The Argosy, October 1906 — page 110: what you’re looking at

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Rae Cen EE — . 4 ANOTHER NEW MAGAZINE FROM THE MUNSEY HOUSE. no examples to follow. Consequently we may have fallen short of the mark at which we have aimed. But perfection is usually a thing of growth. The important thing is to begin, to make a start: There can be no evolution without something to improve. In a word, ‘]HE RAILROAD MAN’s MAGAZINE is now something more than a fancy. It has crystallized into a fact, taken on an entity, and now it is up to the magazine itself to fill a place hitherto unfilled in the homes of the railroad workers of America—to bring into these homes each month many hours of enter- tainment, and to bring also a wider and fuller knowledge of railroad men and methods, as well as an abundance of good, wholesome, helpful, and instructive reading on matters of general interest and of timely importance. If it does this in a way accept- able to you it will measure up to the standard set for it by its publisher. I have said all this about the railroad world to show you what a big world it really is, and what are its possibilities of dramatic interest for making a red-hot magazine for any reader, whether he be railroad man or otherwise. The first number of THE RAILROAD MAN'S MAGAZINE will be issued about the 15th of September. I should like you to get a copy of the first issue and see for yourself what you think of it—see if it has anything in it that you would not like to miss. 3 At this writing the first number is not yet made up, and as I am just back from Europe, | have not read much of the material that goes into it—not even seen all of it. But judging from what | have seen, and from my general knowledge of the plans and scope of the magazine, I am convinced that it will have some rattling good stuff in it. And I don’t mind venturing the prediction here and now that THE RAILROAD MAN’S MAGAZINE will prove a good running mate for THE ARGOSY and THE ALL-STORY MAGAZINE. We are starting off with two serial stories and what amounts to another in the shape of a series of “THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERIES OF AMERICA”— real life, actual occurrences. Don’t forget the date of issue—somewhere from September 12th to 15th—and don’t fail to ask your newsdealer for a copy. FRANK A. MUNSEY.— e COMMIKE CKO 3 2 : z 3 eae bie oe 7 ee Win BALE 1% be )