New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-12
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A sarcastic and apparently dissatisfied CORE
snordcnt writes us from the neghboring New
Encland town Of Boston on what he is pleased
10 call progressive journalism Our core
snondent seems to have turned his pack OH '"c
nourshing and nnocuous bean OF his iorcia'hcrS
and 70 have INDUCED in some sort OF food "hlch
has given him the dyspcpsy lie taxes "
cold. disSccting-room, Cape Cod view OF the nooe
profession of journalism. He claims to nave
discovered young man for whom he WISHES 10
secure = Mace in what he sarcastcally refers to
as progressive journalism What our CORE
snondent laws the greatest stress on seems To be
that his young protcge wears No. ID SOCKS.
With a Rogct's thcsaurus in one stocking ana
a rcam Of white paper in the other. ne writes
nv Young friend could enter the broad domain
Of tho New-Scbool Journalism and achieve instant
success
Only short time ago we s"o"''
not have been inclined 10 give any weight
whatever to the size Of our correspondents young
friends socks but recent observations have CON
,-irccd rs that il is sometimes necessary for "A
nroorcssivc journalist 70 90 about with much we'll
,vrittcn matter stored in his socks. Socks, II
anpears were given TO conceal thought. Inc toolN
Of the scholar and writer have been pictured a.
the gray gooscqulll and the nkhorn-'he last
decade Of the nineteenth century has added
good. high pair Of socks with flexible tops mere
arc We suppose. writers going about this town
to-day with none Of the outward appearances OF
ocnius-to look M them YOU would say 'hh'
they arc quite ordinary yonng mcn-out any one
- Thorn NAV be able TO reach
down into lis socks and pull ont
a column article as scholarly MS the cyclopac"la
and as graphic rs prizc-iisht II Is the on
s,orv-wc should not Judge man by his ont
ward aspcct-the surface may be ordinary nN'
inwardlv his socks may be- filled with noble
thoughts expressed in burning words.
Still. our Boston correspondent recognizes Tie
fact that wealth of socks alone will not carry ms
,ounr friend through. and he hastens 10 name some
If his other recommendations. lie has. II appears
been long engaged in the business of pushing the
sale Of certain not too popular subscription books
with great success one summer he took the
AGENCY FIR patent douhc-poinicd short-twist
Nrh,ninc-rod and on one occasion sold rot To
, man who did not even have "a house. sticking
one end IN tie ground and crooklng the upper
mart about NJ in the air, telling the man that he
could bnild his house underneath when lic got
around - IT, The young man has also sold
ample trees in the back districts and solicited
lie insurance in Chicago He is not, writes
our correspondent. with n heavy line under each
word" he is not afraid 70 30 10 jail We are
compelled To- admit that this Is almost as great
A poini in his favor rs the large storage capacity
II his footwear our correspondent also THINKS
that his young friend would rather enjoy he
longing 10 a band Of countcrlclicrs. for the sake
If securing accuracy in his account. and he does
not think that. should the literary reputation Of
his paper demand il. lie would shrink from being
executed by electricity Bat, after all. the
Greatest thing in his favor Is that ample No. ! )
hosiery. large enough 10 accommodate the
Supreme Court proceedings for week.
our correspondent does not. Of course. suppose
that Tie Tribune desires 10 employ the bright
young man IN question, rs IT does not belong To
tie new school, bui he asks that We say q
GOOD word for him and recommend him 10 a
probable employer. We have suspicion that
the young man exists in our able correspondent
Imagination alone, and that lie is growing
facctious at the expense of some of our valued
contemporaries. but If We are wrong, We can only
say that the young journalist should come Ia this
place, and If he bring his socks with him, We
presume that he can soon get n job