Show one of the most difficult of cf the editors jobs is to get facts about births marriages and deaths people seem to think h ought to know these things by intuition if not that the birth marriage or death is of such importance in the immediate family that HIS presumed the editor will be informed by some wireless or just grow into the information then when the paper comes out and na mention ia is made of the event the editor is blamed for not running a good newspaper or not getting all the news remember there are a good many people in this county if the editor knew each of atheni by name besides their family history and the chief events in the lives of every individual he be an editor hed be a demigod demi god resting his feet on a cloud and sipping ambrosia instead of inhabiting a broken down office chair and wondering where the money for the next white paper bill is coming from the life of the average average newspaper man man Is a gay one gathering news is second nature to him Just the same theres a limit to his omniscience last week we thought of a million eight hundred and forty nine thousand three hundred and sixty four things of importance besides a couple of hundred thousand small items unworthy of mention and it was a slow week were anxious for the news newa for the paper and it wont put you out much to drop by the office or telephone us happening at your sotir house then if the item at get in the paper you have a right to come down and kick the stuffing out of the cat otherwise dont blame us |