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Show V--' f I J -' HOW JACK-LONDO- "ARRIVED- .- N Popular Author Struggled Hard for High Position Ha Held. Jack Loudon, tho issclnating abort, lory writer and brilliant war terra pondent, now at the lroaL la but twenty-eigyear old. Three years ago he waa unheard of by the reading y world. be la read everywhere la aought by publishers, and the pages af the uagaxlnes, from The Century down, are open to him. -The story of how be "arrived how he drat aet foot upon the to teppiagetone he success, tells la The Editor, New the Terk magaslno for literary workers, Incidentally giving the Utter class some excellent advice. Here are a lew of hit terse, pregnant sentence Work! Don't wait for aome good Samaritan to tell you, but dig It out yourself, fiction paya best of all Don't write too much. Dont dash off a story before breakftsh Avoid the unhappy ending, the harsh, the bruUl, the tragic, the horrible If you care to see In print the things you write. Keep a notebook. Travel with It, eat with It, sleep with It. Slap Into It every stray thought that flutters up Into your brain. As soon as a fellow aella two or three things to the magazines," says Jack London, "his friends all ask him how be managed to do It. and then he goes on. In bis own racy way, to tell how It happened to him. He had many liabilities and no assets, no lrcome and several mouths to feed. He lived In California, far from the great publishing renters, and did rot know what an editor looked like. Hut he sat down and wrote. Day by day bis pile of manuscripts mounted up. He had vagus Ideas, obtained from a Sunday supplement, that a minimum rath of $10 a thousand words was paid, and figured on earning $000 a month, without overstocking the market. One morning the postman brought him, Instead of the usual long, thick manuscript envelope, a short, thin one. He couldn't open it right away. It seemed a sacred thing It contained the written words of an editor of a big magazine When, modest as ever, he had figured In hit mind what the offer for this story would he at the minimum rate $40, of courae be opened the letter. Five dollars t Not having died right then and (hera, Mr. I.ondon Is convinced that he may yet qualify as an oldest Inhabitant Five dollar t When? uThe type ,panK the anaiR-- . ibeditor lkdid. J not; state. But, by and by, in tha course of It wanderings, one of hla stone reached an editor who could see the genlaa of Jack London, and had the patience to penetrate beneath the husk of wordy Introduction and dlaoovar tha golden grain. Hero la the Incident that proved the turning point in Jack London' literary career, a he so graphically tails It: "Nothing remained but to get out and shovel coaL I bad dona It before, and earned more money nt It I resolved to do It again, and I certainly should have done 11. had It not been tor Ihe lllack Cat ' "Yea, The Black Cat. Tha postman brought me an offer from It for o 4000 word story which was more lengthy than strengthy. If I would grant permission to cut It down half. Orant permission? I told them they Could cut It down Iwohslves If theyd only send the money along, which they did, by return mail. As for the $6 previously mentioned, I finally received it, after publication and a great deal of embarrassment and trouble. And the rate ha received for bla first Black Cat story was nearly Z0 times r editor paid! what tha Nor la Jack London the only writer who has been lifted from obscurity to prominence by the lucky Black Cat. which, as tha New York Press has truly said, has dona more for short-storreader writers and short-storthan any other publication. Each of It famous prise competition has brought new writers to tbs froffL In Its most recent, ths $1,100 prize was non by a young Texan wbo had never before written n story, and the second, $1,300. went to a lawyers Wife In an obscure Missouri town. It has Just Inaugurated another contest In which $10,600 a til be paid to writers In sums of from $100 to $1,500. This will, no doubt, add many new came to the Ht of those who have arrived" through Us recognition. The condition are announced In tha cunrert Issue ufiThe Black Cat, and will also be mailed free to any on by the Shortstory Publishing Company, Boston, Mass. Even those wbo cannot write a winning atory themselves may earn $10 by giving a timely Up to aome friend wbo can. But all tbould bear In mind that it will be entirely nselesa for any one to tend a atory to The Black Cat without first reading and complying wkh all the published conditions. Here is a chance for the reader to dg dollars out of hla brain, for what 111 does not at least contain one tai worth telling? ht To-da- 6000-wor- 4000-wor- d flte-dolla- y y i ... 