Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-12-06
Old Gentlemnn,s Musings.


trilled with the feeling of the public
by conveying the idea that the g ant
was on his death bed, when the facts
seem to DO that I've was only recovering
from big drunk. Many deserving
men have been led TO make remark,
about Sullivan, on the superstition thai
he was rendered harmless by fatal
disease, and now that they are on
record, and the remarks cannot be
taken back, it transpires that Sullivan
is as well as ever. $ preparing for tho
b ggest fight OF his life, and that he
has been engaged as editor of New
! York sporting paper In regard to the
prize fights Mr.. Sullivan may engage
| in, l have nothing to say. except to
record the fact il he is whipped, but in
his position ms brother editor. little
advice may not be out of place.
Brother Sullivan must not expect that
as soon as he takes possession OF the
editorial chair. that he can be on ia
miliar terms with the great journalists
of New York. He should endure u
certain probation before he can mees
Mr.. Dana and Mr.. Whitelaw Ried on
an even footing. His success in the
prize ring. of course. gives him GER
tain standing in one kind OF society,
but before he can enter the sacred por-
tails of the society Of authors, journal
lists, and men of letters. he must write
something that will command atten-
lion. or manage successfully great
journal. 1t will be perfectly natural
for brother Sullivan to get ink on his
fingers, or put n pencil behind his ear,
and block of paper in his pocket,
and imagine that he is one of us, and
it would not be strange 10 see him
make a call at the editorial sanctum of
the New York >aR, slap its great editor
on the shoulder and say, How arc
Won, CharleyP" That would be Il
breach of etiquette, and of journalistic
courtesy that would injurc brother
| Sullivan in the eyes of true journalists
After brother Sull van has put IN n
forenoon in tho editorial sanctum' he
will naturally 20 out to lunch, and if
he meets Whitulaw Reid on Park Row.
it is dollars TO dOU%hnuts that he will
act familiar. and tangle his great fin
gers in the long riuglets of the tribune
editor. and say. Hello. old slim i'm.
Where do you chumps 90 to lunchP"
Mr. Re q is not strong man. and such
an encounter would cause him to faint
away. Brother Sullivan must be care
ful about forcing himself upon his
brother editors. but rather wat for
them TO make the advances. Nothing
could be more out CT place than for
brother Sull van To accOst Mr.. Pulitzer.
of the World. in a ribald manner. take
him by the arm and pull him up to the
bar to take drink. and make n sar-
castle allusiOn 10 the ample and
well distributed nose of the great
editor Mr.. Pulitzer is not u
sagainary or Jlood.lhirsty man.
aud he had rather run than
fight, and the appearance Of such II
man as brother Sullivan would make
him tired. Brother Sullivan ought to
retire from The pr ~ ring, ii he is GO
ing 10 become an editor, rs it would
be give-away on the profession for
him to appear at his sanctum with n
black eye, d'generally used up af'cr
n fight OF course there are times
when an editor must light or run, and
the entrance of brother Sullivan into
the journalistic arena will be apt to do
good, in making it questionable to
attact editors. If Sullivan has Il IN nd
to do so. he can be at once the friend
and protector of all editors. by offer
ing 10 fight their battles. and his name
can be made a tower of strength to
weak scribblers. There are many things
about newspaper office that Sullivan
can do better than any man. In tho
matter of delinquent subscribers for
instance, he could more than paw for
his keeping No del nqucnt sUbscri-
Der would allow brother Sullivan to call
twice for subscription bill. for if a
man did not pay the bill the first time,
his heirs and assigns would pay it. he
would be II good canvasser for
subscriptions. and when it come
TO taking butter. eggs, cOrd|ood
and wooden socks on subscription he
would use rare judgment in the selec'
ton of such goods. 1t 5 safe to say that
when brother Sullivan name comes
up for me mborship in the Lotus club,
which is composed largely Of news
paper men. there will be no black balls
cast against him, for he would not
stand any snch slight. Brother SuIli-
van may not be able TO write his name
and for this reason some may mag ne
he cannot be an editor, but he can e.
tate TO n short hand writer and how he
can dictate. 1t is not improbable that
Editor Sullivan will be invited 10 adj
dress the Wisconsin Editorial AsSocia-
ton next year. rs Mr.. Dana was the
last time. He would draw an immense
crowd, and if he delivered his address
in the custom of the prize ring, there
would be no criticisms of his address.
Brother Sullivan has deceived us all IN
pretending to be near deaths door,
when he was in training for an editor
and now all Is forgiven. His editorials
will be criticised very little. and be
very generally copied. -PecS'S san.
lie Became RecOnclled Too.
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