The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-04-30
"Authors are partial to their wits, tits tr

Authors are partial to their wits, tits true,
But are not critics to their judgments, too?'
Taking the above for a text, a series of news
paper sermons, SO to speak, might be written
that would probably find as many attentive
auditors as those delivered at our churches.
" Many men of many minds.' applies TO critics
as well as writers. and what would please one
oil these scientific fault finders might tickle the
fancy of another. Indeed, such cases have been
actually known to exist. fmen of letters pro-
duce writings that meet the approval of sound
minded. level headed readers, they need not
fear the rawlings of captious hairsplitters who
feed their imaginations, oft-times. with far
fetched objections simply from force of habit,
and to discipline their minds in this sort of
service. They aecustom themselves to frown-
ing on every new work or composition. and
their judgments narrow as old age advances.
The real critics are the common, every day
people, who have added to we'll balanced minds
a good education, attained either by scholastic
application. or experience in the practical af-
fairs of life. An author puts his work on the
market, and is straightway reminded that it is
attracting attention by the flood of criticisms
bearing down upon his devoted head. If he is
inexperienced in such matters. his knees will
knock together with the fearful shakings of
au hor's ague, and the chances of his recovery
seem to be very N eager indeed. BnG percha nee
he has written with Nature as his guide and
has steadily exclu ed everything at variance
with her simple rules If so, he straight Tay
begins to convalesce. for the real critics above
mentioned have also seen and admired his
work and as they progress in its reading seal
the verdict of their approval by unstinted praise
of its merits, and bury out of sight the cold
blooded "art formulas of these sour analytics
Then the poor author sees how foolish he was
and learns the valuable lesson to look in the
future to the readers for whom his works are
written. instead OF spending sleepless nights
over the possible adverse criticisms" OF learn
ed flaw hunters who are probably dissatisfied
with Christ's wording of the Sermon on the
Mount, and look askance at st. Paul'S writings
1t does not require any stretch of fancy to
apply all this to the newspaper writer, known
I'VE editor.' poor one will be very quickly
known TO his readers, not by any learned ap-
plication of esthetic lances, or by squirting
through the exquisite fnenesS of heavenly
spectacles. but by the native common serse
and discernment with which every well bal
anced mind, fairly educated, is plentifuIly sup
piled. Editorials should not be written to
please the few, but the many. That is, the
writer should put on paper what good con-
versationalist would express in words. and
then he is certain to be successful writer and
whenever he hears ary complaints of literary
character, he is generally safe in CHASING them
with the captious and unre asonabIe.
A CLERG YMAN, recently called to a new par
ish in Massachusetts. was walking in the village
cemetery one day, when he saw one OF his
parishioners standing by the family lot.
Are these the graves of your chiliren?'' he
asked.
Yes" said the man. Here is Tom, there is
Bill. this is Mary, that's the baby;'' and then,
pointing contentedly to d corner gay with
flowers. There lays the old woman, all bIowed
out.
The art of advertising seems to be as well un-
derstocd in Spain as in the United States. The
following notice in a Spanish paper shows how
neatly and tenderly mourning ard money get
ting may be mingled:
This morning our Savior summoned away the
jeweier siebaId illmaga from his shop to another
and better world The undersigned, his
widow. will weep upon his tomb. as will also
his two daughters. Hilda and Emma, the for
mer of whom is married, and The latter is open
to an offer The funeral will take place tomor-
row. His disconsolate widow,
P. S-This bereavement will not interrupt
our employment, which win be carried on as
ed from No. Tessie de Teinturiers to No.4 Rue
de Mlssionnaire, as our grasplng landlord has
raised our rent.
OF epitaphiana we have two fresh specimens,
the first copied by correspondent in one of
he flourishing towns of Vermont:
In sacred memory of the death of Mrs. =
P wife of A - who died OF the Drop
sey on the Morning of IL une 1914 A &c 80 after
the painful operation of twenty two inSition's
the water measured al gallons II qis, half of a
pint aud weighed 353 lb IL ez
Once twenty and two,
The lance did pierce The side
OF her who b4de atiieu.
And with cOmposure died;
The second is from head-stone in Shippens-
burg. Pa;
The memory of Samuel Wilson Smith .who
departed this life Nov IA, 1901.
This lovely Boy near years cid,
Lies buried with his Brother;
His Sister lies on the one side
And his Nephew on the other