Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-01-12
Vol. -.



umns 81 matter tn ono column space. how tn
display a solid npnpat,il advertisement in
great prime, ppc. and No, occupy more space.
bow to make news when There IL not any!
bow TO bll paper with fresh sensation when
nothing has happened, how to culugist dead
MANS dec,ls, when he va. no,onou,ly bal all
Pc. HE, how 20 write an obituary VI a man
who has called You muiish All his lie. that
will not offend the relatives ct the drccascdi
how 10 make grand reception Of milk and
mush party ol ,iS.
rs only about ono person in siS has ever
given the suhiec, thought and there is
large proportion " readers who do not care,
!, follows tina, the newspaper man is frequently
disliked OF admired tot something quite out.
side his profession, II he ever is handled
without gloves It Is 10y the animal which the
Virginia Chronicle ,etms the checklist man
/" The man who thinks he knows how to run
newspaper ; the man Who notices and makes a
great blow abou, typographical euors that are
bound 10 creep into the columns OF a paper
the man who Is always making suggestions,
anu NANAllL lANt N4lA HitfhiN NC ''hNt NN NlAlA
who cauno, write ten lines correctly, and yet
crlicises necessarily such man Is certainly
the chcekies, man the county affords. There
are plenty OF just such men in our city, and in
every other city in the country. Besides this
cheek the man who thinks he knows how TO
run a newspaper, is principally distinguished
by a ehanc,eristieally idiotc giggle, in the in.
dulscnce " which he takes infinite delight
while holding forth upon some unimporant
detail OF statement or typographical error in
the paper he happens to be reading, and tor
which he has constituted himself ccnsorin-
chief Should ever an nnlueky reporter chance
20 require any information, then he Is particu-
larry bles,. He grests the reporter with gig
gie Of aSinine idiocy, pounces upon him with
thousand criticisms and fault findings of the
reporters last effort. He has read the report.
er's latcs, Joke twenty years ago, and he gig
gie., eouects, censures. critcises and suggests
al in BREATH and finally crushes the subdued
scribe by informing him that he has just writ
ten good thing, which he will run in one Of
these days. Ills talk is full of the technical
phrases of the newspaper office, which he bar.
bsrously mis'ises. In short, he is thorough.
complete and essential ass.
A. supplementary to which the Burlington
Hawkeye gives the following excellent "Ad.
vice to to Contributors y
Never write with pen OF ink. # is alto
eeiher too plain, and Doesn't hold the mind OF |
sh4 editor and printers closely enough TO their
work.
4" II you are compelled so use ink, never nse
tina, vulgariiy known as the blo,ting pad. II
you drop bio, Of ink on the paper, lick it off.
The intelligent composi,or loves nothing so
dearly as TO read through the smear this will
make across twenty OF thirty words. We have
seen him hang over such piece OF copy half
an hoar, swearing like pirate all the time;
he felt so good.
Don't write too plainly. 1t is sign Of
plebean origin and public, school breeding.
Poorssri,ing is an indication Of genius Its
abou, the only indication Of genius a grea,
many possess. Sprawl your article with your
eyes shut and make every word as illegible as
you can. We get the same price for i, from
the rag man as though i, were covered with
eopperplate sentences.
Avoid all pains,akins with proper names.
We know the full name OF every man, woman,
and child in the United States, and the meres,
hint OF the name is sufficient. II is great
mistake that proper names should be written
plainly.
"Always write On both sides Of the paper.
and when you have filled both sides Of every
page trail line up and down every margin |
and hacl, 10 the top Of the frs, page, closing
your article by writing your signature jus,
above the date. How We do love 10 &c, hold |
Of articles written in this style And how We
would like TO get hold of the man who sends |
them. Just for ten minutes. Alone. In the |
woods. With cannon in our hip pocketl" |
Commenting upon the above, the New |
York Evening Post says; $50 these injunc.
lions Ne may add that whenever you ask a
newspaper for personal iniormation--in regard |
70 the character Of your literary style, for eS. |
ample, OF your chances OF making $4,000 a
year out OF Literary work in this metropolis
you ought 10 be careful not 10 inclose stamp |
10 pay the postage on the reply. Editors not
only have plenty Of time 10 write critical let |
tiers Of thls kind but Publishers regard II as a |
great privilege 10 pay the postage on twenty
o. Thirty such letters week. Also, II YOU |
happen 10 be a woman. be careful 10 sign your
own Christian name, 10 tina, no hint may Ike |
gives a. e whether you are married OF not;
and then II a mistake Is made by calling you
'Miss. when yoa are married, on the reverse,
you will have fine opportunity to correct the |
error in so1rniSl way. above all things. let |
NOS week pass without writing TO some news.
paper Office asking cor the name Of the author
q the line consistency, thou ari jewel. ,"
The Pacific frintef, in discussing the value
and stability Of nevspaper. says; "a successful
newspaper i moi like mushroom which
comes " Ia q nigh and sanishes Ia day, il
Il father lyrihed by the ,olid and enduring
oak. which gro3s snsb bat surely. taking
deep foo, and spreading IL branches no taste, |
than Is foundation will warrant. The wrecks
u mushroom journalism are numbered b,
thousands; the success, are comparatively
rare, and generally well deserved Hundresls |
~ ne~ al'AfNta "t H'>iiN' ~ etAaa ~ aafcn- Il
turen who have everything 10 gain and nothing
20 l0ss, and not meeting with tbs saoces. the,
rspeci, after short lrial. let their papers die, |
and 70 70 iniiic, themselves upon anoihs, con.
muniis 10 similar manner, Having neither
the ability OF the perseverance, 70 build up
paper Of character OF standing. they arc forced
10 80 10 The wall. such people imagine thai
lev fonp q type constitute newspaper.