The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-16
SUNDAY, MAY IS. 1920
OUR STAFF HONORED

Mrs. Emmitt L. Reid, society editor
and member of the reportor.al staff Of
the Ardmoreite. was given q signal
honor when she was made a member
Of the executive board of the Okla
homa State Press Association.
Mrs. Reid is an Ardmore girl, the
daughter OF Col. and Mrs. Sidney
Suggs.
Col. SUggs is the dean OF the news
paper world, so far as Ardmore is
concerned, and it is as natural that
some Of his children should take to
journalism as it is for a duck to take
to water This was Mrs. Reds ini-
tial trip TO the state convention and
that she made a good impression on
Ter fellow scribes is evidenced by
their selection for this distinguished
office.
She has other talents besides the
gifts of writing and should the ex-
ecutive committee ever come upon
problems upon which they cannot
agree. she can calm their troubled
spirits with sweet strains Of music
for her fingers are as nimble on the
piano as they are on the typewriter.
Her work on the Ardmoreite began
as society editor.
To the layman this job sounds so
easy that you would think it was
like ticking candy from a baby. But
that's just because the layman has
never society edited any You have
to know lot of things besides all
the flowery adjectives in the alphabet
to be a society editor. OF course,
no one would disparage the import
ance of the flowery adjectives in the
making of a good society editor; they
are as necessary as the eggs TO an
have considerable of the kind of
sense We call horse sense to be 4
good society editor
There are some women who like
10 have their entertainments report
ed with all the quiet and elegance
OF an engrossed wedding invitation;
and then there are some who de-
mand all the trimmings and brass
band at the end.
Woe to the society editor who gets
the species mixed
Better f1r her to have the tele. /
phone wire cut and her sanctum in. |
vaded by a bold burglar; she could /
at least run under the table or throw /
her typewriter at the intruder; but,
in the case of the irate subscriber
who is not pleased with the report
of her party, all she can do is to |
held The receiver and count ten.
That Mrs. Reid today is alive, hap
py and able TO accept the duties this
office has imposed upon her is proof
that she is some adept in this classifi. |
cation OF the species Then there
are some ladies who consider it a
personal slight if their names are
omitted from those present
When you remember that the so.
cieiy editor is paid for space. you
must admit that she would like to
use YOUR name half dozen times
in each report if you would gracious.
ly permit heI the favor.
Then there are some who like to
nave their names casually introduced
like observations about the weather
and inquiries about your health in a
conversation.
There are lot Of types the so.
ciety editor must learn if she makes |
good. and that Mrs Reid has added
this diplomacy to her natural wit |
and talent is evidenced by the fact
that she still has the job
But this work has been supple
mented By special assignments for
the PAPER, in which she has shown |
great aptitude. She has a reporters |
mania for facts and when she gets |
hold Of one she never lets it go until !
II mas been accurately measured and !
expressed.
Her work on the Ardmoreite is one |
Of the most pleasing features Of the |
paper and the readers will be glad TO
Know that the members Of the Ok /
lahoma Press Association have such
good judgment when it comes TO
naming committees