1 Seek to Improve Hay Crop. About one fourth of the hay crop of tho United States Is produced from Wild grass. The department is trying to Improve some of these wild grasses, for it la asserted that some of them pro of superior value as forage, and Wall worth bringing under cultivation. 'Tho expert meets are now being car-ttooa La several places In tha tar d wart. TICKLE Philanthropists Seek to Save Poor Children of Great City GRASS BY A tent hospital for tuberculous cifl. dreu has been opened at Sea Breete Coney Island, New York, tt Is ualtf the management of the Associates Twaa Ever Thus. Scene Six little girls playing on for Improving the Condition of ft foor, being a part of their aumotr the village green with a shriek. colony of homes. It is the first he, "Oh, Goodness'' pita! in America to be maintained lg "Look there, girls' Liokee!" winter as well as In summer for fig "He'a coming this say! exclusive purpose of seaside tre, "Oh. my! ment of tbe non-p"He'a running! monary forma f He'a catch- tbe disease, such aa scrofula and tuOh, dear!" a tiling berculosis of tbe bones. Joints aid ing ua!" panting , lymph lobes. "Oh. Oh! Now you Just stop It has been shown in France, Egg. that! Oh! with a shrill cry that land and other countries that thin atartlea the neighbors for blocks form of tuberculosis can Oh, dear! Boohoo' Chorus "Boo-boTears, more cured by sea air. In France, whre there are the most successful tint tears! Shrieks! Then a man's voice calls out hospitals, girls and boys sufferfeg irom tuberculosis are kept ns near from Brown's bushes What ait- jou doing the water as possible, some living on "Here, ou to those girls" ships anchored out at sea. while In am t doin' nothin' to other cases ambulances are employed "Aw, g'wan' th' frailly catand ut'V Johnnie to carry the children to the ocean Brown throws a dead gaiter anake edge every day. The tent hospital, though the (ten t.ce and across Kriuth's ltrbedwirof scientific men. Is partially the ouslinks away down the alo It la when wo gt glimpse of tgrowth of the Intuition of nurses. A large number of tuberculous Chilian have been coming to the Sea Breeze colony every year, and the effect of the salt air upon them so lmpresied the attendants that they recommead-ean ocean hospital, to be kept open the year Rround. Some $15,000 was In appropriated February and the work started. Other help has been given, and the sanitarium Is now com pkted The Institution Is not an ex act copy of any European beach hos pita!, but represerts the best ideas of all sarltariums of its type. The camps are as picturesque as they are useful. Built on a gigantic oc'agnnal plan, the ocean home seems " I a voidable nest of tents. Each sep SVY arato one rises from a point of the . central platform, and is devoted to a (.IT AWAY I l:i .M MU'" special purpose. The - platform Is boyhood that we aic ri minded of generous and comfortable, and cnclr-- ! cles an open space of sand. The Byrona exierpt whole Is Just above high water mark. "A little curly headed, good One tent is the office, another the And mischief making monkey from his birth " Ltccrlc In Tobacco. 'Americans buy about $500,000 worth et Ucortc root ainnally In .Smyrna Th licorice from it Is ued almost n- ftraly to chewing tobacco. of f 1 WILLIAMS BYPON ' - f- - v H)spi(al For the Treatment of Pulmonary Diseases Established on the Sea Shore Has Been of Incalculable Benefit in Short Time. ters were changed from darkened places to those where uiere was plenty of sun. We furnished woolen clothing and nourishing food and Increased the heating arrangements. In one branch of the work we added a to our staff. corps of d.slnfectors These trained visitors went directly to the homes of diseased children, ckHiod ('cry room, disinfected all furn.' ire and clothing, and gave Utile tails to members of the family on ho to prevent the spread of the due ue "Our hospital will first of all th.-M- - d y hi j j police headquarters, houses and parka are made of sand, shells and pebbles, and the children mimic the ways of the city In a very lifelike manner. The seaweed floating In with the tides is a constant Joy. The kind that snaps la called firecrackers. The feathery sort trims little sunbonneta, and the brown coral types make wonderful dress trimmings for miniature dames. The fiddler crabs. Jellyfish, and all .small dwellers of the ocean are captured and made friends with. Often they are swapped to the orphans at the St John's home next door for more concrete objects, such as pink candy sticks or marbles. When tho wild roses come, rose parties are the order of the day, and tbe home can hardly hold the flower treasures brought In by the little ores. September ushers In the the favorite of the east Side mothers, and bundles of It are sent home by the day parties to the