The Argosy, April 1916 — page 201: what you’re looking at

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

THE LOG-BOOK. every “ cow-puncher,” and how his soul was touched with pity for the poor girl who had been so misled, he would have said: “ You pore little thing, let’s go back to God’s country.” That would have been all. No, Steve Yeager never could have been at- tracted by Daisy Ellington, for the reason that she would have talked him to death. The author knew cowboy character. When we have an Italian or Spaniard or some city dude character in a love scene, let them turn on the hot air, but not for the Westerner. C. H. GIrMore. - HOW DO YOU READ THE ARGOSY? What is your plan in reading THe Arcosy? It’s my idea that most of you start with the book-length novel, then take up the oldest of the serials, but I’m ready to be enlightened. The mat- ter was brought to my mind by the following let- ter, telling one reader’s method in getting next to the contents of his ARGosy. Eyebrow, Saskatchewan. I start right in at the beginning and end at the end. If one has the time to do that way it is the best with your magazine. For one can be sure that from beginning to end he will find good, clean, and “ full of life” stories. Of course, if one has but a few minutes he can open up his ARGosy near the back and pick out a'‘nice short one. And that reminds me that- one writer to the Log-Book doesn’t like the short ones. Why, such a thing is almost incredible! Too short! I say, “Success to the man who can give us a good plot and good character painting in his short story.” J. M. CALNE. THEIR WONDER BOOK I rather like that definition of THE Arcosy, given in the letter printed below—the Wonder Book. It means, I take it, a magazine full of de- lightful surprises each month; at any rate, that is what I try to make it, even after I have told you some of the things I mean to give you. 5 Norwood, New York. -For ten years I have been a constant reader of your Wonder Book, as we call it. But since I have moved up to this small town I am not al- ways able to get a copy, as they seem to be either just out or just expecting some. So r: ther than miss a number, I have decided to subscribe. NELLICE BURROUGHS. THE FIRST KICK OF THE MONTH Just when I was beginning to wonder where I was to get what some of my readers term the spice for the Log-Book in the shape of kicks, be- cause none had come to hand, the following turned up in the mail. I should like to ask Mr. Barnes if he considers “ Fools of Sacrifice,” now running, the kind of story he says I know they want. Toledo, Ohio. I hate to kick, but why did you want to spoil the February number of THE Arcosy by having such a story as “Why There Was a Murder on Pearl Street?” Such superfluous detail, such pad- ding, it has not been my ill-fortune to see for many a day. You know the kind of stories we want. Why do you clutter up the good ship Arcosy with such trash? ‘““One-Cylinder Sam,” “The Man With the 44 Chest,” “The Last of the Duanes ’—they are the kind we want.. Our reading club of forty-three members has been more than satisfied with the magazine until we read “ Why There Was a Mur- der on Pearl Street.” FRED BARNES. STRONG FOR THE FEBRUARY NOVEL What is the skipper of THr ArGosy to do? Simply nail his colors to the mast and sail ahead according to his own lights. Note what these two passengers have to say about “ Why There Was a Murder on Pearl Street.” River Falls, Wisconsin. I have been reading THr Arcosy for about a year, and I think it’s great. ‘“‘ Why There Was a Murder on Pearl Street’ was splendid, and so was ‘“ Comrade Island.” But it’s hard for me to say which is my favorite author. Robert Ames Bennet’s novels are hard to beat. “They are all good stories, but some are better than others. I do not wish to miss a number of THE ARGOSY. FRANK KORDORSKY. 100 Harrison Avenue, ; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Have just finished your book-length for Febru- ary, “ Why There Was a Murder on Pearl Street,” ¢ and must say it was a corker from start to finish. I have been a reader of your very valuable maga- zine for the past four years, and the only objec- tion I have ever had during that time was that it is such a long wait from one month till the next. I never leave anything unread in THE Arcosy. I read the Log-Book when I haven’t much time to spare, so that it doesn’t bother me much to leave it. Some of the kickers make me want to kick—them. I think a man certainly has nerve to kick on what he gets in THe Arcosy for a dime. I am a great admirer of Jackson’s works, but I haven’t a kick for any of them. Here’s hoping long life to THe Arcosy. E. R. BAYLer. ANOTHER MAN ON “MEN IN THE RAW ” An additional contribution to the controversy on talk, started by H. H. in the February Log, has just come to hand. Our Boulder friend surely hits the nail square on the head in what he says about there’s no accounting for tastes when it comes to picking mates in the matrimonial sweep- stakes. Lucky it’s so, isn’t it, or there would surely be more spinsters and bachelors than there are. Boulder, Colorado. IT read your magazine. It delivers the goods. In it we read of red-blooded men with pep and ginger. I don’t know what H. H. means when he talks about Arcosy characters not talking. He illustrated his point by taking William MacLeod MICLO© S 191 - C@