Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-11-26
TWORIVAL
SYSTEMS
By EDNA wARflELD

how a newspaper should be conducted.
pis plan was TO please as many per-
sons as possible. Miss Williams was a
new woman who was supporting
herself By teaching. Mr.. Penfield met
ber and was attracted to her largely
an account Of her force OF character
and Intellectual abilities. Miss VII.
uams was attracted to Mr.. Penneld
largely on account OF admiration for
a man In power. for he was man OF
authority, having under him subedi.
tors. clerks, printers, etc.
There are as many kinds of newspa-
ners az there are kinds of men. Mr..
Penaeld's policy was with view to
making his paper pay or what he con-
sliered the best method OF making Il
nav. Miss Williams idea of news
naper was an intellectual engine to
mold opinion. That Is what she sup
posed Mr.. rcnfelfs paper 10 be. be-
cause she supposed that TO be what
newspapers are for. They became en-
gagged.
One If the trIumphs Of the Union
was the election of the governor of the
state. for IL was generally conceded
that the papers brilliant advocacy OF
the governors side and singing con-
delunation OF his opponent and his
principles had secured the election.
But when the campaign was over the
Union returned to It's independence.
which meant that it was at liberty 10
please tie greatest. number, thereby
securing the greatest circulation and
consequently the greatest income from
advertisements.
A question OF moment came up. In
which the governor took decided
stand. Il was supported by many aud
opposed by an equal number Miss
Williams supposed that her lover
would stand by the man II be thought
him right and oppose him II he thought
him wrong One day an editorial ap-
peared In the Union, written In the
style OF the editor In chief II read IA
follows.
II Is perhaps too early TO discover
whether the governor has acted wisely In
the matter OF whether be has been ludis-
Greet No one will doubt that ne has been
Influenced By the highest motives, though
there are those who VIII deny this con-
sideriHg that his object Is TO M his peck
etc Even these will admit that his pro-
yious record has been free from making
money by virtue OF the offieiai posi,ions
he has held. There "a but one charge
against him that has never been sAtisfac-
t9rtiY answered, and this Il balanced by
many acts that have redoundhd 20 the
welfare Of the state. These who support
the governors policy have the satisfaction
3 % knowing that In the many important
political questions with which he has been
hentlfed he has usually been right Only
in tao cases has BE been wrong
When Miss Williams read this leader
the blood came into her cheek and an
omiuous light flashed In her eye. Was
this molding public opinion? She had
not informed herself II the matter In
question aud. having no opinion on it.
was free 10 be influenced by the man
whose intellectual strength had won
her Great was her disappointment
Later In the day she took up the Senti-
mel. paper that had bitterly opposed
the governors election. and read In an
N-N-hf@ ~ NstFetAs A0&sA.fsE "a ~NAsAtAA 80 ~
why the governor was right ON the
question az issue and calling on all
good citizens To support him.
That evening when Mr., Pendeld
called ON his flaneee he found that she
mad gone to spend the evening with an
aunt Since she left no message for
him he was mlffed and did not call
again for a week. Two days after his
article on the governors policy an
editorial appeared In the Bee under the
head OF 'on Both Sides of the Fence"
Quoting from his own editorial and
comparing IL with the one on the same
subject In the Sentinel.
Never had Mr.. Penfield seen himself
50 ridiculed In the columns Of any OF
MS competitors. So singing were
many of the phrases used that every
body woult. say: That's the painful
est sting the Bee ever gave. Ha, ha!
Inquiries were made at the Bee office
as to who wrote the article. but no
Information on the subject WAS given
ont. Mr.. Penfleid was not seriously
troubled about the article. He had his
policy and considered II the only policy
on which a newspaper should be run,
Out he began to feel uneasy about his
haneee. He expected TO meet her cas-
ually but did not
One morning the Bee appeared In a
new dress. and the first article on the
editorial page was an announcement
mat Miss Elizabeth Williams had
bought the paper and would thence
forward I've the editor In chief.
When Mr. Penfield saw this an
houncement light was turned on In
ms brain that revealed several things.
he knew that by his attempt to please
everybody he had Disguised his fiancee.
lie knew that Miss Williams had writ
ten the article ridlculing him In the
Bee And he was destined to learn
that there were more ways than one or
running newspaper.
When Mr. Penfield met Miss VIII