The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-08-23
THE NEXT CENTURY
Conclusions Of Mrs. England as to the
Future Journalist.
Unele Sans Seal Fanaeea for All EHl--A
Unique Address Touching on
Haay Subjects.


Journalist Of the Twentieth Century"
What manner Of man shall he be? It
were In vain 10 prophesy truly. or cast
an accurate mental horoscope In re-
gard 10 him. But, Judging by his rapid
evolution during the last decade he
will be among the wonder-workers Of
the world. He, the especial marker Of
the worlds progression, shall not fail
10 keep step. aye. to be. as he has
ever been. in the advance guard Of true
progression. He. who begins as a devil
Cand doesn't always lose that tearly
attribute) advances until he becomes
the true evangei Of light. torch-bearer
Of the enlightenment Of the world.
OF course the Twentieth Century
means a hundred long years. Think
what probabilities. what possibilities,
what bitter dlsappoIntments. what glo-
rious hopes. what clashing Of the forces
Of weakness and Of might, what adjust
ments between capital and labor, what
unihcation Of religious forces, what
upheayals OF almost all mundane
schemes before the twentieth century
passes into the realm Of historical
things But. always a part Of It, in,
and through It all. will be the Journal
ist.
We think We certainly have some IN
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tieth century. and we may portray with
some degree Of accuracy its glorious
noon-tide. but we would indeed be lost
in conjecture II we attempted TO pro-
phesy Of all the great achievements
land wonderful realizations Of our
dream9 for its splendid eventide.
Paradoxical as It may appear, we
know that during the closing years Of
the nineteenth century. the Journalist
has been the slave. the puppet, the
guide. the teacher. the prophet, the ar
bitter of the destinies Of the people, but
let us earnestly pray for him. as we
realize all he has been, and stilI Is,
that the twentieth century finds him
no longer the mere mouthpiece OF cor
rupt party schemes and unscrupulous
schemers.
The twentieth century reporter VIII
be one OF the triumphs Of his age. He
will not only think that he knows eV-
erything. but he viii; and at little Ia
Dor to himself or anybody else. for aD-
pliances will be such that he will gain
the news Of the world in a moments
time. He win not have to labor as he
does now to reproduce the news, bat
instead Of reading the daily or putting
up bulletin board Tor piacard), the
reporter will be placed on the street
corner, and by the pressure Of a button
the Y ray will be turned tull upon him
and all the knowledge that he possesses
will be revealed. He will not only be
an accretion Of knowledge and wis
dom himself, but there win be such an
emanation of wisdom scintilating
from his brain that We shall at a
glance know ali the news nf the world
OF course the electrical display will,
at times, be terrible. but we shall have
to endure 1t. but doubt il it will serve
US as it did Paul. 1t dazzled him into
blindness; we of the twentieth cen-
tury shall be better prepared for 1t.
Paul was not used IA 'N" rays and
things like We are. I really apprehend
no actual danger. however II there
is, We won't do it. but will turn inspira-
tional force upon him, anil attach the
invisible wires o. our own minds to
him, and receive the shock directly
from his brain in that way We shall
have the news regardless of conse-
quences.
When John the Revelator. In aroc-
alyptic vision beheld the Saints in
Glory he said These are they who
have come up through grea, trlbula-
ton To a body Of journalists these
words are applicable. But many q
journalist has had the great tribula-
tion" and has failed to come up" nor
is he always Saint in Glory" Neither
viii be the journalist Of the twentieth
century. He will sometimes lapse back
into the old ways, and occasionally rise
and soar upon the wings Of his imagl-
nation to realms of cloud and sky and
star, but for practical purposes certain
ly, he will be more than ever inclined
to walk and run upon his common ev-
eryday legs and feet. And, Cmetaphor-
ically speaking) just use his wings for
Sunday excursions, as il were. Strong
and sure his feet will have to be to
carry him down into the depths of the
valleys and up the rugged mountain
sleeps. Long since, perhaps he reati:,-
ed that feet and legs were better for
practical twentieth century purposes
than airy wings. For the manifold du-
ties of the twentieth century. while
different from, and pleasanter than the
past, will close in about him everyday,
and during each hour in the day. But
after all, he will have more time TO
meet them, and far more freedom to
treat them, fearlessly, bravely, from
his own standpoint He will not be the
party to bay at the moon, or bark
and growl at some other party dos.
or advance vague theories at the in
stigation of corrupt office seekers and
powerful corporations.
The nineteenth century has been a
preparation for the blessings that shall
be enjoyed in the twentieth. While.
with the diffusion of knowledge, the
world must in the outcome grow wiser
and better yet it is forever sadly true
that one generation is sacrificed that
the next may be blessed. Every inven-
ton, every revolution of the wheel Of
progression's car Of knowledge as 1t
rolls onward crushes thousands Of ig-
norant yet innocent victims, and while
every step of evolution causes the
breaking up Of old conditions. and in
more ways than one brings revolution,
vet progression rolls onward over old