The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-09-12

1t with having an idea, and even if it had
ever been afflicted with q white elephant
Of that kind, it certainly is not with this
particular idea about which it blows so
loudly. The TArTLHR is the paper which
first put the idea before the public, though
even we DO not claim originality for it. As
matter of fact, the citizens Of Jersey City
had entertained the idea that the scheme
OF elevating the tracks would be bene-
fcial one for the city and her people and
interests, long before We ventilated it; and
we took it MP rather as rshectors Of public
sentiment than as leaders OF it. But il we
were, as We admit, late in the field with it,
the Journal borrowed the suggestion of
urging and celebrating it in its columns from
the TATrLHn. The matter had been dis
cussed in two Sunday morning issues of
the TArrLRR before the journal said a word
about it !; and then it feebly mentioned the
fact that petitions were in circulation So
Letting the Pennsylvania Railroad to take
action in the matter. Perhaps the particu-
lar idea the journal had in mind when
wrote the caption was tho idea of stealing
piece of news from the TArrLzz; and
the evidence of fruitbsaring lay in the fact
that it gave three-quarters of column of
its space to rehash of the TArrLnR's facts
and figures. But the idea of stealing news
and suggestions from the TATTLER is not
30 novel q one with the Journal that it can
boast about il. The Journal ssizss on that
idea every Monday, and snforcss IL regu-
larry for all it is worth in its Monday after
noon editions.
: Talking about the daily local papers
Borrowing ideas from the TArrLRR, let's
rscspitulats the Improvements the TAT
TIER has suggested to them since it came
into existence.
R1st-It has shown them that there is
other kind of news in the city besides
police news. They give less attention to
police news now than ever they did.
Second-It has shown them how to ar
range the articles in their papers attract
lively. The uniform triple-heads, arranged
in alternate columns, which now help to
make both attractive, were both introduced
into local journalism by the SUNDAY TAT
TIER.
Third-It has shown them the value of
special articles on local topics, and how to
W hem. Before the TArTLER began to
publish such thing as special article
was not dreamed of in the Jersey City
newspapers.
Fourth-It has shown them that to be
locally interesting the editorial page must
be given up to the discussion of local
topics. The journal has taken the hint
and now runs line of local editorial on
its editorial page.
Ffth-It has shown them how to make
notes of Trenton gossip, during the | gis-
lative session, interesting and attractive.
The Journal, for the first time in its exist
ence, took the idea from the TATTLER a
year or two ago, when it began running
class of Trenton notes that the TArrLER
had made popular.
And sixthly, to cap the climax. the jour
nal has of late, we notice, stolen the TAT
TLHR's idea of making column of State
political gossip. w
Before the TArr1.ER came, the local
papers here filed their columns with moth
ing but the disgusting filth of the police
sourts; enptied the type with all varieties
Of head, and without any regard to arrange
mont, int the forms. As we 60 along we
shall make other improvements and limo
vations that these apes of journalism may
be relied on to copy with faithful accuracy.