Show HER contribution ACCEPTED lier her paid for it ht at advertising rata here la Is the amusing experience ol of an amateur literary aspirant which waa told to me a few days daya ago says a writer in the now new york commercial advertiser ta 6 er A young woman in new york wrote one day a short skit intended to be humorous it aroused favorable comment from her circle of friends and she made up her mind that it was good eno tigh to be published in one of 0 tho the humorous periodicals accordingly she bhe submitted it to first one periodical then another it was a brief skit only about fifty lines in all and as her brother indulgently widd couldn coulden t possibly have done any harm but still the hard hearted editors filed to see sea the humor of it and kept sending it bick back to her I 1 anally the young author lost heart completely and waa nas about to bury her poor little skit in the depths of her portfolio then her brother bi oilier took pity on her and said bald here ghe me bour our skit III get it published or know the reason 11 A week or 00 two later her skit appeared in ono one of the humo humorous p papers and the 5 50 0 ing contributor enjo enjoyed ed all the delights of 0 first autho authorship ishIp sending bending marked copies of the paper to friends etc etc the contribution did not occupy a prominent place it was among tho the nh mh but the author hid bild seen many inny comics among tho the adver and she anas ft as too contented to see tier her contribution in type to inquire faither blie bhe never knew what that twinkle in her brothers cea i it u int and that he be had paid full fall amer adver thaing rates to lasut her skit in I 1 fifty tnt s space single column one anber tion lion |