The Glenwood post., 1914-08-22
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1t has often occurred to us, that
there is . great difference i. the
makeup and atmosphere Of the diffe,-
ent periodicals that have = world ulGe
s.feulatiOn. A good many seem to Lxve
. ssst sf invisibi< Larsisr between item
selves AID ti~u readers On the order
sf Q peasant 81 some monarchy, ~h,
to- - lOviaxly considers his King -
his king y.t would never tt..nk of
grsstiag his ruler - . man, to "a man
10 it is with COED many magazines
and papers vat: eirculation& running in,
to the millions, they seem to hold the
reader Il" az. ss if they we. unable to
get the iuIl..s touch with their read
ss- They lack the grip and the human
side O1 their makeup to make their
readers feel at home with them; for
this reason the editors and the read
ers are separated a. though there were
An inpssssble wall between them, they
tail tO "mix' and as an outcome
thsre il NO confidence, NO real friend
ship or royalty between the paper or
magazine, and the readers who will
step and take up with another publica.
tics just - the vhin might take him,
while il there were closer bond be-
tween the psblisLsr and his subscribers,
tAs latter would b more apt to consid.
% Ser ssas tine, before changing.
sAosid se.s other paper sss. more to
his thinking and doing.
OF the many publications Of the Unit
ID States that have in.snse circuIs.
tisns, there Is one that il deserving Of
comment, and that is "COI4LIERS"
~ National Weekly, and Q national
vDAS II is; slsses over the editorial
sssess, And you viii be readily coz.
vi.seA ee its real human touch with
It. readers, no high brow stu6, aoth.
ing bat clean, simple style that will
appeal to the most humble reader, and
~ b Of sufficient weight" to ap.
peal to the most educated and learned,
Il has N air of simplicity asd sincerity
absst it that is striking, makes . fellow
snaOgls down to Collier . like one would
to . friend or true pal The whole
sseset Of the atmosphere Of good will
ssA interest 10 tie readers aad the
heart hold it has with al, Is due to ths
Test Of Golfers Weekly having most
Aanan, sad ''liks the rest Of US" kind
Of s@itefs 81 their editorial staH.
Nses sf this chilly, stik- ssafshy
frsst, but just . delightful friendly
asd hearty way of greeting all This
- the secret Of their success, together
WITH the arst class STAG they have in
every issue, everything the best and in
the best way.
When we mentioned the good and the
results that could be had, should Col
her's take to the good road move
ment, with the same vim and punex>
with which they landed on fake medi.
cine sharks and old demon rum, that
there would be some results, as you will
recall We had mentioned some issues
back in these columns; we received a
letter from the news editor, Ewing Gal.
loway, stating that Golfers apprecia..
I'd ths "good write-up in the Glen
wsod Post" also mentioning that he
vsud enjoy . vacation to Glenwooa
Spring., il only he could get that far
away froa New York.
We then sent him some views Of the
splendid scenery around Glenwood that
nakss sssh . favorable inprsssie., s.d
~ were Moro thar pleased to receive
another greeting from Ewing Gallo
way, which shows why the editorial
sta1 Of Golfers has made it the na.
tisasl weekly. Following is the lstter
in part:
t"Your stuff in the Glsnwood Post
h sieA and raey. Geographically you
an . basAer, but you are batting ike
. big Lacquer.
~ bsacA sf pictures sf bsautiful
sssessy asosnd yosr tswa give me the
waaAss esvss. TAsy nAks ~ feel ik,
lifting tAs sead fer ths tall timber in
H. AsA Aeu.taias vas h Dsaver,
OeassaAs 6Qrinss, MaAitss aal Crippl,
CFsek In 1910. I realize now that I
missed . Grsat deal BY not coming 70
GleAwood.
eff any Of ny friends get married
I an going 70 feeonnsad Glssvood =.
. fne place, for them to spend their