The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-29

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in a smaller sized city during the hal
cyon days in the SOS and early COS
was no private snap, as Mact1regor
very soon discovered after he had been
added to the 10. al staff; and as the
late Grover Cleveland said, a con-
ditioD and not a theory" confronted
him, and it was plain case of hus
tie or fall into a state of innocuous
desuetude along with many other
aspiring ones who had grown weary
of we'll doing.
The staff consisted of the editor.
the telegraph editor, city editor and
himself and the working hours were
from two O'Clock IN the afternoon
until thirty was called, about four
O'Clock in the morning. so there was
not much time for play or recrea-
ton, and the necessity for Press
Club was unthought of. The play
hours" as the gang called it, was
when the writer's OF both morning
dailies would meet at neighboring
cafe after the papers had gone to
press and discuss the topics over
their light lunch and mug o musty.
Macs personality and congenial
nature soon made him the popular
member of the Times staff, especial
ly with the younger element, who
sought him when they wanted a
write-up for any social function or
to give him tip on a worth while
news item; and it was in this way that
he was accidently drawn into the
scheme of making a little money on
the side, to which | referred last
week.
His duties led him all over town
and the suburbs. Unlike the re-
porters of to-day who are assigned
to certain duties, the newspaper
man then had to be capa BILE and
ready to cover" anything from
an obituary to prize light,
and Mac did it to the Queens taste.
One night one of the boys of the
social club he belonged to called
him up and told him he had been
appointed on the committee of ar
rangements for an outing and asked
him to meet with the other MEM
bers the following day at conven-
lent hour. The club numbered
fourteen young fellows and their
idea was to have private outing just
for the members and their best girls.
To this arrangement Mac objected,
and said he would like to have an
outing where he could have his
mother and sisters go, and any
friends he might want to ask-then
too, said he: Why not make arrange
ments with the park on a percentage
basis and the proceeds can be used
to furnish our new club rooms"
So it was decided. and Mac was CIV
en- full power to boom the affair as
loudly as he chose. in fact he was
the committee. He made the prop
er arrangements with the park au-
thoritles, then ordered from show
printing house enough four-sheet
streamer posters to cover the town,
and billed the picnic like circus.
1t was a new STUNT and the people
fell for it to sukh an extent that the
cars couldn't carry all the people
who wanted to 90 to the park that
day and evening, the clubs
treasury was as result well filled
and the members happy.
The success of this outing and a
subsequent river excursion he en-
gineered for the same club put him
to thinking. 1t opened up the fact
to him that boosting" will make
anything go, and to emphasize this,
the manager of the park came to him
and asked HIM to think up some
other stunt to draw the people.
The street railway line owned the
park and was willing to make the
most liberal sort of concession il