Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-10-23
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me nirht and lhe Wrona woy a. Hecpina
Scandals Uut 81 tbo Neuapapes1.
~ would b hard Indeed n We could
not got D laugh out Of ail these horrid
scandals that scar sooiety'a face. aud ~
hos come at last-brood. hearty aud II
reprossihlo
Tho good peopleof Nowpori-not tho
old NowporterA but tho people who
have followed IA their trnin-nre 20 in
censed BY the reports published about
the m~isdoings Of tho Four Hundred that
thoy have organized q gociety For tho
Suppression Of Newspaper Notoriety.
Dear. comical old Elbridgu 4. Gerry
Is at tho head Of the new society, aud
Il looks as n he would have time 70 It.
tend 20 nothing else.
The purpose Of tho society IS 20 pro
vent the publication in New York and
Boston (other cities don't count Of mat.
tiers that are purely personal to the -Four
Hundred and Of no public interest
II Mrs. stevens maid takes advan-
taFe Of Mr. Tom Cushing's valet, that
is legitimate news, and no objection
will be made 70 its publication, but Il
Mrs. Stevens herself should cast sleeps
eyes ct Mr.. Cushing, on II mr.. A. should
compromise Mr.. b s wife OF Mr.. @ sue
his wife for divorce on Mrs. D. go
wrong with a dude-theso nre matters
that concern nobody but tho culprita
themselves and their most intimate
friends
No wonder the laugh Is loud and long
at these good peoples expense.
Did Il never occur to dear old Gerry
and his younger friends ON the social TO-
boqgan slide that a Society For the
Suppression Of Vice In the Four Hun
dredn would cut Of the very root Of the
\ evil of which they complain, whereas
tho step they are taking now can only
trim of some Of the topmost boughsG
There Is without doubt q certain
amount Of reckless newspaper writing
going on which every one abominates=
and every q reads.
This writing keeps pace with the do
ings Of the day. It is often inaccurate
vulgar and malicious; but IN the other
hand, there is 80 much social evil doing
that never finds its way into print at all
that the score Is pretty sven up to date.
l could mention the names Of hun
dreds Of prominent New York and Bos-
ton families who have new had cause
20 complain Of a single line or word
printed to their derogation.
And whya Simply because they havs
never given the opportunity.
While not making a pleafcr the soci-
ETY. reporter or tho scandal loving edi.
tor I am sufficiently familiar with their
methods to know that they would Just
40 lief print good news OF prominent
people Rs bad news.
Badnows sells better than good news,
Of course. In times Of war, tempest,
famine, fire and flood the demand fol
newspapers doubles and trcbioa
So Il does In times Of great social die
aster.
The collapse Of Duncan, Sherman 6
Co, the failure Of Grant g. Ward, the
elopemont OF Herbert Pell and Mrs
Kate Kernochan, the divorce of Mr.. nnt
Mrs. Fernando Yznagn and the subso
quent marriage OF both, the Drayto1
scandal, the Vanderbilt ~imbroglio, thu
Gould fnsco-all these stirring inct
dents In social life, and thousands q
others for which / haven't spaoo, con
stitute the gossip Of tho day which !
o~n'every ones lips and which oan NJ
more DO kept out Of tho newspapers thar
aduck can be kept out Of water or War'
MeAllister out Of print
That Is why / advise kind old GerI,
and bis pretty playmates 10 begin 4
trim ship before they yell that they ar
Overpowerod by water.
I cannot predict any SUCCESS for th
now society with the object Of suppress
ing bad news about fashionable people
Murder will out-s0 viii adultery
drunkenness, cheating at cards, dishon
orable Indebtedness and all tho othe
vices to which flesh Is heir.
AS / said before, q society that con
demns publicity has only to ponder fc
a moment upon all 1t does that Is nc
printed ar ! DO grateful OF It's marroV
bones THAI such matters are still PEI
sonal and have not yet become OF publ
interest. -ChOlly Kn~ickerbooker IN Ne'
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