, 1870-06-02

;, 1870.
the lal1,a4. ana slare seshis singular fatality
about uahat yon, 1es9MpuM : book 1t school,
thst II anybody 4 ths. fine tells you + il
nsnehty, rou read B I'll f&s more attenHvsay.
I tint That, Of tha four: or A7e tho1sxnd
graduates who, like 1nyeeH, studied Waylsnd +
S.aas a5s Sas or q aaesa repuss, of
iIing tho ta1cs whlsh viii show our devotion
to CIR alma mater. But the learned journal
which "goes" for me says he Was trained to
! journalism in i Philadelpms newspaper Office,
and befiended and encouraged here until he
developed those erratic talents which he is
! now giving to free ttade, etc. This is encour-
aging, as Being the most honest. il ill-g1udged,
| compliment which ever received from tho
city where began to work, writing Twenty-Five
columns week for three dollars salary, put
| up to five dollars for refusing to commute any
/ part Of the original salary for theatre checks,
| and finally reaching the combined dignities Of
theatrical critic, city editor and travelling cor
respondent 1t ten dollars Everybody knows
what f" training journalist" is. should like
to 60 into the business OF training young jour
nalists- Nothing would BE- easier, except teaeh-
ing ducks to swim. This ia the way the Phils-
dcIphix editor trims them:
Having been up late the previous night with
the Phitade1phis Club, and terapin soup, he
Hu11S uI6 1EEAt11tSt WILL 1l6 kAKK6 Call 8 QeNl-
jelied belly al the rounder, 1t half-paat 3,
and proceeds down his white marble stepa
with the manner Of the peacock in the Golden
Legend:
"The stately peacock, bolt1er erown,.
Comes hopping down the eteps Of stone"
Arrived at hiB Office he ascends in = colossal
way to the sanctum, deposits his fat fouQds-
ton IN revolving chair, and proceeds to col
lect the trophies Of the lno1ning-books, can
yass-back ducks, excursion tickets, stareoscop-
ic views, and invitations TO bAnquets, Ill Of
which are 9 accepted and given away to adver-
Users. Then the letters are opencd-one from
Mr. Dannel Morcll, who dsdaius to come in
person, demanding that the paper shall lake
strong ground for one hundred dollars per
ounce protection on Besaemer steel Thepaper
takes it without hesitation A second letter,
signed Old phladelphian,' ordering out his
umbrella advertisement because the paper
lately eXtolled new horse car built exclu-
savely for Sunday traffic says tho old phila-
delphian: This tacit endorsement Of the
violation Of tho Lords Day I cannot permit my
the city Postmaster, saylng: "You TAT old
chuckle-head, I'll take away the letter-6Bt from
you II you ever say q word, reportoriRlly,
shout the Postmaster Gina1al."
"Who wrote that article about the Postmaa-
ter Gineral5' cries the Philadelphia editor.
Me" says squeaky voice from the west
room, With the brogue Of the isle Of genius IN
it" Clarkey."
me Philadeaphia editor takee up the article,
aud chewing away meantime at : cold fried
1. ossiI j.. tott over 1iom yeao1aeye lunch, pro
~. .s1u, H. LIT, nGIy s !aca n ~ npoa
abdomen with delight; he vzithe1 in positive
ecstacy. When he has finished md tie dim
pies havo gono out Of his cold, beefy face, he
Gays:
"That Clsrley is The most dangerous man
ever had about me-. The next thing he'll be-
reforming the city. One article Ike that
.tn. nuu!l " tIg uFot4 u ong OF our venetable
sGssls, ~ nke henI3 carey; IN Ihe ne1t thing he'll
;Whife Ciarkev r. hatuaeT, a ch;1 sn;1 . ro,or
Coekolo1um, biz EMPLOYER. sees in the coinmns
OF : contemporary neWsusner. pnbIiahef7 in
distAnt city, i commendatory notica of one ~
his Own schoolmates now g1oHu M TO bo n
Congressman in distant State, L ills lin,
with gennine Philadelphia envy. The terra
pin coup growa eour III bis pulses. Eyery
separate fried oyster OF yesterday rises to his
throat
Charley" be sHys, with revu1sion, styou
M must 60 get on your knees to the Postmaster
I'LL he wEites me letter to retain you. II lie
foEgivea you, III keep you to See what kind OF
an article you can write on this Congressman
Dummely, whom they are talking about 40
much. He's q fraud! Why! I went to school !
With him what can he be7 Amt that plain ? |
nelgh iou - may put all gour carnivorons-
ness NJ INTO fhqt At, article. Ne pretend to be
Statesman! Why! remember when he wore
ODD shoes, and his breecheH were ont ut the |
lore and att Don't you See what points you've |
Got on him There's another thing: he |
tmnks Il hiH OF lot OF himself. Improve on
thnt feature Tor 1t will Warn up Philadel- |
pn'ans 10 Know lt. We mover permit man
here to get too bg for us. You're always safe |
Il you try to keep anybody who is down hero
do1s7.. But i ever catch you pulling anybody |
VINO IS rp down, III publish you as M ab- |
ecnndof!
1nie u INC Cockolnrum OF the daily after
noon feacocf, union OF the snob aud tho |
lobster, Who has published paper for twenty |
years. without having lad any more influence |
upon pubic sentiment than one bean would !
nave 10 make soup out OF the Schuylkiu |
fiEer. 49,. |
as 10 the newspaper training sny Of us re- |
celved Ii ILladelRhia, We worked for it. Tho !
money We never sa~ after We got the training, |
20 We em1grated, like the Pilgrim Fathers, and |
ID tins We only initiated the whole literary |
galaxy Of Phlladelphia, which city WAS once !
the emporium Of thought, OF ideas, Of sue |
ceesful publishers, authors and Journalistic.
Then there were Poe. Dunn English, Bird, !
conrad. itockden Brown, Fanny kemble, |
"hat set! They fell amongst good ground |
!of 1oufnalsm was not then afraid to try to !
leaa oplnion. Many Of us. less worthy, have (
emgratcd IN later generation but Ne still |
chef1an e The hope that the beautiful city and |
me Stase We left Will one dag be inhabited by |
pnDnc sp11t ~ leass - bold 10 envione, that |
1sn m ~ entefpFlse Will arse IN that richest OF
al ConanonWea!thf, demanding OF freedom |
nome1hihe more than 70 be - protected" at the !!
expense OF the mhssea OF their countlynen. |
4 n thst ,aA5. Hmch VII como With OF without