Show what a magazine costs A very good idea of the amount of money it boata to successfully conduct one of the magazines of today to day is aptly illustrated in some regarding the editorial cost of the ladies home journal of this city eang tho philadelphia public ledger the journal ia edited by mr edward bok for shaping the thoughts of his woman readers each boeth mr bok is paid per yar and haa in the business beside which nets him fully twice his salary he has a staff of sixteen editors which includes men and women liae rev dr galmaga Tal maga robert J bur dette palmer bax margaret bottise Bot tose isabel and maria parloa the combined salaries of these editors exceed a year the journal speeds ech month 2000 or about per year on miscellaneous matter not con tributes tri buted by its regular editors and the working force in the editorial department means at least more in salaries making over a ussr and this represents but a single departs ment of the magazine and I 1 question whether any periodical ig conducted on a more aika and economical basia than the journal no that J B lippincott when asked by a friend why he did not keep a yacht replied A man can only sustain one luxury I 1 publish a magazine |