Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-29
ERA OF SPECIALISTS.
THE SUCCESSFUL ARE THOSE WHO
MASTER ONE THING.

Their Value I'm the Newspaper Business
and the Professions-The Physician, the
Surgeon and the Dentist Are Row Dis
tinct-A Chicago once Boy
well" said a young man, greeting q COM
paniou, As the two took adjoining seats on an
elevated train
Just = month today, and my experience has
svolved one definite conclusion, and only
one." he added little YEARLY.
(which isf'- said the first speaker.
THAT the coming newspaper man must DO
. specialist" was the sententious reply.
DIVISIONS or LABOR
From further talk between the two re-
porter CLEANED the fact that the second
speaker was one OF the great army OF young
msn who, set free by their alma mater, are
now In this city eager to begin the struggle
for money and fame, one or both, which Is
the sum OF most human existence. In COM
mon with a goodly number, too, of this army,
his ambition evidently lay up the journalistic
ladder upon whose bottom rung he had, %
far vAinly, IL seemed, been endeayoring 10
gain footing
Concerning the gist OF his months effort,
the speciality clause, its wisdom Is ut once
apparent. IL Is what every managing editor
will tell every novice who seeks his influence
Or advice Find out what you know best
or have taste for, then cultivate such knowl-
edge At first you viii have TO seek informa-
ton from every and all sources, but after
= while you Will have absorbed 50 much that
you are an authority yourself and people
must come 70 you. From that moment your
success begins"
The value OF specialties has long been I'M
derstood aud practiced In the nsnuals
Mechanlcs, artisans, hand laoorers OF all
sorts Know Wen teat the men VINO excel In
any one branch OF their trade soon pull up
and away from their fellow workInen. Now
the same motive is extending into every in
dustry It Is doing more-it Is continually de-
veioping new departments OF labor.
"A 10" years ago = young man employed as
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And nowadays newspaper man must bs
| specialist, too Some time since the man
aging editor of one Of the dailes In Chicago
noticed an otfice boy, a bright lad OF IS Oh
~. lolling about during some idle momsnts
Johnny" said his chief, you ought To b
Improving your time You don't want to b
an Office boy all your life
| NO, uOnbt sAld Johnny out can I
do anything can't write, you know, like
the fellows Ia there. "
What can you do besides the work hersf
persisted the editor
II cannot do thing except play ball" rs-
| piled the boy
| do you know much about the game DO
sides playing itf' asked the editor.
| Yes, do; Im always referee In any dir
cussion. l know all the rules"
| "Thatu do, broke IN his questioner EN-
| phatically, there's your opportunity; study
ball every spare moment; 5ut out every
| thing YOU come across in the papsrs about
| IL. MAKE yourS..lf n NINA OF inflammation ON
N. .nbIs.t and IN srivs Won a chance, nra.ty
| ..on 20 40 sous xort I'm thar Iins ~
"Jobnnvn ala a. was Suggested and !. In
| dny drawing a good salary ON that rnp-r
with eonsiderabl, outside work 10 do A. an
| .uthoritv ON baseball mat.er,
.sIybst causss the craving t.ndsncv ~
.p.eialti... AMONG newspaper vrit.r1,pS r,.
usated a prominent nemLsr Of the guild 70
whom the question was mt "A variety of
Things. would say. without having given this
.,,biact very mucb thonOht Ou. 1. tha r.o.i.
81. Il,
more important IN it, functions than former
" asa bureau VI general Intelligence Us
neid mas lhihieasuraDiy Increased. People go
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