The information for this Directory, showing the manuscript market and the manuscript requirements of many publications, has been gathered directly from the editors of the periodicals, and is strictly up to date.

The second printing of the Directory, which is constantly being revised and enlarged, began in Ta WAITER for February, 1916, and a four-years' subscription beginning with August, 1916, will give the Directory complete, together with much other valu able matter. The third printing is now in progress. Before submitting manuscripts to any publication, it is advisable to secure a sample copy.

Missouri Ruralist (S-M), St. Louis, Mo. 50c. Charles Dillon, managing editor.

Not in the market at present. Missouri Valley Farmer

(M), Topeka, Kansas. 25C.; 5C. Charles Dillon, managing editor; Henry Hatch, editor.

Not in the market at present. Missouri Woman (M), 1627 Washington ave., St. Louis, Mo. 50c.; 5c. Mary Semple Scott, editor. Modern Art Collector (M), 17 West 38th st., New York.

Modern Dance Magazine (Q), 562 Fifth ave., New York. $1.00; 25C. G. Hepburn Wilson, editor. Modernist (M), 25 East Fourteenth st., New York. $1.50; 15c. James Waldo Fawcett, editor.

July, 1919, Vol. I, No. 1. A magazine of modern arts and letters, radical in policy; international in scope; devoted to the common cause of toiling peoples; opposed to compromise; pledged to truth; dedicated to the task of overthrowing old falsehoods ; forum for active minds and vital art." Uses short stories, general articles, plays, and poetry. Sets length limit at 8,000 words. Does not buy photographs, and prefers stories with a social sense. Pays on publication.

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ADDITIONS AND CHANGES. American Legion Weekly (W), 19 West 44th st., New York. $2.00 ($1.00 to members of the Legion); 5c.

Vol. I, No. 1, July 4, 1919. Official publication of the American Legion.

Art & Life (incorporating the Lotus Magazine) (M), The Lotus Magazine Foundation, Inc., 665 Fifth ave., New York. Gardner Teall, editor.

New name of the Lotus Magazine, first number, June, 1919. Concerned with art as interpreting life, with life as reflected by life." Uses articles, poems, and illustrations of constructive human interest.

Farm & Home Mechanics (M), United Publishing Co., 1411 Wyandotte st., Kansas City, Mo. three years for $1.00. George W. Rhine, editor.

35C.;

A monthly farm paper of practical everyday mechanics. Uses a large number of short illustrated articles each month, having five distinct departments: Farm Mechanics, dealing with simple devices and appliances which may be constructed in the farm shop and used to eliminate hand labor about the farm; Home Mechanics, dealing with labor-saving devices and the making. of useful articles for the home and household: Auto Mechanics, dealing with the automobile tractor and truck and their maintenance and repair Boys' Department, publishing articles describing toys, puzzles, tricks, and items of interest to the young reader; and Home Comforts, using articles describing modern appliances on the farm, such as water systems, electric-lighting systems, and the like. Buys short stories, novelettes, and serials; few general articles; some juvenile matter; but no jokes, humorous verse, plays, or poetry. Sets length limit for short stories at 3,000 words, prefers fiction pertaining to farm and farm operations, or with a rural setting, humorous mechanical farm stories being ideal. Pays from 75 cents to $3 each for photographs, and from 25 cents to $1 each for drawings, and about a cent a word for manuscripts, upon acceptance.

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Kismet "A Book of the Arts " (Q, with two or three Special Numbers a year), 99 South Eighth st., Newark, N. J. $2.50; 35c. (Special Numbers, 50c. and 75c. according to edition). Harry James Stutzlen, editor.

Uses cleverly done book reviews; travel ar ticles, not exceeding 1,500 words; essays and literary articles that would appeal to the average reader of a "Book of the Arts"; short stories; plays; poetry, rarely a bit of humorous verse; and occasional poems that would appeal to children. A "Juvenile " edition of Kismet may be issued in Special Numbers now and then. Stories and articles must not exceed 2,000 words, and poems are limited to forty lines. Fiction should contain sentiment of the clean, better sort, romance properly restrained. No story will be barred because of its weirdness, if well told. Anything, in general, will be used that is suited to a "Book of the Arts." At the present time payment is made solely in the way of placing the contributor on the advertising and mailing list. Later, if possible, other arrangements will be made.

Entertaining Facts to Arouse Curiosity of Children Wanted for "What To Do "

1. Feature Articles.

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From 500 to 1,000 words in length in narrative or descriptive form.

Subject matter must appeal to child's sense of curiosity, mystery, or admiration for what is wonderful or startling.

All facts and details which are not especially unique should be omitted, as the purpose is to entertain the readers.

Information may include such topics as Nature Study, Curious Animals, Strange People and Customs, etc.

It is often a good plan to choose a clever point of view or figure of speech from which to present material. For example. in writing a feature article about the moon, take the theme, "The Man in the Moon," and present facts as much as possible in an appropriate vein. In telling about insects that look like sticks and twigs, or that are invisible against certain backgrounds, choose as a title. "Insects that Make Believe."

