Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.
The Last Leaf
O'Henry
Birtdays ! Suppose, now, she received such a parcel on her birthday. She had had so many birthdays, and they had been so very much alike. A tomato with her tea, perhaps, and a cinema afterwards. Once it had been a pantomine, the landlady having been given a ticket, and having passed it on consideration of some help with needlework.