The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-09-23

THE ORGANSTEP
BY Florence Atwater.
The Odganstep wass Gated at his organ
in
In some beautiful words of vagle and brir
But he was a GREAT organstep and
always
When the soil is weary
And the mind is dreary,
would like to be an organstep seated
all day at
Whether my 5stprSm light be Taircheibt
l would play music like vast amen
The way it sounds in church Of new
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Such as is sometimes said, was the
first issue, complete. of the North End
Daily Oriole. FolVnce was not inn
mediately critical of some distortions
of meaning in the body of her poem
due partly to Atwater & Rooter's nat
ural lack of experience in new and
exacting trade; partly to their enviabie
uncOnsciousness of any necessity for
prOOfreading; and somewhat to their
haste in getting through the final, and
least interesting stage of their under
taking, FlOrence's poem being, in fact,
SO far as the printers were concerned.
mere hack work and anti-climaX.
And as they later declared, under
fire, anybody that could make out
more than three words in five of her
ole handwriting was welcome to do
it. Besides. what did it matter if a
little bit was left out at the end of
one or two of the lines? They couldn't
be expected to run the lines out over
their margin, could they? And they
never knew anything crazier than
maxim all this fuss because: what
if some of it wasn't printed just eX-
acty right, who in the world was goin'
to notice it. and What was the diff
ference Of just a few words different
in her ole poem, anyhow?
For, by the time these explanations
$50 to call them) took place, Florence
was indeed maxim fuss Her emo
tons, at first, had been happily stllnu-
lated at sight of "By Florence At
water" A singular tenderness had
risen in her-a tremulous SENSE as If
something almost sacred coming at
last into its own; and she had hurried
to distribute, gratis. among relatives
and friends, several copies of the ORR
ole, paying for them, too Though not
without Injurious argument at the
rate of two cents a copy. But upon
-1,n no
came calm enough (for Il moment or
SOY to look over the poem With at
tention t. details. she retained has
tily to the newspaper building. but
would have been wiser to remain
away, since all subscribers had re-
ceived their copies by the time she got
there and under the circumstances
little PREPARATION was practicable.
She ended her oration-Or professeC
to end it-by declaring that she would
never have another poem in their ole
vile newspaper as long as she lived
you're right about that" Henry
Rooter agreed heartily. 1--WE wouldn'
let another one in it. Not for fifty
dollars. Just look at all the trouble
your ole poem printed as nice as VIZ
could so it wouldn't ruin our newspa
per. and then you comm over here
and goin' on this way, and all this ant
that. why, wouldn't go through i
again for a hundred dollars. Were
maxim good money anyhow, with ou
newspaper, Florence Atwater. Yo'
needn't think we depend on you TO
our living"
That's So" his partner declared
1--WE knew you wouldn't be satisfied
anyway, Florence. Didn't we, Henry!
Il should say we did,"
Eyes, sirl" said Herbert. *, Oh
when we we're havin' the worst tim
tryin' to print it and make out som
O. the words, l said right then, W
were just throwing away our time.
said, whats the use? That ole girl
bound to raise Cain anyhow, so what
the use wastin' a whole lot of GU
good time and brains like this, just I
suit her? Whatever we do, she's cei
tain to come over here and insult us
Isn't that what I said, Henry?"
Yes, it is; and 1 said then yo
were right, and you are rightn'
"Cert'nly l am" said Herher
Didn't | tell you she'd be just til
way some of the family say sic is
good many of 'em say she'd fin
fault with the undertaken at her ow
funeral That's just exactly what
said"
"oh. you didY' Florence burlesque
a polite interest. How virry cons''
crate of you'll Then. perhans- YOU