The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-06-09
NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS.
HELPING FOLKS TO SEE THEMSELVES
AS OTHERS SEE THEM.

How the Scissors and Paste Nan Preys
Upon Human Frailty-Curious Evidence
of the Weakness of NIankind-Gather.
ing Press Notices.
The h">iness of reading newspapers for
other I~o,,ic. which was started in this civ
i'll Il ..lN,ll way not very long AGO. is said to
be i'll 81 fair way 10 swamp itself by too rapid
gi'oWi'!. Two concerns are now devoted to
the llu@i''t =. and each claims To have all it
Can ";;e.ai to to keep pace with its OWL
grow. L" original clipper. Henry Ro.
mr..,'', ) 80 'N.nl'incntcd with the idea in
Par. =; ;'',n went into the business in
Lonl't ~ larger scale. has made stock
COM, %. i!:s establishment there and
Co ii1'"'"u"irN To carry out his system
ht PROMISE. he says, is of something
gi 80, 80 10 iiic ot scissors and paste pot
Il. .,'a. Seven thousand papers were
IT,. ;t:: $500 notices clipped from them
las N.,'e X lur several hundred clients on his
lists.
CLIENTS AND THEIR WANTS.
a glance at his books -ives a curious in.
sight into the weaknesses ol men and wome,
Whose names are familiar in widely different
.it's ~ VI iiAS. 4 itN VI SutIl clleuI
heads n page, and under it is Il brief note OF
What particular news or information that
person wants from the papers Fully half of
the names l!avc after them but the one word
"Personal." Whatever is said about them
selves they want 1t would be great salts
faction to scores of snubhcl reporters aborl,
town to sec in these books the evidence of 1h,
anxiety of great lawyers who have nothing tc
say to reporters, city officials who hasenotimt
to bother with newspaper men, and socirt 4,
women who wouldn't ilavct their names in Ill,
paper for anything to see whatever is printed
about them. 'lLverything about the Shar,
case" was al order that drew much money
from the pockets of one lawyer last wear
"Evcryihns about her reception is under
the name of Il leading society woman
"EvcrythinS bearing on fraud at elections
Is the curi"u| order of city official Artists
and literary menarc the worst They all want
to see everything that is printed about
Their latest picture or their newest book.
About the time the picture is exhibited, OF
the book printed. they send in an order fol
all ta" paragraphs referring to the work, and
thea probably quit work for week. in order
torevcl nthe evidence of the tide of popular
ity THAT they expect will roll over them Of
Zen tlcre is not Il soicitary clipping charged
Il il!vr account. Many times there are ol;Q
or two cniy. Ii the picture is ,laub OF the
book bad, the paragraphs may run up int.
the hundreds; hut statistics on this point are
incomplete, as the order is always Cancelled
after II week of this.
Political men, and especially congressman,
Seem to be the steadicst patrons of the insti-
tuition, but they generally mean business and
net vanity. Through it they collect masses
oi statistics as to some particular interest Tor
which they stand sponsor, or get evidence of
the tendency of public sentiment by which
they can trim their sails. They all add per
sonal' to their order, however Himself
and the Pacific Railroads is one order. \
senator wants "Hinself and the Chinese
question" "Himsclf and Peru is the order
of IL well known eX-mayor, Mayor Francis of
St Louis gets lots of complimentary notices
now on the subject of the convention and St
Louis and he wants them ALL y common
order limits the clippings to ''paragraphs at
tacking him only Lord Randolph Chul.-
chill once gave an order of that sort to the
London institution, and his bill the first
month was for a 1000 clippings. Great
Heavens can't stand this he said Send
nc the favorable ones after this for a
change" and his bill fell to nominal
1iryr,.s