Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1919-03-31
AN OPEN PCoRIJ6

Ttse Evening Capital welcomes con-
snunlcaflons from its friends, and vii
giadly publish thssn II they conform
Is certain reasonable rules prescribed
Is much f0r the benefit of the writer,
- the reader and the publication.
The aFst requirement II that the
communication should have public
appeal. IL IL not the mission 0f 3 dews-
paper 10 publish matters Of private
complaint. unless they inyolve wrong
doing on carsIeasness On the part Of
pnblto officials or concern ! consid-
stahls number 0G people. There ars
nthey ways Of rlghting things than BY
compelling newspaper 10 bear the
Onus og real or supposed wrongs.
Communications should be hrieE
This IL highly ImDortant rule. Say
what you have u say concisely and 70
Tie p0lnt Ii viii Be far more likely TO
make Itself felt npon the reading pubs
lsc. Just As ii takes remarkably
gIlEed speaker 70 hold an audience
much over nsteen minutes, so only arl
unusual writer can a1ord to exceed
tho limit Of three hundred words set
BIZ thia paper.
gifted thinker sald III I had
more Tina, would hare written .
shorter letter. The slrnpIs message
II the best for All purposes Only 9
very Ten VIII enjoy 4 dissertation on
some scientific or polsrnis subject.
Thoas who enjoy that sort of thing
can ind Ii eysn more ppsiisacaliy IN the
worka On the subiects They have lit
lis appeal to general reader, and
newspapers need all their space to
coysr snblects that interest their aver
age reader
uon'E think that yOn have to couch
your communication ii high sounding
language. This is one Of the noat
frequent mistakes made By tyres 10
public speaking and writing The stin-
psept ways og expressing things which
viii convey the meaning are the bssti
0ftan when d big word Il uaed, the
meaning. Intended ID not accurately
conveyed, because the big word was
colned ID cover precise thing and
has shade os meaning that the useF
does not know Afacanley would
write paragraphs without naing 8
word ot more than one syllable, and
many pages without gOin@ above two,
Nov word as to what should be writ
ten. Write what you think about any
public matter. (using one side os paper
only. or tell anything You have seen
or thought about or have from any
source which interested you ii q broad
way, and which would naturally In
tersst most people. The paper will Be
glad to take i chance on anything
which appeals to the average man Or
wOnian ii thta way. Write something
because yon think It will be & help
come may 10 eosns people or to the
community or will tend to better our
public aSfairs.
Taaere 10 not the least objection to
writing IN favor OF your candidate foE
any OfElcs. but don't abuse his oppOn-
ent-tall Why your candidate y, q
your opinion. the best man for the
position he seeks The people of ths
community can get ! LEI os the infor-
ration they want ana should have IN
this WY. II will be great deal bet
ter ID sign your name % communities
tions 81 this kind: you will be more
careful of what you say and people
will pay more attention TO Il, any
way Indeed, Il ii good thing 10 sign
Jour name 10 anything ron write,
chiefly TOR these two reasons
Lets hare specific example There
ere two avowed candidates for me
democratic nosAinatAon Tor naayOr a
Annapolis. ana others ere mentioned
for it, as wasl 81 for the republican
nomination. Hhy not write hEaeaky %
your daily paper and tell Why you
think carfain man would make :
good mayors Ihis Ii the think the
people of Annapolis havs so ssttle
and any contribution On tho aahecs
wonld heIp them to make wsse
choice
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