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Show NEWBPAPEB FBOVEKBS. S. W. Gillian, the funny man of the 'Baltimore - American and secretary of the recently organized 'Association of Newspaper : Versifiers and Humorists, has coined the foUowing" proverbs out of twenty years'- experience: The chap who tries hardest to 'work a newspaper for special favors Is the one who never spends cent with it and Is not raven a subscriber. The one who demands the highest excellence- typography, subject -matter and quantity of contents -does the least to help the. cause along. " The man wno kicks most aoout tne Inaccuracy of newspapers in general is the one who does least to assist In getting' get-ting' the facts accurately when he' has an opportunity to do so. - The man who has It In for newspa- pers in general has. had the bitter truth' told about him once by some tnusually frank reporter and has a big sore spot; The man who brings in the longest obituary of the late -deceased was not a model -husband always. - ' ' The 'woman who declares it's none of the public's business and she "won't talk. . so there." always winds ' w : by giving the reporter- a rattUng' good story so fast that he cant take it down in shorthand. - " The' man who begs that his name b left out of the list of drunks for fear It will hurt. .hlsmo.th.er.s .J!eUngs never considered that good lady's sensibilities before In his life. ' r The men who spend the most money with the paper 1dck the-least. ' : If you expect a man to find a compliment compli-ment about himself, you must put It on, the front page tn boldface type. - If you put In- a one-line roast In nonpareil non-pareil between two patent medicine ads. on the steenth page, he'U find it and come hunting the man who writ the plecei-aoierlcaa preea. ' ''' ,'" . ' 4 ' " ' v |