Adventure Magazine Cover, December 18, 1919 — page 198: what you’re looking at

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184 which is very simple. I have a dead-shot cure, an Indian remedy. If. this does not go to the waste basket I may open the eyes of the bunch at the Camp- Firé, by relating some of my ups and downs. I like Adventure because its articles have lots of ups and downs in the wilds of American and also foreign lands. As the Red Man always ends his speech, “That is all.”—CHARLEs GIBSON, OME time ago we offered a five years’ subscription for the best sub-title or characterizing line for our magazine. There were some hundreds of sugges- tions after dropping out duplications, and selection was made by a large and rather informal: committee. The highest vote went to “Calls Us All” by V. C. Doas- laugh of Oakland, California. “In the World’s Four Corners,” from Williams F. Hooker of New York, and “The World Between Two Covers,” from Daniel Flannery of Hampton, Virginia, ranked next. . I was particularly pleased that many of the suggested lines centered on our magazine’s cleanness. Many, of course, featured its appeal to real men; many its educative value. Taken as a whole, the list not only contained many good lines but helped by giving us a clearer under- standing of our readers’ feelings toward the magazine. Here in the office we've been trying for years to hit on a characterizing line that would hit the bull’s-eye in the exact center. Though my personal opinion doesn’t exactly coincide with the general vote, I think “Calls Us All” is better than anything we in the office have ever produced. Whether it can be improved upon and to what extent it shall be used are other questions. . 3 Anyhew, the little contest gave valu- able results; every one who contributed has our sincere thanks and we're very glad to put Mr. Doaslaugh down for a five years’ subscription. ; HE crucifixion of Estevanico, the negro who shared with Cabeza de Vaca ten years of exploration, as set forth in his story in this issue, Captain Rodney states.is historical, and his fight with the black stranger of the South is Adventure still told in the traditions of the Moqui Indians. Of the valley Mercedes passed through, after having been thrown into the hands of the Indians by the tornado, Captain Rodney says: This was the valley of the Santa Cruz River that flows from Mexico, north into Arizona. + Coronado left Culiacan in Sonora, passed north through the site of the present city of Nogales; thence to where Tombstone stands. From there he headed about northeast through the White Mountainsand Nutriosa to the first of his fabled cities, Hawikuk. At this point he had a battle, drove the Indians away and headed east for the second city, Acoma, where Estevanico had been killed the previous year in a fight, the traditions of which still are told by the Moquis. J RE going to try a new stunt in our anagazine. If you don’t like it we'll not go on with it, but I’ve very little doubt about your liking it. It’s this way. Occasionally one of our stories will be called an “Off the Trail” story. There will be a * after its title on the contents page and again at the head of the story itself. That star will be a warning that it is in some way dif- ferent from the usual magazine stories, perhaps a little different, perhaps a good deal. It may violate a canon of litera- ture or a ctistom of magazine, or merely be different from the type usually found in this magazine. The difference may lie in unusual theme, material, ending or manner of telling. No question of rela- tive merit is involved. Remember that when a story is so marked it-does not mean that this story is either better or worse than the other stories in the same issue. Merely sort of different. All of you won’t always agree with us, of course, as to which stories should be called “Off the Trail.” Some- times we'll have a hard time deciding ourselves. But, as a class, you can safely count on such stories being ’ different from our usual stories and often different from the run of stories in any magazine. We don’t know how many of them there will be. Probably about one every other issue, possibly fewer, improbably more. There will be one in the next issue. ‘ os comichook (E(O)