The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-05-14
A WOlIAN'S EDITION l;l.i i:
oNE OF THE LADIES TELLS HOW
THEY GOT OUT THE PAPER.

1hey Hodnt Good Noses FoY News. but
the Society Columns Loomed Up-A Gross
Old Male Foreman-But tho Paper Was
Success and Had a Big Sale.
a Press reporter was privileged to DO
ono OF party Of women that got out a pa
per for ono day by tho graoo Of tho propri-
etor.
Everything went along smoothly on this
particular occasion until o'clock I'm tho
morning. when tho time for going to press
arrived. Tho managing oditrcSs wus whisk-
Ing about the editorial room with pom In
her mouth, blue poncil behind her right
ear and q black pencil stuck I'm her Psyche
knot. In her hond sho held O roll of proofs
that sho didn't know what to do with.
and tho foreman Of tho composing room.
who was gruf man, with nttlo sympathy
for tho project, wos yolling down tho Pipe
to know "Whon's this paper going to
prcssY Vol miss oil tho mails suro"
"Oh, what nasty thingp said girl In
lace 5abot, who was writing On editorial
on baseball. "He's made mo nervous.
How do you spell umpire-with Yr'
Tho society oditrcss who was the only
ono in tho Office That felt ut homo, glanced
oontcmptuously ut the laoo jabot girl ms
sho sent up another four pound package of
society nows and muttored that she would
have '4all tho society she wanted In the
paper for once, anyhow"
Tho city cditrcss, an elderly lady of SIN
gularly mild temperament, WIGS wrestling
with story about an Irishman who had
knocked down q negro with o beer glass.
She was trying to arrange 1t in such q way
that 1t would not hurt tho feelings of either
OF the participants, when O young wom-
an LII scalSkin wrap, who was n promi-
ncnt member Of tho EpSorth league,
brought oonstcrnntion with tho news that
There was u drunken man coming into tho
offico for rctraction-
Whats he want?" asked tho managing
oditrcss mumblingly, keeping the pen In
her norlth because sho had nowhere clso to
put 1t.
Tho mnn WIS only printer on O spree.
however, and when he saw tho array of
women scudding about the room no docid-
cd that no would be out of place, so no de-
parted without saying anything.
Tho telephone ratified, and good ma
turcd httlo girl, the daughter of million
afro stockbrokcr, who had consented to DO
oflice boy, went to the instrument, and
was soon In deeply interesting converse
tion with somo ono at tho other end
"Hcllol WHO'S that? Oh, yes MIR.
Brown, at tho Linwood clubhouse Arc
you having good timo thereP Oh, no, I
cannot come We nro getting out the pa-
per, and it's such fun. Yes, It will BIO out
on time, guess or, at least, don't think
1t will be very late Oh, well, Let tho trains
wait. We can't do everything. What do
you sayS a 1rof Oh, whcrcp A big
tenement house? My, 1t must look pretty
from where you aro Goodbye Whnts A
news tom? Oh, yes, to bo slro had
forgotten that
The millionaire girl turned from the
telephone to say:
"Oh, girls, there's n fire In tenement.
and three people arc inside, and they can't
get them out, and 1t Is likely that tho
whole block will be destroyed It will be
impossible to save any of 1t. BY tho way,
girls, do you think wo ought to havo some
thing about 1t in the papcrp'
Tho city editrcss looked up thoughtfullv
and murmurcd: II don't know. What do
you think, Mrs. Robinson?"
But Mrs Robinson, the managing cdi-
trcss, had her own troubles, and was una
Die to answer tho question, so tho million
afro girl went on:
"They arc having dance up mt the Lin
wood. I'll write something about it. "
No, you arc the Office boy" put in
rcdhcadcd girl In green dress. "I'n
writo 1t. I know who will bo there and
all about it,
SO down She sat to writo about tho dance
at the Linwood clubhouse, while tho gruff
foreman up stairs growled at intervals with
ont making any impression.
IF they would only stop sending mo oil
these proofs, sighed Mrs Robinson. For
mcrcy's sake, what am to do with theInP'
is somebody coming up here to mako
up tho papor?" howlcd tho foreman In q
fury, and the managing editrcss, who was
standing near tho pipe, jumped away so
suddenly that she had palpitation of the
heart for five minutes aftcrward
You must go, Mrs Robinson" suu-
gosted tho city cditrcss as sho took half q
dozen pages of letter paper, written on
both sides, that had just been turned out
by one of the girl reporters.
~ wonder whether wo arc getting good
ncws tonight, she added dublously. ''Tho
girls arc all afraid to go ont at night, and
We have not had any reporters out since
half past 6. You know there Is sometimes
ncws in tho evening"
"Oh, not much,' said the jabot girl.
Anyhow we cannot DO expected to 40
trapczing about tho streets ut night just
to get out an old newspaper"
AT this moment the telephone bell rang
again. and some ono wanted to know
whether they had heard of q murder and
suicide at o'clock
The nasty thing! Wo arc not going to
print anything Like that In tho paper. We
want tho paper to DO fit to read cvcry-
where, and without anything horrible In
It, Murders and suicides and fires are not
wanted In these times"
This was tho opinion Of tho jabot giri,
and 1t was Endorsed by every ono clso In
the room.
When the paper came out three hours
late, it contained five columns Of society