The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-11-17
PEOPLES NUMBER OF WORTHWHILE
WATCHMAN.

The editor of the Worthwhile Eye-
ming Watclman sat in his Office Won
dering what he could do to improve
his paper and make the people who
were paying him rs cents a month
for his services have more cause to
feel that they were getting their
moneys worth. A number of COM
plants had been coming in to him of
late, and they had caused him to
consider ways and means of present
ing paper that was more generally
satisfactory. He was wrestling with
a new and novel idea when a lady
came in and asked for copy to send
away to friend.
"How much is it?" she asked
when he handed it to her.
ooh, we never charge subscribers
for an extra copy that way" he told
her.
why, I'm sure that is very kind
of you," she gurgled. "Isnt the
postage on newspaper only cent ?"
eyes, but you needn't mail it your
self. I'll put it in wrapper for you
and you can address it and we'll send
it along with our regular mail at SO
much pound"
well, isn't that lovely But 1
don't want you to pay the postage. !"
1t doesn't amount to anything on
one copy, and we are always glad to
accommodate. How do you like the
paper?" he asked shyly.
I like it very much, all except the
politics. I think they are horrid and
they oughtn't to be printed.
'But we couldn't very we'll leave
politics out"
Il don't know about that. think
the most interesting paper l see is the
Ladies' ReUieU, and there ism word
of politics in it. YOU know our
Ladies Literary club was just talk
ing about the Watchman the other
day, and we said how perfectly love-
ly it would be if the politics were out
of it."
They talked a while longer, and
when the visitor went out the editor
sailed the foreman in apda daohF bad caprd caard
he was on and went back the compos-
ing room.
AS the back door shut the front
door opened and in came well-known
Worthwhile sport.
Gimme a copy of Saturdays S
Watehman," he said breezily. "You
had more good sporting news in there
than you've had for weeks. The
only objection I've got to your rag is
that it is too shy on sports"
eve give all the space to them we
can afford to spare" responded the
editor in an apologetic tone.
drop out something else then,"
suggested the sport.
What, for instance?'
''Well, that column about women.
Lord knows we get enough of women
without having them in the news
papers. And the religious column
might go along with it. The preach
ers have their innings on Sunday in
their churches and they don't want
the earth, do they?"
The editor said he didn't think
they did and as the sport went out he
jotted down a note on slip of paper
and stuck it on the hook.
Presently the leading literary lumi-
nary came in and asked if he mightn' t
look over the exchanges. The editor
told him to help himself, and as he
did SO he ventured few remarks.
II wish you would write ME a
short local story" said the editor
with considerable trepidation. 1--WE
can't pay you in money for it, but
you can have any newspaper or maga-
zines or books that come in"
whats the use?" protested the
literary luminary. eff 1 write any
thing it gets sandwiched in between
advertisements and local notices and
is utterly lost.'
"But we can't very we'll help hav-
ing the advertisements, you know"
said the editor in mild lf-defense.
eff 1 were running a paper there
shouldn't be one it," argued the lit
erary luminary with the large knowl-
edge of his kind. "By Jove! this
thing of giving over your columns to
people who have the money to buy
them is no more than selling your
self. Take out the advertisements
say l." and as he rummaged into the
pile of exchanges the editor made an
other note to stick on the hook and
went front to see his pastor.
"There's notice of Our church
fair and festival for tomorrow night, u
said the reverend gentleman. "Give
it good place and put nice head
over it, won't your"
The editor marked it oh and stuck
it on the copy hook.
81 was sorry to see that sensational
thing in the paper last night" the
pastor said rather reprovingly.
1T came along with the othel
news" explained the editor.
II suppose SO but can't you con
troll your own matter? There is too
much of that kind of news in the
papers these days. I'd throw it out
And the sporting news, too, and po
lice and divorce court matter. /
does no good and is calculated to d.
great harm"
"But we have to have some of it, ,
pleaded the editor.
"Not at all not at all. Some o
the best reading matter the world ha
ever known was free from it.
The editor could not deny this