WHAT ARE WE TO DO
" Editing a paper," declares a transatlantic editor, " is a nice business. If we publish jokes, people say we are rattle-headed. If Aye omit jokes, they say we are old fossils. If we publish original matter, they blame us for not giving selections If we publish selections, folk say ■we aro lazy for not writing something they have not read in some other paper. If we give a man a complim ent ary notice, we are censured for being partial. If we do not give complimentary notices, folk say we are a hog. If we do not cater for the wishes of the ladies, the paper is not fit to tie up a parcel, if wo remain in our office and do our business, folk say we are too proud to to mingle with our fellows. If wo go out, they say we never attend to our business. If we do not pay our bills promptly, folk say we are not to be trusted. If we wear poor clothes, folk say business is bad. If we wear good clothes, they say we never paid for them. . Now what are Aye to do ? "
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Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 59, 21 March 1879, Page 3
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196WHAT ARE WE TO DO Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 59, 21 March 1879, Page 3
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