neighgold-enro- bors who cant get a vacation. For the boys there Is nothin? like baseball. Teams are gotten up by the youngsters, and called after all the colleges, the boys even assuming the names of the big players. The children dance on the piazza, and the mothers rock back and forth, humming and crooning in their willow Chairs. Other fresh air societies are watchthe work being done by the asing At Play. sociation In its tent hospital, and no try to cure the little patients who doubt ere the season passes by plans hive tied) carried through the winter will be made to dot the ocean front ty our workers. We will then take with tents for the Isolation and cure from other sources of tuberculous cases among the poor In col wo woull In the general run of children of the Greater City. New York Times. th,n;- - lave to go back to sweltering ts and perhaps undo all the tore po Status of the Sun. tiny had received at the saal-t- a u n. x "The sun should be regarded as an lir tent hospital Is the climax of Incipient binary star," says Prof. our frt sh air work for tenement chilBigelow In the Weather Review. ReIn the tents they will practicaldren cent scientific work In Investigating There Is very the circulation of the solar atmosly be living outdoors. little hope of recovery for a tubercuphere In accordance with the laws lous child who is obliged to sleep In governing the convective and radla- v hHsfelt that wVerb"; hlmselt" he he would not declare said nothing. Tha owl called weir: from the scraggly monarch on tha hill. Ths lake chattered, and. at the dock, the boat chains grumbled! Far bark and away he heard a bow-wotha ttnkle of a bovine belli BtlU abe said nothing? Ha did not took at her. Ha dared not Yet he knew what n pretty plw ture she was making as tha moonlight ravished her face for klasee! But, no! He would remain firm. She atlrred slightly. He gave no heed. "Jack." In a quiet, conquered spirit " Jack, you He turned toward her patronizingly. You may put your ar- munder my head If you But after all, this Is none of our business. "Oh Level young Lovf bound In thy roay band; Let age or cynic prattl a he Will. The and only hour, year of iti." the, redeem t(e'a In building anew on the rnlns of a temple erected to Bacchus and hla Ilk, there la much to be gained by a study of the scars. A tinged tomcat profits by hi first experience in pull-lochestnut from the fire. Men that refuse to take warning of their own burns use less Intelligence than tha cat Sketch of Tent Hospital. dining room? third Is dOToted tom reatlon, and tDrnJwAI dormUdfSsC Tho furnishing lure nofbfr eiw title but dainty aa well, whits tbe prevailing color. Over ths cab. Tea tops and aides Is st retched waterproof khaki. Instead of glass windows there are wire screening, letting In plenty of air and at ths lams time keeping out all insect Ufa Th doors are of glass- Over the pillions - and khaki are stretched, S3 that the little pallet ts may havi Ibelf outings even on ..rainy days. Thsvetf delicate will bo carried or vhaslld canvas about All sorts of Ingenious things lav been done in the way of venUlition, so that as one sits In a tent h feels aa If he were in the open air, though there Is ro draught and no shock from sun or wind. In front of tha nest of tents and nearer the medway are others devoted to medicinal work. The association has felt ths need of such a sanitarium for soma time, as Us staff has been unable to treat in their other homes the many children sufferlrg from the disease Tuberculosis has been one of ths greatest hindrances to the labors of the summer colony. It Is the terror of the tenements a monster ths doctors an overcrowded tenement houss when 4he temperature is at 100 degrees: Quiet and nourishment are also two items to bo taken Into consideration. "The superintendent. Miss Hlggen bdlhxta, Is one of the most successful trained nurse among crippled children. She has made a life study of their ailmerts and needs, and besides tho scientific knowledge necessary, possesses a sympathetic nature that binds the little folks to her. They have all possible faith in their recovery If ahe says so. Special supplies have been furnished for these patients. They include flannel coats, trousers or petticoats, sweaters, woolen bathing clothes and eiderdown capes. The treatment will Include special exercises. A novel set of games has been adopted that will add to the chlltfrena pleasure and instruction and not fatigue or Injure them. "In this work action Is the thing. Delay means death sometimes. A sick mother and languishing babe often have to be, sent to the seashore tbe very day of the visit Here Is another point in our method that ts, we take the family, treat tt as a unit and do not separate mother and children. We In a little