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Show THE IDEAL EDITOR. An exchange enumerates the qualities quali-ties which should be possessed by the: ideal editor, as follows: He would be as rapid in action as nn electric fan, yet as pat'ent as Job; he would have all the vigor of 20 and the wisdom of 70; he would have the memory of an encyclopedia and the infallibility of an addfing mach'ne; he would have an eye like an eagle and the nose of a bloodliound; he would be as tactful as an expectant heir before be-fore a rich uncle, sind as . firm as ' gran'te; he would be as discerning as a shaft of light anl have the analysis analy-sis of a supreme court jurist; he would be able to, at. one and the same time, answer two telephones, place a call of his own, check a proof sheet and add. the middle name of the third assistant secretary of the navy, and remember what ver he was told to W:g home from the corner drug store. Obviously, as our exchange regret-fully regret-fully admits, "fhere ain't no such animal." ani-mal." Hence iliere never was, and never will be, an ideal editor. |