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Show The Unwelcome Truth. , "Miss Braddon, the English novelist," novel-ist," said a publisher, "made $500,000 out of her books, her publisher's share being $1,500,000. "Miss Braddon's great success, Bhe once told me, was due to her avoid ance in her books of truth. Truth, she said, is the one thing the average novel reader doesn't want For truth, you see, is unpleasant. "She illustrated her point by a wife who asked her husband: " 'George, how do you like the new shade I've had my hair done?" " 'Well, my dear.' George began, 'to tell you the truth ' " 'Stop right there, George," his wife interrupted. 'Stop right where you are When you begin like that 1 don't want to hear you.' " Washington Star. |