Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27

30, while the boy waited, / held my
dying loves hand with my left one, and
wrote with my right. And wrote q
funny article. was about an hour and
a half doing it, when | think of it now i
see those two dark brown eyes looking
at me in an inquiring way, see thai
messenger boy waiting, with an expires.
sion that was half curiosity, half sym.
pathy on his face, and see myself with
tears rolling down my face, working
out the funny article. Weeks after
that, when was all draped in mourn.
ing, and the man 1 loved slept that
quiet sleep which knows no present
awakening, | met the editor of that
paper, and he said to me, That article
OF yours was funny enough to kill and
| said, WAS itY Well, 1t nearly did.
But 10 this day he doesn't know under
what circumstances it was written, and
the 1926 that | got for ii went to help to
get a resting place for the one loved. -
The other woman said: "My writing
days are oil sad ones, and yet they tell
me, and know the
CHILDREN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
LAUGH
at my merry verses, and are happy in
the fairy tales | write for them. You
know what | do il for" And they ali
did. They knew that far up in the pen
itentiary, think of it, was young man
Mno IN loolish, silly quarrel had struck
M iIicnd, ana struck INN almost unto
uc"tl' VINO was sentenced TO stay where
he was for 20 years; who would be an
w ny nan Wlieh ne came out, Tor prison
llie uoesh Keep men young. lhis one
woman, WORKING and saving, intended
10 nave money enough when her brother
calie out Ior them 70 90 to new place,
aniohg new people, where MS past could
never oe tilrown IN 10 MN, and where
.lcii olu uays at least might De spent In
Per,e anu cuhlentmeht.
nave .ola ttlls iitlle story because l
Maht tle women VINO Write IN that idle,
iilVoious way about getting work for
.ne newspapers 10 reailze that the
woman VINO Tells you all about the
i ~ ish ! Oh hecess'tya mere butter
ny herseii, thht she isn't OF necessity
oolng ms work Tor pleasure, and that
nine out OF every ten women who are
WORKING Tor newspapers have some
~. uouy else 10 care tor beside themselves.
I'm, ane Pieasure III tnelr WORK VI course
y, VIZ w. iney Woula DC poor workers
IL Vney o'aht
THE NEWSPAPER OFFICE SCHOOL
ROOM.
And vet they are in school in which
they learn something every day. They
learn, sadly enough, that what suits one
editor doesn't suit another. They learn.
gladly enough, that the average news
paper editor has discovered that encour-
agement is the best incentive to good
WORK from women. They learn that to
pe successful, they must feel the pulse
OF tne people, and they learn, too, that
the womanllness Of their work is what
makes II valuable. Remember, woman
llhess anu weakness are not synonym
Gus. But when an editor wants an
article from woman he prefers it
should bear the stamp OF her sex, be-
cause he is pretty sure then that men
VIII ENJOY reading 1t. 1t is a school,
TOO, where woman can get to know how
good men are. In all work there are
PAD men and bad women, but from per-
sonai experience L would like to say,
mat think there are more kind men,
more sympathetic men, more generous
men ana more good men among the
newspaper fraternity than in any other
profession. They see so much of life
sna. .i'ey Gun syInpathlze Win real
that thsv on ,s;ni, - ~ y. "eaAiiess
we'll as ibe 81. arS ,,;,L +. I'll ., 90
so much If low that ,har - h ",,, my ~
laugh fnr the isst "a sina n"aT 49, I" iea ~.
,ghea,,.,,. H. a. ,,h,. " ioi
= eo'ns ~ na'o soou ti''ie'
DAb isGhArEFuL TO THE FRATERNITY
PreJudlcedY L am. In favor of the
newspaper man. Personally, | only
ask one favor Of him. 1t is q sort of 4
twin favor. FIRST, that while l am
awe, ne won't 1lnd fault with me be-
cause ! IKE nm so much; and next, that
when am dead he will refrain from
writing an obituary about me. IL he
VIII only say the good things about me
while am alive, shall be satisfied. want
the sweetness from the alabastor box
whlle am here and can appreciate il,
and not when | am cold and still and
unhearing. But | can't complain. He
has been good to me, and | thank him
with all my heart, as he is all this world
over, from Texas to Maine, from San
Francisco to New York; whether he is
editor or reporter, printers devil or
proofreader, he has beel good to me,
and like him.
glove IS IMMORTAL -
Don't Won like the neonle who lilo
vouS TIC dng Not i;cl,s -, ~" 49, ~
~. i i..,, ",9 6iect YOU Warmly, anu
,n', ' luz sii' ,,a VINO saeneI around
IN n Dsa s,n,, lily i;I,y Nv you ~ ~,