The herald., 1895-03-14

preliminary training was necessary in en-
tering certain lines OF newspaper work,
| but in these progressive DAYS we see so
many persons entering full-fedged in all
departments, without previous experience,
| we may now consider this obsolete, gone
with the old fashioned grandmother. and
a few other old-fashioned things, that the
world and newspaper readers might be
somewhat the gamer were they not quite
| so old fashioned.
Another factor of success in news
| gathering is patience-intinite patience.
1t ap, ears to the uninitiated quite SIM
pie process to ask for news and get ii.
J The paragraph, half column or column in
! the morning or evening paper bears
no evidence on its face OF the questions
| ferreting out, the hunting down. the
| strategy and tireless energy required to
obtain details. Each person sees things
| from his own point of view, draws his
own conclusions, and looks through diff
ferent eyes. Five people who witness an
accident each give different version of
it. and each is equally positive that his
account is the correct one. The puzzled
reporter must patiently investie ate and
take the preponderence of evidence.
The third fundamental element of sue
cess is perseverance. A newspaper re-
porter has no such word as no in his vo-
cabulary. Refused and repulsed in one
direction, she must turn in another,
should the pursuit of news demand, Fail
in the primary source, she must attain her
object in a secondary one. Scruples must
be put in ones pocket, timidity and
shrinking, overcome, eliminated from the
nature. Personality disappears in the at
tainment of the end. These few elemen-
tary principles widen out and include
energy. enthusiasm and many others,
which cannot be touched upon in ten
minutes. There was at one time an I'M
preston abroad that something called
cheek" was an essential to the profess
sion, but that is a mistake; we call it
high devotion to duty and a laudable am
btion for the success of the paper, of
which each one connected is a factor.
Evening Reception
Last evening there were large number
of responses to the reception invitations
and the parlors of the Nadeau were filed
shortly after 8 O. clock.
The programme was opened by Mr.. Car
Isle Petersilea who played Beethoven
Sonata Pathetique. There were only a
few of the audience who stopped talking
during the music but Mr.. Petersilea man
fully went through the three movements
Notwithstanding. Mrs. Emma Sickle
Marshall made short address and intro
duced Mrs. NJ. Burton Williamson. the
new president of the club. Mrs. Arthur
G. Taylor sang Cade la Sera, by Mililotti.
Mrs. Taylor has rich, smooth contralto
voice. She is recently iromg New York,
where she has been singing in Will
to.l, Merrill and Mtti's church. Her
song was most cordially applauded,
and for an encore she gave
Frederick Birch's "I'm Waiting Hon.
Frank RAIDER followed with an adj
dress of greeting welcome and congratu-
lation. W. =. Chambers Mandolin Club
played two selections. poem by Mrs
+. A. Otis was read by Miss A. A. Chel-
allier; paper written by Mrs. c. NJ.
Severance was read by Mrs. Mary f.
Hart; and in conclusion Rose Hartwick
Thorpe recited In Captivity" one of her
own poems. Miss Jessie Benton Fremont
was too i'll to either attend or write the
greeting which she had promised, and
the rest of the evening was devoted to in
formal speeches by Prof. P. ". Search,
H. u. Osborne, DR.. S. H. Weller, W. C.
Burbank and William H. Knight.
Among the large number of guests
there were present Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
RAIDER Mr.. and Mrs. Preston W. Search,
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. knight, Mr.
and Mrs Warren Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. J.
". Currier, Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Osgood
water DR.. and Mrs. Walter Lindley, Mr..
and Mrs. McMullin, Mesdames NJ Burton
Williamson, Emma Sickle Marshall, Re-
becca Spring. Jennie Peet. Alice Moore
McComas. Arthur Z. Taylor, Carrie Ash
ton Johnson, Rose Hartwcke Thorpe,
Mary L. Hart, Ema Foster Haberkorn,
Mary NJ. Bowman, Dow, McClees, Owen,
Ella H. Enderlein, Florence Miller,
Phipps Mary Lynde Craig, Clara Spald-
Edna Foy, Elliott, McComas, Bucking-
ham, Muril, Irwin; Messrs. ". c. Bur
bank Gardner Curran, II. Y. Osborne
DR.. Murphy and DR.. A. Davidson.