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Show "THE PRINTER'S DEVIL." "The devil" of the newspaper shop has been tho subject of much com-ment com-ment from time Immemorial, and few newspaper men has escaped questions as to tho who, why, which, what, and wherefore of said "devil." The replies re-plies have ever been evasive or a string of brilliantly hucd Invectives that the subject was mentioned. Never until a recent Issue of tho Wamcgo (Kan.) Times did any editor ever feel free to divulge any real inrormatlon about his internal majesty, but that paper has tho nerve lo present the Initiatory obligation. Now that It's out. Tun Uki'uiimcan reels no obligation to withhold It longer and here presents the obligation that must be taken by every boy aspiring lo be the devil or this or any other olllce. Tho chief cook and bottle washer grabs the candidate bv the right ear and the left bosom of his trouserlncs, tosses lilm up on a stool covered with Inkandsajs: "Young man' ly decree de-cree jou arc about to quit mortality, to enter a new Held -a realm noted for having habored worse bos than you, and made famous by sage and sinner. You must;cease to be cleanly, wear printer's) ink as though It were a robe of spotless purity You are to harbor In your breast a total, complete com-plete and constant distaste for decent personal appearance. Your duties will consist of learning the cases, setting set-ting reprint, cleaning rollers, folding papers, lauding your superiors, bragging brag-ging on the paper, whistling between acts, whipping all who cuss the editor edi-tor and obeying all rules and regulations regula-tions hereinafter promulgated. You are expected to drink nothing stronger strong-er llign ben.luc and to chew nothing but 'copy.' " He is thc.i conducted to the l)o pot and anointed, after which he Is put to work as a full Hedged printer's devil. |
