I had brunch this a.m. with FH at the South Congress Cafe, which is much improved, food-quality-wise, since the first time I tried it with DL. GLS had already told me this as he'd had lunch there with AL during WF, but it was my first time back. Have the Mexican omlette with green chili sauce. Yum.
Went on to shop in great detail, which is the only way to do it, down the street at Uncommon Objects. FH found a (Thai?) puppet, a wooden mushroom, and tiny dolls. I picked up a very 1970s-esque embroidered black jacket and How To Prepare Manuscripts by George Milburn (Little Blue Book No. 1143, edited by E. Haldeman-Julius (Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1927), published in Girard, Kansas.
Some manuscript observations/tips circa 1927:
"...I saw the editors' mail cascade from strong cloth sacks. If there is any more disheartening spectacle in the world, I do not care to witness it while I'm young."
"...the amateur writer was the most chld-like, the most gullible, the most addlepated creature in the world."
"They are simply chasing a vain illusion that writing is a soft short-cut to Fame and Japanese valets." (Cyn note: Japanese valets?)
"Typewriters are accessible to almost everyone nowadays."
"Editors for established publishing houses are not likely to be untrustworthy, and the writer can generally depend on them for an honest evaluation of the work."
"It is seldom necessary to accompany your manuscript with a letter to the editor. Often, too often, such a letter is a serious detriment."
"Don't send the same manuscript to different editors at the same time. Suppose both of them should accept it--an uncomfortable situation."
