davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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Washington Produce.

pound prints Al; tub 80: 90 score. /.
pound prints SO; A-pound prints, 40: tub.
MEATs-7choice beef, Il; calves. 1s;
ham %; smoked ham. 90: sliced bacon.
l4Ia '"to'
LIVE sToCK-7PiEs. sac; light hogs. aK.
934; medium hogs. 10; heavy hogs sl2a
ga; roughs. Gas; calves. Gallo: lambs,
Prices paid shippers. net + o. b. Wash
AsTlelltural Economics
U assded afaaed estpss ana asss
cent lower. Nearby ungraded eggs mostly
10, y cent salv lower Current receipts
Government graded and dated white eees
met prices paid shippers f; o. b. Washing
e9fras e9n, u sd,nm s. extras 5arse' % cents
LIVE PoULrRY-Market generally
horns, 13a14. Chickens: Rocks. and
o9 suness m to 5s5% 81 pounds essb and TYP up
keys old hens. 16als; old toms. 5.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Sales in large lots by original receivers
APPLEs-No carlot arrivals; one un-
demand uRPTs st2onser 0qsasi Bashei
minfmnr naSketS; U aoSf No q: staymans, 2Hlnch
Yorks, 2l.-inch minimum: 1.40al 80;
minimum. ,l,75a1:s5; ,Winesaps. 2-inch
s,,t,ineh minimum ss5as 80; Psrssons.
a.-inch MINIMUM 1.4oal;5o 2h-inch
l:75, SINGH inch minimum. minimum. l,ss5a2,oo
inch minimum. I.5Oai 65: 2s.-inch
mnlmum oosiis ssiise ineh 2aneS minimnm
Black Twigs, 2A-inch minimum; LISA
inoh minimum. i,65s1.75; Romes. sH-inch
Local .65; as.- inch minimum. IS: p:
minimum. 3.s5a5: so; Golden Delicious
2,inch o6ng mnlmum inv l65; 81 ani;inch pini-
Boxes; Maryland Pennsylvania and Vir-
as to size-staymans. .75a2 20; Delicious.
2.0Oa2 so. C grade. as to size-staymans.
1.5oal =: Delicious. s5a2,9o; Paaasons: asons
EiR,ia-Faney staymans, 1;75a2 s5; s5.o De. De.
dOdsP Rsl!sRgs Soosa sslo5 s5 arrivals no
light: market steady, South Carolina,
pyramid crates, dozen lunches Colossal,
3.00-3.50; fancy. 2.5o-3.0o; choice ZOO
CABBAGE-one South Carolina ar
rived. two broken and one unbroken cars
xn market suRpa; ssy WestsT msfs1ate
hampers, domestic round type: Florida,
90. South Carolina, h-bushel ham
New New York 5o-pound sacks Danish type,
$500.
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MONTREAL SILVER.

MONTREAL, March 81 P.-Silver fu-
lures opened firmer 90 higher. May.
45:3Ob July, 45.2ob; September. 45.10b.
Bid.
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MONEY MARKET.

