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Show Some NixTtpner rmrerln. Strickland W. Gillian, of the Baltimore Balti-more American, who Is the sicretury of the recently organized association of Newspaper Versifiers and Humorists, Humor-ists, hoB dug up the following proverbs pro-verbs from out Ills twenty years' experience ex-perience as n hard working newspaper man: The chap who tries hardest to wotl. a newspaper for special favors Is the one who never spends a cent with It nnd Is not even n subscriber. That the ono who demands the highest high-est excellence In typography, tubjevt matter nnd quantity of content', dos the least to help the cause along. That the man who kicks most about tho Inaccuracy of newspnpers In general gen-eral Is the one who docs least to nsslst In getting the facts accurately when he has au opportunity to do so. Thnt the man who has It In for newspapers news-papers in gcncrnl lifiB had the bitter trUth told about him once by some unusually frank reporter, and has a big sore spot. That the man -who urines In the longest obituary of the late deceased was not a model husband always. That the woman who declares It's none of the public's business nud she "won't talk, so there," always winds up by giving the reporter n rattling good story so that he can't take It down In short hand. That the matt who begs that his name be left out of the list of drunks for fear It will hurt his mother's feelings feel-ings never considered that good lady's sensibilities before In his life. That the men who spend the most money with the pnper kick the leaHt. That If you expect n man to find n compliment about himself you must put It on the front page In bold-face type. That if you put In a one-line roast In nonpareil between two patent medicine medi-cine ads on the 'stecnth page he'll find It and -come hunting the man who writ the piece. |