The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-23
This Article Is Exclusively for
Newspaper Workers.

Our friends who volunteer to relieve
us Of the responsibility Of filling and
producing THE SUN-and their number
is not small-seldom allow us much
latitude. Their practice Is to define
with admirable exactness the manner
in which they would treat the subjects
that enlist their sympathies. and TO call
on us TO follow in every detail the
specific courses they map out. Indeed
we do not recall another .instance IN
which 80 wide a choice Of predigested
matter has been offered to us by ANA.
teur editors as in the incident OF the
National Sculpture Society's resolution
praying the European belligerents to
spare works Of art, which reached THr
Sun Office with the subjolned letter OF
transmittal
DEAR Sin. Enclosed please find copy
OF a resolution adopted at the last meet
Ing OF the National Sculpture Society.
1T is requested that the text OF this be
printed verbatim. and that one OF the list
of suggested headlines be used II possible.
Very truly yours,
ROBERT AIrKEN, Secretary.
''NEw YORK, January IS"
As we have not space for both reso-
luton and suggested headlines" we
shall omit the former and lay the lat
ter in full before the hara ssed and
ingenious gentlemen who practise the
difficult art OF COMPRISING into an I'M
yielding space surrounded by column
rules the meat and essence Of long and
Intricate articles task in the per-
Torrance OF which they must count not
only sentences but words and letters.
Here are the suggested headlines" de.
vlsed by the helpful sculptors:
SUGGESTIONS FOR HEADLINES
"Sculptors pray that warning nations
may respect and spare works OF art
"Scuptors say mans monuments belong
to the world
"Sculptors say the destruction OF works
OF art shames the destroyer
Destruction shames the destroyer.
sculptors say
Messages OF art made into memoirs
OF archaeology
Backward. unchristian soldier, the war
cry OF the sculptors
"Sculptors pray for the preservation OF
works OF art
"A crime to destroy masterpieces. the
scuiptors declare
"sculptors cry aloud to the spirit OF
reverence
"Sculptors call on Europe to show ex-
ample
SACRED monuments irreparably injured.
sculptors assert
The sculptors make an earnest petit
ton
war turns art into archaeology. the
sculptois say
Sacred monuments irreparably in
jured
Etc"
We have never believed that any par
ticuar good is accompll shed by the dis
cusSion in the columns OF newspaper
of the complex details of It's production.
or of The literary and mechanical prob
lens that every stan must solve each
day, while keeping AT least one eye On
the relentless clock. The men who win
the triumph Of putting before their
eXactng readers journal that does
NOT bring blush of shame to the
cheeks OF its authors know In what try
ing circumstances their labor is done,
and their victories over the opposing
demons, material. human and psyche
logical. are their entirely sufficient re-
ward. But these headlines we submit
to Them for their instruction and en-
tertanment. confident that they will be
appreciate ted by those for whose class
conscious special delectation we have
made bold to intrude on space ordi-
narily devoted to the public generally;
ana we are sure that all Of our tai
ented and resourceful brethren will
agree with us that the last suggested
headline" in bold originality. concise.
ness and technical excellence is the best