Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-14

cannot always make him do his duty, bu.
1t shows him the WY.
Take any ne wspsper and compare its
local columns with its editorial. The
local, the news columns Of 8 paper sre lis
! life. The reports tell what is-the ediio-
rails what ought to be. Reports are or
ought to be facts. for they make p1bIic
opinion.
1t rests with the community in the ag-
gregste and Individually, TO give the
newspaper good VIII lesOme, creditable
facts 20 publish.
| Wherever there is an unworthy news.
papers aiprsnt newspaper, coarse
newspaper, ths shame Is as much with
the subscribers IS with the publishers.
| There sEe ialse teachers and immoral
preachers infesting earth, and the public
demand to know what these do and what
they ssy, rather than that they should be
forbidden the use of schools and pulpits.
There are vile places of amusement even
In New Orleans, and In other cities and
towns, that would not exist II vile peo-
pie cid not hunt them up and lend them
support. Strangers Judge Of town by
its newspapers. II every thriving town
in this prosperous state has not q good
paper of its own 1t is the fault of the
people Of the town.
| Do you not remember how critics told
poor, old, starving Caleb P.ummer, the
toymaker, that the eyes Of his dolls were
not natural?
Aud do you not remember how tears
came into the faded wlntry eyes Of the
blind girls father as he sobbed out: "The
[ eyes Of my dolls are as near to nature IS l
can afford to make them for sixpence."
There is not an editor in this state, 1
dare say, who would not rejoice at being
able to publish better paper than he is
now publishing If his people would stand
| by MIN. He does the best he Can
for two dollars 6 year, snd often is
waiting for that until his clothes are
thresdbare and his heart discouraged.
There is bright side that we m,y look
upon, and 1t is always best to look at life
from cheerful, sunny point of view
There Is q bright future for Louisiana
and glorious one for her press.
Accounts of the resources OF this state
read like pages out of fairy tale, ard it
is only to day that the outside world has
! come to believe in them aud has learned
| thst our papers with all their urging and
reporting Of facts about lan1, cattle,
flowers, minerals, grains, vseets 5les and
fruits have not told the half.
The world Is looking ct US. The world
has read our best immigration documents,
our newspapers, snd we are to get the
| benefit we have esrned. Immigrants are
coming to us and men and women in all
places are asking where they shall ind
land for pleasant homes beneath kind
skies and among neighborly and intelli-
gent people. No person in the world can
answer them so well, go clearly, as the
press Of Louisiana.
A few days sgo had the privilege of
standing up among 9ooe bright women
from all pslts of the world, assembled In
| council at Washington and speaking for
the press.
scarcely know now what said in that
big opera house; but 1t was something for
little woman from far-oi Louisiana to
be there at all, and was proud of my
self for being there, and becsuse 1 was q
worker. weak and humble as may be, on
the press Of L 2uisians.
Oh, thought Of the newspaper boys,
and the brave, bright, good womanlY
women whose pure pens are doing great
work on our newspapers. The most dis
tinguished woman editor in the world
runs her newspaper in this state, aud be-
side the slender form of "Pearl Rivers"
sre in the state such real women
and fcst-rate newspaper editors
as Louise Garner, Mrs. Marie
Williams, Mis-. HiIdebrand, Mrs. julia
Rule, the brave McGy.th girls, and Ella
Bentley, for am pretty certain that ct
least 3 fair half OF the brightness and
good work that gets into the Donaldson
vile Chief is due to sour wife"
Gentlemen of the Louisiana Press Aseo
cistion, here's to "our wife" How many
items she hiss collected, how many spank
ing editorials she has suggested, how
patiently she has patched up and worked
over "copy," how unweariedly has
she resd proof, how kind and how
helpful she has been since the day
she wore orange blossoms for you
above her gentle brow, only You may
know. Honor her, stick by her, give her
8 good notice every time. Earth upholds
no one brayer, moro cheerful, more de-
serving, than she who sits with US to.
night IS "our wife" And then when you
are dead aud gone and the devil has fixed
up your obituary, and the undertaken has
arranged to take 1t out in advertisements
here's to your widow! Now she must
be mother and father both for the little
brood for whom you neglected to get your
life insured. Hometender and house
keeper, pudding-mixer and stocking
member, she must now become
bresdwinner as well. Sac will take ur
the pen JUST as bravely, just as simply s.
she would take up the sword II duty
called her. She Is here and there, busy
devoted, growing in strength and skill
every day. She pays her debts, she keeri
he- columns pure, she is ever enlisted or
the right eide. Modest and womanly and
capable, she Is q queen among women
ard in the great newspaper world she ID
one in 10 900 and altogether lovely.
i Brightest and best Of all are the young
girls who have adopted journalism az
their profession. They are clever, alert
fall of life and wit. They 60 about skim.
ming the cream Of experience sud giving
their papers very good stpn indeed. They
will make good wives for good editors
There is plenty Of room and real well
come in the newspaper office for the sensi.
BILE, earnest, ambitious girl who knows
whit to write and how to write 1t.
You have doubtless heard the story Of
Mrs. Gsdabout, who paid first visit &c