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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1916-07-13
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3%eitanbernns In 9entf4lanb.

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auf otristettlide Mnoronung bic
ubren i'm san3en beutl4en Meid in
Der Mllpurgisna4t ii6er bic lebte
Mprilfunbe binpes in ben Monnes
mono binein gu MAIDEN batten, miro
obne 3meifel 81 einem ausgiebigeren
@'enub unb CUR porteil6afteren Musz
niibung Der @cmmermonate fubren.
Was ieoo@ ni4t ausi4liebt, oaB
ii9, ramentli4 in ber eriten ueberz
gangsaeit, aGerlei tleine W1rrnlile
uno Ronflitte aufneiien la1en merz
ben, bic ouf ieneu %onbefcblenen
rubripruns" 3urid3uTIbren iino. Ssn
etnen iol4en 8onflitt lit, mie aus
Dem 9olteinii4en gsidrie6en miro,
1@on tiralt4 Der NanDmann Hasz
mus Rasmuflen seraten, Elm 5rii@en
Sect unb Mari4 anidiiiger 8auer
alten @@lass, Der gewo9nt tit, Die
Mn%orbnungen Der Obrigteit nit peinz
li4iter @emihenbaftigteit 5u b%efolgen,
3uslei@ aber In Dem STUFF zines
Saalts itebt, Der i@ unter nmitanz
ben oummer anite1t als ct 1T.
9ieier Sage lieb Rasmus Rasz
mullen, ii@ in 6ringlider Mngelegenz
beit beim 2anbrat ieines .Rreiies melz
ben. Ser 2anbrat empfing ben
8auer freunbli4 uno fragte: rgfa,
Masmunen, pas baben sic oenn?"
&asmuKen ldBt bic MiiBe Dor Der
Magengegen0 5mil4en ben Ttngern
beioer @lieoer treiien un6 meint:
r5ia, mas i@ fagen pont', 9err
2anorat, bas lit man BON meg.n ben
perflirten 1bren. Sd pout' mon
fragen, mas bic I'LL ale me @tunoe
Dorgebrebt merben miKen gu Maiz
tags" = rGber gemtB bo4", ertpiz
bert Der 2anbrat, roie @eror6nung
gilt natiirli& fir ale ubren i'm ganz
gen beuti@en &ei@."
RasmuKen fdbrt fi4 NIT Der 9ano
iber bic @labe: nSia, 9err 2anoz
rat, bas 1T n bones @tid Mrbeit.
Sd bob ba auf mein' !9ofitelle fo'ne
olte ubr, nod Don mein' @rpbpaooer
fem @uter Der; unb id moat' 9errn
2an6rat bloB fragen, mas t4 bic
ni@t 10 bleiben lafen tann, mie lie
it?" Ser 2anbrat mirb etmas UNI
gebulbig: rMber nein, &asmu1e len,
tpo3u benn2 9at bo4 teinen 3med.
Menr ale ubren porgeiteQt meroen,
bann. rSia, 9err 2anorat"
uneint Der Bauer, rbenn 10 btlft Dos
ia ON @nbe nir. Mber i4 Tag Sbz
men,, 1T n Boz @tud Mrbei'." -
r9errgott! Mie1o benn, &asmufen?
sic breb'n ben 3eiser einfa@ ne
@tunbe ppr unb ferttg 1T bic Rtite.
60! l1n0 nun se9'n Sic na& 9auie
unb pergefen @ie ni@t.
rSia, 9err 2nn0rat; oenn muB tb
man ben Mauermann 8el4eto iagen,
bob ber in. nDem Maurerg2"
fragte Der 2anbrot eritaunt, npas
bat Der Maurer nit Sbrer ubr gu
tun?' nSia, 9err 2anorot", ertptz
bert &asmuhen uno ld&elt treu9erz
gig, rbas 1T ia man: sic ubr, bic
1tebt in meinem @arten au m @rasz
plaB, unb 1T aufm potament aufz
gemauert aus 8aditein nit cement
UNI hrum; un6 TO- ne 3eigers itno
bo garni9t an mie 6ei anoeren u6ren.
S@ mout' man iagen, bic n6r, bag
1T ne @onnenu6r - 10 ne aus
mein' urgroBDater feline 2eb5etten
oerDHentliAte s, 8. @rep einen tn
6er, pihen &C."
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1916-07-13

