YOUTH
An Illustrated Monthly Journal for Boys and Girls
Edited by HERBERT LEONARD COGGINS
Single Copies 10 Cents Annual Subscription $1.00
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THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY
923 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
SUBSCRIBERS FROM AUSTRALIA
Our circle of readers continues to widen rapidly. Quite recently a number of subscriptions have been received from far off Australia. Even though in its infancy, Youth will soon traverse the entire globe.
ARE YOU PLEASED OR DISPLEASED?
We are not seeking fulsome praise, but we would like to hear directly from our readers whether or not Youth is coming up to their expectations. If it is not, we hope they will feel perfectly free to tell us about its shortcomings. Criticisms and suggestions are invited from all readers. We should be glad to publish in an early issue, if agreeable to the reader, the letter of the person who sends in the most practical suggestion.
FIFTY CENTS FOR TWENTY-FIVE NAMES
Anyone who will send us the names and addresses of twenty-five of his friends, boys or girls, and fifty cents additional, will receive a year’s subscription to Youth. The magazine will be sent to any desired address. This is a very easy way for any person, young or old, to obtain a year’s subscription. We wish the twenty-five names for the sole purpose of distributing sample copies of Youth. They will be put to no other use, so that no one need have any hesitation in sending the list.
BACK NUMBERS TO SUBSCRIBERS
All persons who contemplate subscribing to Youth are urged to forward their names as soon as possible. While we are daily in receipt of many subscriptions, and have been since the first announcement of the magazine, yet we desire to increase our list to even a greater number.
Those persons who have not yet subscribed will, for the time being, receive all of the back numbers beginning with the first issue. This will enable them to obtain several extra copies without cost, and at the same time give them the opportunity of having all of the continued stories complete.
$100 PRIZE STORY
In order to encourage our readers to literary effort, we have decided to offer a cash prize of $100 for the best short story for young people, from one to five thousand words in length, suitable for publication in this magazine. Full particulars in regard to this offer will be found in the advertising pages of this issue. The offer is confined exclusively to subscribers of Youth, and we hope to see a large number of stories entered from them for competition.
AN EASY WAY TO EARN MONEY
In order to increase the circulation of Youth as rapidly as possible, we have decided to make some exceptional inducements to boys and girls to obtain subscriptions. The work can be done after school hours, and on Saturdays and holidays. The arrangement we make for doing the canvassing renders the work very agreeable, and the commission offered is so large that it cannot fail to be an inducement.
To such of our readers as would like to earn a considerable sum of money with little effort, we suggest that they send us their names and addresses, and we will at once forward full particulars.
MANUSCRIPTS
The publishers of Youth will be glad to examine manuscripts submitted for publication. They should, if possible, be typewritten, with the name and address of the writer appearing on the first page. Stamps should be enclosed for their return if unavailable. Prompt attention will be given to all manuscripts, and such as are found available will be paid for upon acceptance, not upon publication. While all manuscripts will be examined impartially, we shall, of course, be disposed to consider with greater favor those submitted by our subscribers, as we wish to encourage them as much as possible to contribute to our columns.
Transcriber’s Notes:
A number of typographical errors have been corrected silently.
Irregular closing quotes were not modernized.
Archaic spellings have been retained.
Advertising pages referenced in the text were not available for transcription.
Cover image is in the public domain.