The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-08
Copyright 1897.
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anG the man loved slept that quiet Sleep
Which knows no present Weakening, / met
the editor of that paper, and he said to
me; That article of yours was funny
enough to kill And / said: Was IL?
Wen, II nearly did. But to this day he
doesn't know under what circumstances it
was written or that the $25 that i got for
IL went to help to pay for a resting place
for the one that / loved"
Then we all sat quiet i'm the dim twilight
and thought how, though the dark hours
come, there are always morning after
night and sunshine after rain. The woman
who thinks in an idle frivolous way that
she can write when she can't do anything
else Is not the woman, my friend who is
going TO make a success with her pen.
The woman who wants to succeed with
her pen must enter the working school OF
journalism and learn much She must
learn that what suits one editor doesn't
suit another, she must learn that to sue
coed she must feel the pulse of her au-
dience and she must also learn that,
though IL is the womanliness of her work
that makes II valuable, womanliness and
weakness are not synonymous. When an
editor wants an article from a woman he
prefers it should bear the stamp Of her sex
because then he's sure that both men and
women will like II. once in awhile even
the woman writer likes to tell something
Of her personal experience, and here's a
bit of my weakness coming in. The school
Of journalism Is one where women, the
right wind of women, get to know how
good men are. In all work there are bad
men and bad women, but from personal
experience / would like to say that / think
there are more kind men, more sympathet-
ic men, more generous men and more good
men among the newspaper fraternity than
In any other profession. They see so much
Of real life that they can sympathize with
real sorrow and are not fooled by a
sham. They see so much OF weakness that
they can think of the temptation as well
as the sin and be ready to forgive, and
with IL all they see so much of joy that
they have a ready laugh for the jest and
sincere good wishes for whoever is start
ing out to enjoy himself. Prejudiced? am
lin favor of the newspaper man. Person.
ally l ask only one favor of him, and
that's a sort Of twin favor--first, that
while / am alive he won't find much fault
with me, because / like him so thorough
ly, and, second, that when / am dead he
will refrain from writing an obituary
about me. If he will only say the good
things about me while / am alive, 1 shall
be satisfied. | want the sweetness from
the alabaster box while / am here and
can appreciate II and not when am cold
and still and unhearing.
But / can't complain. The newspaper
man has been good to me, and / make
him my best courtesy and thank him from
all my heart as he Is all this vide world
over from Texas to Maine, from San
Francisco to New York, whether he is
editor or reporter. printers devil or proof
reader. lie has been good 10 me. and I
like him. But who doesn't like the people
who like them?
The dog that comes up and ticks your
hand gets "a pat Of approval from you.
The blossom OF a baby that puts up It's
cherry red lips to be kissed gets bless
ing from you.
The girl who loves you and sympathizes
with you and tells you Of your virtues
gets your love and your appreciation and
your sympathy.
The comrade who Is always ready to go
with you, the friend who sends~you the
book that you will enjoy or the neighbor
who remembers the dainty that you like
to eat-these are the people we enjoy.
What an ungrateful lot Of donkies we
would be II we didn't care for the people
who care for u.s. And that's the reason
why / want the newspaper man TO ike
me, because there's nobody who likes him
more than does Bah