room , eVen try to have them I of their own at tha ocean home. Unduly Prejudiced. Brown to prejudiced Why against automobiles? He was out Id bts auto with Wing Bings of a large mass of matter contracting by ltx own gravitation, hay led Prof. Bigdlow to tha that "tha single fiery envelope conceals two disks," a series of observations over many extending years on the period of solar rotation at various poirts In the surface shows that the same meridian of the sun is seen twice in a single rotation of the entire mass, first as the Eastern limb, and second, thirteen days later, as the Western limb. Therefore the tlvo action hypo-toes- sun has tion. a dumb-bel- l figure of rota- Preserving Ancient Costume. The ancient Roman amphitheater of Arles recently witnessed a strange festival, quite Provencal and half Pagan. Mistral, the poet of the Provence, lamenting the gradual disappearance of the picturesque feminine costume of the region before Irresistible "Paris fashions, has succeeded In organizing a provincial movement for Its preservation. This was publicly launched at k "maidens festival," In which Mistral himself, as "Emperor of Provence. publicly embraced every Provencal maid who, having completed eighteen years, had first signed a vow never to discard the traditional dress of her ancestors .or notions from the cap-itanew-fangle- d 1 is -- , L The Light Over There. FOR 8ICKNESS. Healthy kidneys uke from tks Z4 blood every hours 600 grains of impure, poisonous - matter-m- ore thaa enough to departments, In the Soft Moonlight. They were alone! And In a haimmx k at that! The playful zephyrs rollicked In the moonlight and blew the loose tresses mn riotously they tickled bt her hair raus death. Weakened kidneys leave this waste in th blood, and you are soon sick. To get well, car th kidney with Doss's Kidney Pills, th grass kidney specific. Mrs. J. 4. Bowles of 111 Cor gt, Durham, N. C, saya: "I was sick and bedfast for over nine months, sad th doctor who attended me said unless I submitted to an operation for gravel I would never be well. 1 would not consent to that and so continued to Buffer. My back waa o weak 1 could not Stand or walk, and It aches constantly. The first Jay after 1 began using Doan Kidney Pill I felt a abort lime 1 waa up relief, and and mound the same as ever, tree from backache. A FREE . RIAL of this great kidney medicine which cured Mrs Bowie will be mailed to any part of tha United State,. Address Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. Sold by all dealers; price 60 cents rer box. Foster-Mil-bur- Work of Womens Clubs. According to a feminine writer, th work of the woman's club is threefold to educate its members mentally and morally; to create public opinion; to secure better conditions of life. Its worth, personal and social, is In proportion to Its effectiveness la securing hese ends. Hows This? We offer One Hundred Doliirt Reward for any e 4f 1 atAtrh itoal iauutl bo cured by Uall Vhunb Cure. F J. CHFNEY A CO., Toledo O We, tho onderaigued. batt known K J i benef 15 forlbelt perfectly hon Tear, aod InIlrveit him orable in all bunp-- i tran-n and fiuuiH'taJlj abie U carry out any obligation made by hla firm WaLI'IVO hlSVAN & MaBYIN lpdeAb IrucKlMt Toledo, O taken Internally, acting n tht bind and mucous surfaces f tho FwLitii.tDlai free l'rlca 75 ceuU por W HaHa Catarrh Cure llrrtily u ysieiu. I by ail Take liaiJ'i t Alii Ur ruts fur aousUDatloa. TO HAVE GOOD PHOTOGRAPH Worth While to Study Your Face Before You Sit. A curious fact relative to a womans personality Is that the two aide of her face are not In accord one with the other. In other words, every woman has two faces, and one shows certain characteristics which the other does not, and each contradicts th other. Tbe Left side is nearly always th prettier, although it would take a very keen eye to discern any difference, but It is worth while to remember this when poaing for one'a photo graph. The moral of this 1 obvious. Ths left side of th face bowing to better advantage thaa th right. It Is every onea duty to keep the good aid tuned toward an observer. Often times th prettiest woman take a bad photograph, while a plain woman with regular features Uke a good one. So study yourself in n glass before you sit for your photo graph. New York Journal tu Natives. difficulty of getting Information from Abyssinian, a traveler aays; I remember once telling a Somali, Fara, wbo acted as my Interpreter In Mohamed Hagsans absence, to ask a .Boran some simple question about the route. After ten minutes conversation he appeared to be coming to an understanding with the Boran, to I asked what the man had said. My interpreter implored me not to Interrupt, aa he waa Just getting to the point Nearly another ten mlnntea elapsed before my broke down and I demanded what he had elicited. 