St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-05-14
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y. 81 NEIL D0DSOR RUSSELL

Column writing good a main journalistic stint. ut
always activity with
outlet the things couldn't get into the course OF
regular newspaper work. True members of the col
umnng fraternity particularly those of the daily started
reporters leg sob sisters ordinary editor
of them the good old city days
very don't know why There's nothing about filling
allotted number of inches of daily Orweey that should
bring of balloon head 1t takes the fine edge off
newspaper makes dull egostca overweight and
Experts everything and specialists nothing
columnists weekly bidding with words Not like
getting teeth into good feature shaking by the scruf
until ame into line and marches out of typewriter
smartly.
Every week think this you've after six
half knocking yourself in this business
The words don't stand and sing like they used to- just
that's ALL They lean YEARLY each other like tired
little old
Where's the old mOe mOxie that you used to
wheedle-the boys in the detective bureau until big
bury would grow "A right all right here's the dope but
if hear it again. it's all news to me- sister"
Not Omachurnng tragedy more. Like the
you and that temperamena photographer making
for the Office after assignment and the crowd
milling something covered with brown wrapping
the street truck kid and bicycle geatinous bloody
seepng from under the The photographer went
his head of the window and noisy
sick He'll" he said, haven't you got any nerves.?
You did tell him he beat you to it by split second
Your stomach didn't stop doing nipups for week.
Then there the yarn Harlem Wildcat Niteres Fiji
teendOara week chorus beating the boards for three
shows night Slave labor exploitation Quite stir that
much of stir that club proprietor called
the Office brought of his along emphasize
point got sassiy loud the quakng rattle of
stay out of my nghtcub" he warned.
"IIl go into your nightcub anytime I d-please," you
buffed then lodged dark doOrways for month. Not
scared of course just playing safe
Nothing with the sob stuff angle. Like the cold water
landlord turned off the heat Dark
smelly halls sagging tiredookng woman lying in a
rumped frayed blue quilt around her shoulders In
the caSket Her Tears streaming silently
down her People won't stay when they to sit It's
cold It's not their fault; it's too cold"
Everything's Committee meetings. luncheOns,
yackety yack yack all the time Contact they call it, You
can't even pick good fight.
Column writing bah! Kid stuff No sefrespectmg news
paper writer should be cOlumnist.
JOTTINGS: The governor Mississippi the
brownsn brethren of the that if they equality,
they'll have of Mississippi Since when is that news
Harem Apollo theatre finally air-cooling system
1t will estimate $7500O the bayhOo for the house
The burb says it's Harlems first POSTWAR air
cooling system theatre The ern used get hot
fry egg balcony George Weaver, the
the ant-dcrimination seup in
guest Tuesday luncheon his honor given by
the Mayors Council on Human Relations These
felers my! The jmcro eased through at
Fort Smelling when nobody looking This is bad at time
Youngdah being asked segregated state
guard Plays right into the hands of crowd who insist us
all" happier off ourselves Maybe Of "us a git
unhappy Charlie lot of the others of us
all" don't let Mister Charlie like used to- Looks
IKE Mister charlie is gettln mite Sceeed OF us an nougn
NOW AMT THE TIME TO back down, pal, NOW AMT THE
TINE The persons in the beets those present
at the Louis Armstrong session. Sunday night Also OF
ladies y smacking fare-theewel If they
could just SEE themselves with their jaws making like m
tatOn of elevator with of It's Dr. W. D. Brown
only has of the most modern equipped offices in the
city but recently added teevision his watngrOom
And while we're on the subject OF Doctors wish some OF
these silly social nObs who keep their tilted the
for all would learn badlyneeded lesson from
medical Twin Cities all whom spite
Of being highyskled professionals dOwn-tO-eah
they be- Dr. Dunbar Gibson for instance still "BOotey
old friends. It's peculiar a Whit
college atmosphere a job people
Senator Wayne MOrse threat to resign from The
national NAACP board if the organization backed the civil
obedience campaign against military failed put
zzy. It's time for relations organizations
unloading of these brothers sisters who talk
for democracy but awuy fusered if they tn nh
somebody's actually do something about Let
60 let EN- 60 the Lord bless EN-, |.