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Show The Fall of Jenklnl Wllllnm Allen White, tho Ksuiw telling of tho troubles of a city edll Ing green reporters, wao reminded ' I ntr caso that enme within his oim'l "There Is ono thing you muatl abovo everything olsr ald the ell a St. Louis paper to a new rcport&rj Is: tell In tho first few lines what; is about In other words, glvo th at onco. Then follow with a rc facto, and conclude with Interview: people concerned. That Is the ot way of writing your story" J Tho now man gavo clow attentl leason, the result of which was ton cd In that night a ncivs Item read lows. "Rufus Jenkins, a carpenter, slips; In Vine street yesterday and spralaei badly. .?. "Sir. Jcnkhis was walking alcnr; whon suddenly his feet slipped from and ho fell, spraining one of his "When seen by a reporter, he walking along Vino street, when h my feot slipped from under m,1 heavily to the sidewalk; spralninr anklua.' ' Mr Frank Fuller said 'I tu hind Mr. Jenkins on Vino street him slip and fall to the sidewalk..) slated him lo rise he told ms t sprained ono of his ankles.' ? "Dr. Thomas Rich, who attend kins, said: "Mr. Jenkins has jx b ankle, duo to a fAll In Vine sire bo laid up for somo time.' 'JjH "Mr. Jenkins could not nttendU meeting of tho Carpenters' union-! dent. In convening the meeting. M gret that Mr. Jenkins could not t had slipped and fallen In Vine itr Ing one of his ankles," Harper1! |