leBten Sage unb Nd@te pergeHen
m0dten, paren 3eusen Der grdBltz
den @orgdrge, unb menr man If
r1en ielbit bos @pre@en perbieten
tnirbe, aus ibren 6ieberpbantaiien
piirbe berousi@reien, mos tie I'M
quo1npnen nnterltesen erlebt hoben.
@4on bic flu4tenben @innobne-
@erbuns baben bur@ tire @@iloez
rungen %berraten, tpie bic beutf9en
@e19oKe bereits in Der @tabt yez
pirtt baben. Sn bic Seller batten
ii9 bic 3uridgebliebenen pertrp9en,
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1916-07-13

Die Mufmertiomteit Der gan3en
@elt ri4tet fI@ in oiefen Sasen auf
bic frana0ff@e 5eftuna 8erbun. Aqe
onoeren RriessereisniKe treten Dor
Der @pannuns. NIT Der bic @orgdnz
&c INN bic Setting perfolst tperben.
in ben 9%intergruno. l1nb lie mepr
bic G%ntentepreKe in @ertui4ungen
unb bepuBten Satia@enfdli4ungen
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1916-07-13

ober in tire Gisiamteit brans Der
60lenldrm Der Ginfdldse, unb als
fie ii9 tpieber b%erauspasten, I'M ibr
2eben bur@ bic Jlu@t in @t4er>
belt gu brinsen. ba fanben lie 3ers
ft0rte 9du1er, oufgeriKene @traben.
aertrImmerte 8riiden. @pri9t bas
bon einem fran50fiiden @tes? Die
ba aus Der @tabt floben, bic ibre
6eimot mar unb 54ubenb bisber ibr
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1916-07-13

Midt mebr gu Definite
rem. - Sunge: Batter, nos 1T et<
gentli9 11eutrale"
Batter: rJriibe- babe id Is getDuBt.
tett ueiB i@ Is nidt mebr genau!1
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1916-07-13

= Meingefol1en. a.: r9az
Ben sic Mut2"
g.: u9os claude i@."
o.: So? Damn bolen sic ieBt
Bel meiner Often ben 9ausi4lufel
unb fagen sic ibr, t@ TONNE fpat
heim."
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1916-07-13

~ MS1S w "
briiptper na4oente,
oeftp mebr lin i'd
idttisisit, baB id
meine Ra9ling ae=
mibt ben. IS ge9t
mttaus fage, oab
i9 ben @tOff for en-
DipRlomat I'M for
Ell Seeoedtist in MIDI
ben I'M Inn NIT midi
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1916-07-13

fi@ in allen biefen @ri@einungen
ni4ts. sic 5eigen pielmebr gang
beut1i@, mie etngeneibte Rreiie bic
gegenpdrtige Gage beurtetlen.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-05-25
L H E
Greensboro Daily News.
(Member OF the A. B. @.

Member OF the A. B. g.
Is published every day in the year
in the center OF North Carolina, mid.
way between Washington and At.
lanta.
With Its elaborate and efficient
news gathering force It brings the
news OF the State, the nation and the
world to your home early In the day,
4 strong editorial force and an aim
to treat fairly all factions In our news
columns has been large factor Ia
our rapid growth. Our circulation
now exceeds 10000 daily aud $4,000
Sunday.
The News has special staff repre-.
sentatives at Washington and Raj.
eigh, u double leased wire service, In
Guiding full Associated Press reports.
special news feature services, togeth.
er with the finest comic and womap's
fashion sections printed In colors on
our own color press.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE FOR A
WHOLE YEAR Is ONLY ~.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-05-25
Fo;us and Aches
Ccused by Kidneys

