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REAL LITERARY LABOR

Example of Charles Dudley WarnerInfinity Painstaking

The extraordinary pains and patiencewith which Charles Dudley Warnerdid his literary work are shown in anaccount given by a writer in the NewAmstel magazine of the strenuous wayin which Mr Warner produced anobituary notice some years ago

Professor Edward L Youmans wasa close personal friend of Mr Warnerand on that account when Mrs Youmans died the editor of a daily paperasked Mr Warner to write a sort ofpersonal appreciation of her This heconsented to do

He was left alone from 10 a m untilhalf past 12 when he went to lunchReturning at 2 oclock xhe workedwithout interruption until 4 oclockwhen he turned over to the editorwhat he had writtenMrfWarner read the first proof and in suc¬

cession three revised sheetsEach time he made change after

change in phraseology seeking out theone right word while even in thenicety of paragraphing he seemed tomake clearer what he desired to ex¬

press Nor did the close revision endwith the marking of the last proof

After the paper had gone to pressand the first sheets had been broughttip to the composing room for an O KMr Warner looked wistfully at theeditor and observed

Would you object to lifting theform I see a sentence in the lastparagraph that might be somewhatchanged She was too good you knowto have a slovenly tribute paid to her

Even the printers refused to get angry over the delay and forthwith theform was sent up and changes went onfor an hour At last though publica¬

tion was delayed fully two hours theeditor but not Mr Warner had thesupreme satisfaction of knowing thatthe work was as nearly perfect as hu¬

man art could make it and the editioni was sent out

FIRST NIGHTS

The Way They Affected Some FamousFrench Playwrights

The first night with authors is view-ed

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with different feelings This is howJ It affected some famous French play¬

I wrights Sardous nervousness wasnevertNcoon as the curtain rose Dumas perewould betake himself to a restaurantand dine from as many courses as hisreportedOnfirst representation of Toussaint Louverture Lamartine found his work sotedious that he went to a cafe andread the papers Balzac when he pro¬

duced Resources de Quinola spentthe day in selling tickets at a ratehigher than at the box office and reap-ed a fine return

Paul de Kock seated in the orches-tra

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we also read protested againsthis piece and made so much noise thathis neighbors demanded silence

CasImir Delavlgne remained atAlexandre Soumet went to be shavedwhen Jeanne dArc wits producedThe barber had finished one cheekwhen the author cried Stop Here j

are 30 sous Go round to the theaterand see if they Liss or applaud thepiece The barber returned sayingIt is a success monsieur They ap¬

plaud Since it Is a success re¬

plied the author shave the otherScribe appeared in the best of spiritsand encouraged the actors but at theend he became nervous and tore hishandkerchief with his teeth Rossiniwalked about the back of the stagesvithhis cane in his hand Auber was

f never present on the first night of hisworks and Bayard on reaching thestage is reported to have said that heexperienced sudden illness New YorkMaiL V

AUTOMATIC FOOTBALL

Actions of One Player After a Kick Inthe Head

Speaking of queer things in foot¬

ball said an old player I recall agame that was played at Annapolissome years ago between Columbia andthe Naval academy teams

One of the men on the Columbiateam the quarterback and a veryprominent player of the year startedthe game in good condition but afterpart of the first half he was kickedthe head in one scrimmage It Iujsome time to get him around but hosuddenly arose and gave a signal Thetwo teams lined up and play wentright on-

This man went through the gameand no one noticed that anything waswrong with him When the game was

lover and the Columbia team was onthe way back to New York in the trainthis player who had appeared to be iu

Ia brown study suddenly turned toIman next to him and asked Whothe gamewhat was the score wonI

i a number of other questions thatit seem as If he hadnt been anywhereplayI greatly surprised

the kick in thei

head had hurt the man so that hismind was affected Later they learnedthat he was unable to tell what hap ¬theIi

the trainHis playing of quarterback and his

giving of signals had been entirely au ¬

tomatic or rather subconscious Thatcase was referred to frequently in thepsychology courses at Columbia youmay well imagineNew York Sun

