The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-05-03
Reciprocity /. q Great Thing

| The editor pushed her manuscript and the ac-
companying letter YEARLY aside. writes Tudor
jerks in the Writer. seized rusty falcon pen,
which wrote spssmoGically, watered his ink
until It was indstinguishable at three PAGES, Sc
iected some highly glazed and very fiimsy paper,
and wrote 10 her as follows:
Dear Madam: Pardon me- for presuming to
take up so much OF your time, which / know
must De occupied with all sorIs OF household
social and other duties besides the literary pur-
suits to which you seem addicted to some ex-
tent, but, knowing that you may be one of the
readers OF, and are one of the would be con-
trt utors TO- my little journal (which you are so
KIND as to call valuable and interesting, and
heaven knows try TO make it so, and il don't
succeed It Ism Z my fault I'm sure, for try hard
enouRh), make bold to ask for a few a very
few, moments q your attention.
wouldn ask you, you know, but really /
must ask some one, my friends-though very
hattering and complimentary, and ali that
may be preiudiced, and / honestly want an IN
influenced Judgment. | am a poor widower
with two or three maiden aunts entirely depend
emit on me for millinery and daily bread, and
car fares, and what with the tariff and other
discours ements, it's precious hard pulling to
get along.
Perhaps weary you, but reciprocity is a
great thing. So just thought d ask you to
look over my paper for the last two or three
months. and let me know candidly and in detail
exactly what you think of how il IS edited.
l shall expect to have you make any sugges-
tions that occur TO You as to the makeup, proof
reading, literary qualities, editing and enterprise
OF the Journal; and II you see any sigAs of prom
Use. or can conscientiously encourage me to
keep on in my career, perhaps you might sub
scribe for about dozen copies for three or four
years.
Possibly you are already subscribing for
number OF the more prominent periodicals of
the day, and may feel that you cannot make a
place for mine. But unless you sometimes help
along the editors and publishers who are be
glnners, how are we ever going to attain emf
nence and make names and fames and cold
cash. and footholds, and grow TO be Charles A.
Danas and things like thosef Even editors ought
70 nave some little encouragement at the send
off, as it were.
Let your maiden meditation hover about
those aunties Of mine. If you could see
them pinng for slate pencils and chewing gum,
L M sure you'd stretch point to aid their
nephew.
Forgive me If presume on your good nature,
but 1t Is not many moons ere it will be Aunt
Iabitha's 'steenth birthday-her natal aoniver-
sary. She does long for a green parrot. Oh. if
you could but hear her say, Edgar, do you sup
pose shall have Polly for birthday remem-
brancef Do your it would touch your heart
III you should send on the cash for subscriptions
say about 800 auntie shall have the green
parrot, and won't we (auntie and y be sur
prised
Meanwhile, your, touching personal epistle
floats thistle down-llke to the waste basket
gone TO Join your four pound serial; and thank
ing you for your disinterested and discriminat-
ing praise of my valuable paper-to which you
are not subscriber, as learn by a hasty but
accurate glance at the su scripton books-I
an, with such respect as is possible under the
circumstances, yours very sincerely,
EDITOR OF The TRIPHAMMER.
There, said he as be folded the unblotted
pages, II That doesn't settle her am tender
loot" Then he addressed it. "a spirant' care
OF MISS Alice T. Swoggles, Evansville, Hard
Creek county, Montana"
Ana 1t settled her-so far as The Triphamnner
was concerned. But she still writes to mot for
other editors. Doesnt she?