Arizona republican., 1913-10-19


 day through the streets and various
 public buildings of the town for spe-
 cia1 local notes; and, to complete this splendid work, the night editors. jour
 nalists, and last but not least, the
 printers, have labored at the cost of their health and strength Result: a morning paper containing a record of the previous days strife and strug- gles of the entire world, and for this the reader pays one little penny!
 At the twilight hour of evening when even the sun has gone to rest and when the workers of most other crafts and callings have ceased their labors for the day and are strolling homeward in great multitudes, or taxing the capacity of the trains and street railways of the city, the news paper men of the night come out rom their homes and dwellings and go quietly on their way through the HOW restful streets to the great news paper plants for beginning their long nIght's work. On every side are signs of the early evenings offering of recreation and pleasure and the arc and incandescent lights along the streets and avenues twinkle inviting Iy.as the night workers pass along, but this pleasant scene is not for them. They have had their recrea- ton and ''evening'-or rather they have tried to turn the day into eve ning-but with very poor success.
 The newspaper men of the night are seldom belated in arriving at the destination of their labor, for their restless sleep during the day has been broken by the ceaseless noise of the modern city's industrial activities, and much too soon these active workers have arisen from their beds, giving np at last, after many brave at tempts, the possibility of procuring proper proportion of repose. Heavy eyed, care-worn, tired and weary, these workers of the night quickly reach the goal of their work and silently begin their various tasks. Soon, however, the care-worn faces and dull eyes brighten in the won derful excitement of the fascinating labor
 By or 8 o'clock in the evening copy begins to arrive in the co1npos- ing room at a lively rate and the clicking of the linotype keys becomes S Headache and eye strain (so prevail ent in the life of the newspaper worker) is quickly forgotten for the time at least. Speed acts as stim- ulant. and by 10 o'clock the news paper men are wide awake for this work is their chosen life. and the majority of these workers would not exchange this mode of labor for any other were the opportunity offered. Most newspaper men live and die in service
 Between the hours of and 10 what a wonderful scene of activity is presented in the editorial and com posing rooms of a great daily The workers do not take their leisure in this occupation. How they run and rush about! It seems a wonder they dc not collide with one another and make but poor showing in their tedious work,
 Much of the great department store advertising, which the printers of the day force had started during the afternoon, must be completed by the night printers and this and the large amount of other display advertising is just as important in a modern daily newspaper as the general news 'Tis the big display ads in the daily newspaper that makes possible the production of the paper for penny, and the great department store full- page advertisements in the morning and evening papers of the populous cities each day call several hundred thousand buyers to the shopping dis trict and make possible the salaries of many hundreds of sales folk.
 
 paper men of the day force on any of the great morning papers labor hard and faithfully on the preliminary work of the following mornings dis play advertising and news paragraphs, l it is during the late hours of the l night that the real struggle against | final last hour corrections come along | on the big display ads, and the great | mass of classified ads must be plac- 1 ed into proper position. It is always l during the night hours that the l g1e eat and thrilling news items and 1 stories come along, and between the | hours of II and 12 the trolley copy conXeyers fly about overhead | back and forth to the proofroom like | tt flock of early spring swallows
 Out of doors down the brilliantly | avenues the theater | crowds are strolling along after their brief evening of pleasure Men in full | evening dress pass along smoking | fragrant cigars. Pretty women, fair | and bright as the stars above, in | their soft gowns and cloaks are be- E ing conveyed by their escorts to the | long line of waiting taxis. Iris a | world of pleasure just outside the E windows of that newspaper building, [ but through it all the newspaper men | of the night labor on, for out of l doors is not of their world tonight they must get out the newsi
 Copy boys are speeding about and | reporters hustle in the room with aIavanth- honr cnnv AhI thn night 1.