Show Mt Jkroii CLINGS AT IEDITORS T Tributes by Lnfcadlo Hearn to Class of Workers He Disliked Lafcndlo Ilearn that woudorfu writer worked on newspapers in his youth said a publisher nnd tho ruthless way his studies wore changed cut and butchered was a great woo to his heart In after years Hearn took a mall clous Joy In collecting stories about I editors editors and their superior and omniscient way WIth manuscript Ono of his stories was at an editor I to whom subscriber said I enjoyed that poem on tho three ages of man in todays paper Mr Sheers I enjoyed it Immensely Do you know though I thought It was originally written the seven ages of man So it was sir so it was said Editor Sheers pompously Yes tho extract was originally written the seven ages of man but I had to cut it down for the lack of space Another story concerned a weather report A reporter discussing tho weather wrote that winter still lingered lin-gered In tho lap of spring The editor as ho read over the article called tho reporter to his desk and told him that ho would cut out that septenco about winter lingering In springs lap Ho said the Idea was good enough and nil that sort of thing but It would not do to publish because tho high moral tone of tho paper had to bo maintained In a town full of school girls I |