Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-31
1.-THE MAN THAT MISSES HIS
PAPER.O
How He Bears the disappointment
--He Threatens and Grows Sar.
castle,

How He Bears the disappointment
she Threatens and Grows Sar.
castle.
Strange as It may seem, there are times
when daily newspaper Office is not the
paradise which many apparently imagine,
and when the couch of the publisher lie,
fguratively speaking, not ga bed of roses
bespangled with dew" In fact. we may say
there are many annoyances connected with
the publication Of a daily newspaper which,
despite the best management, the greatest
vigilance and system, cannot always be
avoided. These annoyances, however, sink
into insigniicance In comparison with
the sarcastic remarks which the news
paper man is compelled to bear meekly
from the man that misses his paper.
Ii there was only one man In the city
who occasionally failed to find bis favorite
journal in its accustomed place in the morn
ing, we might bear sarcastic inuendoes with
with some degree of equanimity, but 1t some
times happens that there are several OF them,
and this will continue as long as there are
thieving street arabs, and goats with appe
titles for paper allowed to roam at large.
Occasionally the carrier may be taken sud
denly SICK, ana IL is OlIucukI 10 supply his
place readily, and hence subscribers on his
route miss their paper, but most generally
the papers are regularly served, and an In
vestigation would show that 1t had been
stolen. or had made palatAble breakfast
for some ravenous billy goat.
The man who misses his paper, however,
does not stop to think of these contingen-
cies; but immediately becomes enrageo. or
grows cynical and ironical. He rushes
to the Office, aud Forgetting
the customary friendly salutation, says in
severe voice: "Look here, had no paper
to-day, what's the meaning of thisf I've
great mind to stop the NEWS" This threat
to stop the paper is made in tone as
though our worthy friend meant 1t, and It is
not surprising that 1t should temporarily
occasion some Generalization In the estab-
Hshment, and cause attaches, who chance
to hear It, to tremble. What IL this indig
nant gentleman should really execute
his threat and stop the paper, and
throw some seventy-fve or hundred
persons out of employment, without mo-
ment's notice, just at the time general Dusl-
ness is Stacking up and everybody is pre-
pairing to enjoy the excursion and picnic
season. The prospect is too terrible to con-
template, and we drop the veil over the
narrowing scene with the hope that when
he cools of, this worthy citizen tthere are
several of them, as A. Ward would saw,
will reconsider the matter, and not stop
the News.
Another man, who fails to get his paper
In time to scan its contents while enjoying
his breakfast, is not so foolish as to utter
such a threat, but he indites q postal,
aud very sarcastically inquiries, "Why
did you not issue paper this morning."
"WhSt's the matter" II didn't get mine"
Now this satirical gentleman land there are
also several of him, so to speak, knows full
we'll at the time he pens the words what the
matter is; that bis paper has either oeen
stolen, or that the carrier, through sickness,
has failed TO leave it. But being dissppoint-
ed himself he takes malicious pleasure in
attempting to make newspaper folks feel
bad, by intimating the suspicion that there
was no paper issued. These cynical remarks
are hard, of course, to bear, and only by faith
in happy hereafter is the sweet serenity Of
temper and philosophic resignation that
characterizes the journalist maintained.
Another citizen, who has probably not
missed receiving his paper In year, wakes
up some morning and lol 1t is not there. He
is mad; forgets the fact that he has had
his paper every morning, rain or shine,
summer and winter, regularly month after
month, and rushing to the office demands
excitedly: "What the deuce is the matter
with you folks. l didn't get my paper to-
day. Were you all off on frolic?" Now, this
is unkind and unjust, and the severely, sati-
real manner in which the indignant sub
scriber glares at the clerk Is calculated to
make him feel that he had committed some
fearful offenee. The subscriber is salts
fed he imagines that he has placed the
entire establishment under a ban by his
witty intlmation that something wss wrong,
and then that innuendo that he missed his
paper because everybody was of on frolic
was so crushing. The rejecting and more
IN -
what Christian resignation lie necessary I'M
der such circumstances.
We might mention hundreds of other
such remarks or messages, but it is I'M
necessary. The subscriber who capped
the climax and displayed ia thorough
knowledge of bitter irony, took the cruel
advantage when surrounded ~ crowd to
PROFOUND the following: ''Co- found 1t. |
missed nv paper again to-day. Blame II
believe the NEWS is publishing any Savan-
nah edition at all" Just think of the
amount Of sense embodied In this assertion. |
And yet he acknowledged afterwards that
| he had only missed two papers In seven
months. The public may learn from this
how sweet and pleasant is the life OF the
newspaper man.
We appreciate the disappointment that
Q subscriber experiences when he fails to
| get his paper at the regular time, and
| everything that experience and vigilance
| can suggest is brought ilto requisition to
| perfect the carrier system. The complaint
| is one which is Of daily occurrence In every
| large newspaper Office, and is no evidence
| of carelessness or negligence. As we have
stated above, In many instances the papers
| are left by the carriers and are stolen. An in
| stance is called to our remembrance. lady,
for many years q regular subscriber OF the
| News, some time since changed her resi-
| dence. A few days after her removal she
missed her paper. Inquiry developed the
fact that it was regularly left by the carrier
in the place designated, but the thief could
not be detected. One morning, having &C.
casion to be up earlier than usual, she went
into the parlor, raised the window
and threw open the shutters, when to her
amaEement she discovered elderly gen.
tleman whom she recognized as living in
the immediate neighborhood, stealthily
| leaving her steps with the coveted paper In
his hand. Doubtless there are many
missing papers which could be similarly &C
| counted for.
Whenever the fault is with this Office
Il will be readily and promptly remedied
| on notification, and the missing copy will
| be replaced. We regret equally as much
as our subscribers such annoyances, but we
must protest that It does not justify the in
diligence in such whitening, scathing and
| crushing remarks and messages as are often
made and sent. 1t makes us feel bad, you
know, no the good subscriber will do II
any more.
II citizen orders a barrel of flour or a
ham, or any supplies from his grocer, and
they are net delivered at the time appoint
ed, would he rush down to the place and in.
| quire in a savage tone IL the establishment
had failed or was In the hands Of the Sheriff,
or even threaten to stop the business be-
cause his goods had not reached him. We
think not, for he might be considered non
s0nlpoS Dleatis
There is a moral here, but we will not
further descant upon 1t.
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