The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-20

unnatural that they overwhelm one with
disgust and nausea.
To children and the oi-polloi of society
they may afford some amusement-f1eef-
ing and transitory-but leave no Statutory
impression ito improve a moral or adorn
tale" Stories and poetical illusions
should be RELOCATED to the weeklies. With
us, 'tempus fugit' is recognized fact,
and we live up to 1t. In Europe and other
effete principalities, there Is a longevity
tackled on to the tempus unsuitable to
this climate.
Local matters, and those Of Importance
occurring throughout the states, with
| such foreign news that are requisite for
the information of the republic, para
graphing is an essential feature that al
ways commands attention. Head lines are
the best sources of economic information
and should be INDUCED in on every i'm
portant occasion.
Articles on the breed OF ostriches; de-
sultory accounts of bull fights; trips to
Venice or Vallambrosa by every return
ed voyageur: descriptive scenes known
to almost every one should be ruthlessly
avoided.
The waste of paper recording these
frivolous exploits is fearful and l venture
to affirm that not fifty in every thou
sand bestows on them a glance.
their papers bound and treasured as they
would an important heirloom. Now, hum
dreds of thousands of reams are daily
converted-within a week OF their plrths
Into the pulp Of extinction, not to speak
of the thousands unsold.
whv then indulge In this useless ex-
penditure through the issue OF these
mammoth sheets which only beneht the
paper mills and leave no lasting memo
RES 10 the community at large, In the
wav of either instruction or Information
behind them? They arc difficult to ham
die, and confuse and torture more than
they entertain.
Having thus far arrived at my idea of
running a metropolitan daily l wish TO
! srpplement a suggestion which neither
YOU nor any one else nor any paper or
far seeing Yankee with the inventive
genius of an Edison has attempted 70
place before the public.
Are YOU aware that in the United States.
Canada, Australia and throughout the
British colonial possessions there are up
wards of two hundred millions oil Engiisn
speaking people?
How many millions are there who read
newspapers?
How many of these are above forty
years of age when the sight is beginning
to fail?
How many OF these are near-sighted?
How many old people above sixty, who
are obliged to give up reading books or
newspapers on account OF the small type,
from minion to nonpareil, that places
an impenetrable barrier before them?
To remedy this, the exclusion OF I'M
readable matter, judicious curtailments'
and the boiling down process vigorously
adopted. would permit OF the use OF Bour-
geois without any additional outlay in the
way OF paper-and as a distinguishing
mark for the noblesse oblige, the leaders
might be set in long primer.
1t strikes me that a paper got UP I'm
this manner would have an unlimited
sale, and be accepted by all as a reform
long needed and greatly wanted
The short-sighted policy of book pub
.ishers would be awakened to this glaring
defect, and IL larger type we're adopted,
their greater sales would more than COM
pensate for any additional paper required.
A Harmsworth to the rescue! Yours
truly.
John Mclaughlin.
Savannah. Ga. Jan. z, 1901.