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EDITORIAL 



Whenever this magazine fails to appear on the first of .cer- 

 tain months — as is invariably the case — our newer subscribers 

 begin to grow anxious and some are wont rather peevishly to 

 inquire why the magazine does not appear with clock-like reg- 

 ularity. As a matter of fact the issues are supposed to appear 

 on the twentieth instead of the first, but while we name dates 

 on which the magazine may be expected, "we give no assur- 

 ances, expressed or understood," as the seed catalogues have 

 it, that these expectations will be realized. The clock-like regu- 

 larity of appearance is merely a pleasant little fiction which is 

 included with the price of admission. Most of our readers are 

 aware that the magazine is issued primarily for the editor's 

 amusement and everybody knows what happens when business 

 and pleasure meet on the same track. Only the millionaire 

 dares side-track business for pleasure and play golf when he 

 ought to be keeping tabs on the cashier. A considerable num- 

 ber of people like the magazine well enough to exchange a dol- 

 lar for it annually and a lot of them have been doing this ever 

 since the first number appeared. We certainly appreciate their 

 support of the enterprise, but until enough others add their 

 support to enable us to secure a real editor on a real salary, the 

 magazine must continue to come out as the present overworked 

 editor can find time for it. Our old subscribers understand the 

 situation and make allowances accordingly. That the maga- 

 zine will ultimately appear is one fact that all can bank on. The 

 editor has issued nearly fifty volumes without ever doubling 



