"EDITING A PAPER."

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1793, 20 September 1884, Page 2

"EDITING A PAPER."

The Southwestern Railway Advocate, Chicago, 111,, contains under receut date the following pithy sentences captioned as about. They embody as a whole a truth which is often lost sight of by those whoso experience in newspaperdom is limited to a reading, more or less cursory, of the printed sheet after it reaches the public eye:

" Editipg a paper is a nice business. If we publish jokes, people say we are rattle-headed. If we omit jokes, they say we are old fossil. If we public original matter, they blame us for not giving selections. If we publish selections, folks say we are lazy for not writing something they had not read in some other paper. If wo give a man a complimentary notice, we are censured for being partial. If we do not give complimentary notices, folks say we are a hog. If we insert articles that please the ladies, the men are jealous, If we do not cater to the wishes of the ladies, the paper is not fit to make a bustle of. If we remain in our office and attend to our business, folks say we are too proud to mingle with our fellows. If we go out, they say we never attend to our business. If we wear old clothes folks say business is bad. If we wear good clothes, they say we are extravagant. Now, what are we to do 1 A brother editor says: 'Anewspaper and a newspaper editor that people don't talk about and sometimes abuse are rather poor concerns, The men and business that an editor sometimes feels it a duty to defend are often the first to show ingratitude, The editor who expects to receive much charity or gratitude will soon find out his mistake; but ho should go ahead aud say and do what he conscientiously thinks right without regard to smiles or frowns,'"