Show HAD ta ODE RIGHT EXAMPLE E OF CHARLES DUDLEY WARNERS LITERARY WORK short obituary article prepared with infinite care and frequently revised author admitted it was labor the extraordinary pains and pa with which the late clia charlea rles dudley warner did his literary work are shown in the strenuous way in which he produced an obituary notice some some years ago prof edward L youmans was a close personal friend of mr warner and on that account when mrs airs youmans died the editor of a daily paper asked mr air warner to write a sort of personal appreciation of her this he consented to do he was left alone from io 10 a m until half past 12 when he went to lunch returning at 2 he worked without interruption until 4 when he turned over to the editor what lie he had written yet the work was not complete mr air warner read the first proof and in succession three revised sheets each time he made change after change in phraseology seeking outtie out the on one e right word while even in toe the nicety of paragraphing he seemed to make clearer what he desired to express nor did the close revision end with the marking of the last proof after the paper had gone to press and the first sheets had been brought up to the composing room for an 0 IC mr air warner looked wistfully at t the he editor and abse observed arved would you object to lifting the form I 1 see gee a sentence in the I 1 last ast paragraph that might be somewhat changed she was too good I 1 you know to have a slovenly tribute paid to her ev even en the printers refused to get angry over the delay and forthwith 7 the form was sent up and changes went on for an hour at last though publication tian was delayed fully two hours the editor but not mr war ner had the supreme satisfaction of knowing that the work was as nearly perfect as human art could make it ity and the edition was sent out while we were walking up the 4 street toward th the e youmans country home writes the editor we quietly talked about books and bookmen bookmon boo kmen you are most painstaking we ventured yes said mr warner modestly 1 I never could dash oft off anything readily like some writers it has always been real labor to me J then you revise all your work the same way 1 I have always found it necessary to do so even in writing for the easy chair I 1 have to be painstaking nor have I 1 ever been able to use the typewriter with any degree of satis fac tion the trouble seems to be that either in dictating or in using the typewriter I 1 at once become self con salou s and mechanical for some reason my thoughts what few ideas I 1 may possess seem to flow more easily from the pen new amstel magazine |