| Show lwTe The American Journalist The American journalist must b spicy lively and bright He must know how not merely to report but to lelate in a racy catcliiui ttyiean accident a trial a conflagration an < 1O able to make up an article of one or two columns upon the mos insignificant incident He must b interesting readable His eyes and cars must always b open every ode of his five senses on tho nler for bo must keep ahead in this wild demand for nevsHe mu tbe a good conversationalist on mOt rl g ecs RO a to bring back from his interviews with different people a good story of materials He must lie a man ot courage to brave rebuff He must be a philosopher to locket abuse He must b n mal of honor and I have always found him so Whenever I have begsed an American reporter to kindly abstain from mentioning this or that which might have been said in conversation with him I have invariably found that lie kept his word But If the matter is of pub lie Interest he Is before all pb above nil the sr > ant of the imblii J I So never challenge his elicit of en FIlrt terri e or lie will leave no stone unturned until he lisa found your secret and exhibited it to the public te pblc Review Max OJteU in Aorti Amtnaan fReti |
