The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-10-02


ton INTO places of responsibility.
Yer more or less of risk is run
whenever the matter OF the space
writer is accepted for Publication, and
therefore. il should always be care
fully sifted and qaestioniasly eonsid-
cred. Even when such a supervision
Is given il. The clever cheat may get
IN his work, OF the laundering nov &c
outwlt the most eircumspeet Of read
ers. The strife for news. the struggle
for scoops as exclusive news is call-
ed becomes very great between ten
or dozen rival newspapers. and the
wonder is that taking account OF the
temptations of enc sort and another.
and the sesnty time allowed for judg-
msnt there is so much discrimination
and so little wrong.
OF malic Gus intent there is scarcely
any al all. And yet in some ways
the newspaper is coming 10 be feared
more than il i respected and loved.
a circumstance which ought TO set
conscientious and thoughtful journals
lists TO thinking why is il and how Is
IT, The scout system of space writ
ing is object enable. because both of
the latitude allowed the writer and
the liberties he gives himself and
takes with his subject mater, imagl-
nation piecing il out where the facts
run short, as witness the mammoth
fortunes come to the lowly and the
poor, the wondrous games OF chance
or cards on shipboard and at the re-
sorts; the romantic murders and queer
marriages n far-away places; the mis-
doing OF the rich and famous of other
lands; the idiosynerasies OF rayalty
and the eceentries of fash;on-any-
thing in short, which is not i'm danger
of denial and may be printed with i'm.
punity
The synidcaJes scatter this sort of
stun far and W de The Sunday edl-
tions abound with IT, For the most
part il is vap.d and harmless enough.
easily detected by the expert, and
sure. ultimately to walk the plank
But The spy system which seems 10 be
coming In vogue perhaps 10 take the
place of the scout SYSTEMS vile and
most abominable
There may be an audience for the
tittletattle OF the pantry and the buz-
zing of the back stairs. Many Of
those who figure in the newspapers as
members Of the smart set actually
furnish the salac GUS stories about
themselves. They are eager to see
their names in print. no matter how.
They live ON excitement and yearn
for notoriety. In Town Topics,
shrewd perveyor gave them at once
vehicle and an organ Bur nufortu-
nately he set fashion, which In turn
has bred generation OF vipers. and
As a consequence there is appearing
on the scene the social detective. who,
not content with fishing h ) or her live
lihood out Of the sewers that lead
from the abodes of the demimonde to
the ink-sheds of the yellow press, with
climbing porehes to burglarize scandal
Is gradually invading the privacy OF
the home life Of decent people and APP
lpropriating to his base uses the sac
red and forbidden.
The approach of this spy system is
yet tlmolous and stealthy. Ii has It's
Hexcuse in the vulgar recrudescence OF
the nouveanx riches. But at least a
Isegemen of the general public feels
1t and abhors it, and is more or less
afraid of it, and this involves q dis.
tinct lowering Of the e5imation ia
(which journalit AID jongaalisp
ought to be hts2
Every profession has B sh- st ers
and its quacks There are no more
of them in journalism than in law or
physic. But where they happen to
be. they are inevitably mora obvious
ami noxious Though like mosquitoes,
they come and 60. they are in perpet-
ual evidence. Albeit, incassant, they
/ are sloyenly workers Having nc
/ sense Of self respect. they cannot have
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