Show EDITORIAL lire LIFE the fol following lowin description of editorial life from the pen of nr mr honan one of the times own correspondents is is no less true than graphic an editor must know everything and suit everybody praise everybody that anybody wants praised without offending his rivals and abuse everybody that any body wants abused abased and not offend the victim must mus t attack every public evil without giving caa canse of ill feeling to its creators and supporters and if he err once he is covered with reproaches if he does not pitch into what he deems wrong unsparingly he is dull afraid or bought off on if he does he be is abusive and meddlesome if ile he makes a mistakes and retracts it he is is a fool and no dependence can be placed in him if he unwisely persist he is of course a liar and worthy of still less confidence if fhe he sticks to his party he is a pat izan and his views are predicted if he is independent he is a loose fish 2 we might fill a column with similar complaints that arv are dail daily v anh and y poured 6 thel head d of a newspaper editor mr honan says ill I 1 know no state of slavery on earth like that attendant on a tit newspaper I 1 life ife w whether hether it be as a di director rector or a subordinate your task never ended conr res never secured the last days work is forgotten for goHen at the close of thedac the day on which it appeared and the dragon of bofto to morrow waits openmouthed to devour your thoughts and snap up every morsel of your vexed istance existence ex be as successful as it is in the nature of things to be write with the best possible degree of exertion be indifferent to praise and lionhearted against blame still will the human frame wear out before f ore its time and your body if not your mind exhibit early symptoms of dry rot when I 1 reflect on the numerous gifts which nature and education must accumulate in in one person and know what unceasing exert exertion iun are made by him in his herculean task I 1 am stung almost to madness on hearing how the ignorant and malicious speak of a thing so much above their comprehension as editorial responsibility in france in spain and portugal the road to fame to honor and to place lies thi through rough the newspaper press but in england where journal journalism am is a lone alone conducted on sound principle and aai I 1 1 A 11 L 1 diw mavy 1 I beyond bey ona that derived from a legitimate source the public sneer when the word editor is mentioned and while men bend implicitly to its will afflect affa ct to undervalue the person who directs it |