The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-20

VII was written by pencil In longnano
about midnight. 1t was one OF the
longer chapters aid MADE more than
| two columns in print. A short por-
ton of it was the next day wired from
| Philadelphia and instructions given
| for the Topeka office to use a rae
smile of the inscription on the ny leaf
of the book n few days before pre-
scented to Mr. MacLennan by w. A.
Rogers. the cartoonist of the New
York Herald and Chairman of its coun-
ell. The last lines of this chapter were
written as the wheels of the Pennsyl-
vania train were grinding and crunch
ing around the famous Horse Shoe
curve. The envelope stamped ~Spe-
ciaI Delivery" was given to the por-
ter, who mailed it at Altoona, which.
as the traveller knows. is the first
station below THE Curve"
Chapter VIII, "A Dinner With
Dean" under the new schedule for
Saturday. May IS. was written Thurs
day night in ,onghand at a room in
the Union League club in Philadelphia.
1t not being necessary to get
chapter to Topeka for Sunday. as the
State Journal has no issue on that day.
nothing was written Friday, altho it
was The intention to write something
in order not to run so close to the
schedule and to give the chance of
delayed letter less opportunity to miss
a continuity of the articles.
Friday in Philadelphia was an aw-
; fully busy day and night. This was
the big day there and the night Of the
big dinner which was written up in
a previous chapter.
Leaving Philadelphia at midnight
and the train at an early hour Satur-
day morning in New York, the first
thing to do was to get Mondays chap
ter off on the IL o'clock fast mail, due
in Topeka Monday morning.
Chapter TX was thus dictated di-
rectly to a typewriter in New York
hotel mailed on time and covered
what was the first Of the two chap
tiers on Harry Lauder.
| That same Saturday evening after
| the big Red Cross parade and before
5 seeing Fred Stone. the fascinating ac-
, tor, formerly Of North Topeka. in
his great production, Jack Clan
: term" Chapter x was dictated to a
5 New York stenographer and mailed
, that night.
This provided for the chapters up
t to and including Chapter x. for Tues
: day, May 81. The next morning after
: that date the writer returned to To-
peka, writing Chapter XII about "Un-
E Gle joe" for that days issue of the
: paper, Wednesday. May %.
1 Chapters XII, XIII and XIV on the
Red Cross and the first article on
( win the War for Permanent Peace
t were written respectively on the days
they appeared in the State Journal
n the latter printed Saturday. May rs
, On that evening the writer wa,
q scheduled for a talk on "The Asso.
ciated Press and Other News Gather
n ing Organizations" at the meetin& oi
!, the Saturday Night Club of which he
, is a member and in which he /.
:, known as 1.-The Gentleman from Ore.
gon." Chapter XIV for Monday. May
81, was the stenographer's report Of
that talk.
Chapters XVI, XVII, XVIII. XIX
? Xxx, XXI, xxi and XIII, appearing
on consecutive days thereafter, wer,
= devoted to win the War for Perma
nent Peace" and What Happened IL
Philadelphia"
Chapter XIV was an announce
ment of the real Chapter XIV. ap
= pearing the following day under tn,
subject, Machinery for Greater Eff
y ciency.''
II The following day. Friday. June Z
appeared the first article on machin
q cry under Chapter XIV, and told O
y the Wood dry mat system. mats ant
&c machinery for which were purchase,
e in New York. the system being in
'e stalled in the State Journal office las
IS week.
IF -
If Chapter XIV was the last section
l., VIII, of the Win the War for Perma
r nent Peace.
,e The next day. Monday. June 10. ap
peared the second section on machin
cry under Chapter XVI and told O
n the wonderful Ludlow typographs in
- troduced in the State Journal for tn
m first time on a Kansas daily news
II paper, which finally practically di
NJ away with the use of individual typ
at in newspaper Office, the linotype SET
n ting the news and part of the adver
n Using in slug form. the typograp
setting the larger or display type
~ slug or solid lines and doing ava
=, with the distribution of type. the stu
:" being nodded and cast again for ne
: advertising.
Chapter XVII appeared Tuesda,
- June IL, and was the chapter whic
- told about the machinery for the ne
- mailing system of the State Journs
to 80 =. ,-te i.i'
a
York trip.