The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-11-26
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m vivid oytotrr uniforms ugaius,
tng Sky.
'Oytobgr ought 20 cure anything,
oughut itG" R1rbaU, asked her
companion after some moments Of
silence
Yes" said bob The air itself
ls like champagne. liut what b.
THERE 70 yurr. Boo this utsrf"
Well" said IArl1m = got 20
name wrpn. lbr morning u was
only "a small mistake and I made
BE- because the office WAS so noisy
I simply could not got 10 right over
The telephone, no matter how hard
/ tried, So just had TO gucss AZ
Il, And terrible Old man came
In and said he would sue tho Trlr.
graph, or somrthlng
bob whistlcd Then hr laughed
Wow, not so bad for the first day
ON the street What happeueds'
When Barbara had told him. he
h'eBmo moro serious. $40 harm
done. n there had been. I'm afraid
old Wells would have fired YOU
Miss Hawlny tie isn't much for
women ON tho paper anyhow And
| can't say | blame him.
The last woman reporter on tho
Telegraph was ON the scene Of the
biggest murder OF the year. and
tainted instead % calling up tho
city editor.
Tho one hcrorr that got into
some kind OF mNup with a lawyer
whose office was on her run.
Wells says, No moro women
The dumb ones cause trouble and
the bright ones cause more trouble
We haven't had a woman on the
sheet since That's why | was sur.
prised when you said you had been
hired, hut II you have Mcpcr'
mott behind you, you'n come out
all right He's a prince, But no
means business
Barbara turned upon him, Means
business she repeated, What do
YOU think ! meant DO you think
| am just playing at this game?
| mean business too, l despise
frivolous women dahhling where
they're not wanted.
you might as we'll learn right
now that I'm ln Journalism because
| mean TO give my life 10 H. I'm
going 10 be- somebody before /
quit
"whcws' whislIcd Bob Don't
be mad, I'm ready TO believe you
arc going into this thing In earn.
est. Knew you weren't n dabblc'
when l first saw you, But when
II comes to giving your life 10 it,
don't try 90 kid me. II simply
isn't done. III least by women Ike
YOU
And hy the way. can that word
Journalism I'm put sou out-lIs
the pals. IN moment. II the Eans
hears you shy Il, They might even
give forth FuucUrH laughter tn your
presence.
Barbara flushed. whats wrong
with it7'' she asked
Bob leaned back and looked AZ
her Well. what's wrong with (,
Is that every young horn.rimmed |
dude that comes out OF college with
literary aspirations makes bee
line for Journalism, with a capital J
I'VE see en- is tho hundred.
coming ln 10 l0ok Tor nice. soft.
ow.vojcgd positions writing editor
.als. or maybe doing some interurc.
.atiou or poitiicl IN print grinding
out miis,long book reviews or pc.
lite articles on the fourth dlmen.
sion.
And. IL the managing Cd has
been UP late the night before.
he hires 'em in a burst
of folly. Then they get introduced
10 newspaper work-not Journalism.
These young journalists come
iown every morning with n boiled
'hirt and they carry lcathcr.tound
notebooks and silver pencils. nas
sad, how they do hiEhtone tge
teWHuuper men around the office,
They're out 20 reform the world.
,y means OF journalism They join
iylC luncheon clubs and get on all /.