The morning times., 1896-04-05
MISSION OF A NEWSPAPER
Its Place in the Education of the
Young.
VERSES ON ITS MAKERS
Correspondent of The Times Gives In
Rhyme and Prose Her Views
of the Press.

Views possessed OF the soundcst sense
are these here expressed in the communica-
ton of Virginia" TO The Times. If all
women-or men-werc OF heF opinion re-
garding the mission of the good nj wspaper
there would be fewer critics bf public
.il. rnals and many of the comm ionest OBJ
iections of chronic ObjectorS would utterly
disappear. This is what shP- sa 5s'
Editor Times: SO many times has the
question been asked, what place does the
uewspa per occupy i'll the education OF the
rising generation?'' That u am at last
uctelIi,Itvu 10 give the Nlews-oioITy moILan
upon the subject =
ago-newspapers were noti the "nourIy
product is at present. consequently
man who subscribed for u daily paper
w;Is supposed 10 be either rich man or a
politician. friend OF my fatherwas not
a politician, consequently be mTIsU have
been a rich man. Tor he Su bscrl bed To three
daily and two weekly papers.
Now, this gentleman had a family OF five
children, cacn child, rrall and delicate or
constitution, frequently SICK, could not
attend school as regular scholars, and were
looked upon as more than ordinarily back
ward The father, realizing the difficulty
under which his children laDored, decided
TO attempt their education In MS own way,
and began by reading such Items as We're
that their thirst for knowledge increased be-
yOnd his most sanguine expectation,
set aside ecah day portions for each
child TO read aloud, offering premium for
independent and individual opinions, these
opinions 10 he expressed in conversation at
the supper table-an old-time institution, of
which the present generation Knows very
little.
EDUCATEs THE CHILDREN.
He always arranged to be present at that
meal. As the years progressed the bon
comradeship thus established between Ia
ther and children grew and strengthened,
the minds or the children developed; con-
stantly increasing, never satisfied longing
for lnforuIauUn, manifested itself, ana,
when III Tie course or a decade those chill
dren went out into the great world, their
minds were stored with wnole. ONE knOwi-
| edge on all subjects OF ordinary interest.
lney could conNerst Ireeiy On Tue topics
| of the day, and when, in the time that came,
| they went TO homes of their own they We're
men and women OF wide sympathy, just
| Juuguirnt, keen discriminators, and nDeral
| Christians each bearing witness 10 the
fact " OF the power or the newspaper as u
| factor in the liberal education or chill
| dren."
A good paper possesses n power for
| good almost miraculous. Parents often
make SAD mistakes i'll Withholding from the
| children a daily or local paper for fear
| It's ges may hold some item calculated to
SuIIy Une purity of their Chlld's mind. on,
| fools, AMI biindT' Must not each child
| born into this world = eat OF the fruit OF the
tree OF knowledge OF good and evil?'
| Then hope not 10 keep the human heart
| pure by shielding 1t from that knowledge,
| but rather show II the evil with the conse-
| quences and punishment thereof, and teach
| II that virtue Is its own reward. Ignorance
| Of evil is not purity, any more than knOWl-
| edge of evil is vice. Show your children
| the evil and sin and crime there is Ia the
| world. and teach them To so love and ful-
| fill all righteousness That when they go
| forth To la ke eacn his place as Il man among
| men his principles may be so panopled
| that temptation finds no weak place III
| his armor.
| The editor OF a good newspaper holds in
his grasp a power second TO none and equa
| TO the priest who shriyeS the souls OF
| living and dying men and the millennium
people recognize the power of the press:
| 1 once asked a friend what constituted
| "a newspaper man." and here is his
| pOettcal reply:
A NEWSPAPER MAN.
If You want recejptforr mat lnagiealmys'
Known to the world as tho newspaper
| man.,
Take all the knowledge condensed into his
And cram it all into onr skull if you
can.
The wit of a printer, the wisdoiA of Solo
The n%%; hamor of Twain. orttee Hawkeye
With i1tiin quantum sufrtcit to dash pr col
ANY W Known VI theme for reli9 9oi r. spleen.
The genius of Junus for vffupesation,
The push OF De Lesseps for cfrVins up
A fenonlsh deftness at alIteration;
The smile OF Chinese, so "chi!dlike and
bland
The holdness of Bruce and the virtues of
Satire OF Swift in the Tale of a Tub
| nf hn oil N
The essence OF ''culchah' IN vogue at
the Hub
The grace of Boccaccio as displayed in
''Decameron,'
The love OF Cervantes for Quixotic fun;
Science of Darwin the soul OF an Emerson,
The courage OF Jackson at bloody Bui
Run.
The brilliance OF Burke and poverty OF
| Chatterton,
The pen OF a Perkins for spinn ing yarn;
The purpose OF Grant and the truth of a
Washington,
The wild Imagination OF De quincy OF
| Verne.
The eye. of a Turner for eolors artistical
Ear of Beethoven. and the voice of a
Hand of Heller for tricks that are mystical,
And the knack OF Sake at concocting
pun.
The brain of Bacon, the logic of Spencer,
The critical aCumen Of Poe or OF White,
The shire ewdness Of Gould, than which
nothing Is denser;
The law OF Blackstone, the love Of a
| Knight
| The bias Of Bulwer for things meta physical,
Skeptical bent Of q Paine or Voltaire,
The liking Of Anstey for things extra whim
| steal.
The tender humanity OF the roct of Ayr.
The will of Napoleon. the force OF his lcgions
The powers detective OF Monsieur Le-
coco,
Subtlety of Satan in his SulphureouS re-
| gions.
And a cheek that is harder than adamant
| rock.
| Take of these clements all that's available,
Arrange them according to the very best
| plan,
Then condense in form that is most un.
| assailable.
And you'll find the residuum-is news
| paper man.
Of his kind do you wonder that the
article "comeS high or that there is a
great demand for ii? Live up to the
standard. and let your motto be Excel.
sior,'' and your work shall live. when
your names have been long forgotten;
Two Irish Anecdotes.
An Irish relation OF mine found two
countrymen in the dust OF the highway
The uppermost was humping the beateT
foe severely. The newcomer cried: lie
him get up. 'Tis a cowardly thing 10 h
fellow when he's down."
The victor painted: Yer honor'd never
be after asking me to let him up ,av Y,