Many vo.1nn attribute ailments
ID sp;l4t'ini; 10 some disease pecu-
~ TO thlir Gv.,, Th2a often the
ain ln6 misery Is caused by weak
d.rGn.ca L!dA-vs. Iousework,
,..se - X rr factory work may
.art t.r t.yUl., I'D dizzy spells,
n Hcss rva-r eyes, sore muscles,
tifl jo.atG, G,"cnlorod Or s3anty urine,
ees dis ,rbii & bladder ailments,
heumateD sr diabetes may result.
When t'o E',neya are strong and
lealtl.y tty t..cr cut from the blood
the poisonous r:is,o matter. When
hey og, siurrish or overworl:ed they
ED medicine 80 clean them out
a ld ilygcrats lctiol. Foley Kidney
lis are prenhred expressly for tho
p,rrcse o: dissoivibg all poisonous
!, Instances and r-:c acid. that lodge
IL the joints ard n,usclos and to
cit arse ai,l strengthen stopped-up.
ins ctive kidneys Thousands of men
and women In ali parts of the county
testify to the wonderfully satisfac-
tory results they have had Ig0m taxi
tng Foley Kidney killa
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-05-25
RocksfslIer bsnsficsacs.

The General Education Board,
founded by John D. Rockefeller
"to promote education within
the United States," without dis.
tinction OF race, eek orcreed, will
shortly issue it's complete an.
nual report for the fiscal year
1914.1915.
The first installment of that
report shows that since it's or.
ganization and up to June 30.
1915, the Board has appropria-
ted directly $16,S62,147.71. OF
this amount$1O,S ,S4S,OS4.O7 had
been paid out, and $6,014,063..
Ga wasawaiting requisition. Up
to that date the Board had ap.
propriated its entire accumula-
ted income with the exception Of
$19S, S,992.35.
The report shows the value oi
the Boards resources, supplied
by Mr.. John d Rockefeller to be
$33, 3,958,S48.40, Of which $780,.
916,063.80 is general endow.
! ment and $3.040,7a4.60 reserve
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-05-25

fund.
The cross income from these
funds for 1915 was $2,230,4 ,425..
Al. In addition, the Anna II.
Jeanes Fund, which is admins.
tered by the Board, yielded an
income of $7,910.46. The ad.
ministration OF these funds is in
the hands OF q Board OF Trus-
tees consisting OF Friedrich T.
Gates, chairman; Walter H. Page
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Albert
Shaw, Wallace Buttrick, Starr j.
Murphy, Edwin A. Alderman,
Hollis B. Frissell, Harry Pratt
Judson, Charles W. Eliot, An
drew Carnegie, Edgar L. Mars
ton, Wickliffe Rose, Jerome D..
Greene, Anson Phelps Stokes,
Abraham Flexner and George E.
Vincent.-Ex.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-05-25
Hoe Handle Remedy.
State Board OF Health Bulletin.

State Board OF Health Bulletin.
"Hoe-handle medicine" is about
the best remedy that can be pre-
scribed this time OF the year fol-
about three fourths of all the
common ailments. 1t will prove
beneficial to chronic grouchiness
and "spring fever" and no less
effective to sluggish livers, poor
appetites, a:ter.effects OF colds
and grips and the general run
down condition in which winter
usually leaves the body. 1t is
said that in ones own back yard
-garden-lies the solution OF
ones own peculiar problem. In
other words, worry, in all its
various forms, when taken to the
garden vanishes in the open air
and sunshine.
"The garden cure" isespecial-
ly recommended for the mental
and physical condition so char
acteristic of the spring that
makes you feel that you are only
half alive-that tired feeling that
the patent medicine literature
talks so knowingly about. And
it's this same tired feeling which
the patent medicine sellers have
been SO successful IN appealing
to what makes the spring time
their golden harvest time. Ton.
les and teas thatourgrandmoth-
ers used to give for this condit-
ion had at least one virtue
they were harmless, but it is not
80 with their successors-the pat
ent medicines. The majority of
the cures that have replaced the
herb brew and the root contain
either alcohol or opiates, but
probably their worstfault is that
they raise false hopes, waste
precious time and get hardearned
money all under false claims.
However, the day Of the patent
ed medicine fakir is believed to
be about over and disease and
health are coming to be dealt
with throughout honest, practi-
cal methods.
The garden cure" has a mum.
ber of features to reccomend it,
and It's most valuable, perhaps,
is exercise in the open air and the
time spent in the sunshine. Then
there's garden sass that is
grown that is the best OF spring
tonics, especially when included
in the daily bill of fare. Early
spring greens and garden vege.
tables and less meats and heavy
foods will go a long way toward
avoiding "spring fever" and that
'let down feeling"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-05-25
Baltimore America

