The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-06-02
4 BIT OF NEWS.

sg1sse you went 20 college sor THAR You
can write.
'Eave you eyer given me- the
chance
no. Ene know You couldn2e Z
dare Say gou7ee been counting On doing
fila, eh9' The younger nam bowed.
FsAad have been laying IA a stoesS u
flowing rhetoric and fine spun theories, =
she slider continued. ''Humpht The
Times wouldnss pay N a month's time
Il xefed the public On stuff u that sort.
Whae II wants - food of another kind. %
"Wba6's 70 prevent my providing il
az we'll AZ efse ether writer's on the staff
"a H4y colleges education 70 be a draw
back 70 me- r. it if
The sentences was left unfinished, and
che elder nan silently reeuGsed 70 his
work Of e1aasciag over some copy spread
On The desk before him. When be had
fssssiled siae last page, he turned 10 sae
first and wrote m, a. across the cop.
What does eha5 mean George
Stanton inquired.
Those Ie6sexs s6and FOR 'saase gos -
f''The1 whatever bears Them goes
Ffis uneits surveyed. hlIa with a 9rfTa
s4a1ls lighting bis face
TITS aDG 20, y he sals:: sirYiy.
fvrhel anything might write would
be printed, regardless Of It's merit, If
yoa SO marked f5s''
Certainly. But yoss naust rsnaen1ter
sssat an uncle iaoia.IaeTaS Go fsalSs and
the proprietor Of this paper successful
business enterprise are two distinct
personalities -
Which you bear, understand. But
surely literary merit cuts some Gsare''
SfU1n--if the name If the writer who
possesses # ia we'll known, It does. .
feNo5 Otherwise
The elder nan shock his head en-
IhasiealFy. I've no use for 'eTn. y
WHY, that makes ous she newspaper
Of today = money making machine Of
the lowest order" Georges Stanton ex~
claimed Indignantly The brains of
the concern are subserVIeTt 10 she brsi~
ness Office.
ssgxacSfy."
There was q pause, during which she
younger man tipped back IDS chair
against the wall and gazed aBstraeteoly
81 the ceiling. st length be brought the
legs Of the chair TO the floor with EN-
phasis.
II still na4insafn shat IL isnss fair
that shouldn's be given p trial, he
remarked.
FL suppose you've got a batch Of
MANUSCRIPTS all ready 20 fire at me,
The nephew face flushed. 'I Thought
80. Wei. don't want 'eTn. New, see
here What this payer wants ISM rheG-
oric, IL isn't eIOqzeTsce, it iszl's pllilGso-
ply. il isn't literary merit, a. you call
IL It's Just Efe-pIain, everyday life
wouIdn't publish the most beautiful
flight OF fancy that was ever written
I've no use for that sort. Bot life
things near, local, p@rSonal-gIve naa
those. If you keep your eyes and ears
open. you'II find more tragedy In ors
block Of san Francisco than In the wfIols
OF Shakespeare,
Then you give me the chance
Frederick Stanton hesisated- It's
oEer1 to you the Same az tt ia TO al, he
replied indifYerentIy, ''You woaId 30
paid for space work az our regular rates,
pr0vidfng we accepted It. Mind VOC, I
don't say III take what YOU write. !"
4sBut IL it suits you'll M s. ft2''
ffIf IL suits the other repeated =
EIII4c S<tEEs~Stlf-145yI WsA4 q la4ONSEssctab
which closed the interview.
a week later the young man again
presented himself In his rsncie's private
office
..I've followed your advice, Uncle
Fred, and taken life for my subject -
He threw himself into chair and gave
a twist TO his head I'm the direction Of
the inner door. II was slightly aiar, and
he rose and shut il before he resumed.
"You see, what you said about the
tragedies OF life, and OF course inferred
that You meant the comedies a. well,
being right under our noses, a. IL
were, set me 70 thinking Meantime
have found out the true meaning OF your
mystic letters Whatever bears them
must go in the columns Of the next is
sue, REGARDLESS OF time, space or other
consideration They are so potent a. 20
require no explanation, no suggestion
from the molders Of public opinion who
preside In the editorial den Whatever
an editor may receive from proprietor
initiated m G. viii be printed, even If
1T be the death warrant OF the entire
staff -
lis this lecture On the depravity Of
the press in general, or my own paper
in Particular"
Neither. 1t is TO let you know that
have been further enlightened since we
last discussed this subject. now I'M
derstand what exists as mighty factor
In the management Of a newspaper, and
i want you to put it on the top OF that. -
He tossed some sheets of closely written
paper ON the desk in front Of the other.
''Humphp
IF listen I may gather the very
material he wants, said. listened.
Eurekai 1 fatter myself that I've got
something spicy and realistic enough to