New-York tribune., 1906-08-05
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR AUGUST S. 1900

not be mere names OF symbol we'll
Tammany newspaper has .e friends - so-ss'e al
many by attribuung 70 the .ers Of rba. ~ II
tion faults which they have s4aa
Once when New York .o receive
princess TINS paper euito1. ~ described in adrs-
the clumsy manners and t.- booriSb - s-'-a
ment of the Irish America .ar "
see the incongruity of puttlr n = man y sal
Office it said. Everybodr IN tbs -, =, slea
a ridiculous scene. When .rincess a,. - e
Mayor quite equal % t.. eccasioD NJ z
dignihed, simple polite, IT, vitbon, -. ea
formal without restraint. II - words - -----
were just right, and OF corr The reac,;o- .'.o'-s
favor altogether 70 the cot of the - -
which called attention u I'LL. Gene TLa ,5aie
had his faults, his crimes. a- So have +5. '-,e
Tammany chiefs; but becau he editorial u1- o.-G
never see them, they are So -,Dresen,e5 .'''
fcially-as to dress manner spirit tb.,
ever they go among strane. iudqnent : -
"Tammany isn't so bad the corolIa-- -
IS that American papers liz
Shortcomings of Edi--.1 Writer,
rTHIS IS a trivial instance f IS tvrica1 ~
Il reporter can hit his man re it win hur, =
editorial writers seldom do K there's a cb..
for an able man TO make d -.,lre in iorr,ar
by reporting till he knows -v or the co.,
as he does his reference lifrar len IN prers-,..
for his editorials go about The men ba.-
at first hand their views and ming full Of f-sS
material to pass judgment false things ,b..
are said or editorial page vo not be said s-s
more important still, many t.ra things vorl5 =
said that would kill.
But reporting itself as q sers-4- trade is the h..
if a man goes about it aware , mutations and t
his own. In the course of the t-.t YEAR he viii rr
ably be tried nearly every t--oal branch Of news
getting from fires and crime ID politics fnan,.
and criticism. Editors want -..t men, II IS often
hard for beginners to get place. the city editor
has all the force he requires III IS what he saws
and it is usually true ~ ii, 4ue time the eiv
editor may be afraid he IS letting Slip chance 10
secure the kind of man that IS aIvavs in demand
He ism Z looking for a friend or trends friend bur
for an eve brain and style. Can YOU see for ffv
thousand readers Can YOU Understand all sorts Of
doings: Can YOU tell what you have seen so thai
the fifty thousand will see, hear smell and under
stand it: If YOU can, YOU may pick Your paper and
demand Your price. But nobody cares what You
think about anything, at least not now
An artist contributed a great deal 70 the benefit
and pleasure | got from journey over Europe once
by advising me to start out with a blank mind 10
have no prepOsseSsiOn of places or peoples and
no theories of art which would disturb the IN
pressionability of my senses. And remember wen
the shock had upon arrival n Venice TO fnd that
it stank and was dirty. l did not enjoy Venice til
went there a second time with nv a pri0ri notions
dead and my first impression fading Then took
in what came, and what came was beautiful The
advice IS the best that any reporter any artist any
spectator can have. There are no trivial assign
ments on a newspaper. The cub reporter gets the
worst, but he will probably hook back after year
or so and that he missed good stories because be
did not find what he was lOokiu1 fOr
Shouldn't Look for AnvtHind