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Show H ! WORLD'S GREATEST WAR AND THE NEWS- PAPER HEADLINES. B Ah tho first nnnlveranry of tho beginning of m tho great wnr nnpronchus It began July 29, 1014 m it may bo timely to reflect upon the great m , chango that han como over tho appearance of the H newspapers of our country. If you will take up m last ycar'n volume of any nownpaper you will be B struck by tho nbflence of tho bold headlines which H nmrk tho editions n they come from the press K today. There Is nn nbsenco of the scnsntionnl. B Tho nffnlrs of tho world seemed to bo moving nmoothly ovor their well oiled wny. Politics and - local dlHastcrs seemed to bo the only news worth H "spreading." B Then suddenly tho wholo world structure bIuicI- f dcred. Tho nssnssin's shot that killed tho Alts- M trian archduko touched off tho spark that set the B(! ' world aflame. Tho immediate result, as far as m f tho "dress" of tho newspaper was concerned, was m I the appearance of issues which shrieked tho mo- jf mentous news to tho world. If sensationalism yj1 4 was over Justified it was justified by tho out- HwifN break of tho great war. Nothing so tremendous' m In tho history of tho world had over happened. M Nothing so tremendous, it is safo to say, will over M Iiappcn again. Most pcoplo did not grnsn the m - , enormity of tho situation. Most of them do not W , even grasp it today. It is too much for tho brain of an individual. V ' i Tho cataclysm that overwhelmed Europe , , meant tho destruction of hundreds of thousands fs1 ' of llvosUlio wounding and mniming of millions, M the tlisruption of tho order of nf fairs as they had M , existed for mnny decades and, in a great ninny ) enscs, as they had existed for centuries. Husi- L tc h1 ncss camo to a standstill, nnd when it did not ac- K H "t tually ccaso it was u secondnry consideration. V r . Tho pcoplo of Europe, tho cradlo of modern clvil- iV . ization. gave themselves un to war. ! B Is it any wonder, then, that the nwvspapcrs B i ' proclaimed in loud tones tho change that had M i , como over tho world ? And what will bo tho re- t i f i suit when tho much to bo desired pence has been H ( 'j dcclaretl? Will newspaper readers bo satisfied to view their papers without "screamers?" Will H i thoy bo satisfied with tho small hcadlino and ' -' with tho unsensntlonal telling of tho news of the H ' tiny or week? Hero Is an interesting problem B t with which tho newspaper psychologists can busy B '. t themselves when tho wnr is over. H One thing, however. Is certnln. American H ' newspapers will demand more foreign nows than B . over before. Thoy will wnnt to wntch closely H 1 tho regeneration of tho nations that aro now ox- H , A hntiRting themselves in tho greatest wnr that has H ' i over been waged on this planet. |