The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-01-30

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O. w. Little Of the Alma Enterprise,
Secretary Kansas State Editorial
| Association.
Mrs. Homer Hoch of the Marion
Record produced many a smile this
afternoon when she discussed in hu-
| morous style, "A Woman's Corner"
She said in part: The Woman's
Corners differ widely; they all have
by Mrs. Tom Thompson, namely, Let
every tub stand on its own bottom"
And they all have the same central
| thought as prOpOunded by Mrs. KEEL
ley, to wit: IF you don't like it don't
read it, this is a free country"
My so-called thoughts flow better
when my hands are busy SO 1 concoct-
ed this piece while washing the boys
wooden sweater. Few laundry people
wash wool properly. If the requests
are numerous enough, 1 will print
recipe for washing wooden garments.
concocted this piece as I washed out
the wooden sweater so that the think
works might not be deprived of their
usual, normal surrounding and habits
under which to perform and also be-
cause it was the only time left in
which to concoct it.
My system is this: And I hesitate
| to give this for fear there are but few
| Of you who have all the necessaries at
hand to work out such a system. AT
exactly nine o'clock on Saturday
| morning I begin to think OF what
will write; at this time 1 am darning
| the family hose: then the phone rings
before ! get it written: 1 scratch
| word down on ttb. to recall the bril-
| liant train of thought and therefit re-
l Sovo ~ w. L.
| when 1 rock the baby to sleep. and
think some more, then it waits till
| Monday morning, showed under by
| local items and social and club notes
| which hav drifted in. On Monday
a. M, the editor man remarks as he
| dons his hat and coat en- route for the
print shop, THAT Woman's Corner
stuff should be ready for the hook by
| noon, copy is low" ''An right, I'll
have it ready" The time has come to
act At just exactly 3 O'Clock a. M,
VIXEN every one is off to school, office
or at play, 1 sit down empty headed
| tab in hand, put the pencil on the pa
1 per and write, because there is no
way out of it but to write. And there
is always great magic in the actual
putting of the pencil to the paper.
backed up by the mental picture of
the empty copy hook; and right here
is where it begins to do things to me,
outline" How it does the doer."
Neglected Editorial Page.
According to Herbert Cavaness of
the Chanute Tribune, who spoke this
morning on 1.-The Value of the Edi-
torial Page" that page is the least
read of my page of a newspaper. But
it is the thinkers, he said, who read
this page, and the right kind OF an
editorial is vital part Of the news
paper.
| writer or an ass, Of course the editor
ial page will do both" said the speak
err, "although the latter species never
seems to find out what he SO eloquent
ly makes plain to the world.
1T allows us to work things out OF
our system Of dyspeptic nature.
which citizen and Pro Bono Publico'
can only unload occasionally in an
obscure Peoples Forum or on the
street corner. and it affords chance
to chew the rag with the skillet head
ed opposition. the most Improbable
occupation, by the way. in which a
newspaper can engage and which his
toric custom. it is pleasing to note. Is
rapidly going out of style.
but seriously the right kind Of an
editorial page is very important and
necessary part of a real newspaper. 1t
is. or should be. vital spark that
| IL
gives it increasing and lasting 1nf1u-
ence and makes it such power for
good or evil in the community"
Hansmann on News.
According to A. r. Hansmann, OF
the Lyons Daily News, who read 9
paper this morning on 'The New:
Item as Literature" every real new!
. item is a form Of literature
ut need not be repeated here thai
it is the news item that makes the
. newspaper. 1 will also add that be-
lieye every gem in the worlds litera
ture is but an expanded form of some
news item, and that whatever of per
manent value there is In that gem !:
due principally to this clrcumstance
There are many definitions o.
literature. Mine may be altogether
5 wrong. but at least 1t is short Litera
ture is an account Of struggle. Thert
are many definitions of news Mine
may be wrong, but at least 1t is easy
5 News is anything which the readers
; Of your paper want to know about thu
activities of their fellow men. 1t WI
be seen from this that news and litera
= ture are very closely related, in tina
: each concerns itself with some on
who has done something. though
!. something, or said something a Httlt
out of the ordinary: something which
for a passing moment or for all timt
!. sets him apart from the crowd and in
vests his individual activity with
l general interest. Human activity Il
5 the basis Of the two line item in you
3 paper and of the literary masterpiece