'He saya that he is a very poor man and has only two sows, was his reply. Close-Mouthe- Aa to d th pa-tlen- Tie Between Brother and Slater. In no country in the world 14 th tie between brother and sister closer than it Is in Russia. Tbe brother Is regarded as her guardian equally with their father, and as her protector even more. Forevermore when Sorrow came thorny V .crowned an' .gray- -. FOOD FACTS Wyrfn the black storing hid the heavens. an the light along the way. We hear him singing singing in valley' What an M. D. Learned. of despair: The bells the bell are ringing th A prominent physician of Rome. light ia over there!" Georgia, went through & food experiTh dwp voiced Dark walled round ua. ence which he makes public: - and not- a star tntfnr-etIt waa my own experience that Like a lot soul sent from heaven back ' to a homeless world! led me to advocate Grape-Nut- s But still that ringing -- InRlng, sweet aa first food and 1 also know from having prea Love thrdled prayer: bel.s are ringing tha scribed it to convalescents and other rhe.I?'!r,he over there!" light weak patients that the food is a wonAnd the wearjr world low llst'nlng took derful reljuilder and restorer of nerve heart end courage strong. brain tissue, as well as muscle. And blest him for that ry of lieht that and glimmered In hie song. It Improves the digestion and sick And an echo to h's singing came from dim vales and drear: patients always gain Just as I did In 'The bells the bet's are ringing the strength and weight very rapidly. la over there!' light I was In such a low L. Stanton. In Atlanta Constitustate that I had tion. to give up ray work entirely and go to the mountains of this state, bnt two I Deserving of Monument. It la proposed to erect a monument months there did not Improve me; In at Washington to the memory of the fact I was not quite as well as when I left home. late Major Walter Reed, U. 8. My food absolutely reA, whose labors demonstrated that yellow fused to sustain me and it became - r: f THAT WAS WHT. a young woman one dar and h asked her to marry him. she accepted Bings Well, Wings Yet; that's th didn't ah? him. reason! Many n man that, In years agon scaled n wall to steal a kiss, and fell bushes without jhato the raspberry Complaining, makes a great fuss now. adays when he slips on tha tall rug and bumps his elbow, as he kisses th same woman good bye of a morning. plain that I must change, then I began to us Grape-Nutfood and In two weeks I could walk a mile without the led worker are always at war vtth. Somutimes thi I ffifflcnlt. famllfe least fatigue and in five weeks r Dr. Herman Iiimia of the health re so large. Our experience Proves deturned to my home and practice, takpartment estimates that som loofl that there lb o danger of race sub or 4,000 children under fifteen ing up hard work again. Since that these people. Famillea ygar dde among Instead time I have felt as well and strong as of age suiter from It. of mallerj if we irtiw larger I ever did in "In our work at the seaside home." Ire to bellsTF figure. Six children my life. Turning Turtle. no novelty. As s physician who seeks to The old salts are laughing at Senasaid William H. A!Kn, general eight number, usual help j, Of the association, "we are tor Hale's remark about battleships all sufferers I consider It a duty to nd ten general. conW-e- d to how make it on every side. Lat play turning oyer like a turtle. What he these facts public." Name givwith Teaching the children tea, task of th meant to 'say was turning turtle a en by Postnm Co, Battle Creek, Mich, on we fotiKht it in many i one of tne pleasant way. n-tenement very different thing from turning over Trial 10 days on Grape-Nutraised $1.0t.o to r :,ce famili- - wi, Many when klndergartners. there were bad ca-nothing of amusement like a turtle. Inasmuch as turtle do th regular food does not seem to sun-tal- a An Item know ild vut liked best not turn over. When a vessel turns j tt at member the body will work miracles. present beds Sand game are perhaps household stiffemg front it would. Theres a reason." th youngsters are very orlginaL turtle it turns over and resemblea a Look In each pkg. for the famous hav to sleep w th we'1 one. Juhwsys. elevated roads,; stores, fire turtle right side up. UUle book, Tbe Road to WeilvUle." I Inttrior lnt f Tent. fever ts 'transmitted by mosquitoes and who died in Cubs of tne disease while conducting his investigation. It f said that Major Reed's discovery made it possible to stamp out the In disease Havaba. s tt, L often unkind, sometime Fate postponing the death of an ancient husband until there remains only th charm of his money to attract th marriageable men to the widow. Id - A REASON i t f s c. - |