NEW YORK. March 81 LP.-Call money
steady: / per cent all day: prime CONNER
ciA paper, ! per cent Time loans steady;
so days-6 months, ~ per cent offered:
count rate, New York Reserve bank, IA
per cent.
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COPPERFUTURES
SCORE ADVANCES
Rise Follows New Boost in
Spot Quotations to IT,
Cent Level.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, March Shopper
futures opened in the New York Com
modify Exchange higher by from 0.3l Of
q cent to 0.34 Of cent today following
the advance Of Of a cent in the price
Of the metal for immediate delivery an
nounced by leading producers late
yesterday and today.
The new spot price Of II cents q
pound Is the highest since March, 1880.
Lack OF domestic supplies for quick
delivery was the reason most generally
given for the rise.
Other commodities continued to ad-
vance in early dealings today. Cotton
futures, which rose sensationally yes
terday, opened from IS cents q bale
lower to IS cents higher for the more
distant options. Rubber futures were
OF of a cent to Ola of cent q pound
higher.
In both cases foreign, trade and Wall
Street buying was in evidence. Rub
ber, cotton, wheat and non-ferrous
metal futures were up in the English
markets today.
The rise in domestic spot copper
yesterday, announced after the close OF
the commodity exchange by one pro-
ducer, came as a surprise to the trade,
where lower prices were thought likely
IN the face Of sharply increasing out
put and recent lag in foreign buying.
The advance was followed later in
the day by two other producers and
by this morning all had raised their
quotations. Copper fabricators also
| repriced to meet the higher new mate
rial cost.
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UNION BAG NETS
PROFIT Of $3S7,391
1886 Total Compares With
$223,458 Recorded in
Previous Year.
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, March 31.-Union
Bag & Paper Corp. in its report for
1896 showed net profits Of $387,39l,
equal to SLAB share Of capital stock.
Alexander Calder, president, in a
supplementary statement said the cor
poration's profit position improved so
sharply in the last half of the year
that the annual statement did not
give an accurate picture Of current
earnings.
For 1885 the corporation reported
net profits of S223, 3,458. equal to sl.14
share Of capital stock.
Electric Power & Light.
Electric Power g. Light Corp, afili-
ate of Electric Bond g. Share Co., with
operating subsidiaries chiefly In the
South, reported for 1885 income from
subsidiaries totaling sl,792 ,O42, COM
pared with sl,687,453 in 1895. After
interest and other deductions there
was loss of 1926, against a deficit
of sl95,787 the preceding year.
Net equity in the income of sub
sidiaries was recorded at S9,54408l
compared with S2,792,766 in 1885
The company noted, however, that
more than 72 per cent of the equity
represents accruals from United Gas
Corp. and its operating units, no part
of which was actually received. Most
of these earnings, it was pointed out,
were needed for development of
United Gas units.
United Gas Corp.
United Gas, which has been active
in Louisiana fields, reported income
from subsidiaries totaling s6,0l5, 1876,
against So,020,345 in 1885. The bal
ance, after expenses and interest, was
s3,284 ,308, against sl,962,340 the pre-
vious year. Net equity of United Gas
in income Of subsidiaries rose to $l3,-
653 ,284 from S7,998,953
Pan-American Petroleum.
Pan-American Petroleum 81 Trans
port Co. reported for 1886 net profit
of s2,463,259. equal to SO cents a
share on capital stock, compared with
s490 SAG, or 10 cents share, in 1885
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DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED.

NEW YORK, March 31-Dividends de-
elared (prepared by the Standard Statistics
Corp.
Increased
Pc Stock of Pay
Rate. riod. record able
Arlington Mills 15c 4-3 4-l5
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INVESTING COMPANIES

NEW YORK, March 81 Pr.-New York
Security Dealers Association:
(Noon Quotations1
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ELECTRIC POWER
OUTPUT DECLINES
Weekly Volume Remains
1871 Per Cent Larger
Than Year Ago.
Ey the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, March 3l-The Edison
Electric Institute today reported cleo
trio power production in the week
ended March 27 was 1900, ,143 900 kilo-
watt hours, decline Of 05 of per cent
from output of 2,2l1, ,O52 900 kilowatt
hours in the preceding week, but
gain Of 1871 per cent over production
Of 1857, ,3s7 900 kilowatt hours in the
same week last year.
The decline from the preceding week
was less than seasonably expected. The
Associated Press index OF power pro-
duCtion for the same week advanced
to new 1887 high at 1875 from 1877
in the preceding week. A year ago, the
index, which is adjusted for seasonal
and long-term trend, stood at 1925.
The range for recent years follows:
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Baltimore Phone
Revenues Above
1886 in February
by the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, March 31.-The Ches-
apeake g. Potomac Telephone Co. re-
ported to the Public Service Commits
sion today that its operating revenues
in February totaled $1,18O,109. This
was q $72,O87 increase over the same
month in 1886.
The operating expenses during last
month amounted to $756,336 and taxes
to $l67,296. The total operating ex-
penses OF $923,632, including taxes,
were $57,184 more than in February
last year. Net income for the month
was $256,477
The number Of telephones in op-
Grafton on February % was 234,028,
an increase Of 1880 over that Of
February 19, 1886. Telephone users
made approximately 27,750000 calls,
an increase Of 33 per cent over the
year before.
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NEW YORK BANK STOCKS

