The Washington herald., 1919-10-23
NEW YORK CITY
By o. o. McINTYRE

New York. Oct. a2.--Heywood
Broun. literary critic extraordinary.
has launched a notable discussion
that is raging in the sarrets and
studios whore the occupants feel
that they are a part of the bellies
lettres Of this community. Mr..
Broun believes that most good
writers are rapid writers-and this
10 q comforting opinion to pot-boil.
.ers who write a sonnet before
breakfast and speed to the PUBLISH
er 10 get check for the breakfast.
Speed has always implied imper-
fection but II is well to consider
that whils Wells was turning out
'Nr. Britling See II Through" The
Undying Fire." Joan and Peter"
The Soul of Bishop" God the
Invisible King" and several others.
Harold Bell Wright produced Just
one book. called The Recreation
OF Briant Kent"
My associates are mostly writers
and artists-some great and some
nst so great. have never known
writer to toll or perspire over
the turning of q phrase. II the
phrase doesn't come he simply
knock on. lights up the old pipe,
or goes to the theater or some
whore else and forgsts II. Most of
them write at break neck speed on
the typewriter and being. in most
cases newspapermen. they shake.
wicked key.
know two mystery writer's of
national repute who never plot .
story. They simply sit down and
write IL and they never know until
the end OF the story how IL will
come out. However, most writer's
have some defnite idea but Il isn't
worked out until they get at tho
machine.
Galsworthy, Chesterton and Ar
mold Bennett are fast writers, I am
told. Will Irwin wrote his war
stories for tho Saturday Evening
Post Just as he used to write a
story to which he was assigned on
the Sum- Shaw writes hastily and
never looks At II until published.
He fears cold feet.
Most maga1ine men say that
writing for the magazines is much
easier than. writing for the news
papers. In a magazine story one
may speculate and editorialixe but
In tho news story--unIess 1t Is
special feature-the writer must
cleave to the facts. The trouble
with most newspapermen writing
for the magazines. so the editors
say. Is an attitude OF mind.
They get frightened and try fins
writing. big and ungainly words.
forgetting altogether the human in
terest. Octavus Roy Cohen perspir-
ed over 145 stories and then In de-
spair at tho rejection Of each one
sat down in a newspaper shop be-
tween assignments and wrote a
story that brought an acceptance
by wire.
Youth will be served. HarK to
the following ad from the New
York Herald: A young. refined COL
ored woman would like a position
In a young American family: will
do dainty washing for the madam.
a little mending and cooking.
Hours, to 2 p. m. daily. No sun
day.
The opening performance OF Be-
lascos productlon OF Inc COLD
Diggers" was the smoothsst Of FIRST
nights. Every woman in the play
who had to smoke a cigarette got
a light with the first match.
King Albert of the Belgians Is In
deed an old fashioned fellow.
Photographs of him playing medi-
cine bail on ship deck show that
he wears suspenders. The late
Diamond Jim Brady used to wear
suspenders and a belt. Still he was
not altogether a pessimist.
Raymond Hitchcock getting ready
for the opening of his new show
was lamenting his lack of time
while walking with Karl Kitchen.
IF I could only be in a dozen places
at oncei" he sighed. At this point
he stepped into the street and a
fast auto whizzed by. missing him
by mere inches. your wish was
nearly gratined." commented Kit
chen.