Life — September 19, 1907 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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man tion 1 in the bad had sider the case of Henry Harland. His “As 1) Was Written” made something of a ir; when accounts were cast up six onths after publication, the sum total of ‘les was oo. It is whispered in literary vircles that some of Mr. Henry James's utcr fictions do not reach a greater circula- mn than 500 copies. * «€ ND. Barabbas w publisher.” Formerly, perhaps. Not often now, hen your average author has an eye to s, or employs an ayent. Each copy the first 1,000 printed has cost the pub- sher about 60 cents. He himself sells it or go cents, and out of the difference must ne the advertising and other expenses. If 3,000 copies are disposed of, he makes ome money; in the best sellers, fortune wckons. But his risks make Wall Strect peculation seem ‘‘a sure thing.” Still they write—some for fame, some jor the love of it, others lured by the great rizes for the few. For the anonymous. journalist, something published betw covers somehow spells ‘L keep on writing novels,” con essed an industrious penman, “in the hope that a publisher will some day give me inother and a more lucrative job.” W. 1. Larned. “The Times” Essays Slang UR sedate and mouth-filling contem- porary, The New York Times Satur- 1) Review of Books, has put an antic dis- position on, Recently it achieved what newspaper men call a “beat,” in pub: shing, under the display type cserved for news “fit to prin ‘on (until then only whispered sub rosa) concerning the royal ancestry of a certain youthful poet, Still more recently, in an interesting editorial essay on the genius of Thomas Hardy, it overturns the traditions ought from Park Row, and revisits the mpses of the Sun, by employing slang. “Without the slightest ‘grouch,’” affirms the editor, with reference to his criticism of rtain British critics. Then, as if alarmed at hisown verbal heat lightning, he hastens t» add: “An elegant phrase which Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge can probably trace to Shakespeare.” Tut, tut! “Grouch” is good old English, ind if Senator Lodge would seek to trace ‘ to its source, he would surely turn, not ty the “well of purest English undefiled,” but to the pages of good old Chaucer, who employs it, without apology, in the “Clerke’s Tale.” The Times is not out of jvint; just a little too diffident and coy. Far be it from us to discourage it in its cllorts to be bright and entertaining. are so queer. Tell them after the honeymoon that your love is growing cold and they never glance up from the paper.” “No, but tell them the soup is getting cold and they jump about ten feet.”—Detroit News. T is the difficult man to please—the particular man, for instance—that cheerfully acknowledges that the “GILLETTE ™ has solved the shaving problem and at last led him “* From Darkness to Dawn on the Shaving Question.” Is being shaved by a barber really a luxury that you should pay for in time wasted waiting your tum, plus the dollars handed out, in the course of a year ? With the Gillette Safety Razor mote than a million users have found the easiest, quickest and most economical way of turning the drudgery of shaving into a pleasure, ‘A shave of comfort is yours in from 3 to 5 minutes—no waiting, no “tips,” no cuts, no scratches. oe the “GILLETTE” and prove it yourself. Blades so inexpensive, when dull, they may be thrown away as you would an old pen. The Gillette Safety Razor consists of triple silver plated holder and 12 double- edged blades, packed in velvet lined leather case. Price, $5.00. Combination sets, $6.50 to $50.00. Sold by the leading Jewelry, Drug, Cutlery and Hardware Dealers throughout the world, Ask for the “ GILLETTE” and booklet. Where substitates are offered REFUSE them and write at once for oar THIRTY day free trial offer GILLETTE SALES COMPANY, 228 Times Building, NEW YORK CITY WEBBER'S eM? JACKETS For Hunting and Outing. All less and elastic, Cut shows The OXYGEN Tooth =| ih retest lat . md j New York Gee, ¥. Webber, Mfr. Sta. ¥, Detrelt, Med, Announcement For fifteen years the house of Griffiths has been origi- Ymporters _ nating and designing hats for a select and exacting clien- — tele. The exceptional merit of our styles and perfection bats of our workmanship make our creations particularly pleas- Millinery ing. Each hat is especially designed by experts from iOiwesr den ercer meoted models ao ay that individuality and comrorine NEW YORK which 1s essential to the wel woman. rel gu Ree aN model hats imported for the present season are ready lhe EEVARD for inspection. comicbooks.com