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Show An Eye for Realism. I The new reporter in his story of the wedding wrote: "The floral display stretched from the chancel rail to the doors of the church." The city editor, in a mild manner, as is the custom of city editors with new reporters, suggested: "Couldn't you have used a better word than 'stretched?' Say the floral display 'nodded,' or 'twined,' or something some-thing like that some word more sug-. gestive of flowers." " 'Stretched' is all right," replied the new reporter, with the stubborn courage cour-age of a realist. "The decorations consisted of six rubber plants, and they had to stretch to go the distance.'" Baltimore American. |