The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-30

Idea, ~ far 40 the ntwspapei's business IL
G luotTled. aud that In ootlfnrl
with rs subscribers 10 gepon
al The news of the day
The reAl, genuine newspspes 70 not pub
l.sh Il Tor tho merchant alone as h the
muoaltile J,urrali nor or the LAWYER, nor
tor the ittmsr, nor for ,he church member,
ilr all OF whom respectively special Jour
mails are exclusively published. hut or al
these aud Others. M subscriber Is under
any obligations either 10 read the paper, or
any particular article In Il, la the multi.
plio,ty o. matters contained Ia It's columns
he may select such matters as involve hts
inieIss' or enlloe his curiosity. Nor IL h.
uavsrily entrapped, Tor each piece ha, it,
subiset mater. aud M far Ms possible the
details thereof. distinctly announced or in
dica,ed In the Tea lines.
Toe newspaper Is much like tho hotel.
Many ugly characters come n occupy ils
rooms aud II i,s beds, and whose presence
II decidedly Objectionable, yet they must
BE- accom- mod lated. even alongside OF the
other Inmates. 30 also, a vast variety Of
OF which are exceedingly dis~grseable H.
the . alaie nrd the ol'sotor.s OF certain
guests yet are partaken VI with Ivi nty ty
o hers. 81, ais, with the drama. where all
kinds OF lays are Sroo from the high
est al ,ssio music TO the lowest farce; no one
oeing enforced to attend. 81, also IN an
apothecsry store, many drugs aud instru-
ments are kept for sale u d
50 plaza rdtd consp'cuously about
the vols that hll m,y read.
But they have to be In stock all the same
II IL not too much /, sss line that gamblirg
operations in futures" a-e among the
worst Of oyl, and beget the dire't
disirssses, aud yet even church commlu %
oints wi con over these In the solemn stii =
ness Of the Sabbath morn. II will Likewise
be- conceded that ca'es OF burglary, mur'
der anon, c., should be chronioIed In he
criminal calender column. A d should rot
rape D.? Where shall the line
DO drawn Whst th II DO in-
serted aud suppressed If ell these
things that must be- inquired irtI ami d.
'srmined on by the law, the couris aud the
jIri,s, to which bu, ines the lsdies OF the
land are soliciting permission 10 prsoticcg
They are cert inly occurring. and IT type
d d not proclaim them, tattliug tongue
would do IT, and perhaps with immense
embroidery work be ides. We are not re-
sponsible for the exist nee OF events how
ever much we may drp'ore cer,ain ones OF
adt hua 4 hat IA IN. a
ment that can decide which matters please
his unknown ps'rons, and which displeasss
them. Ali he can do is TO serve the
maj tiers according TO the bill Of fare that Is
preseI ted to him as the purveyor. H. 10
tn, they can be dressed in sauce and Other
euro indinps to mase them seem less dis
tasteful, but II they ere omitted farewell to
8 circulation II his opponent SEXES ano
publishes them.
The iaIhion IN England is TO suppress the
tsstimon 10 divorce cases. pors OF
causes In the divorce court are brief and
contain nothing b yond bare, dry details OF
rulings aud DEGREES. In France, on the
CONTRARY, the iuls 10 10 publish fu'l r..
por,s OF the tett mony; the more unctuous
he details. the more space tho reporter /
dirtcted TO cover. When great sense-
tionEl cass occurs, involving The Tslltiona OF
the sexes, the Paris papers racritcs Ill other
news N afford room or the most ample YER
batim reports the evidence aud the u'ost
graphic descriptions OF tho parties involved
and iha objsoss referred 10 IN the plsodiDEs.
Such papers sre eagerly deyoured. The
paper which has the iullsst report finds iss
sales doubled. 80 long ~ the government
Is not nolss cd and public morals are not
directly attacked by articles justiiying
crime. the p leo do rot interfere. IL 10 al
= matter of taste. Just so long as PEOPLE
dem and CIR ain sort OBSERVES. that. ser
vice will be rendered by somebody. Al the
sane time the conscen,iou, journalist viii
strive to correct vitist,d tastes and to elevate
the standard OF morality in such manner
aud modes Nc best he can.