirg
sooks, magazine work. the movies-and
nave all want to DO. ! guess Mr.. King
VIII be the real works. I,'s not the first
time we've elaborated. though"
Then came the story OF Rex Beach's
nrst and almost only drama.
Produced Play ia Alaska.
He and King were in Nome. Alaska. and
mad no money. They wrote the play TO-
gether and sold ii for $50. II was called
The visitor from Bedrock" Mr.. King
told the story interruptng himself occa-
sionaily TO throw back his head and
Joined.
We had to have the money or starve."
SAID King. THE theatre people in Nome
wouldn't put It on unless they were sure
OF house. I belonged to the Elks and
Beach was an A. B-member OF the
Arctic Brotherhood-so we worked like
thunder rounding UP all our friends and
getting them to buy tickets
me nero was enacted by prize.
tighter named Dutch who for several
years TOOK on all corners A. . p. NJ he
made the serious mistake OF taking on a
man from the Chlkoot country. who
nearly beat the life out OF him. When the
curtain arose on our little effort at II
=. NJ. the hero's right eye was closed by
huge black swelling
me curtain revealed n miner talking
10 MS pardner. who was ut the bottom Of
q shaft and 20 was audible only, Tho
miner on the ground was telling his mats
70 come UP In the bucket and beat IL
with him -
Leading Woman IN Bucket.
We've wasted a month on this pros
pect! shouted the hero down the shaft
Let's get out before hell freezes over too
tt,-N 4
Hon' replied the man down below I'd
comes the bucket and pardner on the
ground hauls out pair OF corsets The
next maui was supposed to be parrot In
cage. but parrots being scarce a cold
storage chicken played the role. Finally
the leading woman appeared In the
bucket"
There were several acts and the miners
liked the show so well that the bar did
5000 business that night and Beac
and King. getting their $50. spent II all
instantly buying the best $50 table d'hot.
70 he had in Nome.
Mr.. Beach doesn't in the least agree
with the view OF NJ. Paul Re-poux. editor
or lie Journal Paris, VINO has recently
been here to study American NEWSPAPERS
M. Reboux says our dalles are too
ephemeral-give too much space TO mere
news OF the moment without serious arti-
cies--good fiction, essays-to furnish SUBJ
stantial reading.
"A piece OF newspaper work isn't so
colossal a task as novel writing, to be
sure" was admitted, but perhaps you
dent consider writing IA novel a colossal
task"
Manual Labor In Novel writing.
81 certainly do" groaned Mr.. Beach
Every one | write I fud il worse BY
That ! mean The mere manual labor of
writing 100, 900 words or so. No, | can't
dictate. Ana when you come 10 write your
novel and then revise it three or four
times" low moan escaped him
But there's cheer in the prospect of
large royalties. How about the fellows
who spend months over a single word and
care only for their art?"
They don't" replied the novelist. mot
man of them that doesn't care for the
money ne may make The best Of US
don't despise the money when II comes"
KILLED AS he TAKES HIS CHILD.