Show R 1 I 1 1 by air frank be kaith I 1 read with considerable interest es t your editorial in a recent is sue entitled tile the country E editor lit with duties so many and so varied the wonder is that lie he can do so well a news item is a more or less lees simple thing tp gather and a simpler thing to write up but when it comes to the editorial matter then is the real rub different fron fion a news happening in ill which the subject is a already gi given ven you and a mere record of occurred makes an i interesting tom in the ie paper the mat billat r 3 vv A i arkal i sl ff a oti 11 rai mp at that it is ali the e most arduous tarm of composition lot let any one of your you readers be convinced by himself or her who is gifted with the scribbles scribble sit down to write up something then out of what ru into the mind to accept and reject to systemize to present in ill orderly fashion the things done I 1 but more of often ten the attempt ends with oh shucks and into tb the e waste basket it goes how liard hard it is to write only those who have attempted it know havill having myself had articles accepted by editors from the local newspapers including as well the herald republican when living in salt lake city to ay ag well weeklies and monti monthlies lies is issued in new york city I 1 kno know wa the laor it has cost and particularly do I 1 know only to well the muss mass of rejected manuscript that never saw print and I 1 know that when my work was more or less news matter it found ready acceptance but when the more pretentious fieldi field was attempted of the built up fiction say or the essay which constitutes editorial matter rejections were almost per cent this by way mr editor of rendering commendation own work as appearing in the thea progress lie view when the alie fit is on work it off the point of your pen mix up tip news with all snort ort essays ant and from the present foundation build into the facile expression which all oi of us ink sl ingers covet when ideas flow like sorghum in in midwinter mid winter xi anter drop your pen and chase a delin quent the varied labor especially if lie he comes across with the needful will give you an inspiration that will make your next writing a go getter |