Year: 1878

lines, setting forth that the ladies Of


church would give grand lunch at No.
street, for the benefit of the fresco


work on the interior, end would be happy


to have all the patronage they could get
at so cents per head.


at will cost you 81, madam" said the
young man.


WHAT cried the lady in expression
Of holy horror, "you are not going to
charge a church, Where is the proprie-
torY' The business manager stepped po-
litely up and explained that there were
fifty-fve churches in Memphis, each with
settled habits of having lunches, and
fairs, and raff1es, to say nothing of benev-
olent societies, ETC.; ad i6itum with like
chronic attacks on the public pocket, and
that no newspaper or individual could be
expected to give money to all these af-
fairs.


Money" again cried the astonished
lady. II don't ask you for money! I
only ask you to print this"


The B. M. tried to explain how the two
were, as it were synonymous. About
forty people, including the carriers, are
connected with the Avalanche" he said
blandly, "and they have singular way
of expecting their pay promptly, so that
they and their dependents may be pro-
vided with food, clothing and shelter
It's sad but nevertheless true" he added,
with a melancholy smile. Then there
are such things as rent, light, fuel, paper,
ink, telegraph news, machinery, statione-
cry, postage, taxes, repairs &c, dd in1fni-
tune, to be provided for. 1t costs no less
than ST 200 week to run the Avalanche,
madame. just think of it, 5000 a day
Now if we were to do all this kind of
work for nothing there would be no Av-
alanche or none worthy the name, and
its proprietors would be left with an i'm
mense bag to hold.


The lady was indignant, and scorned
so base paper and so base man she
would take her patronage elsewhere; she
left If she were the only begging lady
who came, that business manager would
look less like the father of twelve child
ren, and victim of six mothers-in-laws'
proverbial attentions, but they come in
troops; they want notices for this thing
and that, their friend is getting up some
sort of a benefit show and must be adver-
tised gratis, as it would not be a success
without the newspapers, you know their
society wants to meet to talk over send
ing fannels to the poor orphans of the
FIJI Islands, and it must be announced.
These ladies are not alone in these meth
DDS. Business men who ought to know
from their own habits of never running
their own business to help on everybody's
project, join this class. In some it may
be pure thoughtlessness. If so, let these
few remarks come like the dawning sun
upon their intelligence. These imposi-
tions upon a newspaper amount in year
to many thousand of dollars. Men, wo-
men and children seem to think that
every matter of interest to them should
be ventilated free of charge, because
their neighbors take the paper and they
occasionally condescend to borrow it.
People who are always trying to get
things squeezed into print without paying
for them rarely buy paper or advertise.
If few of the philanthropists at other
peoples expense, and benevolent hands
with other peoples money, would only
show q willingness to divide the thing by
half the time going into their own purse
instead of that of the public, it would
seem more lovely about here The Ava
lanche does not feel its sphere of duty to
embrace assistance in supporting every
religious or benevolent society. 1t would
respectfully ask to be treated as are 9TH
er business concerns, with the assurance
that it will endeavor to do its best in
return.