The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1886-12-25
AN EDITORS CHRISTMAS.

tod 10 % a number o. US one Christmas eve
ming at his house Mr.. Warrington isn't
Mr. Worhngion at all in real lie, but
very famous man whose tongue and pen
carry great weight:
My first Journal was n country weekly in
DoonviHc A -louri,hing and fearless jour
nal, was ihc way my kindly disposed contem-
poraries spoke Of i, in their "aD.c' pages. It's
name was Tho Trumpet, and epeas only the
plaincst truth whom ! say that it gave forth
no uncertain sound. ] was very young
man and very ambitious thought I knew
exactly what a forcelui weekly newspaper
should he. and hadi.'t the least doubt OF my
canac.tv 50 construct and manipulate such an
ENGINE & reform and advancement That is
tho 90 the worry young, God bless them.
Before they have had hand to hand en-
counter with life they feel so strong and CON
fdout hey believe they can do anything, and
this very belief, mark YOU, is what makes
the phenomenal successes we so often admire
and wonder aD The Spaniards have a
provorb, ale who expects good luck wiz get
it, and 70 5 as true a sentence as ever was
pcuucd Believe you can do anything, and
YOU can. 81 amy one can do IT, Success, like
the art of swimming, is largely a matter Of
confidence.
worked very hard on The Trumpet. /
was business man. editor and staff. / had
very decided ideas in regard ID lettering the
world, and started out with the praiseworthy
intention of extinguishing several giant
wrongs" under which / plainly saw that so
ciaty suffered. We all have the reformatory
spirit much stronger in us in youth than later
on. for the reason, perhaps, that we haven't
fully measured the strength of cur antagonist
the existing system of things. l was sincerely
anxious % thoroughly represent all worthy
local interests. To that end / secured Doom
vile night and day, and wrote up all sorts
of things that never before had been described
by pen, or imnortaized in type. | wanted
to wake up my fellow townsmen and women
to the interests that lay close around them,
and of all things ! wanted them TO properly
appreciate The Trumpet
intended 10 issue a magnificent Christmas
number of my beloved journal, twice its
ordinary size and brim full of the most
!, alluring holiday matter | could create and
Y rake up. To perfect that number ! almost
, worked myself into a decline Looking back
unon il now. from the standpoint of what
e hoo 10 be permitted to call mature common
" sense. I commend myself heartily for the IN
n dustrv. zeal and confidence ] nursed into
@ rospootable development in th )se old, hard
Y working. moneyless days on The Trumpet.
It Arorc other attractive features for my
II Christmas paper determined 10 write up the
very moor of DOonville. / could thus be The
is means of comforting two benelactlons-glV
I inc the rich a chance to taste OF the blessing
IL of giying-for it Is moro blessed to give than
d IN receive-and also open the way for th
p moor TO be helped. And on Christmas, yoI
1, know an hearts are said TO be tcnderer ano
s.; more generous. and many are glad Of an op
re portunity TO do something for the needy
es Doonviils was a small place, and 50 yer.
prosl4rou~ that I scarcely knew where to g
ne fo hunt ueople so poor mat ] dare lnuud
)r unon them and tell their wants in my "yalu
a. ollie and widely circulated paper. Many o
IT'S citizens were very rich. and none whom
ID n,,..onallv knew had fallen below decent ant
ID tol.r,hla povertv But down below Doom
)r mills ON fine river bank, were some broke
So down houses about whose doors l had some
I'd times seen very ragged and very dirty chi
w dren PLAYING. determined TO 70 thl'neT an
Up investigate.
I had this thought in my nina as ! was sc
he inc 20 Office one morning JrSt two DAY
or before Christmas. l determined to 90 GU
be that afternoon and begin the search. nam
he come far when / met Calamity Parker
lis That was what called him when my speec
re ,ros without bride. for ! held him in grea
m He was % tall thin, broken down creature
~ who nosed as a gentleman and moved aDou
Mt with q solemn. unheathlul giant ana uI
a n.ibutol RELIGIONS tracts lie always SCENE
lg +o,roo f-iobtful eXcrescence on society," d
Of tbouob Inc had the discretion to say but llttl'
II fretted NV progressive spirit to see III
cro,ylino around thrustng his weak llter'
t,ra under more intelligent and buster pee
nle's ewes "The day and generation are D'
rord tracts" | said TO myself, "and mere
This tbrcadbare fraud keeping up tins reno
coo,isn, 80 despised him so heartily coul
I'LL, s,aal, q decent good morning as
passed me. | think he lelt 'l"O ISM -
him. but he had cultivated the unctuous
fGctaGon of goodness ana an aPP9''l .'i0o -,
natience and sweetness under shShts an
to,nte and invariably returned smile Tor
-, 7l,at very habit made him detestab
to me. ,,or
began to think about him as l w. WEI
along. He had only been III Dooii'lI.e
couple Of years, and hal never he''r'i u Il
doing anything DuO ul9Oi io"' -. ~
preach on the street corners down ny u
mills. / concluded that 1t was 'lnle nc w
abolished. Accordingly my nrSI "orA
reaching the office was 10 "ilto q 10
column editorial article on reiisio'
frauds" in which the praclice VI ~"
distributing received mented cas'lsallon
drew picture Of the typical tract man,
which Parker was the model, which WASH
calculated to make his path in DoonVille al
lg smoother This incisiye, and l may s.
he able article, which was certainly ial mn
al sword Of righteous wrath against the IRA
Ie fraternity, was 10 adorn the Christmas noI
no Der. III so..,o
;" erty in a self satisfied spirit 1t IS dellgntI
IS, to do something that wins ones own apr
he baton. found the row OF ola houses Ie -.