Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-12-13

and from then on he is a news.
paper man.
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The work is hard, the hours
long and. as rule, the pay no
greater than he would earn in
another JOB requiring less men
tai and physical energy. And
yet he sticks. He is a newspa-
per man. 6 WHY?
An editorial writer on the
Tulsa Void answers that ques-
ton in the following.
There is, perhaps, no profess
sion so pefplexing to others as
the journalistic profession. The
newspaper: man is constantly
meeting the question, "Why do
you remain in the newspaper
business?'- Behind this question
is the general knowledge that
journalism is not a particularly
profitable profession, save to the
comparatively few publishers
who have@successfully establish
ed great publications. To the
men who Feally make papers and
adorn theifi with wit and wisdom
Dame Fortune is not prodigal;
yet in no -other profession are
there SO many men and women
of exceptional ability.
The answers to this question
are varied and various, yet all
tending to. the same end. 1t is
the romance Of the business. To
put it bit differently, one gets
action every day in the journal
lstic games And every "a hours
constitutes new day in an en-
tirely news world. The physical
features OF the business remain
day after day. There are the
same desks, writing machines
and mechanical equipment; the
same menSand women making a
paper. But every day, almost
every minute, the raw material
is in flux and changing. The one
thing certain to happen is the
one thing most unexpected.
And theA there is another lure.
In no other profession or voca-
ton has one sucn CT tree INTO the
most exclusive circles and chan
nels; in no other does one meet
the ablest minds and RIB should
ers with the doer of big things.
The nan al millions, almost inn
possible to meet as general
thing, swings wide his door when
representative of the fourth es-
tate cedentialed fom publica-
ton of influence sends in his
official card. The statesman, poll
eath-mayE and 40 peseye thei
tician-even the princes of the
earth-mayeand do preserve their
privacy invioIate against the Curl
osity of tie public, but rarely
does one fail to show the utmost
courtesy to- the journalist seek
ing information on subject in
which the public has an interest.
The Newspaper man in the very
nature of Ehfugs. seeks his raw
! material among the highest in all
walks of lie. because the COM
monplace and the customary
rarely attain a genuine news
value. All of this constitutes
the lure that holds brilliant men
and women to the profession
Even the Possession Of great
wealth does-not afford the same
magic sesame as credentials from
an outstanding journal. Prov
ing that there is something more
in life thair the mere possession
of money. 2
The game has its compen-
sations, though seldom finan-
cial. The newspaper man num-
bers his friends by the thous-
ands. Usually he has his
friendly enemies, too. He Of
ten asks hitnself why he sticks,
and, no doubt, the answer is
the romance of the game, Some
thing new, something different
at the rising of every sun. To
his ears the sweetest music is
the clicking of the typewriter
and the linotype; the low rum
bling growlgof the presses and
the song ofFthe copy boy as he
yells for more grist for the news
grinding MACHINE.
For the wear endino Deceo-