Mountain advocate., 1919-07-11
JUST FOLKS
EDITORS

There are editors and editors.
There is The Editor and others.
The Editor is alright. Knowing him
self as others know him not, know
ing his many brilliant talents, his
virtues, vivacity. scintillating wit
charm of manner, easy grace, his
racy, facile style and general editor
ial powers, The Editor is prepared
TO swear on a stack of Webster's
unabridged dictionaries, that he is
the most important man in the COM
munity to himself. Indeed, knowing
himself to be what he is and looking
abroad over the whole community,
scanning other men who might have
been editors had they been keen e.
nough and who are now bitterly
Jealous of The Editor on account of
the many graces, virtues and talents
aforementioned, The Editor. looking
on or scanning other men, scanning
them, indeed, commiseratingly, is OF
the opinion that they are foolish to
give away to envy.
Years ago The Editor had no more
idea than had they that he was des-
tined to be a bright light hidden I'M
der bushel in the journalistic
ranks, - but Fate, that great, big
factor, took the then little boy, care
fully stuffed his mind with pearls of
wisdom and finally when he was suf-
ficently like an oyster, opened him
up and showed him off to an admir-
ing world.
Modesty forbids The Editor to
boast, far be il indeed from him to
point out his fine qualities, he would
rather the public should enjoy them
and talk obout them to each other,
than that he should do it himself.
Wives, looking on The Editor, may
sigh that husband is not more like
like him; fathers may point him out
to their sons as one they may emu
late with profit, as one who has risen
to his present proud eminence thru
no fault of his own and The Editor
will not be displeased. Not at all
and they need fear no suit for libel.
Truth will out doncherknow.
The reason men envy an editor is
because he has such an easy, care
free life. Advertisers, especially the
home merchants. fairly mob him
with advertising. Business men
prayerfully beg him to do their job
work for them and the readers Of
the inspired newspaper over which
he presides, insist that, if they are
not permitted to subscribe and pay
in advance, life will be one long,
dreary thing after another.
And what the editor deigns to do
in return for these people is laugh
ably easy. He buys about $4,000 to
$4,000 worth of metal and paper and
then walks around town imbibing in
formation as TO the lives. habits,
customs, etc. of his fellow men.
These he dresses in their best clothes
so to speak, and presents them to
the view of the fellow men and wo-
men. The result is especially in
teresting to the women, who are
great students of bipedery, male and
female.
Then the Editor makes metal soup
skins it and makes nifty little bril-
quettes of it, sorts pi, occasionally.
deigns to run press. corrects proof,
mails out newspapers, soothes vexed
people who have failed to get their
copy. writes those uplift articles
which are such a respected feature
OF the newspaper, writes advertisers,
corrects addresses, does the immense
banking business which enables the
banks to show such large deposits
in their quarterly statements and,
with a few more playful duties, gets
it all done in some ten hours a day.
Lack of space forbids us to touch !
on editors who are not The Editor
and being a touchy family it is per-
haps better so.
In conclusion, The Editor wishes |
to say he loves to give pleasure to
people who are DESTROYS of advertis-
ing the fact that they have some
thing to sell, job work TO be done
or who yearn TO pay their subscrip- |
tions. Not that The Editor can pos
sibly need money, but merely that
such actions show how much they |
appreciate the virtues aforemention-
I'D and ready to be sworn to on a