Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-10-16
CHURCHES and newspapers.

One notable feature of the present
campaign for the Honolulu Y. NJ. q.
A. building is the free use the cam
paigners are making of the columns
of the press in order to bring about
a United Honolulu and a great num-
Der of ready givers. II is also to
the credit of the workers that they
are seeing to 1t that their news mat
ter Is put In good form for quick
handling by busy newspaper work.
ers.
This is good business, and while
the men of the churches. who make
diverse and sundry demands on the
newspapers - and sometimes tele-
phone locals to take up time ana
space and are to be inserted for 1.-The
goo dof the cause" - are taking no.
tice, we take this opportunity of
calling to their attention some truths
about newspapers uttered by Rev.
Charles Scadding, Protestant Episco-
pal Bishop Of Oregon.
As a further Introductory note we
would suggest to many good people
that they are putting the good ma
ture and high moral character OF
newspaper editors and reporters to
the supreme test when they call up
the editors and reporters by tele-
phone, ask them to put In this To-
CAL" as they really haven't the
time to write IL" themselves, land
would you be so good as to -remem-
Der and put 1t in tomorrow"
They ought to know, II they
don't. that they are imposing on the
time Of the reporter and property
of the newspaper, which, II kind
enough to give the free notice.
should not in all decency be called
upon to also do all the work at
tached to creating and bringing 1t
forth.
Bishop Scadding had especial ref
erence to ministers, and while we
of course have none of the exagger-
ated types-Honolulu never has ex-
aggerated types of anything - to
which 1t refers, 1t may do some peo-
pie a great amount OF good to peruse
what he has to say:
Bishop Scadding intimated while
speaking on the topic THE Secular
Press as a Missionary Agency" that
the average minister does not know
news. Frequently an item Of vital
Importance is concealed in a mass
OF matter otherwise of not the least
interest to the reader.
III you could hear the righteous
indignation and the unrighteous
abuse, and. I fear, profanity, created
In newspaper Offices OF Friday after
moons, when all hands are called to
fix up the church notices for publi-
cation, there would be instant reform
In this direction. l am told that
week after week and year after year
there are poured into the newspaper
Offices these carelessly written no
tices, almost In undesipherable
chirography, with no regard for the
style OF the paper for which they
are written, frequently written on
odds and ends of paper, and often on
both sides, and thrown together in
a haphazard sort of way.
THE task of preparing several
hundred notices has become the most
detested work in the newspaper Of
fees, and every Friday our civilizing
influence ON the working staff is in
large measure undone. 1t is only
due to the newspapers that we be
courteous, even in this small matter,
and take pains to secure uniformity
and cleanliness and present we'll
dressed and carefully prepared copy.
In preparing matter for the press
you should observe newspaper rules
of composition. Tell your story In
the firss three lines-three words
are better - and elaborate after
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