The Washington times., 1908-12-05
At the Uniform Pr
To the Readers of The Washington Times:


There is no sane argument against doing thing be-
is not being done, because has been
done. The fact that there is now no Sunday evening
newspaper in America does not weigh heavily against the
idea. If there are any reasons why should not
have Sunday evening newspaper they VITAL
VenOnal Convention is often accepted as reason but
there is no reason IN it. 1t is mere usage habit and this
habit is sometimes well founded and sometimes not.
The Sunday morning newspaper is an accepted fact.
It no longer question of discussion 1t is as conven-
tiOnal a thing any weekday morning paper 1t has
cryStazed into necessity all daily papers have. To
it would be impossible. If the Sunday morn
ing newspaper why the Sunday evening newspaper?
What the facts in the NATTER and what is the logic in
the matter?
Primarily the Sunday morning newspaper is
NEWSPAPER, and though it is mainly feature peri
odica nduging in all kinds of journalistic stunts is
the idea that gave it its place. that made possible;
and is the news feature, the newspaper of it, that makes
it necessity today.
IT. then, the Sunday morning newspaper is a neCes-
Siy because of its news and it certainly neces-
siy for any other reason why shouldn't the demand for
news be as keen and deep with Sunday evening
as Sunday morning or or any other evening of the
week? And the weekday evening newspaper is N quite
keen demand as the morning iSSue-haS become quite
as much thing of necessity the morning newspaper
We are living in a period when things are moving
with great rapdiy 1t the age express trains of the
telephone the telegraph and the flying machine Things
are happening and happening fast We must keep up
with them as they come off, they not worth
while News that once lived for week or q month
lives for ten minutes ten hours and it is stale and out of
date. The past is finished Ii history good enough as
suggestive guide the uture-tO the OutWOTking of
things-but a nOurshing stimulating mental diet
of the instant Fresh news fresh action another of
the kaeidOscope-to be in the things coming off, to be
factor in bringing them of-this is what grips us.
In this spirit there is life, development achievement
1t is the dramatic expression of dramatic racea race
that does things, and DOES THEM NOW.
And the daily paper with its numberess editions
coming red hot from the press keeps us up work
and adds new sweep to fancies and new vigor to
our energies.
The daily paper is a humanized camera that re-
cords and and thoughts and expressions and
hands the world the prints herefrom almost nsta
taneously
Living in such world when one bit of news is thun-
deTng in hot upon the heels OF another why should
have lapse of thirty hours without one word in this pub
lie news service? And thirty hours interval is about
what you get without Sunday afternoon newspaper as
the Sunday morning issues 60 to press about midnight
on Saturday night By the time your Monday morning
newspaper reaches you thousand happenings have al
ready taken on the gravity of history and STALE AS
NEWS they are finished You want news when it is
news; when it is vibrant with the thrill of life
The Sunday Evening Times will be newspaper in
the suCest sense of the word-not feature paper not
magazine 1t will be like our regular weekday issues
With the exception of the difficulties in gathering
the news there but one thing that can be urged against
a Sunday evening paper, and that is the fact that we
haven't been in the habit of having it, And logically there
is no force in reason of this kind.
As to the matter of gathering that to be sure
is something to reckon with but we are prepared to
reckon with it, We know what it means in cost and eff