New Britain herald., 1924-11-01

writer and reel off his memoirs
 There will be several chapters de- voted to the mechanical side of pro- ducing a newspaper but the greater part of the volume will be descrip- tive of the human tide which surges and beats against his desk in the course Of busy day.
 From early morning until late afternoon when he puts his weary mcneil into his vest pocket he gazes' between hist asks, to a kaleidoscope narade of human beings who wish 10 borrow his car for a moment Only for a moment. But moments ay and become minutes while the visitors rattle and tattle about their ncrsonal affairs or about some great cause in which they arc interested Meanwhile work accumulates on the desk and although the editor tres to be polite he often wishes there was no law against taking life.
 Enters a woman whose son has been arrested. She wants the boys name kept cut of the paper, An understandable motherly mission The Observer sympathizes with her Enter young man who has gotten himself into trouble with his eyes wide open. He announces that nc does not care to have his name m the paper. When his announcement seems 10 have no effect he treaten5 everything from physical violence 10 suit for libel and defamation 10 character The name appears Tn rrint, there is no assault and no suit Simply an incident. Exit inc incident.
 Cut of a clear sky comes q gush- ing young maid whose very heart IS all wrapped mp in some project m which she knows-yos, knoWS-T- inc editor will be interested. To a"&''e with her is waste Of umS-alSl time is precious. She reca'"e5 a promise that the "Ttuft' she h13 EfC- pared will be consideration. Sha winccs at the use of the word stun and goes out. When she reads the napcr and finds five lines describing hor Lroject tucked away in a corner sh6 resolves that the editor lacks the n iln of human kindness, ought t3 l,a swinging a pick instead or a pen and resolves never. never, never to hny,: any more dealings with him. Lucky editor.
 The tide rises higher during 9 presidential campaign. More com munications are submitted than could be ina gineds~ Apparently for three years and elevnn months mon, women and children are content 10 go about their daily duties and live like rational beings. But in the month which prccedes an election they take their pens in hand and express, in Nitriolc language In many cases, their opinion of the candidates on the other side. When 1t Is called to ther attention that news papers do not print unsigned com municatiOns their caEerness begins to wanc. Rut they have happy thouCht-thc newspaper can run II in tn" news columns just as if one Of the reporters wrote it. Again eX- plantations are in order. With as much patience as possible the editor points out that the communication IS
 i1r of opinion and therefore not proper for publication as news. Further more, 1t is explained, the paper does not care 10 print it because it is 3 political communication and if the paper accepted and printed one Il would be flooded with reams upon reams of propaganda The visitor leaves convinced of only one thing that the editor has been bought up. If all the money editors are supposed to acc'" "5 retainers were piled in ono pill. would reach to the moon. But tl { remains that most Of them =. "asy nights Knowing that they have not done anything that day which violates inc ethics of their profession or which would be a breach of trust between publisher and reader.
 One of the most annoying persons encountered is the paid representa- tive of some semi phiIanthropic or l canization. It is usually she who drops d pile of manuscript on the e.iItor's desy and calmly proclaim! that it should appear in type on the front page with a heading sufti' cientlv large 10 attract the eye Then begins the weary task Of eX plaining that tho paper wishes 10 en rouraco every project which hal even tho slightest tinge of phiIan thropy hut unfortunately the public docs not pay for this character Q reading matter and, therefore, if vii be necessary to boil down the manu script and probably print it on an in side page. Many people cannot un dorstand, when they are personal! lll' N Ile d I'd p'' h'' '' i''' ''N ccpt all the copy given to it, Tn editor, who Is usually man o some years experience in dotermin ing puhic tastes in the matter 0 news. knows that the public palat' soon tires of too much prora gandi regardless Of the merit Of it's pur pose, and use his own judgment and his blue pencil, Away flies in dove ot reacc-and the paid agent which is somrthing 10 be thankful for.
 Another thorn in the side Of th editor is the person who strolls int the office ten minutes before pres time and suggests this ought to 2 in 'olay." In order 10 avoid lont explanation of mechanical obstacle in tho way. the editor says We try it." A lie perhaps but not on
 which St. Peter will hold agains him.
 When Night draws her sable man
 tlo over the world, the editor slip
 into his carpet slippers. fills th
 bowl of his pipe with his favorit