| Show HOW HE FELL FROM GRACE Reporting Was Too Exacting and So He Became a Hotel Keeper Yes It said Michael Angelo Tracy I once was a newspaper man long before be-fore I over thought of hotels and diamonds dia-monds It was in Toronto that I made my debut also exit My first assignment assign-ment was to report an inquest Now my paper was edited in short condensed con-densed Breezy stylo and everything was boiled down This fact was impressed im-pressed upon me by the city editor when I went forth in quest of news Well I labored like a good fellow afc that inquest in-quest and brought in a column of matter mat-ter The editor read it over with a mingled min-gled air of amusement and disgust and then laying it aside said This is nil very nice Mr Tracy but we would like to know the verdict I had written a column and left out the only piece of news in the item You can imagine my emotions My nest assignment WM tQ repot ft ij f l ef f J > > tl Jp s w I I I organization DOW 1 was a liberal I I and vice president of the Young Mens Liberal club of my native city The Sons of England were all Tories and bitter opponents of my party I had hardly taken my seat at the meeting and was preparing to take notes of the proceedings when Iwas recognized by a Tory acquaintance and a howl went up that one of the enemy was among them Instantly the Sons of England rose in a body and demanded that I be put out I explained to the excited assemblage that I was only at the meeting in the capacity capac-ity of a reporter and that I didnt intend in-tend to be thrown out None of the Sons of England present seemed to relish the job of ejecting me and I remained throughout the meeting I didnt relish my experience however and on my return re-turn to the office I told the city editor what had happened Oh thats nothing noth-ing he said You will get need to little lit-tle things like that I didnt agree with him however and that is why I am in the hotel business now instead of reporting report-ing suicides and pink teas in my native land Louisville Commercial |
