Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-10
MILLS EDITS PAPER
ON FELLOWSHIP PLAN
"WHAT is LOVING THING TO
D0?" ITS MOTTO
Prominent Los Angeles Religious
Leader viii Soon Return from
Long National Lecture
Tour

Benjamin Fay Mills, who for three years
has been the minister of the Los Angeles Eel
lowship. will soon return to Los Angeles from
his national lecture tour, began last fall, with
new honors and titles In the eastern cities he
was received as 'the twentieth century pro-
phet of the religion of democracy" and In
many places where he lectured branches of the
Fellowship have been organized.
Mr.. Mills also distinguished himself as a
newspaper editor in Minneapolis by taking
charge of an evening paper there for one day
and making it a demonstration of his creed.
What Is the Loving Thing to Do?' Copies
Of this paper have just been received in Los
Angeles. and it is a novel edition These are
some of the features that distinguish it,
Scare head ON first page: 'Forsooth, Broth
ers, fellowship is heaven, and the lack of fell
owshp is hell fellowship is life and the lack
of fellowship is death; and the deeds that you
do upon the earth It is for fellowship's sake
that we do them therefore / bid you to not
dwell in hell. but in heaven upon earth. which
is part of heaven, and forsooth no foul part.
William Morris.
Special kilograms ON How to Promote
Greater Human Fellowship from William
Jennings Bryan, Governor John A. Johnson
Mary Baker Eddy, Gilbert Hubbard Washing
ton Gladden. Edwin Markham. Bishop Henry
C. Potter Harris B. Cooley, William e.
smythe, Prof Jerome H. Raymon Bolton Hall,
N. o. Nelson, Ella Wheeler WILCOX Charles
Edtora a Proposing that the cities of Min
neapolis and st. Paul be unitel to form one
Editorial advocating the presidential candi-
dacies of Bryan and La Toilette as matter Of
education to the American people.
Editorial complimenting two rival papers on
their merits and excellence
Signed editorials by each of the reporters,
telling what they most wanted to say.
News item Train dynamited by trampS
on Northern Pacific" introduced by the fol-
lowing paragraph. "An unsocal society
creates worthless men, voorhees, men create
tramps tramps create bitterness, bitterness
creates disaster.
Feature page. with illustrated articles on
Catholics Jews and the Salvation Army.
Ona page of sports instead of two. with
prize fights and horse races eliminated in
favor of baseball and tennis
story of the good works of Tooze Rogers,
a saloon keeper.
Every news item in the paper handled
from an optimistic standpoint. Very little
of the news Of the day was suppressed put
it's treatment was unique There was one
story about a razor duel over love affair.
II was headed mot the real thing. This
was a poor imitation of love-" story
ahout a Columbia graduate who had turned
burglar was headed Burglar with educa-
ton, needs still more. Columbia graduate
did not learn to respect property laws"
Mr. Mills proved to be an extremely ac-
tive and vigorous editor. During the week
in which he prepared to edit the paper he
gave thirteen lectures, and attended to other
business, but was at the newspaper onice
early and late getting the stan or reporters
in line for his method of handling the news
These are some of the rules he posted in his
office:
Write every story as II you were the man
in It,
Keep the world smiling and you will keep
1t sane and healthy.
Tell the truth. nothing but the truth. but
not always the whole truth
Don't worry, you viii have another chance
Mr.. Mills has been making tour through
the middle west III the interests Of greater