South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-18
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viii be spoiled.
The newspaper man thinks the
newspaper artist or cartoonist has
cinch. with nothing 10 do but sit
around and draw pictures. Still
there is so much in putting the little
lines just where they belong and out
OF few strokes 70 produce a picture
thai will tell a story point a moral.
make the hopeless cheerful, the sick
man hopeful, and at times, as has
often happened, will stir All entire
city or nation 10 action. SO the artist
earns his money.
The Sunday editor is another busy
man. He is responsible for all the
matter outside the regular news that
goes into the Sunday edition.
Outside contributions.
And then in addition 10 the regular
staff the News-Times has many out
side contributors, both here and in
other places. For instance Miss Ada
Hitler, supervisor of domestic science
in the public schools has just con-
cluded a most important series Of
articles on domestic science. covering
a most important series of articles on
domestic science, covering the entire
school year since last fall.
Then there is Artie Fishel with his
funny sense of humor and his faculty
OF extorting fun out Of things the least
promising. Farm expert Bordner is
willing to write an article every once
in a while on topics Of interest to the
people who grow things. Bob Schnell
article every week on sporting topics
have a wide following OF readers and
Dunkle's column ION the Aisle" is
watched for eagerly by many. THE
Garden Lady has a big constituency.
Beautiful Billie Burke's articles for
women have made quite hit in South
Bend. This charming actress has a
faculty of keen observation and a
happy way of expressing herself. Mrs.
Caroline Goes cooking articles and Sc
lected recipes have also proved a pop
ular feature. Then there is Norman"
in New York, brilliant chap, who
writes the Junior Office Boy" letters.
and the weekly New York letter and
weekly theatre letter.
Berton Braley is writing some Of the
best poetry that is appearing any
where nowadays and catches a telling
point in every break in the days news
Braley is a man We'll hear more and
more from as the years go on
Fred G. Kelly's Washington letters
are another popular feature. Kelly
sees the funny side of everything and
his daily articles from the capitol
bring the various members of Con-
gress and the rest of official Washing
ton close to us in a way that more
serious articles fail of doing.
There is also the genius who edits
'Busyville Bugle."
There are many others, Kean in
London, Won Wiegand in Germany.
Shepard, free lance on the contin-
ent. Mary Boyle O'Reilly in New
York, or wherever else there's a good
news story to be written, who con-
tribute regularly TO the columns of
the News-Times.
Likewise on the art side there's
Cliff Starett with his popular Before
and After Marriage" and his For
This we Have Daughters and the
inimitable Goldberg, who has now
gone to Europe to achieve new tri-
umphs with his clever pen.
Out Of all the mass of matter that
enters the News-Times office the man
aging editor must select that which is
to appear in the paper. For much
more material comes in that could
possibly be printed, so selection must
be made on the grounds of the wild
est appeal and the greatest chance
of doing good.
Ready for Machines.
When the matter is ready for the
ma chines. Bert and Tommy. the office
boys make flying trips between the
news room and the composing room
where battery of eight linotype ma
chimes which seem TO have almost hu-
man intelligence. transform the lines
of typewritten copy in to lines of type.
The makeup man assemblies the ar
| ticles. makes up the pages with news
and picture and advertisement till
the page form is filled and then he
shunts 1t into the stereOtying depart
| ment.
Here the page is deity slid under
| the steam table with a specially pre-
pared matrix paper, something like
damp plotting paper, covering it. In
| tense heat and intense pressure dries
| the paper and produces on il an eX-
act duplicate of the metal page.
The matrix is then bent in a half
| circle and placed into a mold where
red-hot metal is poured over il. The
metal cools and discloses a third du-
| plicate Of the printed page in such
| rolls Of the press down stairs
A freight elevator lays the metal
plate in the pressman's hands. When
all the pages have come down. the
! pressman places the last one in pO-
sition. pulls the lever. and the run
has begun
aThe paper is completed. ready for
| the circulators TO send IL widespread
over the surrounding country.
And the paper which has cost all
| this time and work and energy by a
| small army Of trained and expert men
and women is sold for two cents.