Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-14

"Giva to tee world the best that
you have and the best will come
back to you"-"You only get out OF
life that which you put into it,
Having absorbed many of those
"copy-book" phrases during our
school days in the early 1900's-it
has been something of a shock tc
find that the life of an editor is NOT
what she makes it, but what the
other fellow makes it. The world
never knows when you are giving
your best = but is always asking
for better, it seems.
"Aha!", we can hear some of oui
readers exclaim, $50 you have lost
those rose-colored glasses!" (Let's
hope they are only mislaid.)
Frankly we had to smile recently
when we came across letter writ.
ten US several years ago - wher
someone else was the editor and we
could pass the unpleasant things
on to him-"Your articles always
give me a lift, but / am sometimes
disappointed when l visit place
you have described or meet per-
son of whom you have written -
you seem to see things through
rose-colored glasses" it ran. We
have tried to ignore the ugly and
unpleasant things. There is SC
much that is beautiful-why spend
time ON the things which depress
one? We have also tried to grow a
thick hide and not be affected by
the mean little remarks some peo-
pie delight in making there are Sc
many of you who say pleasant
things, and we love you for it.
Even complaints, either fancied or
real, can be made in a nice man
ner. We. admit to being fed up on
discussing in public matters which
should be taken up during Office
hours. Do let the poor old editor
have a little fun on weekends after
the paper is "put to bed" :.
We have always felt a column Of
this sort was not the place to air
ones personal grievances-we still
think so-but the life of a weekly
newspaper editor is so much the
part of his paper that after a few
years his individual identity be.
comes lost and he becomes merely
The Sentinel, or just plain ''you.'
"You" did this or "you" did not dc
that-see what we mean? Few Of
you are naive enough to think tina.
the editor alone is responsible fol-
all the work that goes into publ.
cation. Even our small paper has
also an advertising man, "a book
keeper and a part-time editorial as.
sistant. Besides this local staff
there are the many employees Of
the printing plant. None Of us il
infalliblel = all make mistakes al
times-but so do you. W.
Do you write us news notes with
names correctly and legibly writ
ten? Or do we have to consult the
phone book and hope that we have
it right? How about that wedding
story - pages of it - beautifully
written, in which alas the poor
bridegroom was not even men
toned? We spent hours trying x
set some of the family on the
phone.
We're you the person who wrote
a classified ad: Wanted, a vacuum
cleaner in good condition or ono
that cannot be repaired? OF
course we should have caught tn;
discrepancy but when you com
planned your handwriting showed
who made the mistake.
II have been to Canada anC
through the New England State;
and you never had a word in Tho
paper about it," How were we to
know you were away-did you send
us card? What if we do have t.
hold up your news item week be.
fore publishing tive ara not re.
sponsible for the shortage of pa.
per-all newspapers face the same
conditions.
You pay for the advertising Sc
you take more care to see that the
copy which comes to us is correct
ly written. We believe you appreci-
ate the fact that we have kept our
advertising rates low as a service
to farmers and others whose in
comes are not in the higher brack-
cts. How much cheaper is this rate
was brought to our attention fore
IDLY when we ran an ad for the
Hospital Supper in four county pa.
pers BESIDES The Sentinel. Three
papers charged almost double our
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