Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-21
Have a Seat
Says the
Editor
Glimpse for a Moment the
I. Goings on in a News
paper Office.

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like. someone you just natu.
- rally couldn't feature" as the
girls sayl
Perhaps you knew the ill.iavored
one only slightly. but you wen,
about hugely enjoying your grudSe
just because.
II don't like tina, woman" said
friend 10 Gabby. speaking OF an
absent one-absent you may be
sure.
But she 10 so wonderful" Gabby
burst forth. Il mus, have you
know her better"
,"Oh, no." came the defensive re-
ply. "I'm afraid to get better ae-
. quainted with her for fear III like
her"
A ND aren't We like that, We
n allow prejudice and ignorance.
the former being usually born
OF the latter. TO clutter up our
thoughts and judgments. when
iair acquaintance with a person or a
thorough knowledge of situation
would spread bright and kindly
light on our darkencd thoughts.
TO understand all is TO forgive
ALL is the way DR.. Anna Howard
expressed il. Or, as the one-time
popular verse put it:
There 10 80 much good in the worst Of
And so much bad in the bes. OF us.
rhat u III behooves any ono OF US
TO talk about the rest OF u.s."
One OF the goals to be sought. in
life IS the sympathetic attitude
which. understand. forgives all.
We sometimes reach this goal very
quickly through experience, by sit
ting in the other fellows seat 10
watch life's big show. Gabby often
wishes that everyone could have a
scat for little while at least on the
inside OF newspaper Office. The
experience would be interesting as
well rs Illuminating.
A THORN in the flesh OF a news. |
n paperessc is the Typographical |
error. "a typo as it is referred |
to in the profession. One little let
ter! It can make the brides veil
hang from "cornct' instead of a
coronet. 1t can make the benefit
bridge for the Day Nursery into a
benefit bridge for the DRY" Nurs-
cry, \ thing which happened and al
most got "by" a few weeks ago to
Gabby's knowledge. 1t can make a
small dinner party swell" dinner
party, or 4 big feed into a bib"
feed.
And who's to blame? Nobody.
When thousands OF words are writ
ten on the typewriter and set BY
the. printer within an hour or two
before paper goes to press, when
All hands work at top speed and
brain wheels whir Cor rattic), when
giant presses start to grind at. a +
certain inevitable moment and
trains, like time and tide, wait for
no man and no bundles Of "dailies,"
well. is it any wonder that once in
soy times an 20" is dropped or an
"as gives place to an "r."
These are errors easily understood
from the inside, but perhaps not so
understandingly accepted by the
other fellow.
AYOW for the point of this t,ie
IN A we'll known society woman
who has been doing publicity
this season, confessed to Gabby the
other day = complete change of
heart toward newspapers. used to
read carefully and critically and see
ing : typo" would exclaim, "How
careless, . mistake IN spellingi What
grammarl While now, though am
not quite as easily pleased as a cub
reporter, who is grateful for any
thing, at least l have her attitude
and say amen in spirit to her COM
ments as she reads her copy in the
afternoon paper" Her comments,
Gabby doesn't mind telling you,
might be something like this:
Gee" she says, that's good
story in print And only six typos
in three linesw
Great! The editor cut off only
the last Is paragraphs of my story
and let the other one remain almost {
in toto" S
"Of course this head bears no re- 1
lation to the story, but see how big
it is! Why that must be what they
call 50-point type"
Il must be getting good My little
human interest story landed on the I
first page right next to Constance {
Talmadge's divorce suit and over |
Peggy Joyce's election from
France" +
nLESSED cub. She understands! {
h And to understand all is to for.
give all, even in newspaper Of Y
iicn Human heinrs are enough allie I,