The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-21

once, or there VIII De some high salarssd :
positions vacant. We were beat 10 death
By The Bawi on the strikers riotS the SEM
mary scandal should have been headed up
and run on the first pare; that dreary old
Apache outbreak stuff should have been
boiled or killed, nnd-say; who was on
when that Apache story camel
Managing Editor-It came late; Bowler
was in charge
Proprietor and Editor-Take Bowler on
the night desk tomorrow and put him in
charge Of the weekly. Take Platter on
baseball and give him the night desk
want some pop around here at night
want some one TO make up the paper who
knows the difference between . drss page
story and Doxology. want Exit,
| kicking.)
when the proprietor and editor Is gons
| the others smile knowingly and y~earilvO
Managing Editor-That's the Kind Of a
| fool the Lord ordsins shall own usvv.-
papers Still. as long as he has senSs
| enough to hire good newspaper men. ba
can have the credit OF being one himself
| You can have twelve columns for local 20
| night and sixteen for telegraph.
News editor and city editor retire 20
/ news editors room.)
News Editor-Wasp't that rich-Pufsr
saying the boss was no newspaper mani
| City Editor-Pot and kettlel
| News Editor-Puffer ordered that Apache
( story himself without consulting me. lie
doesn't know a news story from hair mat
tress. Got cigarette, Billy Thanks. Keep
that fght inside Of a column tonight, and
| spread on the strikers riot
(Tba ciFv alirpr GOES 70 his rnor, svA
plodeS 10 his assistant and copy reader.)
City Editor-Once a city editor had some
thing TO say about local matter, but now
news editor, with no more newspaper sense
than a jay, orders you-oh, il makes me
tired
Assistant City Editor-what has that
luminous gentleman been ordering now,
Billy
City Editor-Says we must keep the
fight down and spread on the strike.
Assistant City Editor-Ratsl The Bawl
spread the strike this morning only because
they knew we would keep it down.
City Editor-Yes, and tomorrow IL will
spread the fight for the same reason. Then
the boss" will come shouting for pop, and
blame this end of the shop
Assistant City Editor-rhe only end with
any news sense in it. (Winks prodigiously
at copy reader.)
City Editor-Guess you're about right,
Jack Got a cigarettei Thanks. Let's 20
out and get a wad. Join us. Jimmy
Late that night. Night Editor and Fore
man standing over forms. Night Editor
with handouts Of proofs. Foreman with
handfuls Of type.)
Night Editor TO boyl-Iohnnyi Take
this 10 the telegraph room, and ask one of
the young professors there 90 raise IL to
four head, and say that that Chicago spe-
cial must be chopped of. and 20 rush up
the tail of the Sacramento stuff, and ask
New York what he means by duplicating
the Associated Press with this Prince
George rot.
Johnny-Yezzir.
Foreman-It's a good thing there's one
newspaper man in the shop, Mr.. Bowler,
with kids or back numbers running nearly
every other department.
Night Editor-Much obliged, Alex To
does seem as II | was the only man with
any news sense left in tho shop. Have
cigarette Start the strike on the frss
page and let it break over. Take the fight
out Of second page and put It on the ninth.
Exit
Foreman 90 nssistant)-What is this
blankety blank Daflodil Cream ad. doing
on the third page'
Assistant Foreman-Marked there.
Foreman-Top o. column
Assistant Foreman-Top and next pure
reading.
Foreman after several minutes speech
Iessnessl We'll, blank my blank cyesi
With a blank blank blank fresh editor
telling you where 20 put the blank news,
and the blank blank business Office mark
ing every blank nj. with a contract posi-
ton. blank me II i see how We get tho
blank paper out ut all these days.
Assistant Foremsn-ft never would get
out IL YOU wasn't hummer. Alex.
On MormOn's beer joint, later, same
night Seated NJ table Dunnlgan, who
has been doing late police. and Lynn. who
did the fight
Dunnigan-"Aw go chase yourself"
saws tom. You w-g be- city editor"
says, "but you don't now the dif between
a story and ghost says. ~ you want
this boiled 20 "A stick" such raw chump4
they have for desk men these daysi Al
WAYS having fits about fcBturcs, and miss
ing corking stories under their noses--
Lynn Gnterrupungj 10 WIS not for
tn loikes av you an me, DUNN. 20 kAps
thin from havin' the heads bate of thin
every marning. Shure. Dunni-give us a
cigarette. ms boy-sbure, whin I tuck In
me sthuf tonight, was thinking how tn
divil wud they get out the paper a. AL II
IL wasn't for tn few av us left. Here's
looking al you. DuHni
Johnny-Soy. you knows dat Kid wot
works nights in de bizne-z object Well, hs
says 20 me. be SAYS. We're de ones wos
gets dis poiper out" he says. Wild dat
give him poke In do eye for de biIness
Office kids is dudes. sect Him s-ssying de
bizness Office gets out de poiPvrl Soyi II is
wasn't fer me a taking orders 20 de biokes
in dc telegraph room and swearing at ERA
proper, ia Ike ter know how der-don't
throw away der snips, Chimmy. give me
puh-how der bioomin' poiper would get
out a. al OATS NOt I'd Ike ter know.
Sss'- Edward ". Townsend ia the san
Francisco ArgonAut
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