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Show Tho Editorial Pae. C. J. S. writes to find out why the editorial'page of a newspaper is always leaded. To this question there are two answers: an-swers: First, in the early days it was customary to pay editors by the line and to permit them to occupy only so much space. The leads were consequently consequent-ly put in to prevent them from earning a decent living; hence the expression so much favored by Rushvilla journalists, journal-ists, "The poor editor. " Second, it has probably been noticed that it is only the most important news in the paper that is leaded, and these leads are therefore put on the editorial page to fool the people into believing that they are important and to induce them to read them. This should be labeled "A Joke." Omaha World-Herald. |