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CHAPTER LXVI 341 into taking notice. A surprisingly large number of persons think they are such clever writers that they can gain interest in this manner. One might do it, but where hundreds try, none will succeed. 9. It is a mistake, too, to suppose that an Editor will take a greater interest in a script addressed to himself personally and not to his office. He may not even see these, but will glance at the envelope and, seeing that the script is not from a writer he knows, pass it over to tlie clerk unopened. Could he be flattered by such an obvious device he would not be sufficiently intelligent to hold the position he does. Here again a single script might appeal, but hun- dreds come in and the implied compliment becomes a bore, yet some writers spend a lot of postage writing to the papers for a list of Editors. 10. There is another angle to tliis. The company may pass on to an Editor who has left its employ all mail addressed to him. This will cause a delay. One man who held a position only a few weeks continued to receive mail addressed to himself for several months thereafter, though his retirement had been widely advertised at the time. That may involve not alone delay, but loss. The script may be returned to you, to .be sent out again, or the person may have left his boarding place without giving a new address and tlie script may lie forgotten for months. 11. Manuscripts addressed to a director will be given to the director. He may turn them into the script room or he may hold them in his desk or his pocket for months. He cannot purchase scripts save tlirough the manuscript department and he may not care to be bothered with^he stories. He is seldom apt to be flattered. 12. It does not help to address some favorite player with a script suited to his or her style of acting. Players are more apt to be appealed to by praise of their work, but they have nothing whatever to do with the purchase of manuscript and seldom have a voice in the choice of plays in which they are to appear. If they turn the script over to the proper department they know they will be suspected of trying to sell their own stories under another name. 13. Send your script to the manuscript department and not to any individual. To seek to sell through a director or player is like trying to sell fish to the restaurant patron instead of approaching the steward. To address one of the high officials of the company is even more futile. He does not want to be bothered. 14. There are even some short-sighted persons who think it will help to offer the Editor a commission on stories accepted. That sort of an Editor, should he obtain a position, seldom lasts long enough to make good his promises. Most Editors will resent this insinuation against their honesty and feel that a person who would make such an offer is also dishonest enough to steal plots. 15. All authors have many demands made upon them fur assistance. The leading writers are actually besieged by people who say they want help but who in reality are merely seeking the short cut they feel