Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-14

press IL would help yoa and at tbs
same tine 1t would not offend the press
Substituting the press should be done Ia
. genteel way OF course. not rudely or
eoarsely
Do not go into the office while Others
are present and Ia a load voice seek u
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IL for the never dying love OF paper
that has come 70 stay You only give
otfense and hurt your cause. Vulgarity
Is just as offensive 10 an editor as II Is To
. man Of refinement.
Again. do not fancy because you are
acquainted with the man who writes
the musical column on Sundays that
you can claim the political support Of
the paper. Do not, because you have
been out late with the editor, fool your
self with the idea that he viii let you
dictate the course OF the paper. You
might come Ia ON him during one OF his
lucid intervals and be thrown out.
Editors do noe feel bound to drop their
work IN the morning and play croquet
with the casual outcasts whom they met
the evening before
Do not 90 into the editors oifice To
''cheer him mp" You would not go into
q merchants Office 10 cheer him up,
would you? Not If he saw you first.
Editors are the only ones who have twice
as much 10 DO as anybody else. and YET
have to be cheered up by men who are
the life and sunlight Of smoking car
and have an hour or two TO spare. SO
come in To swap lies with the editor"
The only editor who succeeds in max
ing his ofiice delightful rendezvous is
the editor who finds himself at the close
of the second year with "a host Of
friends" a large exchange list and two
bundles of paper at tho express Office
which he cannot get out. When l ran
a paper did not refuse to see any body.
Most anybody could drop in casually
and have fun with me. Even when the
bailif came in, and knew that ought
to work. said: Come right in. never
have refused anybody yet, and it is too
late now TO begin" So he came in.
The manner in which You met the
editor you speak Of was extremely fortu-
nate. Always meet an editor on the
train if you can, especially if you wish
TO subsidize him. His wife's i'll health
will also be q good thing, not so much
for her. but for yourself
You are no doubt getting good prop
ertyi if you buy the paper. Do not count
too much. however, ON the good will
of a paper. When I closed out at
what was called by the foreign clothier
who closed me out "a great sacotize,"
did not get SO much for the good will Of
the paper as did for the navy revolver
which had used in securing the good
will.
You need an organ if you contemplate
coming before the people as a candidate.
and would say that you should lose no
time in closing the trade. Unless he
has basely deceived you regarding the
bucket and the potash, you will do well
TO close with him at once.
The beauty of having an organ while
can say the most fulsome things about
yourself no one will ever suspect that
you have any interest in the paper. NJ
one ever does. With paper, Mr.. Smith,
you will be surprised to notice how the
public will be as clay in your hands.
Guard with jealous care the good will Of
the paper. used to put the good will
Of my paper on top of the dictionary,
and then put the dictionary in my chair
to make it high enough to fit the desk.
When the Office was afterward shot into