The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-11-06

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Jfvtied Into departments az art, scl-
e,m'es. muuic AND .thef sub5scts.l ~
.l tor each dsPPsgtRmAaat a alght ~ ~
Npxrt. One evening when the depart
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opinion on books was looked upon -
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During the evening Z girl Of Nine
avttUa9nansn t3.l s.@nesen -$shes4Nahs
SeoytA hNPAnAaEisk so%sbsinG Svn .Apws
~ the intellectual autos that Wero
lashlng their lights hither and thithee.
seemed to take q juvenile pleasure u
0bSefvinG them. hF-Njr
, "Nei1le:"' sAid; a lady. stepping dpate
het.'"~hat ate you doing tn this COR
ner1 You should, Be making hayzwhhisr
the sun shiuese- Il know you are scrib-
bling. and, there are persons here Who
can give you points that will doubtless
help you. Come: | wish to Introduce
you to Miss HInckIey." ,,.,.
The girl looked AZ though she would
rather miss the opportunity than leave
her corner. but a nevertheless.
dragged out of It and presented to
the lioness of the evening. '"''
t"This Ia Miss Ellen Acton" said the
introducer. "She Is beginning to scrtb.
BILE a little. and ! am quite sure you
can give her a few valuable p0tnts on
how to proceed" "a
Miss Hinckley looked \ hit fright
ened. She could be very decided with
young authors In her office IA editor
III chief Of the - Magazine. but she
didn't like to tackle one Of them In
4 socfaI way However. she resigned
herself to an ordeal
II should like to ask YOU one o. two
questions. Miss HinckIey." said Miss
Acton. after which ! will not trespaas
on your good nature further. Do you
think I'm old enough to write a novel1
I'm nineteen" ~
mo. you are not. There has been
but one successful novel ever written
by a young girl" .tf'' '"'a.
Have you read a novel recently
published called An Unfortunate Blum
der?'" "
II have skinned 1t in order to make
mention Of It in our book notices."
"What do you think Of it,"
1T is worthless"
Thank you. I'll not trouble you any
further"
Miss Acton skunk back to her corner.
giving place to several ladies' who, iad-
vanced to do honor to the literary light
A reception Is In progress at the
Women's club Of Medbury. 1t Is CIV
N for the authoress Of q novel which.
appeared a year ago and has slowly
been making its way into public favor.
1t was published under an assumed
name. There were many faults in its
construction, but there was something
in it that held the readers attention
and produced a peculiar effect. It Was
not wEitten for any particular class.
Persons of acknowledged literary taste
approved and condemned 1t. It wa
rand by, hath TIE, old apd, sthe yoQpe
Those Who liked & ceulH, met vi. ~
others did pot Ike y. These who con
demned Il slid that tHdsee WHO ap+
proved It were deyoid Of Literary taSba.
When MtSs Hihckiey' received 'aA'h-
vitattoh 10 be stbtteSent 70 a. Hondr4o
the lAw literary iisht' she t6iIS~hths
Invitation Into theaesstsbhskst :iThsA
she 0shed II chit md the. dals!
Shs IA curious. to.bseJhe aRthepess
who bad .fQoAed iperAoph ,of, iqeo@( ~
erery taste! TitA LTefthlee4 .p9Pk.; eHolps
's %s.a ;f aiss a sas l~sSsBt !stst.dstup;vy laalAl
she' NV 1 pfo~nistoouSa Saf4S&g'W
men aud WOMEN. ~Ske'iS8k1dtib6aEsftt
q ssoupti within svnich Adk6uaf.be ~
liepsss OF the evening met tsskAfd sts
she, eppliea} to- ! tbembski& M eIub
to learn where she Hahs,no, hu,c,
""Oh,, We can't d. anything WA hes.
It was intended that she SHOULD Esc6xs
the guests with, the reception commit,
tee. but she's gone into 'oobseufity,'u IND
We can't get her OUT win ks plSaSed
to take you to her." - %hU'
Miss "Hinckley was led 70 thu very
corner from which 4 year before i1ttae
Miss Acton had been dragasd ~ beAn-
trodueed to her. and .thers,saA, 6iss
Acton between two large ,%woMen.
whom she was using for screen pur'
poses. S,.y -
Great heavens!" exclaimed Miss
Hinckley.
At the same moment an old gentle
man with fine white hair advanced to
greet the young authofess. ..'.
"Mr. Barrows,'' said Miss Hinckley.
"a year ago I told this young lady that
she was too young to write a novel
She had already written one. ! had
criticised 1t unfavorably. supposed
| knew something about literary work."
$50 did l. madam. twenty years ago.
and do know something about 1t for
myself. but for no one else. This young
lady In writing her story wrote to me.
but not to you. At another time she
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