The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23
Heart Heart Talks
BY THE CYNiC.

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Oh, yes, [ know something about the
newspaper business Reasonably pleas
ant, thank you. 1t is. a strenuous life
a life that a Iaggard will not care to
lead. The strain is continuous; the
grinding presses must be fed with brains
although the life blood goes with them.
Many amusing things occur? yes The
newspaper writer being a sort of public
character, everyone who reads grows to
have a personal interest in you. He is
either consumed with a desire to correct
your many faults or slobbers over you,
hoping to be appreciated some time.
Every man or woman knows just how
newspaper should be run, and will offer
advice and never send in a bill for it
either When they conf1ne themselves to
advice merely, they do not rise above
the position of the common bore but
when they rise in their wrath as you
happen to step on their tender corns or
the corns of an intimate friend, then the
full force of the comical side of your
calling strikes you. The average human
being is very self-centered Whatever he
does or thinks, he is sure is done and
thought by everyone else When Mr.
Jones becomes offended by something he
reads in a paper, it may be politics, re-
ligion or philosophy he stops his paper
and expects that everyone else will do
the same. He soon finds that he is about
the only empty can in that alley and
after a week or so orders the paper
again. But the human family averages
UP pretty well. What one man does not
like, another Will. This great public is a
harp of a million strings and the news
paper man is supposed to be able to
bring them all into accord He is usually
a genius, but some things are beyond
him.
Speaking Of newspapers, have you not
all noticed the great business man who
is so rushed for time, that in order to
secure a glimpse of the papers he must
take them to the dining room with him
to read while waiting for his order?
He has but a few minutes, and while
boiling his meal he props up the paper
against a piece of table furniture and
studies the stock market.
This reading at meals is an evidence of
great business pressure. so the dude who
never assumed a business care nor ear ned
a cent in his life; the dude who never
never had anything to do but to kill tin17,
s&unters into the dining room 1ate-with
a paper, no matter what cate, Sc ats him
self where the occupants Of the room can
| best see him. and pretends to read.
When the waiter comes with his order he
props his paper up in the most approved
fashion and gazes at it, while masticat-
ing his food. whenever he things some
one is looking his way. He is making
an impression. Do you think this Is
overdrawn? Not a bit. Watch the men
Cor women) who do this thing and you
will find that nine out of every ten are
Rowling fakes 1t is one of the devices
of the shallow mind to plume itself
Why should any man Cor woman, for
that NATTER attempt to appear to be
what he is not? Is it the internal salts
faction of knowing that the people are
being humbugged that induces so many
persons to assume attributes that do not
belong to them? Not many years ago I
had occasion to seek an interview with
man who had been fortunate enough to
accumulate considerable wealth during a
real estate boom. WHAT he got came to
him by reason of the force of circum-
stances-he could not help it, and did not
contribute to the result. This man had
secured fine suite of offices with an in
ner room and an outward lobby, where
a clerk was stationed to guard the sane
tum from intruders. I entered the lobby
and asked for Mr.. B. The clerk took my
card and disappeared, returning he in
formed me that Mr.. B. was very busy,
but if [ would take seat and wait few
minutes Mr. B:SBould see me. Surprising
the fellow had some one with him,
waited half hour, when I was notified
that 1 might enter the holy of holes To
my establishment I found Mr.. b. alone
with his feet on his desk and with no evil
dence of having done any business for
at least week This fellow had kept
me waiting to impress me with his i'm
portance as business man rushed with
business. He has teen compelled to walt
himself some time. and wanted to see
how it felt to be on the inside, even if
he had to sit and wait alone
There is but one aristocracy worthy Of
emulation and that is the aristocracy
of brains. Wealth may plume itself with
the finery of art, birth may strut in the
inherited garments of it's ancestors, but
both wealth and birth feel humbled in
the presence of men On whom nature
has bestowed superior intellectual en-
dowments; men of action-men who ac-
complish the worlds deeds-men who
build the railroads and the ships, who
lead the armies and control the nayies,
who build the cities, who write the great
books, VINO compose the great songs, who
make and interpret the laws, who UNI