Life — June 29, 1911 — page 14: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

The Sleepers building at the venue and Madison In a comfortable corner of Madison « Square. Enter a kind-hearted citizen. + \ RE these the offices of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals?” “Yes, sir.” “Can I sce the president a moment?” “He is not in.” “ How soon will he be in?” “T couldn't say.” “Later in the day, perhaps?” “T couldn't sa “But what are his usual hours?” “He hasn't any.” “Nor any usual days?” No, sir! “ But look here; this business is im- portant.” “Might I ask what it is?” “It's a man who lets out horses, and most of them are lame with sore backs or shoulders, or are sick. And they are all unfit to work. It ought to be stopped. Don't you attend to that sort of thing here?” “Why—er—yes, sometimes; in a “ But good heavens, man! Can't you—— “Not so loud, please!” “And why not? Are you afraid I'll wake somebody up?” “Yes, There's a meeting going on upstairs.” “What meeting?” “Board of Managers.” “Good! I'll lay this them.” Not on your life! hardly been asleep an hour.” “Is that what they come here for “As a rule “And how about the animals ail this time?” “What animals?” “Why, the animals that need protec- tion.” “Are there any?” “There are thousand: right here within reach! “Excuse me, sir, but that is impos sible. It was less than six months ago that we sent our agent out to see if he could discover any cascs of cruelty to animals.” case before They have and thousands “And what was the result?” “Oh, he discovered several cases.” “That, you say, was six months ago?” “ Five or six.” “And what happened?” “Those cases are now being consid- ered by the Board of Managers.” “But the managers are asleep. I hear them snoring.” “They will consider the cases when they wake up. That is, of course, if the president comes in.” “But you don’t expect him to-day?” No. When do you expect “When he feels like it “Thank you. I will tell the animals in need of your services that everything is all right; that the president and di- rectors of this society are comfortable and happy. And to animals in need of help it will be the consolation they most desire, Good day, sir.” Editors of the Future LL editors, without exception, find it difficult to get ma- terial which is good or even which suits them. It is not necessary to read the magazines in order to find this out. They will readily admit it if you go to them in a kindly spirit and gain their confidence. But the trouble, so far as the public is concerned, is that editors, failing to get good material, put in the best they can find, fatal policy. This may work for a time, but in the long run it is a As time goes on, editors will see this more and more, and the wisest of them will act in obvious accordance therewith. They will not look at their publications as so much space to be filled; they will look at their good material and sce how far it will go. As a result, many of the magazines will frequently appear with nothing but advertisements. What a long literary step forward that would be! OUBTLESS there are still minds hereabout that need to be disabused of the idea that they can run a bank in their spare time, [* a good Fourth that has no burning. A GENEROUS GIVER comicbooks.com