Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-06-20

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Ant ltfr rHmra ny lecture to tho
srtr, tuunp man Who wants tn hc q
.tnrna ihnk ho invariably ap
lhr g. ihr Nruur person ~ u news
psi.c. u1,o. I lieto ~ one man on every
lnrfnal Nlip lu I warns for somothing
nrw snin,i hing - Il something npicy
~ spm,thiue ntrrr-iing That man IL
,ho oiN ,diur. NJ pcn can tell the in
satiail. hirrtit" "a city editor has for
news 10 aim, ~ nn, shapc
T. show Won how hu loves nm odd
ihug "a all huaid.. I will relate the
tol'pwinR ht nl m, own experience
with him ~ ou, mc. when small.
pos ihro,i, nnd tu lr omo epidemic ~
thi. c,i,. u WAS rumor i that the pest
huu.e VA not conducted as u ought 20
ha 9 h'"n On" evening. Rs the city
editor eni reporters we're busy NJ work
regular Slaves uf the Lamp"
though, would set up stampede. !
went ~ ~i'h a roll ~ manuscript IN my
hani aud sad
We'll. gentlemen. ii's perfectly hor-
rille. don't van, To pass another
surh IA,
WHAT The matter 2"
Well, thought would io the post.
hense ~ ,iag. ani I've gut two column
article ,n u spent all day there"
Goat enon ngh, criei the enthusiastic
ETY. editor That's something that
will take
Welt. Il ought to have tho state
mrnis ot the paii,nts here signed In
their own handwriting
iif-, Pate. Lets have your copy.
Well IA, q zis line heal on a."
ih" rptters louked anrt 81
char neI. aud sccmed kilrl of sal that
ihr, hadu done this themselves.
hrte is nothing can equal tho ap-
petite ~ tbv average city editor for
something that will "ialc." Now n
we,r AT nld.nly thrown on tho mercics
~ cold world In any Amer
iran riiy. aud wanted b. R,t on
a raiof wouldn't apply to any.
bHiY fus a situation. ! would knock
around town sud Try 10 pick up some.
thing tha, would interest readers I
~onid end"a,ur 81 write II mp IN an in
I f,stina manner, aud would take the
mann=,rp pl np Ia the office aud leave
u On thu riiy editors table without u
~ufd. " u we're goot. ho would be
ins, - ansious to print u next morning
ss I wonll b. ta have u appear II Il
we're used ~ouii apply Tor tho Gus
tmsrt cents line. Rnd would live
around y, tho cheap restaurants aud
Try u again II u we're not ussd
sohld cnclasls that ! wasn't The st, le
~ ~r'tr that that particular paper
wanted. aud I would n loct another
iuntBal a. The neat victim II mono 81
them wanted tho stun l wrote. I would
Wy aud by get n knocked into mo that
ehoppinF eordwood or somo such 90
saisailon saa nay fntte aud not news.
papsf work. II the wufk was ALWAYS
NJ b. The mark there would hc little
difficulty IN making place for myself
on ths sheet
Newspaper men. like poets. are born
not msi. 10 natnte has intended u
mat fer iu,fnalis, ha will drift into
eitnAlism IN spite II all obstGcles. H..
may have been lucated 40 lawyer, n
tiefEs man, 'iue ar or bsckwoo,lz-
man. nj he " u he certs n b. nibblo nj
tufnali ~ i,l h. gri. caught
~. young man n the newspaper in
ssincl ia IN yon there are u thousand
omnisoTon' iron monsters all over rhe
eonntfy that are murmuring their siren
s"ng that vii lar. yen Ia yonr fate.
and 40 around ~. c,i,ndcr YOU will go
tIl u ,ale- ffom you all that Ia worth
having. ~hsn u will fiing you Tcmorse-
lsssIv ,sio tho literary Rubbish heap.
vh,rh might hils hc lalelol IA printors
ishei ns'dnp type Dea matter"