The evening world. Newspaper, March 16, 1901, Page 8

(ORY’S TIMELY CARTOON. FORE! *x Publishing Company, 63 to @ PARK ROW, New York. aw York as Second-Class Ma!l M REFLECTIONS ON THE ENDLESS Aby the Py red at the Post-OMee at Tf you looked rather reviews this morning and with a little care, it may have occurred to you Ne EN ¢ then, if not before, that the publishing of books : maya CME T has become one of the most prolitic of indus- : PUBLISHERS? t trics, . ; Orato = The publication of a book was an event to our not remote ancestors. ‘T’o us it is one of like fancy groceries or any seasonablo luxury in the markets. into the book-buyer’s graces—a youth in peruke and small clothes, Beaneaire; a homely farmhand, like Eben Holden. The story of their varying fortunes is told in the publisher’s “ben Holden,” sell- ing a quarter of a million copies and lifting its surprised author from very moderate circumstances into unexpected affluence, a romance of the first water when it shows, as “ 8 It shows a book like “David Harum”—at first a “nightingale,” as the French call an unsalable book that loses itself in the forest of publishers’ shelves—singing in the end the eee 0-00-00 entnomen . ROWANTIO sweetest notes of success to a publisher who FRATURES OF hears them but to an author who is forever THE SUCOESS ra OF POrTLAR deaf to their charm. SON iu In the matter of accepting or rejecting a $0 0-0- 0-0-0 0-00-00 > Tt exercises a prerogative in the selection of the fittest that was un- dreamed of a generation ago. An interesting sidelight on this difference of discernment he- Whitcomb Riley the other day. “Speaking somewhat sarcastically of the occasional obtuseness of the publisher's reader—the publisher's private critic who passes on the availability of manuscript—the poet said: “For twenty years [ contributed verses to a certain magazine and had them returned. In the twenty-first year one of them was printed,” When that Inckier poem than its fellows had heen accepted by the publisher the Indiana public had begun to learn the poet's verses by heart and he was ready with a volumo of them for the press. In Balza "s day a Parisian critic made a play by a column of praise or killed a book beyond tho possibility of resurrection by a few slurring paragraphs. Now, with all his cleverness, he can do neither. Tfe can recom- TALMAGE’S SATURDAY SERMON. All Affairs Under a King's Command. Piereree eee eet | THE PUBLIC } NOW IPs OWN I’ God fathers a raindrop, ta there any-, #AAReAaeaane ICroMRe PAN TA Teeanler torial Waa wr cniric or ¢ mend and bestow praise or blame, as the occa- thing so innlgnifican in your affairn| ¢ Of an archangel, ta not - more FICTION. ion warrants, but the public now e than that God will not father that? When! $ sion wa ’ pi more ving inspection than your Iife| 4... Pal tanararan lean Druyse, the’ gunsmith, Inve Pompey thought hat there ever passes final judgment—taking the papers needle-gun, whteh decided the ty A mint over the eymn of God]. cae Hts pee Pa , A #3 Badowa, was !t a mere accident? Ha mt much favored caeane,{ in the ease and rendering its verdict in accordance with the evidence, a farmer'a boy whowed Hh such mist, He seen The critic gerves his best uses in guiding public opinion when cut hy which he could tert « say God's path ta in up soon enoush to decide W England. was tt n more accide Lord Byron took a plece of money t) waters, ‘True enough; dut no] it has onee been formed and in uceelerating a success or putting the Moy than He fata the water]. o1. foe . wn the table, We aay Goa} finishing touc hes ona failure. tossed It up to decide whether or 1 ot irs in thelr cournes. Mag: The cause, of course, of the present limitations of the critie’s should be aManced to Miss Mit y! Rut no more certain a i : . . was It a mere accident whieh side nt He decides through | power iz attgihutahle to the increased popular intelligence. And of pnoney a wengun, end, yhich sown er oot sted walk to chur’ The merit of this transformation the newspaper press may arrogate ‘When God'a people were bevened 0 Mex t war-hore Buecephalis, ‘ : ea h Berors and a drunken drummer cime | . ‘low anybody to mount him] to itself the lion's share. at midnight acd rang tho a! mowing what he wan doing up the host in time to nx’ mies, that moment arriving, wo aoddent? Mew Wwheniiin’ the Isian rebellion avai $ REV. 