New-York tribune., 1922-12-22
Young Boswell
InterUiews
Cyrus Fl. K. Curtis

BECAUSE As Z, prstidsuf Of me Curts
PublifhiHa Company,
he 70 tAs ppbiishsr Of "Thc Philadei-
phia Pubhs Ledger"
~ 10 az ostirc bvsiRsss non n fev.
fntv.fro.
hs printed his frsi nsirspapsr Grtv
years ego.
Young Bosrsu fslf ~ cou6n't BE- b.
Phtladelphio without sseing ihe Libtrtp
Bsu, az true AmsriccH citizen. 20 hs
ssi out along Woinui Street from iho
Brood 70 ir9spsndencs HaN u 10 .
FplcHdid bmldiHS. wkieh might have in-
spirsd fhe riodsra drekNsett rather than
foreign Influences, bui Il didWt As hs
Examined tAs Littriy Bell Youae Boo.
vsN irsd 70 decide which Sids NJ would
have taken 80 ths great controversy
over tAc msndiug of ihe eraek, rhi<A
diviAsd plilaislphiaH opinioH n fCw
years 20. ond aluosi brought civil war
u i's w..
Con'1g oHi again Into ne square. ks
toiU fhe great twsive siory block 1oross
ne street. wAleh he ras told Uae The
Curtis PpbluAing Company. Ho erosscd
20 10 oHd entered greet marble foyer
'rith q Aarfsld Parrish c0u mosalc,
uhsrs an otisndaui ,ai guard iH ono
corner.
Young Bo-wsll--I want to see Mr..
Curtis
The Attendant Mr.. Curtis never sees
any one. bot you may try. Fourth floor.
After foRy syeL snesBntsrs Diih at
tsHddHy. male and female. Young Bos-
yell sat o. a dirar, foeir5 MR. CUR
TiS. IN a large Valnut paneled room.
Young Bosweil-iow do you account
for the phenomenal success Of "The Sat
urdAy Evening Post" sir?
CYRUS CURTIS Somebody thinks Of
doing a thing q little better than any
body else, goes after the trade and gets
II. That's an. The main thing Is %
hire some other fellow 10 do ihe WORK. A
man who trits 70 do everything himself
doesn't do anything In the end. he
never gets anywhere. I have nothing 20
do with this bisinesa except 20 and men.
Our executives arc looking for brains
all The time
Young B0srsu regretted not koving
brought tho rstiiis o. his psychology
isst eloap
CYRUS CURTIS But. IN the Curtis
Publishing Company. / don't even have
10 do that any more. II Is on organiza-
tion Of thiriy-odd years. II l. almost
automatic. Bot this isn't my business.
I happen 20 be president OF IL and the
chief stoekholdtr. Ny own individual
business d "The Public Ledger" | ar
Just the hgurohead Of the publishing
house.
Young Boswtll--IIAve you been in
Newspaper work long, sir7
CYRUS CURTIs-About sixty years,
OF and on.
Young Boswell We're you ever a cub
reporter, sir
CYRUS CURTIS-rve been every
thing When | was twelve years old |
started % 9ell papers after school. l
saved Up enough money that way 20 buy
little press and type When WAS
thirteen ! started publishing my first
Newspaper. II vas called Young Amer
.ce." rul people bought .t ~ tro conti
q copy Mostly my fchoOlmntcE and
their fathers and mothers. Il, was get
ting 70 be quite @ promising publication.
but at sixteen a big Gre almost wiped
out ny home town. ended the newspaper,
stopped ny schooling and everything
else. Aftor that I never thought Of
going back 10 school We were All
busted, anyway. So | went up town and
got JOB in a dry goods store at S8
week. And then went 20 Boston. But
that story has been told many, many
tlmes. That wAs my start Nothing
romantic about a.
Nc TUNED r. iis sclrel choir and
prsssed one Of fks ror Of buitoHs or his
dsFt. 4 sscrstorY entered. As heH
talkS2 Of appointments Young Boswell
dreu q nlsntoi skcieh Of the great p1b-
laAey. he rae rather short mon, iCit.
,rhite hair and a fuH, eiose-ovf beard.
Hs eyes Dsrs blue aud prceiiocl, coEt'H-
ucilg examining BoV, as you talked, 70
see ghatkcT you iCcrs possible coHd.-
date for employment. From their long
srperisnos 81 selecting men, thep hGd
so.rta "a sslgsf rifnoff nufOfd icQffU