Show EDITORIAL JOYS AND SORROWS The rhe rea reading mg public which nov nor nova now nowadays aday a aJ S includes pretty nearly ery ciery cery pc person o above c abo c the age of three or four y cars ears is always In- In in inquisitive 1 C a and sometimes very ery crI- crI crItical en cri critical regarding the thc mJ mysterious personages called editors tors whose hose functIon it is II to pick and choose the dally daily supply of printed ma- ma material ma material for the insatiable maw of the printing presses What qualifications should a good editor ha e How lIo should he mal make Ins Ills selections 7 Are Arc present present- present present-da da aJ c editors performing their ties tIcs and cly 1 Is the public satisfied with them 1 All these questions w brought sharply into the thc public Cj eye e a n few days daJ da sago s ago in m a remark remark- bic ble radio address addres by Sumner Blos BIos som om oil editor of the thc lIag- lIag anne Mag-anne t I The editors editor's C Job he sud IS is comparable to tint tilt of a 1 i mail car car- carIer car Ier to go ha g out and g t t some something thing and delI it this IS done lie he has lias to go o out and get else and delI er deli cr that I The minute he stops delf delivering ernig lie hc has turned floral being a good II sei ant to being a n pool one Noth rug courts counts except e a continuous and e a I The Thc search earch for the esh the thc new ne and the thc original is hI Ins his upend upending unending I mg ing task taek Able writers are the I scarcest and most valuable things m in the world orld Competition for abIlIty is so great among edItors I th that no potential soured source of talent I can be o overlooked 0 Abo Above e all the editor must re- re remember re remember member that the public does docs not I Igro grow gro old along with Ith him The m in indin individual din grow gro grows groe s e older but older but the publIc always s changing is al- al alaJ always al always aJ ways oung And so 0 it is e that I suggest to editors and writers I that the they keep young oung Youth IS ISI the age of enthusiasm and en- en i en-i en enthusiasm I therefore is the mo most t useful quality arter a writer can Ita have e No job I know 1 is more difficult dIffIcult difficult cult than that of editing material for pu public lIc consumption Other e folk folh can stand face t to 1 face lace with Ith their audiences and catch reactions immediately But the editor must pay hs his decIsIOns on paper and send them out into the world orld knowing mg that from hen on lie he I is then slave Fortun Fortun- I Fortun-I Fortunately Fortunately for his Ius peak peace o of mind peo p pie e in ill the thc mini mun rare are and for c letter of criticism there I I 15 sure eure to be bc at least one pres c u pres sive c appreciation of his Ius efforts I |