The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-02-28


Trip up Or any statement, or make
Che slightest error, aud you hear ~
II directly and indirectly from a
hundred different sources, with a
I hundred different expressions ~
disguest. n editors did not learn
60 take these things as part Of the
days work, they would soon grow
weary OF the world.
And the womenl They certainly
make life interesting for the editor.
- The grave and the gay tread
on each Others heels in the news
paper sanctum. In comes a lady,
who informs me, without any pre-
liminaries that ''when anything
mean appears in your paper, we
will know who wrote Il" What do
YOU meant" she cries. wrathfully,
"my saying my brother died from
natural causes7 We didn't Kill
him. well, what was the cause
Of his death3" | ask mildly. Il
was told he died Of natural causes
Didn't he?" "No, he didn't" she
snaps, "he died OF heart failure,
and you can stop my paper
Then comes a man who Is a bit
unsteady on his feet and thick Of
speech. 81 want 20 advertise he
announces. Advertise WHAT !
ask politely. He seems 10 have
trouble in recalling what Il IS he
wants 10 tell the world and he hest
tates and shutters. Finally IL comes
out. IL want 20 tell everybody 20
get out OF my way" he elucidatcs.
Careful probing into this mysterious
assertion al length discloses that
he simply doesn't intend 10 pay
any more Of his wife's bills
once wrote Of one poor soul
that he had died Of tuberculosis
Afterward his widow came In 20
say she wanted the statement corr
rected. "John died Of consump-
tion, and DR.. Green viii tell you
so;" she said. Though / tried 10
explain that tuberculosis and con-
sumption were practically the same
thing, she remained unconvinccd
and insisted that the correction be
made
A club woman came 20 the off
flee one day 20 buy a paper con-
tanning the account Of the club s
guest night. The Clarion was just
off the press, and in her eagerness
she started % read 1t in my pres
ence. When She had finished her
face was study Why she Ok
planned in disguest, you never
mentioned that introduced the
speaker" why no" was my as
tonished reply, "as you are the
clubs president / though that would
be understood " Well continued
the irate lady, II think It was
h0rrid Of you 20 say SO much about
the speaker and never mentioned
me. / don't want the Clarion ar
ter all. and she tossed down the
paper and recapiured the five cents
She would have squandered on o..
An old gentleman, full Of tails.
who was "a frequent visitor at tnc
office. once took the wind ont Of
my sails completely He happerc-
90 sneak Of his daughter. and
nnocently remarked that ! didn't
know he had daughter Why.
yes," answered the old gentleman,
extensively. Il have one girl. She 8
most as old as you be- Shes forty
fiveW AS at that time ] was
under thirty and thought looked
even younger, my feelings may Poi
imagined
PEOPLE besiege the office every
day with pathetic appeals to kecr
names out of the paper. Espe laill
. f they have run afoul Of the laws
do they suddenly remember that
+ the editor is q dear friend. ! have
/ been offered an sorts Of sums
from twenty-five cents up 10 kecT
/ discreet silence about some matter
/ And the times when the average
/ editor puts the best face on an
/ unpleasant occurrence, out of pure
/ goodness Of heart and appreciation
, Of the weakness Of human nature
or because Of sympathy for the
sinner, or for those who love him
we'll nobody knows but the edi.
/ tor himself, and he doesn't tell
In my own case, the flowers that
/ bloom in spring do not appear more
/ regularly than does an immense
cake Of maple sugar, which is sent
| me By a rare old soul who takes
/ this way Of expressing bis appre-
| citation Of my belief that silence
is sometimes golden, even for d
newspaper. His only son once dis
credited his old father. The edi.
/ tor knew Of the incident, and the
/ boys father knew that she knew,
/ bat she kept quiet-hence the ma.
+ pie sugar.
The things ] have cited are bat
few Of the lighter matters If ev-
/ cry day occurance in the editor
+ life. Things Of this kind make
/ The editor love his fellow creatures
and make him have much in com.
mon with them. The country edi-
tor literally weeps with those who
/ weep and reioices with those who
/ rejoice, and II he occasionally laughs
IN his sleeve or in print over frailty
and foolishness. il is often because
"a fellow feeling makes one won
drous kind. - Miss Antonio j.
I Stemple. Editor Clarion, Turner
I Falls, Massachusetts,.
I
After this the St. Louis girl sen
fenced for stealing trousers Wi
only steal those with men inside.