The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-03-07

structive of the fine art of CONVERSE
ton. Conversation must strike higher
and profounder themes. The news
paper is engaged in interesting men be-
forehand in the subject so that they
are all prepared to talk.
The editorial writer may have no con-
nection with the paper but that Of a
salaried employer, This tends to a de-
struction of individuality and inde--
pendence. They write on any side or
dered to and advocate any principles.
When papers change hands and par
ties they can change tone of editorials
with equal celebrity. Most of them
write not from conviction, but simply
for the bread and butter.
To make the paper pay it must not
be made too high in tone or appeal to
too limited public. Strike the aver
age or even lower than the average by
writing up coarse scandal and the vul-
gar revelation of divorce courts, and
the criminal occurrences, the crimes
against virtue, the seduction and adul-
teries, letters from murderers, telling
how it. occurred. until it fairly reeks
with pollution. Yet the excuse is that
the public demands it. There is no
validity to this statement. The public
appetite grows by what it is fed on.
Think of these papers being read in
homes and the foul details being
spread out and often read by the chill
dren of pure immature minds
Might as well permit the sewerage of
the city to flow in. We filter our drink
ing water but not owe mental food.
l admire the enterprise of the Sun
day paper. 1t contains a vast amount
of bright and entertaining matter, some
of which Is of a high order. The pa
pers, of course, will vary. Some will be
vulgar and sensational in the worst
sense. The thought is dissipated and
the attention, distracted by the doings
of the world breaking in with all it's
multitudinous interests, all it's worldly
affairs, until there is no good prepara-
zion for worship or for listening to the
spiritual truth of the sermon. The sell
ing of papers at the church door does
not give the minister or his message
a fair chance. The passion of the
American people for reading is danger
Gus. They are very restless and al
ways reading something, until there is
danger of too much information and
too little deep thinking. 1t is marvel
that so mitch can be given for so little
money. OF the sensational part, dom
read It, you don't have to, simply skin,
over the paper with your eye, read the
headings and leave out all that is not
food for you. If it has not been Sc
lected for you you must select for your
self.
The freedom of the press is often as
sailed, but it works for freedom. 1t
may be over-critical, but we cannot but
think that humanity is better served
than by some supervision as is exer-
cised in several countries. The only
censorship we want is to exclude the
openly and flagrantly immoral papers
whose tendency is to corrupt and
poison the feeling mind.
Author, atheist, essayist, novelist, realist,
rhymster play your part;
Paint the mortal shame of nature in the
living lines of art;
Rip your brothers vices open, strip your own
foul passions bare;
Down with reticence, down with reverence.
Forward" Naked let them stare.
Feed the budding rose of boyhood with the
drainage of your sewer;
Send the drain into the fountain, lest the
stream should issue pure;
Let the maiden fancies wallowing in the
trough of Zolaisn1
Forward forward-ay and backward, down.
ward too into the abySm