Show men who A newspaper is ostensibly a periodical published by n man called a proprietor for tho disic initiation ot a certain amount of intelligence among a certain number of readers but it is actually ft sinecure maintained in abo interest and for the benefit of an advertising agent and a number 0 compositors the chief of these is called the foreman whilo liia pal and accomplice h known technically as the render those two men in conjunction with tho advertising agent constitute the acting triumvirate triumvir Ato of every office around lliam revolve as do about the sun alic proprietor the editor thu editorial staff alio readers and tho general public yon go into a newspaper office ou will sec seated in ft luxuriously faini fahed and private office on alio llio first bloor n looking individual ho is probably a rive cent cigar and is takhing alic a it curls softly toward lie ceiling lie has an it of fur and sealskin wears rubies and diamonds anil has a glistening black silk aih near alint is i his gloves arc negligently thrown he is out for niety avo per binl of a order this is the agent ascending to tho act bloor seo alie foreman lie en joys luxurious eio aud il appears to agree with him around tho room nrc stationed compositors who arc toying small of metal called type with them and the foreman rests the entire policy and conduct of the newspaper they revise add to and expunge from alio wrap wraps s of manuscript booro them they strengthen certain articles md modify others they smooth out awkward and objectionable they polish certain periods when in doubt they confer with each oilier of midi serious the foreman is always a member cx bindics hold is it were alio newspaper in alio ot their hands proceeding to the bloor you encounter that terrible per proof londar who is the 0 american literature lie sits at a low altok and has a pencil in each liand he waits fur liis proofs as a carnivorous animal might for liis prey the proofreader receives twenty seven dollars per week for being on alio lookout look out for any gleim of sense or coli crenco the com poi lors may have escaped in the aurli ors and it forthwith lie is responsible annl to alio advertising agent but as a mitter of courtesy hs confers willi the furem m to irlia ho intentions of alic compositors thi however i awes h liean kuhni i writer would seen liis wrote it but for alio linco of llie proofreader proof reader As a rule however alio llio compositors by insane watchfulness avcin any such catastrophe on alic top bloor of a newspaper office in a looking cell sits the editor tho apartment is the bloor and two of sides aru of wood thu ceiling and lie two sides arc of the editor sits at a dak it is his to write certain kotc i and alic compoi lors anil proof will mako articles is an entirely ornamental iliac acler acing on the top bloor lio can go no to penetrate balow into tho precincts of the proof or foreman would be ins int to lio auit needs linger in idi adl until th sh adeis ot night have fallen on tha office and thon miko good his in some establishments the arrand lioy full of young liae spirits and sym alic poor editor speaks an occasional kind w urd to him at limes ton the collector when in hiis cups and irresponsible speaks gently even genially to the editor but when sober next daiy diy lie immedi regrets alio compositors being men of full habit make merry at aliu of alic editors name but lie proofreader proof reader moro delicate and espiritu alle in liis way of life and always struggling under of lih po i gives publicly no utterance to his views in alo of liis home however as lie places alio proofs under liis pillow a place of airty for the night lie not dlud es to llie as alic poor lunatic who has never been a il printer tin proprietor of a newspaper is from iho of liis calling a philanthropist ills brain his time aud alic contents of liis pocket go to support and maintain alic ing agent the foreman tho and their satellite no fixed office and is rarely un in the early stages ol 01 lie may attempt to argue liis em aloyes but the futility of such i courso becomes soon apparent and lio to the country alic foreman and alic proofreader proof reader run the paper it theiu ii any profit the advertising agent takes il if there is any loss the moro o and alio weeks in with fel agal ag nl 0 alkim aro daiy it js tho editors i to bo blamed for everything bobu i iro laight audio pawn lus clothes and to tuni alic money to alio llio ud ascol as an incentive to to work puck |