NEW YORK. March 81 AP.-New York
Security Dealers Association:
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RAILROADS EARN
$76,795,318 PROFIT
Two Month Total Compares With
69,290,s73 for Same 1886
Period.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Association of American Rail-
roads reported today class l carriers
had a net operating income OF $76.-
795,3l8 in the first two months OF
1887, equivalent to an annual return
of 256 per cent on property invest
ments.
This figure compared with net OF
500 ,29O 1878, or 2.31 per cent, In the
comparable period Of 1886.
Gross operating revenues for the
first two months this year totaled
1868 ,611, ,402, compared with $5s9, ,488,-
651 for 1896. an increase of per cent
Operating expenses for the same
period amounted to $497 ,8lO,6l2, COM
pared with $467, ,6l6,5o5, an increase OF
e:5 per cent.
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q. S. TREASURY NOTES.

(Reported by Chas. D. Barney g. Col
ate Maturity Bid Offer,
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RUBBER FUTURES.

NEW YORK March 81 R.-Crude
rubber futures opened steady Z to ~
higher May, 27.15; July, 27,2sa35r
September. 27.25a2S.
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FOREIGN MARKETS.

LONDON. March 81 LPl.-Stock prices
held steady with trading continuing on a
small scale but better demand for lead
ing issues was in evidence. Transatlantic
shares eased fractionally from their early
highs with U. S. Steel and International
Nickel especially firm. The oil and mining
groups were in demand. while industrials
and home rails remained quiet. Foreign
bonds sold lower.
PARASITIC Bourse closed with firm
tone. French rentes finishing S5 to 115
centimes net higher and Bank of France
shares scoring an advance of 115 francs.
ROYAL Dutch lost francs.
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FEDERAL LAND BANKS
q. S. TREASURY POSITION.
6y the Associated Press.

The position of the Treasury on March
SO: Receipts S94 .34S. 564 is: expendi
lures S94. sos 9S0.27; balance, S1.T70.-
a9S.99635: customs receipts for the
month. $40. $50 429. 20
Receipts for the fiscal year (since July
u, So, 704 y05 .OS9 81: expenditures. SIS.
491. .9S2,52O.69 including S2,l19.462,-
121.S5 of emergency expenditures: excess
of expenditures. S1.7S7 or. .431 U6: gross
debt. S34 667. 73S,S5s.73. an increase of
S62; 104. 5s2.33 over the previous day:
gold assets S11 552.S11 4S3 90 including
1921 5S5.21S.45 of inactive gold
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The l1lSCluuCt report SIIUWeu HIOSL al
major geographic regions of the coun-
try turned in substantial gain over a
year ago. Percentage increases follow
New England, 1879; Middle Atlantic,
1872; Central Industrial, 24.4; West
Central, 114, Southern States, 1873
Rocky Mountain, 31.5, and Pacific
Coast, 3.8.
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PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE.