Bismarck and MusicBismarcks utterances regarding mu ¬

sic are compiled in a book by KeudeliFurst und Furstin Bismarck Erin

nerungen aus den Jahren 18461872Kendell once saw the man of bloodand iron shed tears during a perform ¬

ance of Beethovens Sonata Appasionata His favorite composers wereBeethoven and Schubert The onlything he did not like in their workswas the variations These he said

do not speak to the heart Concern ¬

ing the sonata just referred to he re-

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This is like the singing andsobbing of a whole human life If Iheard this music often I should al ¬

ways be brave

Ma Meant Well Anyway-A young woman overheard an old

negrees call to a pickaninny Come-back ExyExy-

Excuse me said the young womanbut isnt that a queer name for a

baby auntyDat aint her full name explained

the old woman with pride dats jesde pet name I call fer short Datchile got a mighty grand name t Herma picked it out in a medicine bookYessum de chiles full name is Ecze ¬

maLadies Home Journal

The BasisHeI wonder if we can get along allthpItoJo

Puck

The more one speaks of himself theless he likes to hear another talked of

Lavater

An Irishman would be likely to ac¬

count for the evenly balanced comingand going of immigrants by paraphras-ing the well known evasive answerof one of his countrymenSure someo thim do go home twice to the oncethey come here

LOST 4iound for sale for rent adveriise in the classified column

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A FABLE OF

The Crafty Spider and the Way laePaid His Debts

The following fable of the spiderisIone of the folk tales of northern

spider it seems had occasion toborrow a sum of money A journeyround to the generously disposedbrought him 2000 cowries each fromthe cat the dog the hyena the leopardand the lion When pay day cameround the spider remained at home toreceive the visits of his creditors in acertain order First camethe cat to claim repayment of his loanHush said the spider I hear a

noise outside It Is a dog come to seeme You must hide under this cala-bash

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forsafety The cat was scarcely hidden when the dog coming inmade a similar request for his moneySays Master Spider There Is a catunder that calabash Take him andconsider the debt paid No soonersaid than done Just then a snufflingand scraping were heard at the doorThe third creditor the hyena had arrived Dont be alarmed my deardog but hide here till he has leftAnd the spider bustled him under thecalabash I smell a dog said thehyena routing about Under thatcalabash the spider replied Eat himup and your debt is paid The doepaid the penalty of his simplicity andall was quiet once more The hyenawas preparing td leave when he heardan ominous sound that sent hincrouching against the wall It was thepattering of the leopards feet at thedoor Quick Under this calabash

fate from his more courageous enemyMy debt is repaid said the leopard

and ran against the lion coming In Aterrible fight ensued for the leopardand the lion are equal In strengththe natives say When blood andmake havoc in the house and bothimals are their stretl r thIthe spider is busy at the fire Selzha pot of boiling grease he pours i

over the clawing mass Leopard anti i

lion roll apart in their death agony I

and the spider has only to straightenand clean up before resuming onr <

way the crafty one

The secretary of state is first cab-inet

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officer in the line of successionfor a vacancy in the office of presldent otherwise he is on equality withthe others in the cabinet

Thomas F Ryan has retired frombusiness nnq will raise horses for

the turf Doubtless he is right IP t

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Now Listen PleaseWe agree to sell you lumber un ¬

der the assurance that it will be atleast 10 per cent better in qualitythan any lumber you can buy else ¬

where Thats fair isnt it Youcan have your money back if we

dont back up our claim with thegoods Lets figure the job to ¬

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WINCHESTER LUMBER < MANUFACTURING COINCORPORATED

NIGERIA

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Smoothed the SeaA gentleman aboard a steamer run ¬

ning between Southport and Blackpoolapproached one of the sailors during IhimI this-

You dont always have it like thisI No sir was the answer but yousee they knowed as how you werecoming today so the authorities atSouthport telephoned to the corpora¬

tion at Blackpool and they at onceordered out the steam roller and rolledthe sea down for the occasion Thatis why it is so smooth London TitBits

Saved by a PunctureI am a swift runner said the man

who was telling a snake story and asI fled down the mountain I outdis-tanced

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the huge python that was so re¬

lentlessly pursuing me But thesecreatures are cunning To twist itselfInto the shape of a cart wheel was thework ofa moment and now the py¬

thon had gained Faster and fasterit rolled down the steep incline Thenbang The serpent had struck a sharpJagged rock and punctured I wassafeLondon Globe

A Large ToastA prominent man unexpectedly In¬

vited to an entertainment found him ¬

self called on for toasts among othersHe was unprepared but being a quickthinker he arose and said I toast tothe toast that was toasted by the toast ¬

er who had toasted all the toasts thatwere ever toasted by a toasterLa ¬

dies Home Journal

ThankfulnessThankfulness said Uncle Eben

Maln nuffin but the common senseaeedful to recognize some of de goodthings dis world is chock full ofWashington Star

IA Clever BarberCynthia drawled old

Farmer Hardapple after his visit toChicago them thar city barbers aremind readers

That so Hiram said his wifeWhy I should say so The one I

met knew that you cut my hair lastand by gum he never saw you in hislife Chicago News

