The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-04-21
I'm "l'1ls
Novelized by
FREDERICK
r. TOOMBS
From the Great Play
of the Same Name
by Joseph Medill
Patterson and Har-
riet Ford. ~ ~
COPYRIGHT. 1909. BY JOSEPH
MEDlLL PATTERSON AND
HARRIET FORD.


uninitiated observer The makeup"
men cluster around the cumbersome
tables or stones on which the forms
are made mp. lifting In the metal lines
of type here. making corrections or
shifting cuts there and locking the
forms to be shunted into the stereotype
room. where the paper matrices will
be made. When the matrix Is placed
in the casting box the molten stereo-
type metal is poured in. and within
very few minutes the cylindrical
plates. hardened quickly in the cast
| ing box by the pouring Of cold water
| into the jacket. are locked on the cyl
inders Of the gigantic duodecuple
press and ready to whirl OF over 100
copies Of paper per second. all print
ed. pasted. folded and counted.
Midnight In the Offices Of the Ad-
vance on the night that Judge Bartel-
my's photograph was taken with $l0.-
| 600 of bride money in his hands found
the stan Of the paper In all depart
ments working as probably they had
never worked before. except ON cleo
ton night. The story required con-
siderable time for preparation. The
| notes Of Howard and Jeff. the two re-
porters who recorded the conversation
Of Brand and BarteImy. had to be
translated from shorthand into Eng
lish. Then an introduction and
head bad to De written. and the art
department had to break all previous
records In turning out a cut made
from the photograph resulting from
the fiashight.
In the composing room men were
working like galley slaves to get the
4 great Barfelmy exposure story into
type aud, into the forms. The CONF
posing room IN the Advance building
was double decker. e.. a second
story had heen built In the rear part
Of the room "a accommodate the proof
readers. This second story WIS really
but half story. extending out over
portion of rhe composing rom. and
the walls were partitions. the Iowei
half OF wood and the upper half OF
glass windows
ON the lower door the linotype ma
chimes were set In rows. A steam table
doomed on one side. On another table
: an ironbound one. rested the gaIleys
2 containing matter for the nights edi
! ton OF the paper. At the extreme lefl
/. OF the room a wooden partition shu
!, on the sma. Office that the managin;
editor used I night when he superin
. tended the makeup proceedings.
I door opened into this small room from
+. the outer Lall. close TO d door open
ing from the ball into the composing
!. room itself. At the opposite end o
. the compartment a door opened int
the composing room. In his small IN
closure Brand. the managing editor
had a desk and telephone Adjoin
ing the partition. which shut him OF
from the composing room and on fh
outside OF II. was desk used by tn
copy cutters. who cut the pages o
manuscript they had been past
ed together takes" A take
one Of the sections Into whirh \ sfor.
II cut. 80 that several composIfors cal
work on different parts of the sam
story simultaneously. resulting 10 fb
saving Of considerable time In settinl
Il mp.
The typesetting machines clicked o.
rapidly the words. sentences anc pars
graphs Of the Barteimy beat" an
the other stories which had TO
crowded Into the mail edition. Bran
was ia his little rom az the rigb
reading the proof Of the intrvductio
of the account 81 the accusation OF "a
United States judge. which inirodu'
lion be had chosen TO write Himself
McfIenry. the deposed managing =
Itvr aud now Frauds assistant. was :
The forms with the makeup men.
A bog rushed 10 with cut for III
Henry. The busy editor squintrd !
v. II aud waved the boy 10 one side.
il why do they send us this baied ha
n. when we've got live oney' be sal
di-gistedly.
lis Downs came IN from the city room.
pt THAT Clinton street nre II gettif
better every minute" be said 10 u
Henry. I'VE ought 10 have at lea
four columns on IL"
McIIenry glared at the speaker.
= ARE sou crazy. mani be exclaime
- "fjo yag think we use rubber typ
Il ,ou'Il have to Keep Il ~ three"
- Downs was dissatisfied
=. .All right. This shop Is going 10 y
~ d. hs answered. shaking bis hei
:, negatively. lie went out OF the COZ
y. posing room.
- AIcIleury went over to one OF .
y, makeup STONES.
=" "where are the cuts for the Chical
and Bryan jump headsi ! can't o.
" them anywhere be asked.
~ Here they are" answered one
~ tile makeup men.
:. IAN right They 20 there" lie poi'
y I'd 20 a space In one Of the forms
~ boy handed him another cut. y
- Henry held u up 60 the light and y
80 rls4I lntD i.raDds office with y.