PHILADELPHIA. March 81 H1-Fowl:
Mixed colors, 1920: White LeghornS.
fancy 17-1s; old roosters. 14-15: capons,
Rocks, 1924; cross-breds 22-23: fancy
teghorns, 1921; turkeys, fancy young
hens. 24-27: ducks. White Pekin. young,
20; old Is: mixed 1917. Muscovy, white.
1929 colored 1918.
Dressed poultry UNCHANGED.
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finitum, we hoped that the Con-
test Craze was beginning to die out
for lack of any more subjects on
which to poll a vote. Nothing
seemed to be left, except possibly
the ten most lovable tax collectors.
But along comes Mr.. Wilfred J.
Funk, distinguished publisher, and
opens up a whole new field by
nominating a list of the ten most
overworked words, Sin the hope
of discouraging their USE" He Of
fers us "okay," terrific" lousy"
contact" definitely" gal"
racket" SWELL impact" and
honey" and I doubt that any
body will disagree with him.
Yet, can't help wishing that
Mr.. Funk had extended his col
lection of words to include the
most overworked household ex-
preSsionS. Words and phrases
most commonly used by husbands
and wives. Expressions which
work wonders toward making
matrimony a Dull Thud-and
which keep the trains running to
Reno regularly.
Since he didn't, here is my
ticket nominating The Ten Best
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The Season Opens

ONCE again the baseball season is with US.
" Out at Griffith Stadium the crowds will again
assemble of afternoon watch the expert opponents
of great game do their job.
It is time when it will become increasingly difficult
to get quorum of the House and Senate after CLOCK
time when those having business to do would be we'll
advised to get much of it done in the morning as
possible.
It is time when those who have followed the train
ing camp stories of Frank "Buck' ONeill will again
have the advantage of those few who didn't when it
comes to discussing what be hoped for from this
player that.
1t time when Kirk Mllers sport column takes on
added luster and added Importance.
It is time when even editorial writer's are inclined
to close up the desk little early and leave word that
they have had to go to the Capitol con business"
1t is time when all Washingtonans get together
and wish Clark Griffith, Bucky' Harris and the mem
bers of the local team all the luck in the world
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By Elsie Robinson


tious lady pause. And I enthusiast
cally invite comments on his con
tribution.
And now we come to a quite diff
ferent question.
Why do young people so often
take the easiest way" drift
into lax, loose standards of hon.
esty and decency think it's
smart to be slick?
A CHALLENGE
Here, from a young teacher,
VIOLET MINGLE, comes an an
swer which our priests and pastors
might well use as texts for next
Sundays sermon.
Dear Miss Robinson:
1--WE who are teaching the
youth Of America are facing one
Of the graveSt crises in our ma
ti0nal histOry-namely, the ef-
feet Of low home standards on
the characters Of growing chill
dren.
1--WE teachers try-with all
that is in uS-tO give our pupils
ideals of honor, seIf-reSpect,
civic obligation. But what chance
have we when these same chill
dren leave the SchOOl-rOOm and 60
to home where they hear their
fathers, or other adults, boast
ing about how they put some
thing over ON the Government,
or the boss. As against the
school teaching of thrift and in
dustry, they hear how Dad
landed a Job that's a cinch' and
is drawing easy money
public opinion was once the
strongest force for righteousness
in this country. Now It is still
a force, but its goal has changed.
Easy living'-that's the Objec-
tive Of today. And history
teaches, all too tragicalIy, that
easy living has never developed
strong, proud, honorable men
and women.
"'GET ALL YOU CAN AND
GIVE AS LITTLE AS YOU
CAN'-that'S the motto of 1887
in the average home What's
the result? A generation Of
slackers and seIf-pitying winners,
who feel that the world owes
them a living. and who'll take
the living diShOnOrably if they
can't get it otherwise! And I
blame it on the home!
VIOLET MINGLE (age 24)
Pennsylvania"
A tall challenge. Violet. and il
lands you as winner of this weeks
IS prize. Let's hope that the par
ents who read it have sufficient
gumption to profit by it!
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Shorten the Shopping Nose

CONGRESS has before it bill repeating the "sucker
~ list" law.
That is the law which, for no sensible reason makes
public the of all those receiving salaries of $4,000
and more.
1t has been of aid only to the fraudulent stock seller
the swinder the professional beggar and-horrbe but
true-the kidnaper
Representative Rayburn, of Texas says that he him
self had been crcularized by promoter seeking to sell
photostatic copies of the "sucker list"
Other Congressman express their desire to vote for
repeal.
The law SHOULD be repealed as quickly as it can be-
1t is Hangover from those bestforgotten days
when the characteristic feature of the American scene
long poking into other peoples business.
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The Human Side of the News
BIZ Edwin C.. Hill

