The sun., 1916-10-21
SEE PAGE 3 OF 'SKINNER'S
DRESS SUIT" SAYS AUTHOR

Men Ia my business ha ve ~ drcss well
or they can't pass the paper they'>"
made "' We went on enthusiastically
Why. the confidence man is the best
dressed man on Brosdway'
assure YOU. Doug as. | protested,
"Skiuner's Dress suit" Vas not written
a. first aid - the forgcr. and trust
there's nothing In the hoor hat Will en-
COURAGE men to 60 into the confidence
game.
The very clever and able editor 81 u
woman's magazine woman wrote" -"
'"Skiuners Dress suit impressed me be-
cause i, appeals tO both men and women.
In fact I should say that the feminine
interest is predominant
II didn't mean II that WAY. hut I'm
mighty CAD II women do reg nd ~ ~
that light The editors observation
puzzled mo | coul1n't account for q,
un'il 20 happy Wrought etrI"h me fId |
again turned To page ?, line \ Il the
Numher : seems 20 hc III" mpgir Inc
the key TO tho who'll" mystery
- many persons have made skin
ucr'. DRESS suit square with their own
,ndiyiduHl philosophy that mentioned
III" fact to q lady wr.''r ,rh asked her
- road the book aud tel mo vhr th'N
I'D 49, Sh" did 50. aud reported tht'
the story wHs b. sod a. q simple. flnda-
mental truth ~ universal 'ppl ttl"u.
Now I'm gong 10 confess ~"uu'thiuS
To yuu.' Mr. Dodge went on. SOMETHING
q that no other writer man Wa ever guilty
Of. I hrnwzc around iu TIE hnoN shops. do
/ pa rtmeut stores aud ucwS~tauds At TN"
great terminals and watch the stacks ot
my books. even Couui them 10 $40
, how many have been sold >'uc' WIS
there last. This H. utterly foolish. hut
cart help IT. It's like I, motu"r put
ting hcr child Out Tor adoption and then
sncaking w ~ night aud lo"htug ~ ~"
window 20 see how hcr on>p Iue i~ being
appreciated Also | sure p,itiouely ask
the salesman in ~ u~ouchaldui a manner
as ! can affect what kim Of Il book
'Skinner's Dress SUIT is For the pur-
pose Of this interview | might say that
have received only favorable reports.
was greatly battered by these lauda-
tory comments from day to day until n
clever little saleswnman said to me
You wrote this book, didn't YOU"
Yes, ! Acknowledged
81 knew IT, she said. You couldn't
fool me any more than YOU could II You
came here with rice on Your hat and
denied that YOU were Just married. You
writer's are all alike
That very fattering 20 me- said
10 l'lA AlON "'hA' - F''
ton"
81 must say that the comments I've
heard on 'Shinner's Dress suit were
quite different from the gentle ohsorNa-
tion | overheard in regard 10 a play OF
mine out in Paterson. 1t was after the
third act that ! went down to the smok-
ing room with the object, of course, oil
, hearing something good which ! could
repor, to the management. ! had pur-
..,..t,s la.t ..ttIl,, a. apSl,,f nf fuln Ial
dressed young men whom ! regarded as
typiCal Of the general theatregoing pub
lie anil whose opinion would he valuable
"Deliheratcly they lighted their Gig
~arettrs. deliberately they looked into
each Others eyes! Then the verdict by
Young Man No. !. Gee. but this is 9
rotten play"
"'Rotten!' echoed No. ..
THAT WAS enough for me. And wheI
the manage asked me II Ia heard any
comments l answered Nothing worth
repeating"
Aren't you afraid Mr., Dodge. that
his book will lead to c~XtravaGanCe on
the part OF the average reader Wha
10 YOU think about that"
1T hone II will. n eNt~raNaganco means
decency. self-respect. prosperity In
%avaganC really means doing thing
we cant AFFORD to do. skinner couldu
afford to permit himself To remain re-
pressed. held down. denied the rights II
which hiR abilities entitled him This
would not have been the case If skinner
had not been an unusual man. As Il
was, skinner couldn't AFFORD not to dc
II, He owed It to his wife"
'Do YOU think that Skinner was 1usti'
fed in deceiving his wife,"
lie certainly would not ave beer
justified In not doing the very best tina