Gilbl And encouraged so many young writers* X knov tha^ 

 as a little girl I used to send poexos to 

 3t» Hioholas all the ti»B« 



Cogginss Mr* Clarice toXd ape that one tine when he was 



looking through their old numbers in the "Letter 

 Box** department he came across a letter from a 

 little boy from Indian His name was Rudyard Kipling. 



0ilb3 St, Nicholas was really a very Inqportant cultural 

 contribution to the country* 



Gogginst Tesy I^bi surprised too^ because Mrs* Dodge didnH 

 give one the Inqpression of a literary person at 

 all* She gave the Ixspression of a very heal thy ^ 

 outgoing housewife rather than one llTlng iMirtlally 

 in a world of fantasy* 



Glib: Did you erer have any controversies or problems 



in editing yoiir magaelnet Were there any eholees 

 of policy? 



Oogglnss Within the limits already r^terre^ to X had the 



final ieeisions on policy* In fact Z was the one 

 who furnished all the taboos when others wanted 

 ae to publish somethii2g« | Insisted on sending 

 ba6k a story by ^Taek London which I was urged to 

 accept* It was a story of a little Eskimo boy 

 who killed a polar bear by feeding it meat filled 



