ym developed a following and aftes* awhile, yott 

 know^ to keep yoxxp following you have to follow 

 your following, 



Oilb: Didn't this ever bother yout Didn't you BcmstimbB 

 feel that this was an artiatie or esthetic 

 restrietionT 



Cogginsi Ho, because I was not aware of it* In those days 

 children's books were not so nuii»rous nor so 

 diverse* The values were in blaek and white* 

 Reading was reading end a children's book was not 

 analysed as they are today* Any of then was better 

 than getting into nds chief* 



The^L, too, the rags-to-riches viewpoint was 

 the national ideal* Tobacco snd drinking hadn't 

 been advertised into the general acceptance they 

 have today* It was not until one day I heard 

 Otis Skinner let out a blast against the Alger 

 stories as false, misleading and destructive that 

 I realized there were varying opinions of what was 

 proper for children* Furthermore, rags-to*riohes 

 stories did not become the subject of ridicule 

 until the next generation* 



I was perfectly aware that certain facts of 

 life did not appear in books* But I thought it 



