Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-01-20
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81 sG,7ee. which represents the val
, ne e 2.a thv 81. extra sF'1. h al 10 inc pub
These figures 60 a long way to
14iardt -showiag why publishers
HthaM, increase the subscription
rate the reason is given. in dollars
Rand d1llara are .o,r reason for run
ming newspapers-anyWay If they are
aEQil they had ought to be.
a 'nblsher1 that are going to stay
IL. the business and be successful
MIST increase their subscription ard
advertising rates. and their prices fol-
job printing. Do it now.
tATHE EDITOR FROM A WoMAN's
Il STANDPOINT"
( Miss -. satterIund, Washburn.
It was a big surprise to me q cou.
pie OF weeks ago when ! received a
letter from the secretary Of the state
press association asking me to read
!a paper at the winter meeting. He
said he would like my reply by re.
turn mail. In place of answering at
once ! took a whole day to think it
over. Then half an hour after writing
him that i would undertake the task
| opened a daily paper and found that
had already been placed on the pro
gram. Life has always been just this
way with me. I.take too long to say
Eyes" and someone else decides the
question for me. That is one reason
why am still in the newspaper bus
mess. 49,.
Many say that a woman's place is
in! the home, but, Judging from recent
statistics. she seems to be finding
other occupations. There are said to
be oyer 1000 UWomen journalists in
this country now and the number is
fast increasing. A country editor has
to be. more than a journalist. There
are almost as many different posi-.
tons in a small newspaper office as
In a large one but there is, consid-
erably less work in each department.
and fewer persons to do the tasks,
hence the one vino is called the edi.
tor is also the business and general
manager, reporter, proof reader. soil
citor, solicitor, bookkeeper and some
times even becomes the job man, ad
man, pressman, machine man and
does other little odd jobs that the
force in the workroom does not care
particularly about doing and would
like to see the boss" do. Being a
woman editor does not make this
work any lighter, it often seems hard
er Imagine, as many printers who
come and 60 do not like to take or
ders from a woman and soon make
the fact known
Whenever one thinks of an editor it
is of a person who has to write al
few things for the paper once a week
and then loaf the rest of the time. 1t
sounds easy. l have often thought 1
would like to have a person simply |
copy all ] have written in one week,
to; say nothing of having to hunt up
locals and then write them and do
the hundred and one other duties
that! have to be done. He would feel
like the man in Pasadena who took
editors place for one week. He
said: my time Is. almost up as l pen
this last line; my hand is almost par.
alyzed; my bhain is befuddled, and 4
free to confess that ! am right
glad to vacate the holy spot. Such
and riot and disarray. Such al
tumble and potpourri. It, strikes me
as the effort to bring order out Of
chaos, and do 1t lightning quick. i
am reminded of the memorable words:
The earth was without form and void
and darkness vas upon, the face of
tne@deep. And the spirit moved upon
the face of the waters Never shall
criticize newspaper men more. !
shall pray for them. They will have
my; hearts, sforbes5fance Ihenceforth
and forever; They are the hardest
worked, shortest lived. poorest paid
brain workers on this weary old earth
If ours" ~
Often a. person comes into the of.
ice Just to have a friendly chat. Ed.
tors of course have nothing to do
but to gossip. Visits of this kind are
enjoyed but it is not always conven.
:ent to spend the time in this man.
ner. There are often proofs to cor.
rect. copy to write and legals to check
up and still the caller calls. A lot
>f information may be gathered but
not always the kind that one can
publish. How much more profitable it
would be to have an office on the
1oor of4which was printed the word
private" The country editor could
hen write articles that would soon
lake him out of the country Office and
put him where the dollars are more
plentiful. A lot Of pleasure would be.
ost though if a person were cooped
Up in. one small room six or eighth
fours a day. You get a BROADER view
life by talking to- people land as
some one has said "The man who
;alks. with Qohody@ knows nothing"
sAs. a rdle a country editor hears
gossip than a woman who lives
IN af"party'e line, he hears of the in
l~escretions of men and women and
hundreds of other things unfit for pub
ication. Some men even call at the
office to give their side of the story
lrst SO it will be sure to appear cor
'ect in the paper. That stale joke
about a woman not being able to
Keep a secret is a thing Of the past.
Women could not hold the jobs they
if they had not first learned to
lold their tongue. A confidence is a
and no editor. either man
or woman, will violate it. One man
has claimed that the majority of men
act on this principle from force OF
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