The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-01-18
WHOLE NUMBER $40.
She Would Be q Journalist.


She came tripping into the city edi-
tors room, and throwing little satchel |
on his desk opened up after this fashion:
..Fm journalist. write for all the
principal story papers, besides number
Vt magazines and one or two daily
papers"
,"You must have your hands FULL"
said the editor.
10 no; find plenty of time to do
everything. I just slap off love story.
say in the morning; jump in and do up
a poem or two after luncheon, and get in
some correspondence after supper. Oh
know what women can do, and I'm
proving my theory that we can accom-
plish Just as much, if not more, than the
men if we are only given fair show.
Now came, in to see you about Christ
mas" said the lady, taking chair and
pulling up to the editors side.
Anything particularly odd about the
holiday this year?" asked the editor.
"No, but you bring out paper every
Sundayr' said the lady.
"We do"
Snow, what you want on the Sunday
before Christmas is Christmas num-
ber," said the lady. "Do you catch on
to the ideaP Something full Of every
thing about Christmas. A regular holi-
day issue of the paper. See?'
Perfectly" said the editor. .'But
1 do not see how you can be Interested
"Ah, that's the point" said the lady.
"You see, know Just what Christmas
number should be. know how to get
it up. Now, propose to bring out your
Christmas number for you,'' and she
smiled sweetly upon the somewhat as
tonished editor.
.But, my dear madam"
"Miss, please"
'.Well, then, my dear Miss"
'.Haseltine-Julia Anne Scott Hasel-
tine. Of course, you are familiar with
my name. always sign it in full to all
my articles" said the lady, taking q
large notwithstanding card from her
pocketbook and passing it over to the
editor.
Cant. say that I've saw it in print"
said the editor. '.But, of course, you
know read very few stories of that
| sort"
| I" Just the point wish to make" said
the lady, grabbing her satchel and taking
a roll of manuscript out of it; ''of course,
| you newspaper men cannot find time to
! read, much less write, stories. Now, in
| getting out your Christmas number you
want somebody to help you who is up in
the story line of business. am that
person. 1 will get you out Christmas
number that, will just make all the ed
itors of the country fairly black with
jealousy"
"Very sorry said the editor. "but
we already have an editor for the Sunday
paper. Am quite sure you would do all
YOU say, but"
- know you have an editor for the
paper" said the lady, g. but this is a
special occasion. Now, I'll just jump in
at once and look over the ground. Let's
see. Here is good long story for the
first page. A regular Dickens Christ
mas snap. That will do, / think" and
the lady pumped great roll OF manu-
script down upon the desk in front oi
her. Then here is poem"
But. my dear madam; 1 mean Miss
HaZelbush-"
Haseltine, if you please, SIR"
"Well, Haseltine, then," said the ed
itor, 1--WE don't care to adopt your sug
gestion-"
But suppose you hear the opening
chapter of my story. know it will
You will excuse"
"Then you might listen to a single
verse of my Christmas Morning to th'
Snowbird.' A perfect gem in its way
1t opens:
"'The snow is sitting through the air
And falling very fast;
And snowbirds hopping here and ther
Sing Christmas g come at last"
+ "My dear lady, am very busy thi
morning." cried the editor. elf yol
will cali in-''
90 know what that MEANS" SAT-
, the lady; 'syou want me to leave. Yol
men never have the least patience will
woman. You always put her down a
. not knowing anything at tho start. ane
/ consider her society bore, unless sh
is foolish enough to let you. make Low
: to her. But if. you will on'y listen t
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