"EDITING A PAPER."

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1795, 23 September 1884, Page 2

"EDITING A PAPER."

The Southwestern Railway Advocate, Chicago, 111, contains under recent date the following pithy sentences captioned as above, They embody as a whole a truth which, is often lost sight of by thoso whose experience iu newspaperdotu is limited tcv. a reading, more'or less cursory, of thV printed sheet after it reaches the public eye:

" Editing 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 fossils, If we publish 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 we give a man a complimentary notice, wo aro censured for being partial, If we do not give complimentary notices, folks say we are a bog. If v;e 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 wo never attend to our business.

If we wear old clothes folks say business is bad, If wo wear gooi clothes, they say we are Now, what are wo to do ? 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 somotimes feels it a duty to defend are pften 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 aud do what he conscientiously ' thinks right without regard to smiles or frowns.'"'