The Opelousas courier., 1891-07-11
Cheek.

To those who are always anxious to see a
big puff in their local paper every time they
make a move, and who, when asked to sub.
scribe or for an 'ad' respond by saying ad-
from the New Orleans Picay une will refresh
their weak memory. The Lord knows we
have a large lot of s'puff" seeking individuals
in this community who are strangers to
the first dime that they ever paid into the
Golfers of their local paper:
"There is a story afloat of o barber who
took a contract to shave a man by the,acre,
and made money out fit. That mai had con
siderable cheek, but now and then one comes
into newspaper offices who might be shaved
by the square mile, There is Mr.. B., a very
wealthy man, who writes a nice little mote TO
his dear friend, the proprietor of the Daily
Bangup:
MY Dear Typo:-The bearer of this, Mr..
Brush, ia a young artist of great ability. He
is a friend of mine and / should like to intro.
duce him to the public. Would you be kind
enough to give him a little article in your
lures can be found on sale, b public will
thank you, and ! shall esteem it a personal
favor. Your friend, etc.
HE does not say and send me the BILL
Oh, no! that's quite another thing. He would
never think of writing a note to a grocer:
will you kindly give my friend, Mr.. Brush, a
barrel of -four or to a dry goods house.
will you do me the favor to DOMINATE my
friend. Mr.. Brush. a bolt Of Calico Yet he
reads the notice in the morning BaDgup and
congratulates himself on having done MI
Brush a good turn without realizing that he
has sponged from Mr.. Typo at least SIS worth
of time and space and typesetting.
Dear Mrs. q, comes in to see her friend,
Mr.. Typo, and she gushes out that she is so
glad to sec him, and she knows how kind he
is, always ready TO help one in distress, and
there is poor Miss D., who has such a hard
tina IN makn n Iuinn and chn raof1- Aoao
such exquisite embroidery, and il people only
knew, she you'd easily get all the work she
could do, and would dear Mr.. Typo lust insert
q mention of the facts and state that Miss D.,
could be found at such a place. And yon
may say that | recommend her. And she
smiles so sweetly in her disinterested desire to
help the distressed, that Mr.. Typo cannot re-
fuse, though the notice is money out of his
pocket that Mrs. c., could much better afford
to pay, But Mrs. c., does not offer to paw,
and goes away with the comfortable consci-
business of having performed q very charit.
able deed. 1t is so easy TO be charitable at
some one elses expense. Such appeals for
free advertising are of almost daily occur
renee. And, to the credit of journalists be it
said, that % really needy applicant seldom
meets with a denial.
But scarcely one in a hundred remembers
to be grateful for such faYors. They do not
seem to realize that the gift OF an advertise
ment is just the same as the gift of dollars
and cents. Compositors do not work through
the long night hours just for the fun of the
thing. Every inch of space has a cash
value. A daily paper is published at the cost
of some thousands of dollars a week.
Yet there are plenty of people who have
cheek enough to ask the publisher Just to
slip in a notice of anything that is to tkeir
OWE or their friends interest, with no thought
of paying for it, and feel hurt or indignant
if the notice is not forthcoming. We certain
iy need some BARRIERS t, shave by the mile"