Evening star., 1901-02-19
CLEAN JOURNALRsM PAYS.
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stone Contemporary.
From the Chester Pa.) News
There Is q class of readers, numerous at
that who will buy on the street the paper
that Is spicy which in English means
nasty But few of these very men would
dream Of letting such paper enter into
their homes. And 1t is the home paper, the
welcome visitor to the abodes Of virtue and
decency, that is not only the best circulated
paper, but is the money maker in the jour-
nalstic field where it has it's location. A
most eloquent instance of this fact Is given
by The Washington Evening Star, a Jour
nal that our readers will have noted is one
of our favoritesz 1t is a newspaper in the
fuilest and best sense of the word. 1t gives
all the news that n live journalist and a
clean-thinklng editor would want to print.
II IS up to date in every department. The
Washingtonian who reads The Star needs
no other paper He Is informed Of every
thlng that has transpired, within the last
tWeh5y-1our hours. in every portion of the
world. and there is not a line in the whole
paper that he would fear for his innocent
daughter TO read. In fact in every way,
ana In the most eloquent way, The Wash
N.s,oh star Is proof that it is possible to
make newspaper that is unsurpassed as
such, and at the same time produce a paper
that is clean and unobjectionable as a Wis
ltor to the home circle. Now. the adver-
user selects that very sort of paper through
"nlch TO reach the purchaser. He does
not care to reach the crowd on the street
Which Is attracted by glaring head lines,
Dy suggestive paragraphs, by thnly yelled
lntlmations of what is impure. He desires
10 speak to the family circle, and only
through newspaper that has there the
entree can he reach 1t. Indecent Journal
ism may secure large circulation, un-
STAPLE as the restless ocean, and it may
make for a journal a widespread reputation
OF a certain sort; but indecent journalism
Will never bring that which means news
papers of the lasting kind. And we have
Inc evening Star to prove 1T by Let those
VINO DO not know the paper-none who
Know 1t need proof as to It's merits as
neWspaper-make the circuit of the offices
OF the washington correspondents Of great
papers published in other cities Let that
tour OF inspection be made at any time
between in the afternoon and midnight
me visitor Will note in every office copy
Of The Evening Star. Or, rather, he will
note what Is left of that Journal a gener-
Gus part of 1t having been scissored out
ana sent north, south. east and west by
our special Washington correspondent"
and good news the home office finds it.
f.qudlly convincing proof of the wisdom of
clean newspapers can be cited by referring
10 the material prosperity Of The Star. 1t
mas HeVer-Strange to say of influential
washington w paper-made dollar through
lts editorial page. 1t has never sold its
support or It's opposition. 1t has never
sold lts powerful influence in any manner
olfect or the reverse. Yet its daily profits
are a years income of many who indulge in
some OF the luXuries of life Its new pub
ncation office. costing nigh unto a round
million dollars, is the finest private build
ing IN ashlngton. And IN every way that
right and clean