The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-03-07

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vill. Il II not IN easy task, albeit Il %
6~Ascinating. u, moro nearly than any other
I know, viii answer the description given
o9woman's work In the old dogRerel which
ran,
MANS work IL from sun to sun.
Womsn's work 10 never done.r
This Il really true OF newspaper work. Il
d literally never done. Your paper goes
on through everything; 1t IL printed every
day, and sometimes several times = day, Us
In the case OF the paper with which / am
connected, the Boston Herald, which
understand what that means? Something
fresh aud new in every Que. Tho last
incident caught even in it's happen-
ing, chronicled in white heat, aud
put before the waiting public
before II is two hours old. Nothing must
escape; every class In the community must
be looked after from the merchant prince
to the rsg-picker. Do You realize what
this requires? Quickness, llertness, and
more than that, IL you will let me coin q
word, aliueMess. A readiness to do what.
ever may come to you, to turn out an in
teresting story on any subject, to make the
ralue to every piece Ut work put into
your hand to do.
Here, for instance, 10 a sample OF what
NAV come ( q worker. Whut has come. in
fact; and It il no exaggeration. Busy on .
@special," as a long article to be ready for
useat any time IL called, you are interrupted
by the call from the managing EDITORS
desk. You answer the summons and find
your superior officer with an open letter in
his hand.
II have just heard. he says, athat there
10 every likelihood that Mrs. - will be
put on nomination for the school board.
orally known. We want to be prepared
and get a sketch Of her to use this
afternoon? Get q full column, more il
you can, and see what her views are ON
such and such points," naming them over.
! And, by the way, such q person" naming
\ some distinguished individual, us to ar
! rive this afternoon. Can't you see him
and get o little interview? Have it for the
morning. Perhaps you'd better go to the
! station to meet the train; and while you're
: waiting you might run into Harmony hall
and see what is going on there"
Well, Oh you go. To facilitate matters
you take q carriage and go to the house Of
mittee. She has just gone to see some
one who is interested in her nomination,
and off you start after her. Perhaps you
catch her at this point, and perhaps, which
is moro likely, you have to follow her else
where. You find her, get your points
speedily, back You go to your desk, for
mulating your sketch in your mind
meanwhile. It's pretty near lunch
time; but there's no time to think Of
anything but that sketch; there IS o
little over an hour j n which to catch the
edition you want, and at least q column to
be written. You lsck your door and be-
gin. Somebody knocks. aud you keep on
writing; nothing short of the crack Of
doom or the managing editors bell will
stop your pen. You and Time are having
o fine race, and, being q true newspaper
worker, you win. Hurrah! the last line is
wri ten. five minutes to spare. You carry
the copy to 1.-THE desk" there's no time for
blue pencil, and up it goes to the compos-
ing room.
And now for q good luncheon. But what
is this? The city editor appears; some-
body is i'll, an assignment overlooked;
won't you take it, please? There's really
nobody else; everyone is out OF busy
catching the edition." It will take you a
mile in the opposite direction from which
ySa are that 10 is SO coming en espi in on sou the i tlsin;
good-by, luncheon. A cup Of coffee, OF
a plate Of soup is hastily swallowed, if
there ia that time to spare: if not.
you 60 without it. You get the
points needed, write them out on your lap
In the horse cars, then go on to the inter-
view with Harmony Hall" by way of di-
version. Luckily for you there isn't much
going on there-a paragraph will dispose
Of it-so on you go. You are in time for
the train, you look about, there's nobody
from any other newspaper there. Your
spirits rise, you've scored a point.
view" is amenable, asks you to
drive to the hotel and talk on the
way. It's astonishing how much informa-
ton you can get in q very little time. Cor
rect information too, just whit your pub
lie wants. And here is a point which l de-
sire to give to the would.be newspaper
girl. You are of little value to your papel
unless the information you get is perfectly
correct and reliable, and unless you know
and understand the points which the pub.
die and the paper not only want to know,
but have the right to know.
Well, you go back with your material
and write out your interview. Perhap,
you think since that is done you will be a
liberty. II may be that you will; and i
may be also that you will be asked to g
somewhere in the evening and write al
account OF o lecture, o party, a convention
fancy fair or q revival. That is the news
paper day, and pretty much every day.
Salie Joy White IN March Wide Awake.