Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-01
NY LINDSAY DENIsoN

NEW 1OHh.-CHdI1eS Net1 idtAu'
who is just now refusing to accept a
million dollar legacy from the estate
of his father, James A. Garland. just
naturally got that way, if one listens
to the talk of Arthur T. Vance, an
editor and superluck man of the mod
erH magazine, wrote Mr.. vance was
picked up by James A. Garland at the
time the father of the abnegator of
a million was kind O. low in mind
because Of the moratorium IN his
emotional affairs caused by his tenn
porary divorce from Mrs. Garland
(the mother of Charles) whom he Ia
ter remarked.
Let Mr.. Vance tell the story his
own way. He started the tale in
Binghamton. He had worked his way
up and up and up until he became
telegraph editor of a Binghamton
newspaper at $12 week. Then Per-
got 81 a column space rates. by
abandoning his editorial job and be-
coming a regular reporter. Then
Vance got fired for making more
money ($36,50 a weekly than the man
aging editor (who made $27.50). And
George Greene. of Binghomton, came
,azine in New York City for Vance.
So Arthur Vance came to New
York and started the Home Magazine.
He had noted contributors. Jack Lon
don wrote his first piece for the
Home Magazine. All kinds of maya
zine editors. illustrators and writer's
gathered around the Home Magazine
but it did not flourish. 1t had a
circulation of 10000, and the Picto-
rial Review, of which Mr.. Vance is
now the editor, has Che says) a cir
culation of 100000. and he still
maintains that the Home Magazine
George Gilman Hall and Theodore
Waters and alb was the best maya
zine ever published in the world.
Hears Voice Calling
So, just about the time Arthur
Vance heard his hackers from Greene
county wondering how they were go
ing to break the news to Arthur that
things couldn't go much further,
along came a telephone message. 1t
was. from James A. Garland. Mr..
Garland said he wanted to start a
new magazine. 1t was just after the
Spanish-American war. Mr.. Garland
felt that it was about time to start
a magazine to be called America. 1t
was to make the eagle scream in a
nice, dlgnified way. 1t was to show
new place" the United States had
taken among the nations" Mr.. Gar
land told Mr.: Vance he had been rec
commended for the editorship and
asked him to call at Mr.. GarIand's
motel here when it was entirely con-
Venient."
Mr.. Vance called. How much was
Mr.. Vance getting from the Home
Magazine? Mr.. Vance was truthful:
ne was getting a whole $50 a week
Would he accept a mere stipend Of
slS noi Tor two weeks? Mr.; Vance had
owed little of what they call "ado
vance money" went to see his man
ayers of the Home Magazine and
asked them. They kissed him on the
prov into prosperity, and blessed
Il went back to Mr. Garland and
told him that thought L could take
ms ofer; he was terribly nice" says
Mr.. Vance, land told me to wait
until he sent for me to work on
salary.
Meantime I looked him up. I
money from his father, who was con-
nected with some railways or some
thlng with James J. Hill and was
a president or a director or some
thing of the First National bank: of
course, didn't know what First
National bank-those things didn't
matter in those days.
The next thing L got was a call
to come to Boston. borrowed some
money and I gathered up such clothes
as I had and I went, Mr.. Garland
met me, and stayed about isx
the new magazine. He told me to
come back to New York and find
some nice offices and spare no ex-
pense. found some nice, airy, sun
lit offices, and the expense wasn't
SO SO oad. l was, worried about it
though, until he dropped in and told
me how well pleased he was. I asked
him about the furnishings, He told
me to wait He said he had some
furnishings up Boston way that
would be just about right.
"A few days later teakwood, ORR
entail rugs and mahogany began to
arrive in carload lots. There was all
the scenery in the world for a Be
Iasco production. Erman Ridgway,
Kay Brown and Frank Munsey to-
gether never laid out any such a
prospect.
All right. I settled down in the
midst of the layout. Then came a
telephone message, along about IL
o'clock, when was waiting for Mr..
Garland to arrive and see what we
had done with his accessories. Could
Mr. Vance could Mr.. Vance went to
Newport, after his wife had fixed
up his other suit of clothes, to stand
the possible strains.
AT the New York Yacht club dock
a nice sailor boy met me and took
the suit case with the other suit. was
I Mr.. Vance? I was. Well. we were
gone two weeks. BY the time we
came back we had what we called a
tentative table of contents for the
first number of America, and
schedule Of the proposed illustra-
tons.
Planning the Magazine
Mr.. Garland had an unlimited
number of autograph letters of the
military correspondence of George
Washington. I remember we agreed
that those would make a fine article.
l came back to make a dummy of
the first number.
"Mr. Garland was coming back on
Monday Along about Thursday he
called up and asked if could come
right down to the yacht at Twenty
sixth street. I forgot to tell you
that the yacht into which he took
me at Newport that first time en-
tirely upset any ideas of luxury L
may have absorbed from the Airing
ton hotel in Binghamton. 1 never
knew there was anything afloat like
that. But, be that as it may, we
went forth upon that yacht again
and again and again. From Coney
Island and Twenty-third street and
Newport and back
1--WE had the table of contents of
five numbers and the schedules of
illustrations of four numbers all
made out. Just one piece had been
written. That nv TbeodOro