Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-26
HOW TO GET IN.
The Way Ysu are Received i'm New York Newspaper 0mces.
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 [From the JournAlistl
 Newspaper men from other cities are
 somewhat surprised at their reception
 when they drop in st any of the offices in
 this city. Instead of finding the door wide open and dozen men ready to chat with them about anything connected with the business, the crops or the presidential out
 look, they find themselves in 6Il0 recep-
 ton room where they will be politely re-
 quested to write their name and the nature
 of their business upon & card before they
 are admitted. In some offices no one is
 admitted to see members of the staff, and
 access to the editor is very difficult to ob-
 tain. At the Tribune, for instance, the
 stranger will be permitted to cool his heels
 in a room furnished with one settee, decor
 sted with an engraving of Horace Greeley,
 and lighted by one electric lamp. After q
 long interval the individual whom he asks
 to see, will usually rush out for a moment
 to say he hasn't time to talk, or will send
 a message to the same effect. At the
 World one is stopped at the information
 bureau on the ground floor, and required
 to fill up a slip, giving full description of
 himself and a minute statement of his bus
 mess with the editor. The slip is sent up
 the pneumatic tube, and in few moments
 there is a rush of air, and piece of paper
 shoots out of onother tube in wire bas-
 ket. The attendant reads the message and
 either points to the street or to the dome
 elevator as the case be. If you are to as-
 cend you enter a circular elevator, are shot
 up thirteen stories without a stop and land ed nearly 300 feet above the street There
 you will find medley of editors and re- porters and will be we'll treated unless you ora O hora Tymac pf4ina cna1i reception room with window opening in to the editorial rooms will be found. On naming the man you wish to see, he will approach and talk to you through the win dow unless you are & long lost friend, in which case he will venture out into the re- ception room. The Sun office has railing to keep out strangers until they can be re- ceived by a small boy, and the inevitable slip filled out. Visitors to the Herald find door labeled reception room" up one flight. The door has a spring lock and several vigorous pulls at a bell knob are needed to produce the keeper of the keys. The reception room is the most pretentious one of the kind in town, but the atmos- phere is quite chilly for anyone who has not business engagement with the editor. If the visitor wishes to see the city editor
 or any member of his staff, there are two | other long flights of stairs to climb. An iron railing stops the intruder, and he | must ring a bell and fill out & blank | before the can reach the man he wants to see.
 The Recorder has by far the worst ar | engagement in town. There are six flights \ of stairs to climb before the editorial rooms are reached st the top of a big building which was originally a factory. Then 8
 small boy halts you, and as you have no
 breath left you are glad to write your name
 and business on a pad. You are kept l standing, as there is not room to sit, and the individual for whom you inquire, comes out and talks with you. If, however, you have business with the editor-in-chief, you will, after some delay, be escorted up
 another flight of stairs to little fraRe
 structure built upon the roof. and you will
 be fortunate if you escape without a case | of heart prostrstion. The heAdvertiser office
 is the only one of the morning paper offices | which one may enter unannounced. There
 are three flights of stairs and no elevator
 but the absence of a slouchy boy with s | pad is a good offset to the stairs. The Mail and Express has a veteran doorkeeper | on guard at the entrance to the editorial rooms. This functionary is unique in his | way. He combines the offices of keeping
 tab on the editors and reporters, and talk | ing up the cards of visitors. At the Even | ing Post a card must be sent in before sd- | mission is gained. The other evening | papers do not harrass their visitor with red
 tape.