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Show An Editor's Literary Comforts. Mrs. JI;uy .dap,.. DhhIo is one of those wiso literary vnnini who lvlirva tlmt if a woman u;n?t v.-ork v,i;'u tim pi'n he hotdd bo f-nrrouru'.od with all possible convenience-. And Mrs. Dodge ecrtaiii'y h3 ihs coniforts. Fi:idia;; that idi as would t fku coaio to her when hor assistant was away from lr, and wi.-hiiii: to taveht-rsolf tUo manual labor of writing it down, she purchased a phonograph. pho-nograph. Now, when mi idea strikes h'.r at home, she simply talks it to tho phonograph, and when her stono;.rra her comos it is taken from tho machine, recalled re-called to the author and she elaborates it by dictation, llor library center table, at which she sits to read, has a tall lamp built in the middle, a deep, easy chair at one side and a bookstand nndernciitu built around tho legs. Writing materials mate-rials are convenient, within reach, and altogether the editor of St. Nicholas does not exert herself any more than is absolutely abso-lutely necessary iu her work. And she is right, for by saving her physical strength she adds to her mental capacities. capaci-ties. Few women are so diplomatic, however, but then few literary women, on the other hand, can afford such time saving conveniences. New York Letter. Citizen Train, now a citizen of one of Tacoma'i suburbs, proposes to organize a company of BOO American editors and tako them around the world in fifty -Jays nest fall, at f jOO per head. As the champion globe trotter, tho citizen thinks that he can outdo the best of Cook's jnudes. |