Byline: Charles H. Garrett; 1898-07-25; New York Evening World; pages 7
Report: Living Poor - Charles Garrett and Catherine King - New York World
" . . . It seemed to me as though my good fortune was coming all at once. Just before entering the hotel I had found out that a poem which I had sold to the Criterion, and for which I was to be paid upon publication, was in the current issue of the magazine."I had found, too, that a long-delayed story from my pen is printed this month in Demorest's and between the two I could see that I would have enough money to more than supply my present wants. So there was absolutely nothing to interfere with my appreciating everything to the fullest. I did. . . ."
Description:From his five cent meals to a fifteen-cent feast to a fifteen dollar revel for Charles H. Garrett after months of living in utter penury.
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