The log cabin Democrat., 1909-11-30
MR.. PETERS
DECOURAGIlNG
FAILURE
BY MAX ADELER

? ANEAu 10 10 u iOl int = tsuo do q
| reporter he came in early in the
evening and wrote the following item:
John Wilson was kicked by mule
yesterday on Passyunk avenue"
When Peters handed the item to the
editor, that individual said.
Peters. that is too short It is not
full eaoGgn. You must expand it a
little"
So Peters set down and rewrote it
as follows
Yesterday, at half-past 70 O'Clock. a
man named John Wilson. while walk
ing along Passyunk avenue, near Gin
ton street. was kicked in the side by
vicious mule, and badly hurt"
Peters said the editor as he
looked this over, this won't do; it is
not sufficiently vivid What you want
in an item is a picturesque quality;
you need the element Of Imagination
You must poetic YOU: items, as it
We're | think l will pay you ly the
column, SO as to incite you to effort in
the proper direction"
You want it poetized, do you?'
asked Peters.
Yes; work it up with an eye to
dramatic effect"
AN right" said Peters, TN put it
through in the proper style"
So Peters went back to his desk.
and an hodr or two later he had pro
duced an item something like this:
Yesterday tah, yesterday, an
other day added to the rolling tide of
years that sweeps backward into the
mournlul past bearing with it bur
den of human sorrowD an American
citizen proud title, Prouder than
the glitterine baubles of rank be
slowed upon their creatures by pitt
less dcspots; a title that our revolu-
ticnary forefathcrs bore covered with
halo OF glory) named whats in a
name) John Ga name borne by some
of the greatest men that ever liVcdj
Wilson, was walking (and no better
physical exercise has ever been dis
covered. 1t develops every muscle,
and gives all the organs OF the body
free and active play down CHAT Is to
say southeast. with a slight inclina-
ton to the southwark PassyWh av-
enue (so-called because the Indians
gave the title OF Passyunk to the
creek that eTst meandPred through
that regiCn). It was about 1--WE are
not positive as to the very minutc)
half-past twelve o'clock thigh nOOul.
the glorious sun was looming through
1p1actia1 pf 40
rate of millions a mile second Chat
is, apparently looming, for the as
tronomers tell us that the earth moves
and not the SUM, and shining mean
time upon a scene of more than love
lincss. A male tan animal well
known to the early Egyptians. and
traces OF which are found uron Baby
louian bricks) stood at the corner Of
Clinton street calmly (the mule is al.
ways calm. Where, where on earth is
there spirit more impertubad and
less eXctable than his?) eating with
apparent relish, tool sore tr.Ihaps
dozen pounds of hay Ctimo'hty, we
were informedl from the tai}eud of
a wagon 1t was a Jersey wa -on,
without springs, and with yellow
WneelS, MI "IlS"'l' caS'iuE Jus eye
'nS"Ia "'el9 casting IT, oi ''.''s'--h"'
.!''l"i'Y over Tue l."i'ie oi Tue pa
ticnt animal, observed a burr {such as
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''c, PtuiuS'"n' upon tn' IAN "l the
ll"'e' ne l''l p'''.''I''i'ople IhpuiSe
,NHo"n o"iS 10 'uo heai'S Oh lhe ullS
humane L" remove 'ne tai'"i'+ilk
.'"' "oiu Il u'I'Nr" '.oiil i"n''i"S,
10, "i'''h sec any c'"SS''aI u'rt'on"fE )
substance )" as 10 MAKE ."e mum,
more '"iilioI '"p'e, re S'i@eo Ope t"Il
WIN. ms iPll Hanu TN we are correct
~ iiiuIiI'n' anu LOOK no'o u. the
o''r' II S'ucN, ""u 1t Is Supl'USeu 'lia'
III P"'I'Hs IL ne must nave nurl .ne
i"ule' 10, 'l'e iau!' Suou'n'! I@' u'''t
Ml'" ro'h I'e' 'H'nu iee'' ana STRUCK
Nlr' wilson somewhere III 'he ''''l''y
o.. .ne nun ii', I'''eIeuVe 10 l." Fopu
PN'"'e VI d 'hVi''Un WIN '""''' ''iS
Teauer 10 loca'e ''' 'NaeI spot
WINE tl'e mum reSuii''u wit" 'n "P
Pear"nee ., ,nu'"eI'i'', MS i,usu' re-
and his spirit wandered in the realms
OF Inconsistencies He chat is, Mr..
Wilson not the mulo) was"