The Omaha guide., 1933-10-14
By CLIFFORD c. MITCHELL
THIS AND THAT
BY CLIFFORD c. MITCHELL
A Publisher Writes.


Mrs. Florence w. Oakfield. pub
Usher Of the Columbus, Ohio, Voice,
writes:
Ny dear Dir. Mitchell: In
consideration Of certain unavoidable
conditions, ! hope you viii overlook
the interval that has elapsed since i
received your letter / have been lit
orally confined to the bed for many
months and have just been barely
able to have my paper edited each
week and including a noticeable de-
crease IN subscribers as well as ads,
on which my paper IS nearly solely
dependent, you can conceive an idea
of what difficulty / have been exper-
fencing. Nevertheless / want you to
know how much l appreciate your
articles so obilgingly sent to me and
OF the many favorable l
have received upon them from my
readers. I realize that they have been
somewhat Of an expense to you and
I am hoping that very soon l may
make some contribution to repay you
for the articles that have proved
themselves so importart a factor in
my paper. I was very happy to learn
Of your success in occupying the posi-
ton that you now hold. You have my
congratulations and the best Of wishes
for 2 huge success +"
Il Is encouraging to receive COM
p~limentary letters from the publish
ers I have been serving even though
i means nothing to NE financially.
But II time maybe the situation viii
work itself u and when I can be Of
greater service to the papers by stir
ring up interest in their advertising
columns and awakening their readers
to be more responsive to the adver-
tisements placed in the papers that
maybe the publishers viii favor me
with a check now and then-or at
least some stamps to help defray my
weekly expenses.
And speaking Of service I find that
my "'Digesting The News" has now
been used BIZ one hundred and fifty
one different publications. the latest
addition being the Spartanburg
Times, and SNS publication.
Ny weekly book comments now
nUmber eighty two publications, the
last three new ones being the Voice
Of the Nation, Okmulgee, Oklahoma;
The Austin (Texas) Messenger, and
the Durham On CO Dispatch.
prisons and Prisoners adds TWO
new publications. making eighty three
Jackson (Tenn.l World.
~Chicago-and Chicagoans" reached
T IS thirtieth publication when the Pitts
burgh Criterion used this copy as a
feature story.
The Louisville Defender Is now Us
ing my special weekly news feature.
making the thirty sixth publication to
do 50.
oLast week in another column com
mented On an experience that I had
after visiting DR.. z Y French, 361S
South State Street, Chicago, who
wanted TO sell me q OF his Lucky
Seals. One thing I give the Seer ere
df fer and that he is very persistent.
I have not yet bought his Seal but
WIN he called on me the other day
promised him that if he wanted to
make me a present Of his Lucky Seal
that I would actually portray in q
written article for the benefit of my
readers just exactly what happened
as q result. But whether or not the
powers do not pass with the Seal
when it IS donated 7 do not know. At
any rate III always have an oppor-
tunity decide to present ne with one.
For little favors Of the week I an
particularly indebted To Victor L
Gray. managing editor Of the Chicago
Sunday Bee.