Editorial Emanations

CORRESPONDENCE: Although I have done so before I feel that I must again apologize and explain that I sim- ply cannot write to all of you and I'd like to. I get between 20 and 40 letters a day and this is quite a lot to process and keep records for. There are some that I feel I must write at least a note to and I set them aside. Repeatedly it has happened that before I can get to this note another stack comes from the next day and the next. During the period of preparing the magazine I simply can't take time for correspondence and as a result the backlog accumulates even more. I love to hear from you, but you must forgive me when I do not reply as you'd wish.

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DRESS CATALOGS: The dress catalog that has been available for sometime is now sold out and will not be reprinted. John Aaron has gone into a regular retail business of ready to wear women's apparel and just won't have time to devote to custom made items. This does not mean that he won't honor orders from those who already have the catalog, but he has asked me not to reprint it as he would not be able to handle it as in the past.

III. PAYMENT FOR MATERIAL: For sometime past I have had the policy of payment at the rate of $1 per page for stories, articles etc. over 10 pages long excepting only Cover Stories, Letters to the Editor, and Case Histories. Now, because of a small savings per issue made possible by some new printing techniques, it seems only fair to use it to reward those who contribute shorter material. So, starting with the next issue ALL material of 1 page or more will be paid for at the same rate of $1 per page. As before this will be payable WHEN and IF material is printed, and based on the final printed page. More than half a page will be counted as a full page and less than half as not a page. It will be paid on original material only not on reprints or donations of other peoples work. Payment will be made by check in order to keep the books straight, and not by credit. However, those who will wish to use their payment for purchase of further Chevalier Items may do so by simply endorsing the check and returning it as payment. There may be some who will be unhappy that their material was pub- lished in #25 or 26 where it is not paid while if it had waited until #27 it would have been. You must realize that there has to be a changeover point somewhere and