Baltimore American
The announcement that comes
by way OF Pittsburg to the effect
that the Salvation Army OF the
United States and canada, coop
Grating with the Canadian gov
ernment, will undertake upon a
large promotive scale to obtain
good husbands for the allied wo-
men widowed by the European
war arouses the interest even OF
those who may doubt the practi-
cability OF such a scheme. The
situation of millions OF compar-
atively young women widowed
by the terrible war is too tragi-
cally pathetic to permit OF these
beiug any numerous Suggestive
ness about the proposal to find
for them husbands in parts OF the
earth where, as the census tables
indicate, the men outnumber the
women. The probability. of the
scheme is doubtful because t h e
war widows are so many that
the supply is likely to be far be-
yond the West Canada and Wes.
tern United States demand.
1t is over and again made ap.
parent, however, in the far.reach.
ing complexities OF our modern
civilization, that there is need OF
some trustworthy agency, oper.
ating on a large and general
scale, Tor the promotion of mat
rimony. The devastations OF
the great wat' accentuate this
need in the countries involved IN
the war. In fact, providing for
the war widows, even to the eX.
tent of assisting them to find
husbands, is going to he one oi
the after problems OF the war for
every country involved in the
destructive carnage.
Putting OF matrimony upon q
card index bureau basis may
seem to take the romance out oi
the preliminaries to marriage.
Bat, knowing as ave do how
disastrously romantically ar.
ranged marriage often turn out,
we should not be too hasty in
deciding against any honest and
trustworth scheme for bringing
about matrimonial unions in q
way 4hat reduces the romance to
a minimum that expedites the
conjunction. 1t is to be assumed
that each of the contracting par.
ties will be allowed at least q
look.over OF the other before the
parson ties the knot.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-05-25

a life from the barrenuess OF con-
tinued activity 80 completely as
a stream OF deep, silent medita-
tion running underall ones work
and raising into light when the
day Of solitude comes round"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-05-25
Spring.

Spring is looked upon by many
a. the most delightful season Of
the year, but this cannot be said
Of the rheumatic. The cold and
damp weather brings on rheu.
matte pains which are anything
but pleasant. They can be reliev.
ed, however, by applying Cham.
bsrlain's Liniment. Obtainable
verywhere.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-05-25
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
NOTICE..

North Caroline, Watauga Coun.
ty. II . undersigned, having
been appointed and duly quail.
fed as administrator OF the es-
tate OF Thos. Coffey, deceased, all
persons having claims against
said estate are notified to exhib-
it the same before him on or be.
fore the 9th day of April, 1917,
or this notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. All per.
sons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment.
This the 4th day of April, 1916.
JOHN W. HODGES, Admir-.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-05-25
Next Prohibition Legislation.

