The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-15

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/ In several Eastern cities Of s,.flc..rt
size 20 appear On Tire maps fhe news
papers and the society people are having
/ trouble. Society wants TO dictate what
shall and what shall not go into the pa
/ peFs. aad the owners Of the new spaneFs.
exercising a iittle r~tlt which they cia4ln
i Is theirs by res.son ss the fact that they
/ own the newspapers. insist on conducting
/ tsissr business 10 suit themselves That
i hurts society. Some Of the society PEG
/ PIE do not wish their names to appear In
! print. and insist that when they give re-
eeatlofss or do anything in a social way
the newspapers shah ignore them. The
newspapers are mean enough 10 laugh
and say that the society people OF their
towns are public property. They are
ntld out 10 the world as the go they at
tend public AFFAIRS and In fact are con
siantiy dotng things in which the public
IN general and the newspapers In parfss-
ular are interested. For that reason the
newspapers say they will publish So
eiety names and society events without
consulting society. What the outcome of
the fight will he is a question. There is
"a possibility that the newspapers viii
win Newspapers usually do
But the fight has brought out in detail
discussion Of the whole question OF
what should be ard what should not be
! published: how things should be written,
and q hundred other little things in which
the society people seem TO think they
are interest I'd There are in the word,
the editor Of one newspaper said, people
VINO believe that God put them on earth
Tor the sole purpose of having them run
the newspapers II Is remarkable. the
editor continues. how everybody, he or
she. can run a newspaper. II a person
Fer tn yi -.I
did not know how TO run a newspaper re
would make a fortune. The show man,
who Is always looking for a good thing
fer the public. would Immediately con-
sent TO let him name his own salary. lie
would indeed be a freak. But no enc
expects for minute that such an indl.
yidual exists But Ii 10 true that for ~.
cry person found who Is willing so ad.
nit that he does not know how TO run a
newspaper a hundred can be turned ID
who think that Charles A. Dana makes Il
mistake In not turning the Sun over to
them. or that Hearst erred when he failed
to send them 10 Cuba to tell for the
Journal the story OF the Cuban struggle
for liberty
But IL Is in the society department says
the Eastern editor. that these Danas of
the 400 would shine. They would run
things this way and they would write
things that way. They forget tina, In
about 81 week In entertaining and ex-
pect you To tell II with a coat of new
words fifty-two weeks out Of every yeatr.
These panas claim they would not say
that thing was pretty or delightful oY
swell. No. they would coin new words,
think up new ideas and in fact reyo.u-
tionige the world of newspaperiom. They
would probably coin 70 new words. think
uplanew ideas out of book ard then the
newspaper would either suspend or en-
pioy new people. II is really charming
says this editor. to know that while we
Of limited education and brains are
struggling 10 give the public what they
want we can step out of the sanctum and
put our hands on a hundred people who
could go do the work so much better
Some day. closes this editor newspape
VIII get down 10 telling the simple truth
about society and then-well. seine day
newspapers will get down 10 telling the
truth about society.
''Iin scenery will never be cramnes and
heliiiied by the artist who knows enough
about geology 10 appreciate the anatomy
OF hills was ons OF the statements made
IN the lecture on Hills" before the Seat
tie Art League and School Of Design last
Tuesday evening. When the eye Is in
doubt . little science Is helpful The
course Of lines IN qualification being de-
serminee contours VIII follow q uniform
type, Lines whereby rocks are terminal
ed are almost sura 10 be sleeper ard more
nearly vertical as they rear the summit;
the contrary Is exceptional to he noted
when * occurs and NOT otherwise; thus
VIII the characteristic OF one hiil be de-
teTrninea from another As IN portrayt,lre
the s~fist would sketch tire nose Of hts
modes as uptuTned Il Il were SO Should
Re through c9reles<EeSS or ignorance Of
anatomy portray all noses as turned up
critics might speak disparaElugIy OF his
work. He would be cosuparattvr safe
however in giving this trai, 70 the great
rock outlines Of mountains az hiilS which
are ever concave not round or convex.
though Tendencies IN The latter direction
sre often manifested the ceuses being
dislufeEration and ercs1oE bv rain ard
rivuiet Altitude IS best shown ~ ln1s-
eating the horizontal stretches which rise
rEe above the other between the SppC7g-
Tor and the hill summit ard rot BY ex-
h:bti0s the sides 81 the hfi IS steep frd
Sudde0. v5leh really ctm5n. fishes its dis
tarce aad elevation. Crossing shadows
ard divided ferns are among she articles !
commonly resortet 70 in weak euaeavors |
TO indicate elevation but the simple IT.
corporation q surface details with fdei- /
ify wil{ accomplish the purpose PER /
fectFy BY this means 8 mountain could i
- made oct ~ q mole sil while the !
neglect q surface details VIII usually /
result So reducing q mountain 70 4 raole /
hflL Per- grounds" VII be considered /
on Tuesday eventrg mexf. when artists +
ard others are cordially ivvsfee 20 at 4
tend Yesterday afternoon "a sketchlng 1
party ~ the tea EG@ Vert - work along
this city "a ater front an3 returned with a i
rg fnher cf attractive sketches TIE saTre /
scenes VII be visited 81 Saturday rext
x her TIE steamer Portland. the former +
Grien1 of the cid Fylget sound smuggling /
rrx. came down from tie uoysh laden ATTN s
Fals and everybody and MS sister eof the
g@l1 fgxer { vas sal IL these columns /
th2G kio1t.Ss fs4s woHIl3 5e Ia order Ard 4
t5eF have been- There Eas been 80 much 4
E13ns % Sc th@ soetgsy wcrti thaz relufrss i
some kn9p.ssl q TIE rex gold nasss TIA.
society's capacity for leaynlng i bout 4
ex A&ESesVt, Probably t1s n8oSt Interesting 4
r g0nd Es ssFss- gfven IN tA5s rlgy.wra< that
60 Mrs. Ge-orEe hirk ana Mrs Clarence /
Preston i&st SATURDAY afternoon AZ re 4
horna - Ms XIX. on T9y@xAl zssnne. Tt,e
party wss for AIRS E-cstor-s rrsaghax ard i
sisters. Mrs, Derry ard N~z Grains ~ j
Ases Aoine~. Iowa " 1lsE wss PLACED ard i