Connecticut western news., 1922-09-14
NORFORk DAILY PRUNE STATES NEWEST PAPER
Julian Street, Editor, Assisted by Constellation of Lit
 erary Lights
SINGLE COPIES $1 EACH
Cub Reporter of News Staff Inter- views Executives at the
 Prune Office

views Executives at the Prune Office
 We have heard and read of many struggling, aspiring and perspiring young journalists taking their first step upon the narrow yet broad path, sometimes leading to renown, which once openly pursued, designates that individual as an author. But for the first time have we seen, talked to and read of, a tribe who seek to reverse the order. In these chaotic days we might we'll expect almost anything, but never in our widest pipe dream did we conceive of an author, or more properly authors, returning to the prosaic task of writing, editing and financially sponsoring newspaper. .ThatN this has actually happened we have material proof of, in the form of four-page newspaper called the "Noffork Daily Prune." Julian 1 Street, is the editor of the paper, ! assisted by other famous American | novelists, such as Phillip Curtiss, George Barr McCutcheon, Wallace Irwin, Charles Wadsworth Camp, and others. The Daily Prune is weekly paper published once year sometimes, selling for $1 per copy and $1 per year. Its advertising rates are "$5 for pretty big ads, S1O for ads twice as big and idiotic ads free" The policy of the paper is to tell the truth, regardless of politi- clans, money interests or other en- snaring devices, unless inconvenient to do so.
 That our readers may view from the proper angle the purpose of the enterpriseS we hasten to make plain 1 that the tribe" known as the Nor folk Literary Colony, published the paper with an impulsive spirit of generosity to aid the Norfolk Club. As cartoon graphically presents, the | Club House was burglarized last win | ter and many valuable rugs and l other articles of furniture taken. The 'EPrune" took it upon itself to Help replace these articles and the degree of success attained may be judged from that the fact that 3O1 copies were sold at $1 each Tac cost of getting out the first" adi- tion was entirely offset by the a1- vertising secured. .@
 Upon reading the contents of the paper, the editor of the News felt that nothing less than a personal visit was due the executives of the distin- guished contemporary. So cranking hn offices of the ''Daily Prdne, State and Spruce streets" Norfolk. After Ia pleasant chat with the editor, Julian Street, we ascertained that this was no one-man job and asked permission of MT. Street to put our Cub reporter on the job. This was readily given, so the remainder of ] our story may, be blamed on the Cub. His manner of entrance in the offices of the "Prune" was not suspicious, as the following explanation we re- ceived indicates:
 Gee, Boss," said the Cub, 'T nearly made a bum out of that Nor folk story you told me to cover. You see, when I entered the offices of the "Prune" l told the office boy to show me into the office of the editor. He took me to a room which was orna- mented principally with boxes of cigars, cigarettes, smoking tobacco and pipes. A shortish man with an eye-shade was in there, sitting near typewriter.
 Looking around for a moment, I said, Say Bub, I asked to be shown into the editors office, but by the looks of things that office boy has brought me to the company's private tobacco store instead"
 ! Whom did you wish to seer" asked the man.
 Scratching match on the ma hogany desk in nonchalant manner, l said that wanted to see MT. Julian Street, editor of the "Daily Prune".
 Pm MT. Street replied the good looking, shortish man, with slightly gray hair, in a most casual manner.
 Well, Boss, you can see how felt. The lowing and scraping done was something handsome, but MT. Street used to be in the news paper business before he accumulated both fame and fortune as an author and soon made me feel comfortable