The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-04-01
STORIES ABOUT EDITORS.

Having in the two preceding les
sons, children, told you about repor-
ters, let us see what can be learned
| about editors. There are different
kinds of editors. The editor. in-chief
sits in Il room all by himself, but he
! doesn't have such an easy time as you
may think. People who want offices
come to see him. He says to each
one {: care you true to the old flag,
and will you do what we want you to
after you are elected?" If the man
says yes the editor-in-chief writes an
article saying that the country is on
the brink of a crisis, that the glorious
constitution is the palladium of our
liberties, and that the only way out of
the woods is to elect the sterling
patriot and self-sacrificing hero, Mr..
-, to the Office of constable. When
you get to be editors, boys, and want
to write an article that will make
things hum he sure to ring in some
thing about the palladium Of liberty.
It is not libelous, and reads pretty.
After the editor-in-chief has read all
the papers except his own he tells the
other editols what to write about.
Once very cultured and esthetic edi-
tor in Boston didn't like a speech that
Ben Butler had made in Congress,
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had recently come from Montana:
"You might touch up Butler a little
tomorrow and mildly criticise his
course.'' So the new editor wrote an
article beginning: eff that cock-eyed
victim of strabismus, Ben Butler,
doesn't quit biting off more than he
can chew somebody Should send him
new pair OF ears. ellis present ones
are little too small for donkey"
The next day the new editor said to
the editor-in chief: How did 1 handle
old Ben? When you want the fur
knocked off of those Bongressmen,
come to me-" The editor-in-chief
looked at him steadily for while, and
then said the cashier had his money
all ready for him in an envelope down
stairs.
The managing editor has 20 read all
in the next room has his letters from
Paris and London finished by Friday
night, so that they will be ready for
paper, look after all the poe
try that is sent in, and keep an eye
on things generally. Managing editors
hire other editors and reporters Once
a young man in I\okomo concluded
that he would like to assume promi-
nent position in metropolitan journal
ism, SO he came to Chicago and asked
a managing editor is if they Ewere in
want OF any hands, care you a jour-
nalist?" asked the managing editor.
ssThat's what I am, boss. and don't let
it elude your retentive memory" was
the reply. He kept on talking a long
while, and finally the editor said:
"You must be an awfully strong man."
.:Why?" asked the Kokomo man.
said the editor, ssyou act as
though you wouldn't drop if a house
fell on you" The young man then
went back to Kokmo.
Poets are funny people, and bother
editors q good deal. "A female poet once
came into the Office of a Chicago paper
and handed the editor some manuscript,
which she requested him to read. 1t
was pretty tough: but he waded along |
until he got to a place where the poe
tess said: "And should your love
fail me, L care not whether the morrow
comes for me or not.'' stIs that all
right?' said the editor. "Oh, yes,'
replied the poetess. "Then,' said the !
editor, kindly, "you had better hustle
around, for it is after IL o'clock now,
aud if the tomorrow is coming for you
it will be here in precisely fortysix
minutes; and no woman ever got ready
to go anywhere in that time"
This editor was a married man.