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Show ' SOCIALISM. Socialism is so much to the front at the present . time that it seems hardly possible to believe that many people had the vaguest idea as to what Socialism Social-ism meant only a few years ago. Here is a true story illustrating an ignorance which was common. A young scion of the aristocracy was very esger to master mas-ter the methods of journalism, so entered en-tered a daily newspaper office. One of the tasks which the editor set him was to eompile an index of the contents of each dav'a paper, for the use of reference.- He went on witfc work for some time. - Then one evening a leader writer wanted some recent reference to speeches on Socialism. Not a single speech was - indexed-. "But. whatever are, these references under the heading 'Socialism?' asked the editor, to whom the matter was referred. "Oh," said the young journalist, "I've entered all the balls, parties and festivities. That s all ' Socialism, ' isn 't itt" Daily News. |