The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-06-17

looking woman, that | didn't like 40
remind her of her age. | am sure II
must have been away back when ]
was young boy.
They are all here Hornaday, who
writes column for The Record; :;
Dunn, Simms. Clark Lawrence. Cofs
Ring Lardner, Bugs Baer. X. G ~
Alva Swain and the rest.
You wonder what. all these newS-
paper men and women find to write
about without duplicating. IL each
saw the whole thing through the same
eyes. they wouldn't. But they do not.
might liken it unto the story of the
three blind men who went to see an
elephant through the sensitive touch.
Later on one describes an elephant
as a fiat surface like a stone wall,
rough and slightly hairy. Another de-
scribed the elephant as a long ro. ~
like animal. similar to q snake.
harder and harmless. The third Ine
it surely was not like either. as tfre
elephant he saw was a big. fiat, fab
by thing like a large palm leaf fan,
waving in the air. Each had seen only
partsof the elephant
And SO ii. is with these newspaper
writers. Each one sees only part.
He runs away and writes his story
from the part he sees. One sees all
signs pointing to Wood, another picks
up the points favorable TO Lowden.
Another gets his dope from Johnson
enthusiasts, and others reflect the
opinions of those they talk to. Some
write about the society women, 9TH
ers about the political women. others
about the notables, others about the
political phases. Mr. Bryan trys to
kick up little disoord. Mr.. Borah
throws a harpoon into the Wood and
Lowden booms. Ring Lardner. Irwin.
Cobb and X c. B. see the business
side of things and David Lawrence
feels fully competent to sum up the
whole situation and tell you the final
word.
~ !. II
And again the feature writer might
be likened unto the cartoonist who ex-
aggerates the strong features Of his
victim. The cartoonist looks his
subject over. If he has >pimple on
his nose he makes il great big wart.
If he has prominent nose. he makes
it monster. if he has recedina
chin the cartoonist makes that chin
fade away He makes heavy eye
brows heavier still. bald heads more
bald. high brows higher, heavy nous
taches heavier. long noses longer. tail
men taller. fat men fatter. He plays
np and magnifies any noticeable fea-
lures about his subject.
And so it is with these feature writ
ers. They play up and exaggerate
any little thing they find to write
about. This year. in the absence OF
Col. Roosevelt. things have been a
little dull So the least little thing
is made much OF. Four years ago
and eight years ago. the feature writ
nrs and near-muck-raking writers pa
raded the bosses before the country.
This year it is leaderless mob witli-
out head or tails. That was yester.
day. Today it was found that Mr..
Penrose. who is sick in bed in Penn
syiyania. has telephone in his bed
chamber to get the news of the con
So the Chicago papers
carry seven-column headlines, telling
how Boss Penrose is directing the
nomination from his bed chamber. A
St. Louis Jew worked the Lowden
committee for some money
for the primary campaign in his state.
the spending which he couldn't ac-
count for. so it is played up into a sen
sation and made to appear that dele
gates are bought and sod,
Col. Roosevelt, Jr., walks across the
stage where he is unseen and unho-
ticed. and the reporter who happens
TO recognize him, sends out the story
that the crowds see and pay no at
,ention to the new Col. Roosevelt
But so far this convention has fur-
nished few sensations for even me
imaginative writers. II is simply an
Embossed convention, with dozen
available candidates, and no one IN
Chicago this night-the second DAY
of the convention. can pick the Win