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Show "I suppose," said the visitor who was being shown through the newspaper office, "that the red-faced, rough-looking individual who is lounging loung-ing on the desk over there is the person who writes the woman's page?" "No," answers the guide. "That department is written by a lady." "And that slender, consumptive-appearing man over there doesn't he write the guides to health?" "Why, no; a practicing physician does that." "But, surely, that prize-fighter who is smoking a cob pipe is the society editor?" "Wrong again; the society page is handled by a young woman of great gentility." "And that look here, young fellow! Don't you try to fool me. I guess I know about newspapers. I have read all about how they are edited in the funny papers. I don't believe this is a newspaper office at aU' Baltimore American. |