| Show how to get employ on a newspaper it is safe to bay that half a hundred men and women a liy make a tour of the new york newspaper offices trying to find employment A good many of these are beginners who have not the slightest idea of what newspaper work is they think it quite easy to write and aro ready enough to do what they are told if employed it is a weary march up and down stairs with always the same answer nothing to do the amateur becomes discouraged and gaes away heartsick and weary of the effort bat what shall I 1 do once said a young man to joseph after telling the editor of the world how well he could write and how faithful he would be mr answer always struck me as a good one 1 I do not need writers he said writers are plentiful enough they can be found anywhere what I 1 need are young men of originality and ideas that will boom the circulation of my paper young men of progress who can eee ahead and who can make their own positions by doing better work than any one else in their line A good idea is better than a letter of introduction do not go into a newspaper office empty handed unless you have something good to sell keep away try to get up some original unique ideas that will create a stir in the paper that is the only way to succeed nowadays foster coats in new york mail and express |