A. Many people have asked me
as to my methods of work. Well,
I have only one, and, from what
I can gather, it is a little differ
emit from most other peoples. /
create one more-Or.leSS interest
ing personality, try to think Of
some dramatic situation in
which he or she might be placed,
and use that as the opening Of
nebulOus chain Of events.
II am by way Of being labor
saver. 1 let my characters work
out their own destiny. I sim
ply pull the strings. If there is
anything of naturalness or truth
in the development of my stories
/ owe it to the fact that / don't
place manacIes upon the crea-
lures of my fancy. I let them
go their own way and am con-
tent to be their mOre-Or.IesS
faithful recorder.
eff / were to attempt to work
from q synopsis, I should be
done. My story would be stiIted
and untrue. My characters
would resent 1t and kick over
the traces. My readers would
at once say: PShaw, he has writ
ten too much!' And my publish
ers would hint at the high price
Of paper and OId-age pension"
FORESEES WAR
Oppenheim talks and lives as
he writes, with animation and
geniality. Intrigue and mystery
are the warp and the woof of his
pen, and to get his background
he has made himself wise in the
ways Of international diplomacy.
In the early months Of 1914,
Oppenheim completed a novel
and gave the script to Robert H.
Davis, who was abroad as a mag
azine editor. seeking material,
Davis had already signed up OPP.
penheim for two novels. The
author told Davis that he did not
think he would want the one he
had given him to read.
Davis tells how he sat up hall
the night reading the thriller.
It was a "knockout" except that
it was too fantastic because it
had the British and German
armies locked in a great war
that very same year.
Oppenheim has been making
no predictions during his present
visit, but on his last one, in 1928
he foresaw the next war about
1945. He is afraid, or at least
he pretends to be afraid, that
diplomatic intrigue is becoming
a lost art. The way that rulers
speak over the radio to millions
Of people threatens to cramp the
style Of noveliStS such as himself
Copyright. 1887. by King Features
Syndicate, Incl
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same age can't count on nearly
as much. So what? If he's a
decent chap, he simply passes
the proposition up.
That's the trouble with
tOday'S generation. The girls
are eager for marriage
willing to make sacrifices
but the boys are afraid. They
fear wOman's domination in
the home.
Recently. at the ActOrG' Fund
Benefit, a One-act play was pre-
scented, 1899 wherein the
woman Of the house wore the
pants, labOred, brought home
the bacon. ETC., and the man
stayed at home.
WHAT ABOUT THE FLU
TURE? What about our wives
of tomorrow? And what about
THE LIVING WAGE for men?
The boys of today (the men
of tomorrow are bewildered.
Therefore they go out for hectic
times with the girls who allow
themselves to be petted and
the good girls are left behind,
because they will not indulge.
THEY LOOK TOWARD mar.
riage-which the men feel they
can't afford.
1--WE ARE THE DESPERATE
AGE. The girls are afraid Of
spinSterhOOd-and the boys are
forced to bide their time. We,
all Of US, are willing to settle
down, but circumstances forbid
even the best of us.
JESSE SOLOMON (age 24)
Brooklyn, N. Y"
Whether you agree with him,
or not, Jesse has brought up an
interesting question that makes
him winner of a $40 prize.
UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
Next comes EDWARD BIEDER
MAN, all het UP because-accord
ing to him-the ladies wish to
have their cake and eat it, too.
Dear Elsie Robinson:
I'm starting a One-man cru
SADIE against the Modern WOm-
ans attitude that she can re-
ceive the same courtesy and re-
Spect which men accorded her
Old-fashiOned mother, and yet
indulge in all the masculine dis
SipatiOns, as well as, the rough
and-tumble Of political cOmpeti-
ton.
Frankly, 1 have come to the
conclusion that these enamel
pated women are, on the whole,
BUM SPORTS. When they wish,
they can be the acme of culture
and ~Omanly refinement, but
just watch them in . political
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THEY, TOO, WROUGHT

