The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-01
STAGE JOURNALISM
IN ANE COURSE
1.-THE Girl and the DetechDe, Wefdy Wonderful Dramatic
Jolt Depicting Newspaper Life, in Which Moulding
of Public Opinion Gets Worst of It.

probably meet with some fatal accident
during his first nights employment on
a newspaper in real life, he is regard
ed in the Wire Office with easy toler-
anee.
Then the big story of the night
breaks. The grizzled police reporter
comes in and tells his chief that De-
tective Haggerty is out on something.
The police reporter doesn't know just
what Haggerty is out on, but Haggerty
is the star of the bureau, so, naturally,
if he is out on anything, it means that
a mighty big story is rafting loose
around somewhere. The real news
paper fireworks begin to go up. Tele-
phone and telegraph wires are kept
singing in an effort to locate this
elusive yarn. Judson gets a tip hat
Lord Valmont has been murdered, and
after that, of course, it is merely a
question of getting the details. And
right here it might be well to point out
a novel feature of the Wire manage
ment which would save every news
paper money The telegraph %instru-
ments are in booths adjoining the tele-
phone booths. Any member of the staff
would go into these booths. get a story
off the wire with as much ease and
surety as though they were taking 1t
over the telephone, and bring it to the
city desk. 1t can easily be seen hat if
every member OF the staff, including
1.-The office boy, is a telegrapher there is
no need for regular operators.
Tanner, the star reporter, comes in.
He has had an interview with Lady
Valmont, but did not stay for the muir
| dor Hn seams RI havo q ION cnpaa.
thing which disagreed with him and
cannot be persuaded to do anything.
For a long time it has been within half
an hou of edition time, but Tanner
is not a~ssassinated but permitted to
sit idle at his desk. His heavy work
is to come in the later acts,
Little Tykie. a girl who nearly saw
the murder and who has been wiring
the Wire office frantically, comes
dashing In to tell her story. Everyone
in the audience feels that press time
must be at hand, but Tanner is not
hurried. That is probably one of his
secrets of success. Early in the eve-
ming when he has plenty of time he
drives himself and his men so that
when a big story comes in a few min
utes before press time they can take
lilclT L1HlG DIT IL. NO Ol6 nuITleS IyklG
n she tells a lot of irrelevant things
before she begins her actual narrative.
Judson, smoking a cigar, sits near by
In evident enjoyment, unmindful of
that impending whirr of the presses,
which must now be overdue. AS the
girl tells her story reporters standing
about the room take it down, using
boards as temporary paper rests.
Every one in the Wire office seems
to prefer writing that way to the more
conventional plan of sitting at desks.
As they write the reporters send their
copy upstairs to the composing-room,
where the several stories are doubtless
dovetailed into one thrilling narrative
by the foreman or one of his assist
ants.
Tykie finally makes an end to her
story. While the audience feels GER
tain that all of the other morning
papers must be on the street, Judson
and his men are confident that there
is still plenty of time.
AS the curtain falls those out in front
who had had any newspaper experience
felt a genuine thrill of regret thai they
are not to get an opportunity to read
the Wire.
If it is permissible the suggestion
might be made to Mr.. Blaney that he
have copies of the Wire ready for
distribution when the curtain falls on
the first act. Everyone who has seen
it in the making is burning with
curiosity to know what the Wire
looks like.