By IndirectionHeiress to her military admirer

That Mr Krause is very inquisitiveHe asked what my dowry amountedto Lieutenant Impertinent fellowAnd what did you tell him =FliegendeBlatter

Praying TimeA fiveyearold boy on hearing grace

asked for the first time at breakfastgravely remarked I only say myprayers at night That Is the danger-ous time Life j

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CROSS ON HIS BACKIAMade With Chalk but V

sIIToo Heavy to CarryThere Is a story of an envious

current with the French peasantryHe fancied that his neighbor who re ¬

ceived a pension for the loss of an armIncurred while fighting for his coun-try

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was better off than himself Bothmen went to pay their rent on thesame day-

Thats a lucky manr said the tailorto the landlord He gets well paidfor his arm

But who would be willing to partwith an arm even if he were paid forIt said the landlord

I would declared the tailorYou cried the landlord Why

man you wouldnt be willing to bearanything of the sort no matter howmuch you were paid for it

I wish some one would try meNow see here said the landlord

who had studied human nature Illtell you whatif youll wear even somuch as a chalk mark on your backIll remit your rent as r long as youwear it on your coat so it can be seenthe condition being that you tell noone why it is there

Agreed said the tailor eagerlyThats an easy way to pay rent

ISo the chalk mark in the form of across was made on the back of hiscoat and the delighted tailor salliedforth upon the

Strangers streetIhim to tellback Jokes were made at his ex¬

pense children laughed and pointed athim and his wife annoyed him withquestions and with conjugal familiari-ty

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told him he was a fool The usual ¬

ly amiable man grew surly and mo ¬

rose he shunned men women andchildren and frequented back streetsBefore the week was up the tailorfound himself embroiled in a quarrelwith his best friend his wife hadthreatened to leave his house and heconsidered himself miserable and ill

usedFinallyone night he took oft his

coat and rubbed out the chalk markand said There I would not wearthat cross on my back another weekno not if I could have all the moneythere is in Paris

A Zoological QuestionThe director of the zoological gar ¬

dens was on his vacation He receiv-ed

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a note from his chief assistantwhich closed thusly The chimpanzeeseems to be pining for a companionWhat shall we do until you returnSt Louis Republic

Two WordsThere are two words that I feel

for 1IAnd they are f r Y > y tfeveran idiot or an assLoufelUe Conrlec 1 J

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tan expected rise will soon takeplace Ve have a good stock onhand and plenty ordered for those j

who will need it for building pur¬I

poses at the old figures so thatpresent prices will prevail Ordernow and take advantage of themarket at our place

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ROBIN HOOD NOT A MY I H

Hero of Sherwood Forest Had a CourtPlace Under King Edward II

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Many famous men have their nameslinked with SherwoodKIng John thethree Edwards Richard III CardinalWolsey and Charles Ibut the hero ofthe place the genius loci Is RobinHood

Some think that the famous outlawof the ballads was a myth a mere po-

etic conception and a creature of the7popular mind but Mr Hunter in hisiRobinbetween 1285 and 1295 living through

the reign of the second Edward andinto the early years of the third He twas of a family of some station seated near Wakefield and supported theEarl of Lancaster in his rebellionagainst the government When the

Iearl fell and his followers were pro-scrIbed Robin Hood took to the woods iand supported himself by slaying the s

wild animals found in the forest andsby levying a species of blackmail onpassengers along the great road whichunited London and Berwick Thiscontinued for about twenty monthsJfrom April 1322 to December 1323when he fell into the kings powerwho for some unknown reason notonly pardoned him but gave him arplace at court Anyhow a man of thename of Robyn Hode was n varletof the king In 1324

Dr Spencer T Hall says that Robynwas created Earl of Huntington by ft >

London ballad writer hard up for aword to rhyme to Little John Be >this as It may Robin Hood will always Vbe the hero of romance and those whorlove romance will refuse to believe1that he never existed London Globe

Mansfields Lonely MealsThere were two meals which MansQ

field always ate alone breakfast and ithe light repast of broth and oysters t i

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ach attacked his nerves and set hIs etemper on edge In the morning he t rwas in no convenient mood until he Jhad the invariable coffee and bacon tAfter a somewhat rigid abstinence i ° s

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during the balance of the day and rt tevening the fatigue of a performance 1

edged his nerves till his midnight sup¬

per which with a troop of friends i 2

about him warmed him into the sun V f a

niest humor of the day A book or iplay was the companion of his solita 1ry mealsPaul Wilstach in Scribner v

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