Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-26
OUR yALEDICTORY.


Today with the going down of the
sun the day Of The Evening Capital
and Maryland Gazette. under its ola
management that has been in force
for nearly thirty-four years (more
than third Of century,, is ended
IN sun has set. only to rise again on
Monday morning with more radiance,
with greater ellulgence upon new
regime which viii develop more and
more unto a perfect day.
II Is not without regret that we lay
down our editorial pen, and 1t is with
deep sadness that we take farewell of
those. who day after day have read
this column, either to commend or
condemn, to praise or blame, to APP
prove or disapprove. the sentiment il
contained.
This is our valedictory, and all
valedictories are solemn essays. We
would not be true TO ourselves IL we
failed to say, woman has had little
chance, up TO the present time, in edit
ing a paper, daily or weekly. Politi-
cal advertising and patronage did not
come her way, she had mo vote" and
practically did not count when the
potpouri was passed around. 1t win
be different soon When tho Woman's
Suffrage Bill passes (which it is sure
to- a woman will be ON an equal foot
ing with q man She will be q citizen.
something she has not been in the
past. she will be zone of the people"
by the consent of whom the people are
governed.
But that Is another story. Editing
daily paper in Annapolis is too great
burden for woman. It would be
less Of q burden in New York, Cleve-
land or San Francisco. but-Not in
Annapolis.
For whatever success the Capital
has attained in the past six years un-
der our editorship. We would be un-
grateful were we not to give credit
10 whom credit is due.
To Business Manager, Mr.. Charles
~ "A
in the mechanical department, to
whose energy and faithfulness day
after day in wrestling with problems
that confront the foreman of q COM
posing room, We owe a debt of graft
tude for large part of the success
that has attended this business.
To Mr.. S. Reese Abbott, our capable
collector. finanoier and bookkeeper.
without whose valuable assistance we
could not have conducted. this bust
ness ourselves for six long years, we
arc grateful for a large share of its
success.
To our office force (of which there is
none better 10 a man. We wish to ex-
press our sincere gratitude for CO.
operation, for faithful work and duty
well performed, and we commend each
and every one to the new manage
ment.
So much for the inner Office, but
what of those. our good friends who
have been our shield and buckler, our
great stone wall Of defense. To these
our patrons. subscribers, advertisers,
readers, to these to whom we catered
day after day striving TO give them
clean. wholesome, readable news. we
are grateful for their kindness, their
indulgence, their encouragement from
time TO time, for their approval of any
measure we advocated for city well
fare and betterment
We thank our critics. too. for they
helped us nightly than they
knew. One always profits by criu-
cism. and we are grateful for that
II is our pleasure and privilege,
while laying down the editorial pen,
together with the heavy burden OF re-
sponsihility we have carried, TO be as
sociated with the new management as
local editor. and to continue on and
on with the work we love under the
Capital Publishing Ccmpany's guild
ance.
We commend the new management
to the public, to our old subscribers
and advertisers. 10 our friends, and
we hope, for the sake of Aud Lang
Svne that our old clientele may be-
come that OF the new management
The Capital viii grow. il will be
greatly improved, it viii be better
than ii has ever been, and we heartily