Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1894 — Gets His Own Price. [ARTICLE]

Gets His Own Price.

Though Mr. F, Marion Crawford' probably earns wore , money by his pen than any other living writer he is perhaps not go well paid in proportion to the amount Of work that he does as is Mr. T. B. Aldrich. As a matter of fact, Mr. Aldrich always puts his o#n price on his work, and he is always sare of getting it. One mngaxiae of New York City takes everything that he sends it He simply writes the price in a,corner of the MSS., and it is paid. What a delightful aspect of literary success this presents! A few weeks ago an editor wrote to Mr. Aldrich: “Won’t you please drop a poem into our slot and draw, out as much money as you want for it?’ Mr. Aldrich dropped a dozen lines, as directed, and drew out S3O. ” —Nc|w York Beeorder. 2 i