NsA IIvMIUlSiuu LsklSiouUM
Already the Anti saloon League
forces of North Carolina have
mapped out the program Of leg.
islation they propose to put
through the next General Assem-.
bly,. The Board Of Trustees ol
the League at it's last meeting
decided to make an effort to se.
cure the following legislation this
year:
1. To prohibit club and other
public places from storing or
keeping liquor for beverage pur.
poses.
2. To prohibit the advertising
OF liquor in any way, even to the
sale of papers that do advertise
it.
3. To prohibit the sale, or
manufacture for sale, ofwine and
hard cider.
4. To prohibit the delivery of
liquor by public carriers and the
receipt OF the same.
S. To make it unlawful for
anyone to have in possession, for
any purpose, more than one-half
gallon OF spirituous liquor.
6. To provide for the seizure
and the confiscation ofany prop.
erty-automobile, wagon or any
thing else-used in transferring
liquor for illegal purposes.
The Board of Trustees, in it's
report, further says: eve re-
quest the citizens OF the State in
every otingprecinct to call upon
their candidates for the General
Assembly to declare themselves
on this question, and we urge the
Christian voters to see to it that
such members OF the General As
sembly are elected as will stand
for this measure. We instruct
our Superintendent to so organ
ize the State and carry this cam.
paign into all the counties that
we shall be assured OF the pass
age of this measure by the next
General Assembly"
In q letter sent out by Super
intendent R. L. Davis OF the
Anti.Saloon League We find him
making q strong appeal for the
reforms advocated. He says:
Nov that the policy ofour or
ganization has been declared, it
remains for the workers to get
busy and carry it into effect.
The legislation asked for is in
keeping with the various tenn.
perance reports and resolutions
that have been passed, in the last
twelve months, by the churches
IN their annual gatherings and,
therefore it is confidently expect
cd that the church folk will line
up solidly behind the Ati-Saloon
Leage in working for this legis-
lation. Let the prohibitionists OF
the various counties get togeth-
er in this matter and, in keeping
with the suggestion OF the Board
OF Trustees, elect to the General
Assembly men that will pass leg
islation above outlined, the pas
sage OF which will be a death
blow to "John Barleycorn."
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-05-25
Advertising to tic Rescue.

The value Of advertising is tc
build up trade, to sell goods. tc
secure a patronage. Men donot
spend money on advertising fol
the Joy OF it, but to get results
And many a bad business, many
a poor business, has been set on
its fegs again by judiclous and
timely advertising.
Theodore Roosevelt knows this
for he is an advertiser. 80 do
hisfriends OF the "Roosevelt Non.
Partisan League" which has
headquarters at - Vanderbilt
Avenue, New York City. And
that league has gone to adver-
tising Theodore Roosevelt with
might and main. telling that he
is the man whom this country
should elect President, Of course
desiring as the first step that the
Republicans should nominate
him, for the Progressives are on.
ly waiting their convention to
do their turn in a like perform.
ance.
We fail to see how there could
be q Roosevelt bipartisan
League" for the Colonel is parti-
san even "from the rising of the
sun to the going down Thereof" "
but anyway this Roosevelt Non
Partisan League" ls spending
real money IN advertising and
sending out literature to boost
the Colonel. Evidently it finds
that the Roosevelt business is on
a decline and needs advertising
to get patronage. At any rate
the League" is sending out a
booklet on "Roosevelt's Peace
Record" and in the current issue
of the Saturday Evening Post it
has three pages OF display adver-
tising telling why the Colonel's
friends think he should be elec-
ted President.
This advertisement OF the Col.
onel as q candidate for President
is a new program in political pub.
licity. Space for display adver.
tlsing in the Post costs, we be.
lieve 81, 1000 a page, and as the
Roosevelt league uses three pa.
gps there Is an expenditure OF
$4,000. That shows that the
Colonels friends are out after
business for him, and are in dead
earnest in their plan to get him
in the running. And the adver.
tising shows also that they are
a bit scared, for in place OF wait
ing for the nomination to chase
the Colonel they are hot footing
after it for him. And don't you
think that II. r. does not know
what they are doing. He is too
wise q Gaucharo bird for any.
thing like that. But it is likely
to be money wellinvested iniock.
eying for the Colonel in the race
Colonel Roosevelt is, OF course,
too modest and timid to say
right out in the open that he is
on the chase after the nomina.
tion. That would not be in line
with his "herolc" balderdash. So
up hops, skips, and jumps the
"Roosevelt Non.Partisan Lea
que" evidently with a mans size
barrel, and does the thing for the
Colonel. 1t does not disguise its
designs, it does not hide behind
secret reading matter, but with
it's display advertising itanncun'
ces: Behold the Hero. Make
him President.-News and Ob.
server.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-05-25
Sacrifice for Books.
Madeleine Sweeny Miller. In Pitts
burg Christian Advocate.