'T DE WITT TALMAGE, $) ; WA dng mother, flying with her stary POV IIIS PH VET T UT VUE SRE OES | |Ih ors child, sank down and fainted on cin | ho fe Tock in the night, and her nh | te etiween t r @ warm bottle of milk, thappen eo? Gol ts etther | of men, or our religion te wo: , ' oe zaps , rain oe iee f ing at all, and you had better ¢ there 1 " gov ivgitense teers ment in Boston, that 10,000 copies of it have been sold in New York, @way from us, and nd of this 3th : | Jel- which teaches the tne, : i 7 peoular book, and let us, as phia—this is a most persuasive method of con- ating purchaser that he should rrensed: but am aon that war-horse Muy Heoand trappings of tue Tn cheapening information it has sold some of its birthright of direet influence, but gained immeasurably in remoter and subtler Amt if a noale yomuch prt We immortals e 404600 64neasens daeeessens but no less real influence, And if the critie has lost some of his oracnlar power, the adver a tiser has begun to replace him with his potent argument of figures and faets The announcement that a new novel is the snecess of the mo- MINE OWN WORK. that itis the feature of the sales in Ph Cross myself whone Mr. Fox, the mecnber of P: his Inst hour out: righ to an approctat! the affairs af our ive a vineing a he ine unt tetl read that particular book. And the speed with which the wave « command and sue ih t comm panda drove. th prosperity on whieh a book nan Eastern We asmoclate God with \ i , : : 4 We can see a di f ong city reaches the remoter towns and villages of the West and South is covery of Ame Bet the art of printing, eolerated by the publicity whieh the publisher gives his wares in the gunpowder plot, in the cor of the nevale-gi per. Hesvialinilaroresstcies tater ainciatee 3 FIRE, LIEUT. CLARK AND THE TWO-PLATOON BILL. sonal affairs of our lives. We think . the Bate the Evening Wor u of Mar u Two Plate was only my 'God as making a record of the 5i1 is host. but anni that He kne editorial in watch you mention Albany ow, | thank yo. Windsor Hotel tre, by a your head. We are etruck w 1 PE TION, ! the proposed change in our depart. that God Mis the untverne wl). THiHOanER AEN C MeT Hee: neo waht our Chief of b e@tice, but cannot under b Nor whet ie day breaks amt iad ind f, for one, consider any attempt to . encamps tn the crystul palace . han ne fankerous EVERY L A New Cabinet ARK, Hook and Ladder Company No. 2. Sa three cups of tea. | IAk. THE EVEN ETTE R AN EDITOR uo ile iw one of the wnall but pan act show gation as to the whereabouts of the Rese tte Piltor 4 The, Xvening Ws robs vod wlth here ix hood an 2-|\urld and conflagratory ‘“Pompetian Bees wsonenk | haytr , mething doing.’ If Po had ling on good ballet’ that he has warned them jpsex-regulnting se aman Vd say. thet there ! th! they against. [ Hd Uke to kn where ? Seep your | muat ge ire the une It Ion view myself and women Aqt Heiter eye SKATING-RINK 8AM Lobliged to 50 ne And tn Judge thay beat! nt Cleveland's Crt Dp husbands, as fi @n have i being stad ~ dent McKin etary of Boy t Pto help out th Ket husbands ADAISE LGR Mra. CALVIN CASEY Matt, JI Depew, 4 evelund decides not to 1 of ex-President Har- Ex-Presiden: Wortt attend the funet ors Piatt and) rt 1 have always been a Clevelaad ts me of Dem ut 1 do with he would do the nice amenities as promptly 6 taught Mayor Va had catled to see hin Wyek| The| WIDOWER en y eA Mine his) mannera, Se TShong Way he goes duck hunting. Reent Noni’s Preas Agent ut Work. One Golde 7 Goons, tne va crore, ack andsone csi YOUNG HICKORY. the Edkor of The Wveains Wi a | GOAL | journey BUSYRODY. | A Plea for Originality. St beta iCaunteD : a Hae ‘i i \ The Blehtine J Where, Oh, Where Is it, Myeret | ay the Editor of The Evening World: dior of The Evening World | rtaln Pennsylvania NIN aeis| have my vote for President. ing and the G da sthe Becte: in burlesque. Thin fst feht and | duel; with: photograpaecrs on | athe various 1) 8 ©. publ Polke presae| papers full, culminats To the Edlior of The § I Jmagine that Rev. Cortland Myers, of tho Baptint Temple, Brooklyn, will} not slothful. © aur of Judge can Ho jumped from the bench and thrashed a wife- beater, That ts the man I love guch 6 quiries of the baldhcads in his congre- MODERN MAKING OF BOOKS. moro than cursorily at The World’s book examined the publishers’ announcements the slightest and least consequential incidents of a business day—a momentary episode in a seemingly mechanical process, by which a fixed quantity of paper, ink and paste is combined with the essential ingredients of brains to produce a merchautable commodity, salable Every working day of the year these waifs and strays of liter- ature are sent out to the world to make their way as best they can like Richard Carvel; a prince of the blood in disguise, like Monsieur balance sheet—a dull chronicle when it concerns the book that failed, | book the public has grown to be its own arbiter. ! tween the professional critie and the public was furnished by James | Magistrate Brann haa natled a popular le by dectaring that meseenger boys are 396902 3-8 | > 3-8-4 HE SOCIETY CARD SHARP. By FERDINAND G. LONG. 4 6. O44 What, high-toned women chent at cards! How utterly ridteulou For a Long Nose. Dear Mra. Ayer: Kindly print a remedy for 2 long nose. I would Itke to have it changed to me- Alum stze. T also would like to know how to obtain red cheeks. Mra. M. 0. AM sorry I cannot print you @ rem- | ody fora long nose. In order to have your nose shortened you would have to undergo a surgical operation. Un- auestionably a nose can be changed In shape. There are specialists who under- take this beautifying work. Of Course It Turned the fatr Red. Dear Mrs. Ayer: Will you please let me know what should be added to henna leaves to darken the hair? [have ured the henna atone and {t turned my hair red. M. 1. K. NEVER sald that henna darken the hair. Quite the trary. It ta only intended to give the hair a reddish shade, You have mis- understood or been misinformed. Wants to Lose Flesh, Dear Mra. Ayer Kindly inform me of the quickest way possible to reduce flesh. THANKFUL. HE only rational way to reduce *] the flesh in my opinion tx given tn the following directions: Avoid all starchy and sweetened food, All cereals, vegetables containing sugar or starch, such ax peas, deans, corn, po- tatoes, &c, Have your bread toasted; sprinkle It with salt instead of butter, Milk, T regret to say, {f tt be pure and Rood ts fattening. Hot water fs an ex- allent wubstitute for ¢ Haquids. Add |: Mttle of the juice of limes or lemons Literar iptions. rome ese read Mac For | 1 Burke rad Home For sublimt! ton acon and Pove. y of conception read Mil- Kor vivactty read Stevenson and Kip- Ing. For Imagination read Shakespeare and caulay eon: elegance read Virgil, Milton and common read anklin For stinplicity 1 Bunyan, * For xmootnness Hawthorne r interest In common dane Austen, 6 humor read Chaucer, and Mark Twain. nense Benjamin read Burns, Whity er ren} Addison and things read Cervantes For © of individual words read Keats, Tennyson and Emerson, For the study of human nature read Shakespeare and ¢ loving and pal nature read Thoreau ‘orge Ells mnt obs a Walt Ing: We nee Jokes on mothere-in-la and at once hate our own. We read Ufe, and forthwith we guy commuters. Let us have just a trifle of originality and form our own opinions anent things in general, and not take all that comic writers say as gospel truth. DISGUSTED Knew When to Quit. To the BAltor of The Evening Wor! | Carnegie ts no hog. Cheaper Amusements, To the Editor of The Evening World: T note with joy the fact that another theatrical manager has stepped into line, declaring for low-priced theatre teats (25 cents to $1), It in time that MAN, tat Vet so"! | y BARI Jests of the inconventences of country! ‘well-bred but poor people should be] everybody We see pictures in comicjable to sco good shows in good seats be kept pretty busy answering the in-| papers of slow, lazy messenger doys,|at low rates. It can be done with profit and henceforth we may ‘They're all!to every one Let the next step to It, ff you choose, hours to seven at You must t ox ne outside, Non. 1 OR HOME Tha World's Evening R Hint, ion \ The pattern (No, 3,665, sizes be sent for 10 cents, abler, New York City." Pulitzer Building, G WORLD'S kETTER ChUB IS FUbkb OF cut cheap opera. and proportionately, OADW A | from $5 to $2, |Eandon’s Mahop sors To the PMitor of The Evening Worl __HARRIET HUBBARD AYER. Limit your sleeping If you cannot walk at least five miles Soy DRESSMAKERS. Daily i World, down opera. seats, AY. Workmen. PFRDSSEDSDT OD YP FOO9-OG-02 eOrdere > ’Tain’t so. tant conesneesesess DPTFS-3-03-95- 9945 OF rs QUESTIONS OF BEAUTY-SEEKERS. ay, and do not wheel, go to one of » institutions where mechanical mae- is given. Several of my corfe thin method of getting the vigorous ax- ercise they require. The system te thor- oughly wholesome and not expensive, nz flesh tho one fact to recol- jest {8 that fat Is carbon—oxygen de- struys or burns out carbon. You must consume the carbon by the oxygen you take through your lungs. The more ex- © the more oxygen and consequent ruction of fat by the one healthful } of curing obesity. ‘Tho more starch and sugar you more carbon to burn away, This Is also Intended for A. B. r Redacing the Bust. medy, if there be one, for Dear Mra Ayer the bust, A VERY ANXIOUS GIRL, | yun formula which, accord. to a celebrated French phyat- ciua, will reduce an over-developed buat Iodide of potazstum, 3 grama; vane- ine, M0 crams; lanoline, 09 grams; Une- ture of be . 0 drops; mix. Anoint the 8 overy night with this po- covering with off silk, wash away tig with a bland soap aul apa. GIVE, ing ilycerine Lotion, . Dene Mra. Ayer Will yon please publish a formula for mak 1 glycerine lotion for face and hands? GHW. you a food formula for a tne lotion: Pure glycerine, 1 Histilled water, 6 ounces; rose purposes thin 1s exoellent. UNLUCKY TWO, WO has always deen an unlucky r, say the superstitious, in | | | the English dynasties, Those who ‘e that the number {3 unlucky bai their contention on the fate of mon- archs who have h ther title, While J jy) wax forces to abdicate, Harold was slain at Hastings, Willlam IL MW was shot In the New Forest, Henry IT. had to Mzht for his crown, Edward UW. was murdered, Richard If, was deposed, Charles I. was driven into exile, James JL, wax compelled to abdicate, and the elgn of George II. was troubled by ety] war. ‘5 ———————__. A MONEY-MAKER ONCE, Hungry Henry—Yes, kind lady, I used to make lots of money before the money | power crushed my trade. Kind Lady--Oh, them octopuses! What did you work at? Hungry Henry— was @ counterfelter, mum, THINKERS. than one, even if the the only one, ‘Keep it up, minke tt ta ENT -Y ARKING, Devery Makes Folks Chuokte: i T the BAltor of The Evening World: Hollow demagoguery fools nobody | Here's a great : t pleture of vt tne nowadays, Bryan has found that out. |dignation for your Deputy Police Gon Tho ishop of London ts trying tt now, | miesioner Devery gnashing his teeth bec He bun deen apologizing to Whitechapel [caltse Magintrate Pool permits effatetats workingmen ¢has a palace and | t ose! Isn't that funny? Weber ‘oats him nothing | & pught to hire Devery, He - The palace und;Would be a great success an @ laugh carriage are a6 comfortable for his | churner. E. 8, AM. Eptrcopal highness ax ever. T. L. D. Letter Editorinia Wit the » To the Exttter of The Evening World: Your editortal letters are the best thing yot. There about them. ‘They are varied, bri; newry and great, v4 & chance in this way. man churning out editorials soon hausta his store of ant-and-monkey-and it becomes monot- primeval-man lore uous. Many thi ee is nothing kindergarteny, lo! there {s coffee and Tam glad you give We Do lt Detter Here, To the I:litor pf The Evening World; A Parla aditor Insults a mhn. ‘The man amps him real tard and sto uf One American Inaulte wsothen, “ee «ued man lands a loft Jab other's jnw and there's a One| stara “ail” a knockout. THis ex- \ difference between the two nation: man who slaps and then fi a back number. His das ‘AMERICUS wht, 7 ; 1 onts report excellent results ¢rom’