Show WONT HELP AGAIN AGA popular authors spouse improved his flis book to the exton of a loss of it fair to tell the name of the author but one of tho writers sellers turned out a fine piece of work a year or so ago ile ho took the rough draft of it to a publisher and the raan of ledgers fell for it in a 1 minute ill take it b back to my wife and lot let her go through it to eaten catch any errors ol 01 said eald the author and U C publisher agreed when the corrected draft was returned it seemed that the lady had caught errors that were not ot of english she agree for example with the heros lilting liking for brunette ladles ladies being of the opinion that blondes are the highest typo ot of beauty it to Is just a coincidence that she is herself a blonde and there were one or two elinor glyn episodes that the lady expurgated and sho she changed the he plot a bit because as she justly gaid things like that never happened in real life and it if they did they were never referred to by nice people the sale of the book was confined to the free coplea copies sent to the reviewers last week the author brought the draft or of another story to the same publisher fine great magnificent I 1 said the ardent gentleman when he read it my itly readers are crazy cray about it I 1 cried like a child in chapter 10 lo an although my eyes are getting weak I 1 sat batup up until two in the morning io to finish it just juat sign the contract on the dotted lines the author signed find then asked for the draft 1 I want to take the draft motoo dionio and let my wife go over it and catch the errors said ho be you know my grammar gets a little ross cross eyed sometimes 11 never again said tho the publisher 1 I have that manuscript locked in a safe bate and it your wife tries to interfere with it ill have her pinched pin chod ashes an estimable lidy and a good housekeeper but the last time she tried to improve knopf ono ot your stories she cost coat me |