The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-08

He Is classic. I have been thinkin,
OF reprintinS his translation Of Ana
! creon sertally in the MAGAZINE
Look out for the copyright laws" saic
Thacker, fippantly. Who's Bessi.
Selleclair. who contributes the essay or
The newly completed water-works plan,
in Milledgeville?"
The name. SIR" said Colonel Telfair
is the nom de guerre of Miss Elvira
simpi:ns. l have not the honor of know
Ing the lady; but her contribution wa:
sent US by Congressman Brewer, of hei
native state. Congressman Brewers
mother was related to the Folks of Ten.
nessee"
or. throwing down the magazine, this
won't do. You can't successfully run a
magazine for one particular section OF
the country. You've got to make a uni
Nersal appeal Look how the Northern
publications have catered to the South
and encouraged the Southern writer's
ana you've got to go far and wide for
YOUR contributors. You've got to buy
stuff according to its quality without
any regard to the pedigree of the author.
Now. I'll bet quart of ink that this
Southern parlor organ you've been run
ming has never played a note that orig
mated above Mason & Hamlin's line
Am l right
Il have carefully and conscientiously
rejected all contributions from that sec
ton OF the country-if 1 understand your
narrative language Alright" replied the
colonel.
"All right. Now. I'll show you some
thing"
Thacker reached for his thick manila
envelope and dumped a mass of type
fGF ,-tVnt
Here's some truck said he, that
I paid cash for. and brought along
with me-
One by one he folded back the manu-
scripts and showed their first pages to
the colonel
Here are four short stories by four
OF the highest priced authors in the
United StateS-three of EN- living in
New York. and one committing. There's
special article on Vienna bred society
by Tom Eampson. Here's an Italian
serial by Captain Jack-no-it's the
other Crawford Here are three separate
exposes of city government by Sniffings,
and here's dandy entitled What
Women Carry in Dress-Suit Cases'-a
Chicago newspaper woman hired herself
out for five years as a lady's maid to
get that information. And here's a
synopsis of Preceding Chapters of Hall
Gaines new serial to appear next June
And here's a couple of pounds of vers
de societe that got at a rate from
the clever magazines. That's the stun
that people everywhere want And now
here's a write-up with photocra phs at
the ages of four twelve. twenty-five.
and thirty OF George r. Mcclellan It's
a representation. He's bound to be
elected Mayor of New York. It'll make
a big hit all over the country He"
Il beg your PARDON said Colonel
Telfair. stiffenlng in his chair. What
was the name?'
oh, l see" said Thacker with a half
a grin. Yes. he's a son of the Cen
-raL Well pass that manuscript up.
But. If you'll excuse me. Colonel. it's a
were trying to make go off
not the first gun at Fort Sumter. Now.
here's a thing that's bound to get next
70 YOU. It's an original poem by James
Wlntcomb Riley. J. w. himself. You
know what that means to a magazine
won't tell you what ! had to pay
or that poem: but I'll tell YOU this
Riley can make more money writing with
, fountain-pen than YOU or T can with