The Winslow mail., 1922-07-07
BRICKBATS NEVER MADE A
BOUQUET

How many times, Mr.. and Mrs
Reader, have you said a kind word
to the editor? How often have you
stopped him on the street to com
mend him for an editorial or drop
ped him note giving him your
support in some fight he was max
ing for the public good?
An editor doesn't seek any words
of thanks. Probably if you did stop
him and showered some kind words
in his ear he would be as embarras-
sed as 10year-old schoolboy speak
ing his first piece. But at any rate
it will sound good to him when he
has time to thing it over.
Instead of words of praise, here
is what you generally hear:
why, that paper isn't worth half
the price. 1t never has any news
in it and what it does have is most
ly wrong"
Vet when that person wants to
advel tise a cake sale or dance he
Dr. she sends the items TO this same
newspaper.
Then yCu hear that the editor is
crank. that he is baised and does
not present news fairly, that he does
not know now to run a peper, and
so on and so on.
You have all heard these remarks
or similar ones, but are they fair?
An editor, in the first place. is
Nnly human being. He is dealing
with human beings and it's sound
logic that you can't please all the
people all the time. At some time
or another he has to print some news
that is going to offend someone and
make an enemy. The editor can't
help that. People who get into
trouble never think about the news
n2per until they want their names
kept out Then they get mad at the
editor because he prints tn news.
it is true that an editor makes
mistakes, and no one regrets more
than he the slips OF the type, but,
again, he is human, and so is every
nan aad woman who works for him.
Gid YOU ever stop to think how
many characters there are in col
INN of tyne? Well, there are
thousands, and that means there are
thousands of opportunities to make
errors. And newspapers are gener-
ally printed amid greht rush ard
confusion. A big story breaks. The
facts must be learned and put into
type. The mail must be caught
EVERYTHING is rush, rush, rush and
yet if few types get tangled up
the paper is critized.
Take it right home to yourself
Can you sit down and write a letter
even short one-without some
times getting a word wrongly plac-
ed or misspelfed? BE honest, be
charitable and overlook a few mis-
takes when you see them in your
home town paper.
No man tries harder to avoid mis-
takes .han the editor It's common
sense that he would much prefer to
have a perfect paper and avoid mis-
takes.
The editor is a pretty good human
being. He is always ready to back
any movement for the uplift of his
community. If you want to start
anything right in your home town
and get it across to the people you
go right up to the editors door and
ask him to help you out And he
never refuses if it is for a good
cause. The editor does more and
gives away more real dollars in free
space than any merchant in town.
You can always count on your
editor. In fact, you do count upon
him. And what would this town be
without him and his newspaper?
Have you ever thought of that?
What would the world be without
newspapers? 1t would be like 60
ing back to the dark ages Bust
ness couldn't function, and every
thing would be tied UP in knots if
it weren't for the newspapers. They
spread the ray of light that shows
the way to progress. Just think if
you had to travel all around town
to(7'et the news of YOUR neighbor
r village board, obout crops and
the market. Well, you couldn't do