Up on Capitol Hill they have
called Longfellow into the court
fight. Senator Rush Holt intro
duced in the Senate a speech
made by H. B. Lee, former at.
torney general of West Virginia.
on this plan and in it Mr.. Lee
quoted from Longfellow'S poem,
"Morituri SalutamuS":
Cato learned Greek at eighty:
SOphOcIeS
Wrote his grand Oedipus, and
SimOnideS
Bore off the prize of verse from
his cOmpeerS,
When each had numbered more
than fOurScOre years,
And TheOphrastuS at fourscOre
ana ten,
Had but begun his Characters of
Men.
Chaucer, at Woodstock with his
nightingaleS,
At sixty wrote the Canterbury
Tales;
Goethe at Weimar, tOiling to the
last
Completed Faust when eighty
years were past.
These are indeed exceptions;
but they show
How far the Gulf Stream Of our
youth may flow
Into the Arctic regions Of our
lives"
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FRANKLY SPEAKING

Representative Hatton w. Sum
ners of Texas, spoke right out
when he was debating the anti
lynching bill. Said he:
"DO not ask me questions for
. while, please. Give me your
ears and your minds. I do not
need your mouths. have too
much mouth now myself. Lend
me your ears and your brains.
I need them both. When get
through here / will give you back
your ears; and If 1 forget and
keep your brains, 1 will not have
any too much anyhow. A lot
of you fellows will never miss
them, and your friends would
never notice the difference"
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POT AND KETTLE

Representative John L. McClel
Ian also had something to say
about the attacks made in the
House on the South. In defend
ing his position he declared:
"The efforts of some Of you
from New York city to lead
this great reform movement
and In your announcements
against this crime remind me
very much Of the Negro boy
who was SO black that all Of
his friends called him Mid
night
"He was not resentful of the
white man thus referring to
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campaign, or on shopping tour,
or when driving a car. Believe
me, they get away with murder
They push and shove, slam
doors in peoples faces, knock
people down to get a seat in the
subway nd take unfair advan-
tage generally. When driving =
car, they pull all sorts Of bone
head errors, then smile innO-
Gently into the cops face and
go their carefree way.
eff a man did half of these
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some of whichVice President Garner
include baseball stories; Senator
Pat Harrison, who played semi
pro; Senator Brown, who used to
play in the National League, and
Senator Charles L. McNary, a dyed
in-the wool fan, may be found at
the stadium, too.
The House delegation is more
numerous than the Senate, and
it includes the group of players
who are boasting that they will
take the newspapermen for a ride
at the annual baseball game at
QuAntico.
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It is true that Edwin C. Hill
Dumas was no mean scribbler,
but he must be ruled out because
of the regiment of ghost-writers
he employed to help out. The late
Edgar Wallace was about the
closest approach to Oppenheim.
He used the same technique and
might have passed over an equal
stretch of time.
At y, Oppenheim is in the
United States, talking about new
novels and his expectation to be
writing still newer ones when he
hits the century mark. He has
been turning out books for so
years, at an average of about three
year. That's an amazing per-
Torrance, but it is more amazing
that writing has not taken up most
of Oppenheim's time.
VARIED ROUTINE
He's never been a slave to his
work, allotting only four or five
hours of his day to it. The rest
of his waking hours have gone into
good-living, golf, shooting, travel
and roulette.
Some work, some exercise and
some good meals" is his routine.
Describing his work, he says:
II estimate that it takes me
seven weeks to write a serial. I
dictate the whole book in four
weeks to a secretary, working
half a day. / spend three weeks
writing in corrections, smoothing
out my work and relocating
chapters which do not please. 1
do most of my work outdoors in
my garden. My writing is fun
for me because / never know,
when 1 have my first chapter
done, how the story is going
to end.
Gas to plots, there are only
about a score in the world, and
when you have used them all,
from A to z, you can turn
around and use them from z to