2. Short Articles.

From 50 to 400 words in length. telling curious facts of all kinds. Must be written in clever style to attract curiosity and interest of Juniors.

3. Accuracy, Originality. Absolute accuracy as to facts is necessary. Do not trust newspaper reports, lectures or hearsay. Do not rewrite or revamp material. Present in absolutely new form and style. Material which sounds bookish is not wanted. Talk to the kiddies. Address:

DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING CO., WHAT TO DO, ELGIN, ILLINOIS Samples of paper and circular to writers sent upon request.

Magazine editors

What is the filler ? speak of it as "that short humorous piece, which is always welcome." As the layman sees it, it is that little bit of prose put at the bottom of the page where the short story was too short and something had to be put in to take up the room. To the author, it is the little one-page manuscript that sells for a dollar, or for two dollars and a half, or in moments when the editor forgets himself, for five dollars. Alaş! how seldom editors forget themselves !

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There is no restriction on the subject matter of the filler. It may be studied in such magazines as the Smart Set, the Parisienne,., Smith's Magazine, Snappy Stories, Saucy Stories, Live Stories, and Life. It must have a direct touch that will appeal to the reader, and it must be brief and pungent, arouse suspense, and end with a surprise. An epigram, an incident, a bit of satire whatever it is, it must above all be short. Here are a few samples, to show what the filler may be like:

ROMANCE.

(Published in Life, April 17, 1919.)

He was just an ordinary clerk, living alone in a cheap rooming-house, up three flights of stairs; but, like the rest of us, he had his dreams and air-castles, and an imaginary ro mance that had nothing to do with the facts of everyday existence.

Some day he would marry an heiress . . . beautiful... desired by many. It would be love at first sight, and he would carry her off from her circle of other admirers, like Lochinvar of old. She would have great dark eyes, a smile like the glow of morning, gowns like the models in the modiste's shop on Fifth avenue, and a manner born to a queen.

Each morning he would go to his humble work, dreaming these dreams, and hoping that today would be the day!

And he never noticed the plain, quiet little housemaid who stood at the door as he passed out. and watched him, love in her eyes, the wistfulness of motherhood in her face, and am unsung lullaby upon her lips.

Bos- if he has one, than by his initials, and it is conceivable that a letter addressed to "Mrs. Prof. G. E. White," might be delivered, when a letter addressed to "Mrs. G. E. White" might not. Some of those who think that the husband's title should be used, in spite of the prevailing practice, put it in parentheses, thus: "Mrs. (Prof.) G. E. White."

"Consider" means to sit in judgment on, to ponder, to contemplate. Instead of saying "I consider him a great man," it is better to say "I think him a great man," or "I regard him as a great man."

Strictly speaking, adjectives expressing ideas not subject to variation cannot be compared. Instead of saying, for instance : "Your line is straighter than mine," it is better to say: "Your line is more nearly straight than mine" - and then try to make your line straight, if possible. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.

What does Romance mean to you as a writer? A new fiction market, of course, but what kind? Where in the magazine field is it to be placed and ranked? It is more seemly for Romance to establish its place by performance than to cry its own merits, but at least its editor can make known its aims.

First, good stories- an aim as bland as it is simple and shopworn; but perhaps we can give it meaning by a definitely worked out system of printing the stories of those acknowledged our best side by side with stories having no endorsement but their own merits. You know the type stories the public is timid to endorse until the stamp of authority has been affixed, stories found in bad company and therefore blindly denied all claim to class, stories that may later be collected into book-form when the author wins gen

(Published in the Smart Set, March, 1919.) Today I shall see her again after five years five years of waiting and war.

Her note is here, telling me to come. I have seen François, the waiter. Our table is reserved as usual. We will have a quiet dinner together. Everything will be as in the old days.

I shall wear my uniform. Proudly will I pin I shall say my Cross of War upon my breast. nothing about my wound chevron. will notice it.

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I wonder what her first words to me will be. Will she greet me silently saying nothing words... but her looks speaking the

If he had told her nothing,

And she had told him everything,

This they would have called " trust."

Fillers are not easy to write. They require a special faculty, but for those who have the faculty, writing fillers is profitable work. WATERLOO, Iowa. Carl Glick.

York, "A vaccine is the organism that causes the disease, killed and then injected as a preventive. A serum is a substance from the blood of a man or beast that acts as an antitoxin and destroys the organism in the blood and thus is a curative."

If it is all right to say of a man who has died: "He leaves a widow and two children," why is n't it right to say: "He leaves a widow and two orphans," or why would n't it be right to say of a married woman who has died: "She leaves a widower and two orphans"?

Instead of saying that a country school has "sixteen scholars," it is better to say "sixteen pupils." Probably none of them are scholars.

Boston is commonly called "The Hub," but it is not "the hub of the universe." What