The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-27
The Real Society
Editor.

newspaper has become a fixture In re-
Spouse to a demand that can not be
denied. The women who manage with
skill and enterprise the various en-
tertainments which serve to brighten
the intercourse of friends and accent
uate the culture Of communities must
have recognition and newspaper man
agements have without exception in
stalled completely equipped society de-
partments for properly noting the
movements of society people and de-
scribing the functions" which pertain
to social activity.
1t need not be doubted that the So
ciety editor of a great paper must be
panopiled with tact, a familiarity with
the conventions of society and a sense
of proportion that will enable her to
accurately appraise every item for its
strict social worth. Those who have
had experience in the conduct of this
kind of a paper will also agree that
in addition to tact, judgment, ac-
quaintance, good nature and industry,
a fine order of literary ability, includ-
ing rare descriptive powers, is a sine
qua non of the truly successful So
ciety editor. This latter is probably
the real test which determines whether
the society editor must be classed
mediocre or genius.
A writer in an editorial department
would be bold indeed, to undertake
to say just what is first class society
stuff" but he may safely worship at
the feet of genius whether that genius
be poet, the inventor of patent
churn, or an attache of society col
umn, and for this reason, rather than
with purpose to intimate that the
average society editor lacks nerve to
do justice to her tasks, We here pay
our tribute to the flaming genius Of
the society editor of the Wilson IN.
c.. Times. who really knows how to
record function" as the following
shows:
The elegant home of that spark
ling little jewel, Miss Elsie MORE,
who is as pretty as a picture and
as bright as an icicle and as pure
as dew drop and as sweet as
flower, was a sparkling scene of
radiant loveliness last night, for
this beautiful little maiden and
her handsome and magnificently
formed sister had invited num-
Der of their friends to assemble
in honor of the beautiful and
bewitching Miss Media Taylor and
the charming and fascinating
Miss Rosalie Setter, who are onw
dispensing their charms and
witcheries in Wilson, and making
so many hearts drunk with the
inebriating potations of their in
toxicating graces.
This riotous revel in adjectives, It
seems to us, not only extols the beau
ty of the Tarheel bellies, but it gives
us ample reason to believe that the
English language is not nearly so de-
ficient in beauty and grace as some
people would have us believe. Per-
sonally, we have been to Wilson and
know that this exuberant poet has
not overdrawn the matter a little bit.
1T struck us the same way in the
misty long ago, but any attempt upon
our part to translate rapturea into
words would have been futile. Here is
some more:
AS said above, it was brilliant
scene of joyous festivity, for the
lovely faces of our glorious little
maidens were as radiant as the
pure and stainless gleamings of a
crystal rubbed over in the glitter
ing polish of shimmering sun
beams, and FURNISHED with the
dazzling strikes of quivering
lightning. And as these merry
maidens, with sparkling eyes and
beaming faces and musical laugh
ter, moved to and fro like SYM
phonies' of grace, they poured into
that chanell of enjoyment a stream
of silver light, and tinted each
ripple in that joyous current with
a sunbeam of brightest cheer.
OF course, of course; the "glittering
polish of shimmering sunbeams bur-
nished with the dazzling strokes Of
quivering lightning" Think about the
sapolio and the gold dust twins sort
of polishing and Furnishing that the
average society editor does and COM
pare it with this. And then think Of
this inspiring climax:
And we fancy that as our hand
some and gallant young lads look
ed down into the radiant deeps of
such sparkling eyes-eyes whose
faintest glimmer would make the
glistening skies of blooming mid
night pale with every turn and no
more let their feeble torches burn
yea, we fancy that these young
boys felt that Cupid had come to
their hearts on mission as sweet
as odors come when vernal breez-
es and passionate sunbeams WOO
and kiss the budding flowers and
make them breathe the fragrance
of springtime's richest bowers.
A cloudburst of molasses, as it were.
Submerged by tidal wave of inefable
sweetness. There are society editors
and society editors, but North Carolina
glorious old commonwealth-has the
pluribus unum ne plus ultra society
editor and to her we doff our hat.
Gov. Hughes on Child Labor.
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