The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-06-06
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SHORT BURROWS

Abe Martin IN the Indianapolis News.
Their hafnt nothin' folks like better
scent ther names in tn newspaper. No
matter whether Their rich er foor er
whether they live in Orange county,
Lyans, Kansas. err New York city, tn
sight o. ther name In print has tn
same irresistible fascination. Folks
want all III linelight They kin git these
days an over'buddy is mis- own press
agent. o. course some folks have pub
licity forced on 'em an others walk
right int tn newspaper Office an per-
sonally supervise tn thing.
NGNtN e inain' a mushroom iher
bniat notlin' thrills person like rend-
m piopg IN suddenly secih''tiier name
In cola type right before EN-. When
Hiram Jones picks up his paper an
reads that he has greatly improved tn
. appearance o. his home by erectln a
NEW stone hituhin' post he sort @
braces up an shayes am sets his hat
back an walks down own ~eXpcctin
cver'buddy he meets L say sornethin'
about 1t. lie feels just as great in his
siulp&a way as tn statesman that's
an mentioned as q dark hoes fer gov'nor.
# TIL feilcr thai says, 30 course, i
don't want 4 be mentioned in connec-
ton with anything you may print about
this" IN tn nos disappointed n
alive when he sees that he isn't. Some
fcllcrs pertend { Shun publicity cause
they think that IL they ACT like they
enjoy it thoy won't git none. Even
some boss thieves keep a scrap book
an most burglars take II mornin' paper.
In Iittl& towns nothin' worries q
woman Is much MS t. start on q visit
an not tind any newspaper reporter at
tn depot. Lots o. times she'll turn
back and postpone tn trip.
Tn race. 4 reach tn newspaper Of
flee with tn first roasting ear Is n
O. tn Ieadiu' outdoor sports In towns
an villages. Their haint no beJcweled
~pntontate O. tn Fiji islands that feels
his oats any more than tn Teller that
walks triumphantly int the editur's
Sauctum with a single twig beaTin' 40
fun blown peaches. He is absolutely
cock sure o gittin' a eight or 10-line
puff an after he gifts it you. see him
CVCr'Where D co. ".aEEH R#
II don't make no difference how
blamed homely 4 feller is II he gifts in
tn public eye he'll bust a blood YES
sci sittin' { tn newspapers with his
photograph.
N0thin' ages a editor like. accident.
ally leavin' some woman's name out
a a list O those present, He never
fully RECEIVERS from IT. Some folks git
too great t phone Il newspaper er go
t tn office. so they either write long
brHiny communications err employ q
good calloused press agent t keep ther
name In type. Five or six rattlin' good
writeups. il they follow in rapid sue
ccssion IN git good locations. will al
most land you on tn chautauque stage
an once you git u little easy chautau-
qua money our ambition t foller
humber pursuits dwindles L nothin'.
ITS as fascinatin' as gamblin' an, in
some cases, it's list as bad. j
~ Theirs everything in publicity. When
Miss Fawn L]ippincut takes a trip er
-, e~ntertains, she pays tn same careful
attention L gittin' IN tn newspaper as
she does 4 paclkin' her suitcase or arr
rangin' her decorations. Yesterday she
said. 1--WE got n cousin livin'Fin nlynpy
that ia like Z see, but her town haint
got no newspaper"