Telegram-herald., 1889-07-07
sUNDRIEs

1 AaNt le&ta severe 81 tlSisels li,ia
lsraehtlsh inen0s la tas e.ss ui,en
iosssl ssesa rsNeatly appearing sa lhs
isl.sssAs1 hNaAgn. Nhlssh ltiessta -
eae of tlss laatir.lsaass ia ssross iaapi
As jewish ssiss1 4ska.U As ame "a
tee crsiscs iofSaiy unmarked. i i "a
VERY p.s0f taste 50 o0nnt,s e,ihef laea
or rehglon Nlla tae commission al
p'ltalo ofessf by s,sne nlssgntiieant aaa
by no l4.eAns aepfess atsl.se individual
III wo0ld be lusi a. sensible ana laA
~ proper. tlle esasiieman Voutlaasa
"lo speak oi tht tatlulie polaeu.a.i
WAC arrested, 81 the Protestant ln4es
n ho tried tne oaeudrf, as a. fefci -
the latter ~ a jea ish street tatlf.
\ lou paper men never taik zbpnt
American lramps, of Yankee buuls, aE
Dutch drunkanis, ar Christian eHni,e1.
4iers AhN then .uescanton JeWisl sgTest
fakirs, when YOU kR0N as Vel as do
thai, a. rule, tae Hebrews are famous
foT keeping outof the courts and away
lom CRIMINAL or even lntenlterAts a.
Soclatlons almost altogether How
many Hebrews, let me ASK you. are
there nov OF have thore ever been. na
your police court, your lails. Your
po0r-iiouscs. of your lsenltcnuas1ts4
How many of ihls class Of yOuf fellow
citizens have ever been set down Tor
fakirs, thieves, beggars, Tamps, de-
iaulters, burglars or mufdercrsY How
many of them fah 10 pay thor honest
debts. OF ever ask aims ol the CIV of
the county Jasi stop and think those
questions over, and after answering
them, please tell rae. II, when lusi one
out of Il thousand of your alleged
maiefactors chances b be Hebrew.
the alleged misdemeanor Of that one
Is IN justice la lac reflected upon ever,
Hebrew IA the cityy'
promptly admitted that my Israel
iiish friend Mas right, aud 30 entirely
right that there Was 40 room left Tor
argument upon that phase of the ques-
ton, and then ] requested ban - do
10y me az | had done bs hlm, and listen
10 another SIDE, and tins j. a side which
readers generally wall do the news
papers NO more than justice "a consider.
The name OF daily paper u not IOpsy.
4 newspaper does not grow" II has 10
be made. | am aware oi the popular ina
,sression that somehow OF other the
writing flashes from the paper, the type
sets iiself, the forms make up" auto
maiieally, and The paper presses, folds
and sells Itself, all ~ ''pify, without
effort or excrtlon. and N8th no earthly
chance for errors or omissions. But
this II not the fact. There u no busl-
ness upon earth IA which thore is more
hard, ceaselcss. thank iessl grind "A
greater multitude Of detalls, and
less time sn which Ia -
lect, arrange, sNsiensatlzc and
verify each individual detail. As
ia other kind of bu@ness the complete
ness and correctness ol ANY single de-
tall or several of ibepl aoust sometimes
bc sacrificed or bc sllirIed over ln order
TO get at the all-lmportant gcncnlltics.
Contrary 10 the popular impression,
items do not flow ma a. an Office pre-
arranged in order and with mechanical
regularity, each arriving ~ precisely
the moments il is hoped for aud ex-
pected. Neither does the great mas of
''the news" come gradually and in con
vcnicut lnsiallmonts. II is always the
unexpected that j. happening in the
editorial department of a dairy paper,
and Il never rams but il pours." Tie
reporters are often long ln coming ip
with the results of Their assignments,
bat when they do come they come "1ast
and furious" and all together, and then
the fun ~ begins. lou should ty
some II it to appreciate and under
stand IT,
To illustrate. II Is no uncommon
thing about midnight, and only few
brief hours before n daily morning
paper goes to press. for al least half "A
dozen important happenings. or rumors
of important happenings isui0dcs
murders, accidents, lail escapes, bIg
failurcs. etc, etc - pour la ali as
once upon the devoted city editor. who
is generally, at that time, already up
10 las ears IN the ordinary routine 81
ms labors. Almost n moment half a
dozen details must be made. winch
means that tbe city editor must drop
all other work and start out hls re-
portcrs. And 81 that critical moment
IN may come the foreman igf ''that last
proof, !" for which the printers are al
ready waiting What wonder n al
such = time. and in such q rush. just
one word should not be chanced in lust
one item. which item. a. first sight.
may often appear - bee an important
one2 And yet that one small word. uu-
changed. and as seen In puut the fol
lowing day. may bc the source 81 end
less bother and pofpleaiiy.
It--evcn chat one word like All the
rest of the paper, should 81 iIght !
grant YOU, biit. on reflection. r. II BUi
very natural that OCCASIONALLY many
words aud many items are lncorrecf2
J. Il not really cause for wonder that
the average results arc 30 nearly satis-
factory And DO thc editors of lbe daily
papers. in the long course ~ = year.
make any more o. woIse wIstales than
the managers of any other business?
Aud b. there not 81 least "A much of
justification fof thor yeniai errors as
for Those 81 other mem ! think that
any candid man vii answer aye r.
al these inisfr0gs and that al
candid men vii readily admit that u isas
utterly impossible fof a daily paper as
Il ls fof an individual 80 be always and
invariably Immaculate.
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