Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-05-27

THE EDITOR.
A Neat Satire on the Prevailing Miscon-
ceptions About Editorial Work.

A Neat Satire on the Prevailing miscon-
ceptions About Editorial Work.
Does an editor write every thing in
the paperP
Oh, yes. He writes the love story ON
the outside in the morning, then five
or six editorials, and double as many
paragraphs, then the theater notices
and advertising puffs. In the afternoon
he helps the compositors, or goes down.
stairs and works the press, or assists
the boys to fold the papers.
Should newspaper-man always be
printer
Oh, yes; always. You must learn to
set type before you can write at all.
Shakespeare, Byron, Lord Bacon, Ten
nyson and all the rest were printers.
You can not expect to be good COM
poser unless you are a printer.
What does the managing editor doP
He keeps the pens and inkstands
clean, and manages to mark great
deal of writing with blue pencil.
What he marks goes into the-paper
basket, and is often anxiously looked
for, for several weeks after by the CORE
spondent. He is the man who loves to
talk with you when you have an hour
or two to spare and can talk to him,
and takes it very hard if you don't stay
at least half an hour after you have
finished your business with him-to
say it all over again.
What is the business of the proof
reader?
Oh, he is simply hired to prove the
truth of whatever the editor wrote.
And what does the exchange-reader
dop
Oh, he simply exchanges news with
other papers.
And what does the night editor doP
Oh, he simply watches the compos'
TORS at night to see that they do moi
shirk their work or steal any type.
Is it really necessary to go abroad to
be a good foreign correspondent?
Oh, no. You can be just as bad .
foreign correspondent at home as any
where else.
What kind of writers do editors pre-
fer?
Oh, people who have great command
of language, or rather those who are
greatly commanded by language, anG
who can say the same thing over three
or four times in the same sentence; also
young ladies three months out of the
high school with poetry on "spring,
if spring is the season. Also men witt
but one idea in their heads, who have
been studying it all their lives, aDd wht
have got it all down on three or fou
reams of paper.
Can anybody write for newspaper
Oh, yes; they can if they want to
There is nothing to stop anybody from
writing for newspaper.
And get paid for itP
Oh, yes. There is nothing to stol
anybody from being paid for writing
for newspaper.
What is the best subject to writ
about for newspaper
Oh, any thing which happens to in
terest you. If it interests you it is
sure sign it will interest every body else
How does an editor like to have a.
article commenceP
Commonly in this way: Having
few moments to spare, l have dashe
off these few lines in the hope tina
what l have ground out may interes
your readers. | have not said on thi
subject all | could or all can; but if
should prove interesting, as l hope
will, l trust l shall be able to say NOR
on this and other topics" ETC., etc
The longer you can keep on this strai
. the more will the editor be delighte
with your article.
. In what style does he like to have
written?
He likes to have it written in yer
! fine, obscure hand, with lots of intel
lineations and letters sprawled again'
each other, and, if possible, on bot
sides of the paper; and then you ca
call for a proof of your article, an
. when you get it conclude to strike OF
= every third sentence and put anoth'
|. in its place, and when you get ''r
: vise," you might rewrite the entire a
I ticle over again. This will make Il
: entire Office happy and cheerful.-BO
ton Globe