Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-24

If Thomas L. James. ex-Postmaster Cen
eral, had recently resided in Washington
he might reasonably have strengthened the
statements made in an interview which ap-
pears in the most recent issue of Printers
Ink. Said Mr.. James:
Il think, in the near future, the evening
newspaper Is going to be much more i'm
portant factor in journalism than it is at
present. Very few important occurrences
transpire after dark; nearly all the news
of Importance is based on something that
is done during the day. When the evening
journals can secure and present the news
more systematically than they do at pres
ent we will know at or o'clock in the
evening all that has transpired all over the
world"
Observant readers of the daily records of
events are entirely in accord with the con-
clusion which prophesies the growing i'm
portance of the evening newspaper; locally
they have for some time been aware that
the evening newspaper-and it Is no
breach of modesty TO claim that the"
newspaper IS The Evening Star-has de-
veloped SO much of manifest superiority as
a gatherer and distributor of news as to be
head and shoulders as it were, above those
who would be its competitors, whether
they are published in the morning or in the
afternoon. 1t Is not to be imagined, how
ever, that perfection has been reached, for
as there Is Improvement in the methods of
news-co collection. so there will be betterment
in afternoon newspapers whose man
ayers are determined to be In touch
with the most advanced thought
and achievement in active Journalism.
For years the morning newspaper was
the preseason Of practically every advan-
tags; its reporters had so much more of
TINA IN hInI 10 far 20, md fob
ricate fancies; the press associations-own-
ed or controlled mainly by morning papers
were careless as to the afternoon jour-
nails. deeming them of comparatively lit
tie consequence; foreign news, unless it
was of extraordinary Importance and then
only in meager form. was rarely vouch-
safed to the evening newspapers. But in
recent yesrs there has been wrought q
revolution, and the evening paper, for
merly treated mere tender to morn
Ing Issues. place of deposit for news
dregs and leftover matter. or sketchy
and often inaccurate advance notice of
the morning publication, has steadily moved
toward the independent and commanding
position to which the facts entitle it. In
the leisure at the close of a days work
the newspaper reader delights to learn
what his fellows over all the world have
been doing during the same day. The
news Is fresh and both the news and the
Advertising are read more carefully and
hiore thoroughly than in the morning rush
OF q busy man or woman. Nearly all the
news Of the United States and of the ma
tional capital Is made in daylight hours
and The Star provides the combination OF
skilled men and perfect machinery which
conveys this news to its readers on rapid
transit system. Foreign news is a factor
pf considerable prominence now in the
rnaks-up Of a wide-awake paper and In
that field The Star and other afternoon
papers that believe in printing thu news
have every advantage over the journals
which are published in the early morning