Show q by L L STEVENSON LS fritz ryan well known advertising executive tells of joe cooks butler when a visitor arrives at sleepless hollow over at lake hopatcong he is received by a very dignified servant whom cook calls watkins after about half an hour cook remarks watkins you look tired go upstairs and take a rest and tell atwood to come down watkins disappears and atwood appears the guest looks tince there is something familiar about atwood later he discovers something cami liar abo ut afe bartender the waiter the chauffeur and other cook employees plo there should be while the guest is there the same man fills filis nil all the jobs jack fulton in new york for a fast visit to a business he runs in addition to his singing was walking along madison avenue when a small delivery truck pulled up alongside him the driver speaking in a low voice informed fulton that he worked for a clothing establishment and had lifted an ex jien sive suit which he would sell for fifteen dollars or what do you want to offer fulton took one look and walked on Ful tons new york business enterprise is one of the most exclusive tailoring establishments in town and that one glance told him the supposed bargain worth even five dollars 0 4 since it has been declared that a story is new until it is told I 1 can hark back to the music hall engagement ga of snow white and the seven dwarfs which brought out multitudes one of the towns more clever bridge players alter after waiting sometime finally managed to get inside the huge playhouse and much to her delight spotted several empty seats well down in front but before she could seat herself an usher stopped her with the declaration la that those seats were being held for the deaf you say she asked cupping her ear those seats se ats are for the deaf deaf eh where can I 1 get my earpiece ear piece the usher brought her one and she saw the film from a most advantageous position incidentally she can hear a whisper across the room and when it comes to making psychic bids ashes tops young 0 author many a young author who with high hopes sends a manuscript to a magazine wonders why it and an accompanying rejection slip come back so quickly plagiarists are the main reason in magazine offices unsolicited manuscripts by unknown writers which come through the mails by the thousands are known as slush in one organization controlling 18 magazines slush is never read but is returned immediately dia tely having become involved in four cases of plagiarism within a month the order went out to buy only from known writers or established agencies in another office an editor ever on the lookout for new talent in five years bought three stories he found in the slush two of those were stolen and so another hurdle in the hard path of the young writer |