The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-20

in great ones,, seeking the bubble repu- tation esen at the barrels bung, and, along with 1t, the wherewithal to pay | fo. the dance. There is the housing man | of letters who has drunk not deep of the | Pierean Spring. quite top-heavy with his | critical, fade, hls fanciedr originality, his | spites and envies rattlink around fin bor- | rowed plur1aGe and playing hide-and-seeix | through few half-vacauti chambers chiefly furnished with stolen goods And then--ietr iiA confess dt- there is the nous ing journalist, whose .waFesy are mostly second-kand,- who imports shis wit and manufactures his news. affecting loves thunder in the turn-tufa of 2 finger bowl i1scase he happens to be acquainted with that homely utensil. The antithesis to these several discreditabIe, though not al-
 ways disreputable persons. are the public
 man of integrity and judgment. who, is
 not afraid to do right: the literary man. ! wfo possessed of some knowledge of the twcrld of life and thought as well as of
 books is not 50 cocksure of himself and
 his opinions, nor so free with his resent ! fnents; and the newspaper writer, who can | give and take without brutality, or mall
 ice. and who no matter how belhcose, brings to the combat clean hands and a little accuracy both of information and | statement.
 l In making this brief resume hope that | no one of you will consider me needlessly | aggressive or personally offensive. " The History of Yeaterday.. ,...
 Primarily, the daily newspaper is the history of yesterday., If it should per" form this function simply having no oth- CT end in view its value to, the community
 would be priceless Intelligent readers, entrusted with the facts and unhindered by pressure, could read their own copclu-
 sions. But, as a rule, the, daily newspa-
 per accepts no. such limitation. It sets
 up for a teacher as well as historian. II would Influence" mould believe, is
 the word-public opinion: yet 1t as not all
 ways the public--too often 1t is some private--interest, which colors Us narra- , tive and shapes it's oracles, hitting the one
 into the other without that sense of az courtahiIity 10 God and Truth which ought to lie at the bottom of every man s
 heart and which does lie at the bottom | of every good mans heart. We read now and again that So-and-So takes himself too seriously" as If levity were a. merit. whilst, pursuing the like whimsical con ceit. that which is. merely pert Is too often mistaken for wit.
 The Editorial Page Is valuable in the degree that 1t aids the readers to digest ! the news. It should either be reformed 1 Or abandoned. Under certain speil , which has crept upon the modern news naner 1t is becoming, if it has not already s become. a rather useless. appendage-not l even ornamental-reminding one Of those 5 clusters of artifcial flowers which at the s rncre uretentious railway eating houses 0 are supposed to decorate the tables and
 t0 deceive the wayfarer. Yet ought tpe e Editorial Page after the exhilaraton-tne . distractions and excitements-of the news = pages. to be as 0 raised dais in the cen. . | a = charm; an elevation from which to sur g yey the passing show. having its ight'
 adjusted the better to set forth this pass r lne show, and it ready chorus. to- explalr e it.
 e Disinterestedness being the Soul. GoqC d Humor is the Solar System of the Eoi y tor1al Page, which should be held suo3ec 7, to these precepts:
 Write of a man nothing you would no
 say to his face. and might not say Il e tho hearing of decent people.
 Ls Avoid equally intimation and ntlIni dation, making no suggestion you AT
 not prepared to reduce to assertion an to sustain with proof.
 st The leading article.' being the ra st tionale of the most important and ID
 teresting piece of the days news. shoul
 have a beginning, a middle and an end y should be concise and incisiye; seekin rs to assist the reader in his effort to com ll prehend the situation
 te should Hit Above the Belt. In Satire should keeps within the bound l- of the probable; wit under the restraint ,T of sense; and even invective-shorn
 adjective and adverb, and stripped B. the waist-should strike out from tf i- shoulder to hit only above the belt. rn The pert paragraph should be allowe ne to die a natural death. No flowers. he The editorial page thus conceived an ve executed, thus inspired and partitione
 could not fail to impress itself upon tf n. thought of the time, at once a pow ha and a feature, an arm of the servi'
 and a commercial asset.
 ve Under the rule of a supervision whol re adequate 1t would soon rival the Nev
 Departments in point of popular co lis sideration and interest. One single ed in torial embodying the qualities outline on and appearing each day of the yea an would come to be sought by intellige