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Show MAD NtWSPAPER SENSE. A Incident Thai Admiralty llln.rsarae Thai (juality. vl!er It Stevens, tbe secretsry ot llf- 1-oiiltiluna Puichao Exposition, f ' which St. Louts is making attest I' par.ttlnns. was for many years con-li con-li ted with the tllot.e Democrat and v- '1 sn e.pei'lal favorite of Joe Mc-' Mc-' -Hagli. Its chief editor. Sine ISSS fr. Si.en, has I n a Washington currriiintleiit, and was recognlred as one of the best of the corps, On one oiraniun when Mr. Slovens was In St. Louis Mr. Mil'nllnsh was entertain ing some visitors In his ofTlre. when the ronvcrMtlon turned upon the difference dif-ference between men of equal lutein-genie lutein-genie in the matter of seeing more than spiieared on the sutftiie ot com-men com-men tliliics. "Why. have a man In this of- nte." Mr. MrCullagh declared, "who cm li.-at the world at such a game. I'll allow you w hat he can tin." He culled through the speaking tube "M Mr. Stevens responded In person. "Mr. Stevens." said the editor, "I hive got to have something to fill "knit a column and a quarter In tomorrow's to-morrow's paper. I wish you would go o Into the street and write up the flit thing you romo across. Don't stty more than 3d minutes, t need yw for another assignment after you an through wllh this." At tbe stroke of the half hour In willtcd Stevens with a batch of copy ll his hand. "I haven't quite finished that artl-cW." artl-cW." ho remarked, "but It will take tw hut a little while more." "Oh. very well." said Mr. MrCul-liih. MrCul-liih. winking slylv at his Kuests, "but bs ss quick as you enn about It." It was not very long before Stevens "turned, laid the finished mnutiscrlpt ot his chl..r's desk, took Ins futtl.er orders or-ders and retired, whereupon Mr. Mc-Cillngh Mc-Cillngh and his friends examined wbat he hatl written. llr. Stevens, It seems, bad walked ti far as the nearest corner, where a new building waa In process of erection. erec-tion. Apparently thero was nothing to bo seen morn than anyone could set In any unfinished building. Ho wis probably the only passer-by who stopped and wntched proceedings, and h talked with the contractor on the curbstone about tho little dummy wsicn was running up anu nown uy tam. supplying the bricks and mortar mor-tar to the unisons on the upper floors. Ills article was a light but thoughtful thought-ful eessy on "The Passing of the Hod Carrier." |