The record-union., 1896-06-18
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
EXPRESSIONS OF INTERIOR CALL
FORNIA NEWSPAPERS.
Comments Upon Things Local, Gov.
ernmental, Practical, Theoret-
iCal and Current.

Bakersfield Californian: And now the
hen reporter has been detailed to
write up" the alleged pugilists who
are just now being SO freely and Of
fensively advertised in the city pa
pers. There are many curios in the
heavens above, in the earth beneath
and in the waters under the earth but
the greatest Of all is the alleged woman
who can slobber through three or four
columns in descriptions of a three
fourths-naked man. Faugh!
SCHOOL STUDIES.
Stockton Independent: The Record
Union" of Sacramento few days ago
complained that children in the COM
mon schools were being overburdened
by too great a variety of studies. There
may be something in the complaint, but
If there is it arises from a lack Of
proper experimenting of the work.
Teachers, like other people, if left too
much to themselves, are quick to run
into fads and ruts and to neglect the
necessary branches for what is in
tended for mere incident or recreative
study. If Superintendents are fit for
their positions and attend we'll to their
duties such abuses can easily be cor
rected. When, however, a Superin-
tendent is a "fadist," the only remedy is
to remove him and supersede him with
man Of sense as well as necessary ed
| ucation.
THE PATENT EVIL.
Wheatland Four Corners: Our es-
teemed contemporary, the Record
Union,' devotes a half-column editor
ial space denouncing the patent out
side, which the majority of the interior
papers use, as obnoxious to decent jour-
nalism and detriment financially to
the newspaper fraternity. The -Four
Corners" has always recognized the dis
advantages of these patent prints, and
has worked for the past seven years
with an allhome print During the
first few years, no doubt, this course
cost much more than if we had used
patents, but to-day we have an ad-
vertising business which is of a char
acter not to have been secured had we
used the patent. A business which over
shadows the disadvantages of the past.
We believe the patent is held to be
an evil by every newspaper man, but
acting on the old proverb the patent
users have chosen the lesser of two
evils.
The question to-day is how may the
patent be displaced. We have sug-
gested in the past that the California
Press Association create a department
of auxiliary publishing, arguing that
where two firms in San Francisco can
do this work at a profit the association
could not fail. 1t would be a paying
proposition from the start, and by
proper management the results would
be far greater than a conservative man
| would predict.
This question is one which should
be discussed and plans prepared to be
presented at the next meeting of the
| association. We know of no better
leader in the work than the Record
Union
ANNA, LOVE AND HATRED.
Dunsmuir News: But Anna Shaw
| and her ilk are out talking because they
have bitterness against the opposite
sex and want to cause strife in society
| Whether it is because of some disap-
| pointment in life or what money there
| is In 1T we know not, but they are try
! ing to stuff women with the idea that
| they are abused by the male population
| Their teachings are mischievous and
| dangerous to society. They try to Gre
| ate an impression that home, love and
sentiment are all bosh. and if women
were freed they could grace the rostrum
| and halls of legislation, and Anna
Shaw, ETC., would probably be remem-
| bered among our great statesmen. In
preaching this sexless TRADE they over
| look the fact that all the great men and
| women who left a name behind them
worth remembering were simple chill
dren of nature with strong love affairs,
and not sexless creatures trying to
create an unnatural warfare. They
could not hate the opposite sex and be
great at the same time. Those are two
faculties that run together; one is
ncurished by the other. They are part
OF the eternal fitness of things.
| There's a confidence man, they say,
| Whose patronymic is Kay,
! And his friends all claim
| He lives up to the name.
| For he is always after the jay.
| Chicago Tribune
| Considerable attention is now being
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