Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-19

ought to be riding tho crests Ike
gull, will ship seas and perchance
strike n reef somewhere aud go to
Davy Jonos,s locker without previous
warning. II Is one Of the cases IN
which a little knowledge of'the sltua-
lion. a email amount Of experience,
disposition to do ones hes, when that
best isquitc limited, 10 not enough; the
bes, attalnable must be had.
There are many other departments
Of life quite similar, and they oil go to
show that tyros however promising
and those who have no natural apu-
tude for the calling Ia which they are
engaged, should not be entrusted with
two much responsibility or allowed to
make display OF their ineiiiciency
even though encouraged by the plau-
dts OF few who may be as Ignorant
as themselves. In no department OF
life are there more instances OF
rank ineiiiciency masqucrading as
capabillty than In journalism;
and II makes matters oil the
worse that most OF the kind spoken Of
will now and then persist In making
themselves conspicuous by "dipping
In" and making show Of what little
they have acquired, every time they
get n chance.
The newspapers Of the country that
through difficulties innumerable and
expenditures Incompatible have
forged TO the front are not OF necessity
the beet and most capable In
the land; now and then. but
not often, we see M much
capacity In enforced restraint evlnced
In the pages Of q small production from
an out.of.the-way place as In the more
powerful metropolitan press. And
there IL no reason why any country
paper, however narrow liz field, should
not he as bright, M newsy AMI Ms well
printed ~ any other, thereby making
itself supported because Of its meri,
rather than through the sympa'
thy OF the neighborhood. II may
DO conducted by a professional hand
or an amateur, aud no long as II
confines itself to n discussion of sub
jec,s upon which 1t can speak with
accuracy and understanding and II
reasonably impartial, II ought to be
valuable adjunct " the community
but ~ u rule 1t win gain nothing II
repute or lucre by engaging In d'sser
tations on the problems Of Euclid, this
pandects OF Justinian or the subtletie'
OF Coufucius, especially Us an apologies
or critic, even though the writer may
have devoted some little time to reat
ing up on those subjects. IL Is a cas-,
OF
Vessels large may venture more,
Hut little boats should Keep near shore.
Speaking OF the mammoth lOO.page
edition OF the New York Horit
recently Issued, cotemporary truth
FULLY Gays:
Tho possibilities open In America Il
tho poor are well illustrated In Mr.
Pulitzer's case. lie came TO this countr,
from tho Austro- Hungarian empire 1
ponniless lad, and made hts advent int
the newspaper business NJ n reporter II
~. Louis about twenty years ago. II,
rapidly worked his way up until 1888
when no WAS enabled IN buy tho mort
bund Now York World, into which h
infused a lilo that has evolved II into thu
splendid and wonderful newspaper tia
II Is.
Asit was with Mr.. Pulitzer, 80 may
It bc with any one who hal
the natural capacity. But II re
quires long, wearisomo aud studi
Gus years which bestow more
Of discouragements than q reward a
they pass along. And the COLDER
mean once gained, though 80 SLOWLY
and laboriously reached, Is lost In thu
twinkllng OF an eye II the attention
application AMI earnatness which
gained 1t are Withdrawal or ever
relaxed. The first consideration TO
one who would succeed In Journalism
is shown 10 be aptness, the next
education, and finally determination
becomes indispensable.