Madeleine Sweeny Miller. In Pitts
burg Christian Advocate.
A country's culture is genuine
only when her peoyle are willing
to endure sacrifice for the sake oi
good books, and no man is truly
educated until he is willing to
forego some of life's necessities
for the luxury Of a worthy book.
Consider Francis Asbury, for ex-
ample, swinging around his three
thousand-miles circuit alwayssa.
wing room in his saddlebags for
the Bible and one or two other
volumes, and employing his scan-
ty leisure 30 admirably that he
was able to read and make notes
on scores Of ponderous volumes.
We wonder how this apostle to
the American wilderness of the
eighteenth century was able to
manage it, but such entries as
the following in his invaluable
journal explain the fact: "My
present mode OF conduct is to
read about a hundred pages q
day." And again, "Arose t b Q
next morning at five, though
very weak, and spent a great
part iof the day in reading and
writing"
Another great reader Of this
century OF expansion Mas Benia-
min Franklin. The story of his
early sacrifices for the.sake of Sc
curing books is familiar to the
youngest Of us, and it was this
youthful impulse that helped his
father in his decision to make Of
him aprinter, little guessing that
his trade this trade would be the
entree to a public career Of dis
tinction and the introduction to
the contemporary citizens of the
world.
But what of the present .gener-
ations on this subject? Perpaps
it is no longer necessary for us to
deny ourselves, for the sake Of the
books. Let us see. Public libra.
ries have placed at the disposal
Of almost every individual more
volumes OF the worlds great lit.
erature than he is able to master.
The sacrifice OF money, then, is
absolete; but what about time?
A man must be willing togive up
an extra round OF golf and a wo-
man an added strip OF fillet cro-
chet if they are to be considered
eligible to the title OF "literati. "
Formerly it was a matter Of find
ing sufficient books to fill the lei
sure hours; today the difficulty is
to find enough leisure hours for
the books we ought to read.
Written literature originated in
the longing Of man to immortal
ize his thought life. 20 that my
words were now written!' ex-
claims Job. 30 that they we're
written in q book! That with an
iron pen and lead they were gra-
ven in the rock forever" And
out OF the instinct books have
evolved through the self-denial
and sacrifice Of their authors.
The cost OF q volume is not meas.
ured by the amount you pay for
it at the stationer's, but the ac-
tual amount "of what we call
lile," as Stevenson says, (which
goes into it." Especially is this
true today, when authors a e
standing on the far-aung battle
line in Europe, risking their very
blood for the sake of the words
that they shall write.
To be sure, "of making many
books there is no end, and much
study is a WEAKNESS OF the flesh.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-05-25
VETERINARY SURGERY.

! have been putting much study
on this subject; have recsiysd my
diploma, and am now we'll equipped
for the practice Of Veterinary Sar.
gerry In all its branches. and Am tn
only one In the county. all on or
address me at Villas, N. R. +. d.
g. H. HAYES,
Veterinary Surgeon.
STILL.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-03-18
HOW ONE NOVELIST WROTE
Frank Norris Worked Only Three
Hours at Stretch, but Claimed
He Worked Every Day.

Frank Norris, the well-known author
of THE Pit" THE Octopus" and Van
dover and the Brute" once sent a let
ter to Ward Macauley, the Detroit
book seller. in answer to certain gen.
eral questions about Norris writing.
Don't believe fiction writer should
shut himself up in his profession" the
letter says in part. Novels can't be
written from the closet or study.
You've got to live your stuff. Believe
novelists of all people should take in.
terest in contemporary movements,
politics. international affairs, the big
things in the world. w.,
Il write with great difficulty, but
have managed somehow to accom-
plish forty short stories (all published
in fugitive fashion) and five novels
within the last three years. and a lot
OF special unsigned articles. Believe
my forte is the novel. Don't like to
write, but like having written.
Hate the effort OF driving pen from
line to line. work only three hours a
day, but work every day. Believe in
blunt. crude Anglo Saxon words. Some
times spend half an hour trying to get
the right combination of one-half doz-
en- words. Never rewrite stun; do all
hard work at first writing. only revise
very lightly-in typewritten copy"