The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-03-18
YELLOW JOURNALIsMr
WRITTEN ron THE COMMONWEALTH.

~ GREAT many people are unable to account FOR the so-alcd "yclow, "
IL or ultraHcnsational newspapers Of the eGcte north and east, but the
fact remains that the Journals Of that class arc just now attracting cunsid.
cradle attention, and theories as too possible cause for their existence are
In order
The average cstorner live, at very rapid rate, He rlseth up early In
thc morning and mmmeth his interior anatomy fun Of "wasp nest light.
bread, preserves and ten. Then he putteth on a countcnance eloquent of
indigestion, and gucth forth on the jump to hoodoo from the pockets OF his
compatriots the elusive PENN. The ten, preserves and llpht.brgd bcyin
ITO work In conjunction, and the result is much gas, which serves TO run him
through the day, THUS lie becomes the incarnation OF nerves nerve and
wind, subject to bysterla and a mpcrabundancc of mlbcgottcu energy.
which usually Huds It's vent In talk
He feeds ON sensation. His system is so at,uncd that nothing but tbat
sort Of mental diet can be asimiRted, lie wants brand new horror every
hour aud he wants it hot OF the press In a special edition, at one cent a
copy. So WilbeScn that the 'yoAOw Journal" Is but the logical product
Of an age of high pressure, supernduced by Hye.cent lunches Of pe and
cold baked beans In this yearning Tor the unknown, the sensations. nncrs
had their origin, Large doses Of salts and a decentdl lei would probably have
prevented therappamnce upon the scene, Hut then, as no phuanthu.
Ipst would have paid for either perhaps the purpatyc would have re.
maiOcd uutakcn and the vctuals mconsumed.
Some folks are inclined to "uSt" the pupretos Of the ayelow tor.
nols'fo r publishing them The popretors are not to be blamed they my
merely printing what pabuum an auaCmlc community, turgd with arr and
possessed of "a taste for tommyrot, demands
These papers the World and Journal, Of New York. being the lending
ones OF their class are fairly outdoing themselves at the present time
Now Is the summer Of their content made glorious by our spt with Snain
and these tive sheets don't fan To make the most OF the oppatuBftr TAI
read them one would imagine that each one had the entire country under
Its wing, and ran the entire United States government and Mark Hanna toI
boots hut the most luugabe thing about them is they take themselves
seriously, Actually their managing editors and prprlctors seem to think
that the dtetum Of their sheets isa sort Of imperial ukac aud that atI
Washington, Mr. Mckinley and President Hanna shlvcr In their shoes
when war Is ordered demanded aud declared Ia each successive edition.
tory.dye minutes apart
stFvcing reporters write fake kilograms and interviews at four dol.
lars aeotuuhA and these examples Of uumttyated aud bazcn mCndaiy|
are accepted by the tcverish public as confirmation strong as proof or Holy
Writ Then The paper stands on It's hiud legs and hows for var-yrim /
gHesome and CORY war Nothing but oceans or blood vim satisfy rsI
yclrning and patriotic ardor Spain must be myerIged until there umtpnt
left OF her but a greasy spot and a faint smell Of garlic, She must be shown
that she's not the only hot weluerwurt Ia the can, II her population does
run largely to dogs The paper waits until It's edition has time to racbI
Washington, and then IL is amazed that Secretary Long doosnot. forthwith. (
order te batueships W the White Squadron to clear for action. and THAI
"ahbIng William does not unleash the hamefangcd dogs Of war
The yellow Journal IS a mixture Of malicious mklutmmatfon and out.
Ngcous nntruth the like of which has never been seen before, nor viii ever
disgust people again. u feels on the prurieut and putrld, Il httcns m
lc nasty anu 0useatus IT'S oancfd shadow, like that otthe bIghungI
tree has fallen athwsrt a part Of the land, and ID is Impossble IN
healthy sentiment 60 flourish Within is umbrage Ia
However the people Of the south may folctatc themselves upan ne e
Aet That there Is not one Of this class Of papers published south the Mason I
md Dixon line The tone Of the southern press has uniformly been con. s
er'atYe sensible and IN tue present crisis syodng little Of the aiinyo \
me hHt place southern people DO not care to read that Kind 81 stpR: Ia H
second the editors have too much good sense and respect fr The mepta II