The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-09-16

messed the reception of the Italian
mission, the Russian mission, and l
also saw the parade in honor of the
Belgian commission. Fifth Avenue is
all ablaze with the flags of our own
country and the allies.
Since early in June I have been
doing work for The Telegram, which,
as of course, you knew, is the after
noon paper published by the Herald
Company. Sometimes do one fea
ture day, sometimes two, sometimes
only four or five a week-it all de-
ponds. am working for Mrs. Flor
ence Vincent, who is editor of The
Won~n's Page, and don't believe it
when anybody tells you that you have
to have pull to get along in New
York. walked into the Telegram of
fee with not even a manuscript IN
my hand, and got my job The news
papers pay well here and half an
hours work a day, if lis regular,
not in the M.:lionaire's Row. With
a check coming in with delightful reg
ularity, with out any strenuous effort
on my part, this gives me time to do
the zeal work which brought me to
New York, which of course is in con-
nection with my two books, Betty and
the Princess. novel, and the Little
Maid, a girls serial, and magazine
work I vert to Mr. Bob Davis of
Muusey a few DAYS after / reached
New York, and asked him to criticize
my book and advise me in regard to
it. He and Miss Coffin, who is at the
head of the Munsey manuscript de-
partment, have been most kind to me.
They said the novel, which was sixty
three chapters, was too long and
needed to be condensed. So took it
to Miss Holly, who is considered the
York, and is endorsed by the publish
ing houses and writer's here, and she
made the same criticism. The book
is now condensed to good novel
length and Miss Holly thinks it will
find a place for itself. In her own
lit has heart appeal, good
interest, and much charm
and she is going to handle it for me-
She also likes the girls serial and
thinks it will sell, and she has about |
a dozen short stories she hopes to
place for me, so of course l feel en- |
Outraged.
Nearly all of the writer's here have !
agents, for they know the market so |
we'll, and they take all the routine off |
ones hands, and usually get better |
prices Tor one S WORK.
The Authors League will also per-
form this service, in a way, and is |
very helpful. l joined a short time !
much friendliness from Miss Silcox, |
the assistant secretary, Rex Beach |
is president and Theodore Roosevelt !
vice president. The honorary vice.
presidents are Winston Churchill,
Augustus Thomas, Victor Herbert,
Mary E Wilkins Freeman, Charles
Dana Gibson and Booth Harrington.
Gertrude Anterior, Gelett Burgess,
Dana Gatlin, George Barr McCltch-
con. Harvey O'Higgins, Charming
Pollock, Helen S. Woodruff, Leroy
Scott, Julian Street and Louis Joseph
Vance form the executive committee.
Writers here are very approacha-
BILE. Among the newspaper women
who have been most cordial to me are
Anne Rittenhouse, (Hcrrydelle Hall
Merritt of the Herald, Miss Burtis Of |
The Sun. and Miss Mary Childs Ner-
ney Miss Nerney, however, can |
hardly be called a newspaper woman, :,
though she has done work on the pa
pers here. She is assistant secretary
of the National Consumers League,
of which Secretary Baker is president
and Mrs. Florence Kelley, of interna-
tional fame as civic worker, is sec
retry. Miss Nernev devotes her time
to civic work, and is most interest
ing personality, and has made many
hours delightful for me. AS the
headquarters of the Consumers
League are down town on 22nd street.
she and her mother make their home
in Greenwich Village, in a charming
new apartment house recently con-
Of course you know that
Greenwich Village is to New York
what the Latin Quarter is to Paris.
center of New York. and still there
clings about it the aroma of the past,
and writer's, artists and musicians
make their homes here, not only be- |
cause of its traditional charm, but be-
cause it is so conveniently situated
for those whose vocations make it |
necessary for them to live near the |
business section.
Miss Nerney is a Cornell girl. as
we'll as a graduate of the New York |
state public library, at Albany, and |
her home is a charming spot to visit. |
One steps directly from the busy |
streets of New Yorq into an environ |
ment which suggests some quaint |
Southern or New England home-for |
it is true that the tastes of the South |
erner and the New Highlander, who !
have inherited the best traditions of |
the American race, are very closely |
related. Mrs. Nerney, a tiny little |
lady. might just have stepped from |
one of the pages of Crawford. so dear
and gentle and old-worldly is she. and |
the old family portraits, the samplers
IN cross stitch, the Sevres and Weep
ing Willow ware, and old mahogany,
give one sense of stability and peace
in this rushing world. Here 1 often
lake tea with her and her daughter,