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328 SELLING THE SCRIPT pany announced its acceptance of tlie story tlie card was taken from the Lubin compartment and after being dated was placed m the "Accepted"' division. Had it remained long there it would have sug- gested the propriety of making inquiry of the company as to whetli- er the signed release slip had been received by them. As it was, tlae check came back promptly, so the card is properly marked and placed in its numerical place in tlie file. At the same time, if this is your first sale, you take a blank card and write the name of the com- pany oh it. Then below you write the number of the story and the date. In time these cards, which remain in their proper compart- ment, will show you just what you have sold to the company in question, and the average price. Reference to the number will lo- cate the card for additional particulars. If you abandon tlie hope of selling the story you put it away and slip the card into the "Dead" division. Some authors put a card into each company compartment on which is entered each story sent to the company with date of mail- ing and return. This is supposed to show about how long it takes a company to pass on a script. It scarcely pays to enter into a too elaborate system of bookkeeping. The advantage of the card system over the memorandum or even the loose leaf book is that you can change the cards from place to place without difficulty. Another form of card entry is shown later in this chapter. 15. Having recorded your script, you are ready to mail it out. For this purpose you will need envelopes. Most authors prefer manila or kraft to a cheap grade of white envelopes, the fibres of which are rotted by the bleaching agent employed. If your script is not very long, it is possible to use the envelopes known to the trade as nines and tens, but it is very much better to use tens and elevens since a script must be folded with extreme care if it is to be placed in a number nine envelope. The tens and elevens permit some lati- tude. The number ten envelope is nine and one-half by four and one- eighth inches and tlie eleven is large enough to cover this. Your script is folded and placed within a number ten envelope which you have addressed to yourself. On this you place one or more stamps. If you are on a rural route you should prepay the postage in full to save the carrier trouble, or you can deposit this overdue postage with him in advance. The envelope should carry at least one two- cent stamp to move it in case of rejection, and it should have your address clearly written in good black ink or else printed on. If your script is accepted, the envelope may be used for the return of the release slip. If you inclose loose stamps instead of affixing them to the envelope, do not complain if your story goes out with ten cents and comes limping back with only a two cent stamp. Lick or lose your stamps as you prefer, 16. This return envelope, containing your script, is placed un- sealed into the larger envelope with the loose flap toward the bottom of the eleven, which will reduce the chance that the letter opener will cut through the return. Do not wrap the envelope around the script