Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-14

citation held hcl.. recently WAS more d.
i.ctablc than the paper by Miss Rosa
Hudspcth. publisher of the Stuart. Mob.
Ledger. on The Woman %i,iitor'S Expert
encc." She won fame a year ago lay her
crusade against the bachelors of STUART
She concludes the woman editor IN I'll"
west is a failure and tells In ;hc following
entertaining marne why:
The Wonau Editors Experiences. wonlh,
if expanded. nil a volume as large AZ
Mark Twains "lnnocencc Abroad, and
the subject would be even mo'" amusing.
IL il wrr. touched up with tn wit and
humor OF !sr,, Hart" NJ Samuel clemens
As an employer of printers, II she is haZ-
ardous enough tn enter III" profession
without n protector. she Will mot things
thai will territN any Woman without a
heart fun OF y, braslNa sr.i. IN" martyr
spiri, of "A Fiji missionary AVID he power
of encasing herself in a sl"ll rs hard and
impcnetrabic as IN. shell of "A turtle.
The. problem of the ~.'riit.ri = IL" irs'
and the worst.
Th. hrs, knigh, Of tn" case was en-
plovcd s.X years ago by the editor nf tn"
Stuart Ledger. Tho FELLOW WAS a CON
tirmed .irinkcr and opium cater. who KEPT
his brawny arms spotted as II snake with
his copious infuslons Of the whit" drug
tina, cheers. He WAS fired in "A month.
The next printer Informed m" that "A
woman had neither the merry" nor Inc
physical endurance 10 run Il paper and go
tn. mechanical work. and before h" would
promise to do his hest fo, me. he said !
must >'Sn - contract To give him 81" yer
month. with permission to manns" the po-
litical end OF The paper. which privilege
was to empower him with authority 10
make all he could for himself In tn" bar
gain. He los, his Job one morning, mourn
fully prophccyine that the ledger editor
would be dead In less than SIX months. "r
be lansuishine In tn" bughouse AT Nor
folk.
autographed to MIR. Sei!.ck at ~. ON
AHA union to seu,i me a printer Tt" next
lay a tall young man with haids"m"
black eyes aud a fine manner caIn" IN anu
took his place Ia the composing room. ~"
Xas L skilled work man |+d-tert-+.4a..lII'
plished in the use OF the English language
AT the end OF the first week. went down
town Saturday evening and found u
crowd Of men and boys hootins In front
OF the saloon. The printer WAS ON his
head, his feet gyrating like an acrohats
Monday morning there was no v"stig" OF
his beautiful black orbs. Two ugly
cleaning slits imbcdded In swollen flesh
we're in their place. 1 paid no attention
but worked with him TIL noon. When he
quit work for dinner he asked: why
didn't you say anything about my "yes|
said l did not know anything was wrong
with his eyes. -! got drunk. got in u fight.
got licked.' he muttercd. III YOU Will Civ"
l. M ~ any ] VIII Hh' H'' rev -
making of a man in me" "a" was IN a
pitiful plight and told a story of inherited
thirst for liquor. ] said the repentant sim
ner would have a chance To return. The
next Saturday he Went down To the ga
loon and got glori"usly nun and sang a
song of his own composing. Al the end OF
each verse was the refrain: she turned
me down. I'm in despair. oh lady Of th.
golden hair Men morning he WAS fired
What shall I do" hr asked. n have no
money. How can ! get To omaha?
Walk" said. ..You will he sober by N,
lime you get there.
For a week all main street sn.ck' red a.
walked about for news. School boy:
yiggled and sang. "Oh. lady. with thu
golden hair The old lad IS near by me
AT a certain honse on main street an,
nightly discussed the subject of the Ledge
printers. In the face. of surmises an,
stories circulated by the gossips. the rud,
jokes of customers. and the fear of gettin,
IA new specimen of the drink trade. III
was anything but II paR- OF sparkling wi
and hunor.
next advertised for a printer. "A marie,
man. and soon employed a man with
wife and two children. Everything wen
we'll for a few weeks. when his wifi. cam
In one morning ard told m. she would no
let her husband stay in the office any long
err. Why" asked But knew withou
asking. Some Of tn" blamed gossips hay
been after her or rather after You" sal
The printer looking ashamed | could no
reason with the little Woman. wh" com
PEELED her husband t. resign ind accept
position in am office owned bv one Of tn
genuine lords OF creation
tried to get along for a While with tn
help of school boys
one day got "A telephone message fror
"A man who wanted a position in the "ftic.
can YOU keep sober asked. The ma
spoke out brav"lN: ~ am AN America
ritiz.r. madam. and res,rv" the RICH, I
10 AS please, ma,am. stand on bot
feet and drinh Whenever am thirsty
"a" said he Was in great straits with a sic
wife and no money told HIM To rom
down adding under my breath. drunk q
>pb"r) and see what h.. could do.
fh' new man had A head Xix. McKi:
''N's and a very striking bass voice. II
lid not appear TO take much interest j
niS work. He KEEP a copy of ShAk.spcsi
IN the case in from, of linn one day
am" N and :ouni him rehearsins Haml.
IN the most tragic manner. Ne was dom
t we'll. this genius in patches. and I aske
him why he WAS setting typ. In II cot!ntr
Office. ii. explained ma, he was ma,
ager ~ a western theatrical troupe tina
had got stranded in Wyoming. He ha
been a printer before entering tn" histr
enic art. II. said H.. would he generor
10 me ana hol,, m" out, hui hc wanted I
use my OUTFIT for advertising his trou
which he expected To soon get togoths
again. Not long after. cam. IN an
found him standing IN a dramatic fashio
with a revolver pointed AZ his vii. = hea'
The woman WAS so terrified that | coul
not hel.-sc she WAS acting What Is It
asked. is i, a play or IL it rpal?" n
man turned the revolver aEains; his ow
tempt" yelling: III blow my brains out
is II a play. or IS i real" shr,-ked.
BLOW yer brains out cried his VIII,
You dog. you hay. dragged IN" All ov.
the west and starved and beaten me.
you'll kill yerself III 90 home To IN
mother" Then she rushed TO ma begin