The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-07

of these editors often gives a far more eloquent idea of what the paper contains than a glance at what Is printed in the paper. After the story has been "set up" that is, put in type, proof sheet is made of it and the managing editor reads the proof sheet with the same object in view. Thus, before the story reaches the reader it has been weighed and culled three times, first by the reporter, second by the city editor, and third by the managing ed itor. Small is the chance that any per- son, no matter of what age or belief, or moral character, shall be influenced for evil or be caused to err by any Age-Herald local news story that ever comes out in print.
 Now in trying to tell any person how to read this local news the assumption must be granted that the person in question is not interested Yin reading it and finds no enjoyment nor benefit from doing so. If he did, he would know already how to read news. Nobody will ever read news paper story unless that particular story has, some personal interest for him. Then the way to tell that man how to read and be benefited in so doing Is to tell him how to become interested.
 The way to become interested is to wake up.
 iou II iiht lo read d story written Dy the court reporter of trial in court, if you have read the story the police re- porter wrote when the prisoner was ar | rested. You'll like to read the story the police reporter wrote when the prisoner
 was arrested if you are interested In main- taining the laws of the commonwe ealth in- terested in the welfare of your neighbor and fellow townsmen and a believer in honesty and fair play.
 
 reporter writes if you know the man he is writing about and what effect the incl dents he'is relating may have on the state or the city or the politician or his foes and friends. You'll know the politician and what he stands for and what effect the story will have in various ways if you have read what the political reporter has been writing for the past few months. That's whipping the devil around the stump'-you'n like to read the paper if you know what you're reading about and you'll know what you're reading about if you read the paper. Therefore it is: The way to read the Age-Herald local news Is to get interested: the way to get inter- ested is to wake up; the way to wake up is to read the newspapers. Or, to put it rather oddly:
 The way to read The Age-Herald local
 news is read The Age-Herald local news <NAeei oiASo TUT STdIlteu IHdI you | like to read the newspapers and are in- terested in what 1t contains, the results will take care of themselves. What they
 will be would make a book, but some O,
 them might herely be mentioned as fol | lows:
 You'll know what your city stands for
 whether you are proud of it or not an6 l why; what 1t needs and what it should
 not have what in it is interesting not only
 to you but to your visitors and your ac- l quaintances in other cities. | You'll know what the men you voted fol
 are doing, what they are not doing whether you should vote for them agair
 and If not whom you should vote for | You'll know how to conduct your bus
 mess to a better advantage; what youi
 competitor is doing and what he is not
 doing.
 | You'll know what laws of your city and state are just and what ones are not You'll know where there is somebody in
 need, somebody who is hungry or some body who is in trouble and misfortune | You'll know-there are a lot of things you'll know, but above all you'll be alive The story next Sunday will be entitled.
 .1Iow to Read The -Herald-State News"