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DAILY EAST GREG 0X1 AX, PENDLETON, OftECtON,, SATURDAY; DECEMBER 7; 1912.
TEN PAGES.
Tales the Reporter Tells
w h Ckkmco Editors Do Not IJo Awake XlghU Thinklrijr of Schemes
o Make It lloasant for Embryo Journalists.
Haviag apent my youthful days in
Taxaa vkin the only method of
raaklnc tha monontony of a dull ex
istence waa to 11a la the shade of the
rsk boose and watch wild-eyed
Pete write hie Initials In the back of
a greater with an army pistol. I long-
for some real excitement. And
after Harper's had accepted a poem
frail aiy pen I knew that the outer
world would have the lapaydals if I
tlida't come out and exhibit myself.
Tkat explains why I resigned my po
sition as a printer's "devil" on a Tex
as week 1 j- paper and made tracks for
Chicago. I use the word -''tracks"
deliberately and with, due considera
tion, for my funds gave out long be
fore I reached the Windy City and I
had. to walk, a considerable part of
the way. Any one who has walked
through Missouri will agree with me
that you make tracks; in fact, the
tracks are so deep at times that it is
necessary for the pedestrian to yell
for a derrick to lift him out of them.
"When you mention bad roads in Mis
souri you never hear the natives
spring the "show me" chestnut.
At Chicago there were no brass
bands and silk-hat delegations to
meet me. The literary editors of the
Chicago papers failed to note my ar
rival, but perhaps they didn't know I
had been called to a new field. After
I had interviewed the editors of sev
eral Chicago newspapers relative to
obtaining a position, I reached the
conclusion that they didn't Care
whether I had been '-called" or not
There was nothing doing in the work
line on the dailies, and as a job was
tha only thing yiat separated me from
starvation I decided to look for a po
sition on one of the smaller publi
cations until I could show the editors
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To Be Styled a Duckling.
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la a Medium Sized Paddle,
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of the big dailies what a mistake
they .were making not to employ me.
From . newspaper directory I. ob
tained the nam of every publication
in Chicago and then started on a
strenuous hunt for a Job. Roosevelt's
African hunt was small potatoes when
compared with . the Job-hunting ex
pedition which I headed In the Windy
u.ty. The South side and the West
side offered no encouragement, but
on the aristocratic North side I
learned that a weekly paper in Rav
enswood was looking for an editor.
Ravenswood is the cream of the aris
tocratic suburbs of Chicago. The in
habitants thereof permit . no intoxicating-
liquors'" to be sold within the
realm, but on North Clark street, the
east boundary line, the .saloons are so
numerous that a pedestrian grows
dizzy trying to read all the hop signs.
Newspaper shops were not so numer
ous, and it was with difficulty that I
thawed out some of the aristocrats
long enough to obtain the location of
the printing office I was seeking. This
newspaper was located in East Ra
venswood Park, wnicn sn"t a park
at all, unless one is so pastoral as
to imagine the few blades of grass
growing along the Northwestern rail
road right of way constitute a park.
I found the place, anyway, and lost
no time In applying for a situation.
This paper, the Ravenswood News,
was owned and edited by Mrs. Fran
ces E. Norton, whose brother mur
dered President Garfield. On the
week of my arrival in Chicago, Mrs.
Norton had fallen from a street car
and broken a limb. She was unable
to direct the management of her pa
per, and, therefore, must employ an
editor. After convincing her that I
was familiar with every detail of the
weekly newspaper game, from oper-J
ating a Washington hand press to !
driving off persistent bl'i collectors by
threatening to knock their blocks off
I had no spare change for Investment
engaged me at the magnificent salary
of 6 a week and room. The news
paper office was located in the base
ment of Mrs. Norton's house. Her
room was Just above the office and
as her injured limb did not permit
her to get about the shop, she would
summon me for consultation about
the weighty policies of the paper by
rapping on the floor with her cane.
These rappings were so frequent that
I decided it would be a good invest
ment of my first week's salary to pur
chase an electric call bell. I changed
my mind later, as the salary was al
lotted in such small installmenta that
ed in a campaign of education for em
in labor-saving, nerve conserving de
vices. I worked for Mrs. Norton three
weeks as editor, printer, pressman
and motive power for the press. When
I was not occupied with my Journal
istic, typographical and mechanical
duties I served as bill collector not
that I ever collected anything and,
on the maid's day out, I would buy
the day's provisions from the corner
grocery store. I liked the Job. Al
though I was not getting much coin
of the realm, I was getting a wealth
of experience. 1 figured that this sort
or a career would lead to success if I
didn't starve to death in the mean
time. Just how many days I would have
worked for the Ravenswood News had
not a newspaper - trust reached out
ana grabbed the publication, I am
unable to say, but the fact remains
that the trust gobbled up me in the
bargain and I stepped Into my new
position on the North Shore Mirror
at an advance of $1.50 a week in
salary. This paper was the consoli
dated effort of the three weekly pa
pers of Ravenswood, and was three
times as bad as any one of them had
been prior to the consolidation. One
of the proprietors had previously at
tracted considerable attention in the
remote sections as an enlarged-picture
faker; the other was a promoter.
They were a promising pair. In fact,
they would promise anything to the
employes, many of whom got rich
on promises. Being the only news
paper and printing office in Ravens
wood, however, they were certain to
get some business, and they did. Aft
er cornering all the printing in that
section of the city, they began to
branch out. A down-town job of
printing worth several hundred dol
lars to the paper was obtained. When
this Job was completed the nlctur
agent collected the cash for it and
vanished. Pay days were again post
poned ror several weeks.
The turn of events so amused me
that I sat down and wrote a storv on
the trials and tribulations of the su
burban newspaper office, submitting
my manuscript to one of the down
town dailies. The editor accepted the
siory ana the check of $12 in payment
for it was accompanied by an offer
of a position on the staff at 118 a
week. Did I accept it Does a hun
gry man turn down a 50-cent sirloin
steak?
Shortly after the one nartner van
ished the other became so hardpress-
ed with bills that he was forced to
sacrifice the prlntlne establishment.
and Ravenswood's news dispensers
ceased to exist The Chicago Jour
nalist, a monthly publication for
newspaper men. purchased the me
chanical equipment, and the plant
wnicn was once used to discourage
newspaper men is now belne- emDlov-
ed i na campaign of education for em
bryo Journalists. St. Paul Pioneer
.Press.
the throne of Albania, the new king
dom now forming as a result,-of the
ames victories.
The kaiser is fond of Princess Ixtt
tl, who, besides beinar beautiful and
20 years old,' la' related to the royal
lamiues of Hoenzollern, Hapsburg and
Wurtemburg and the grand ducal
family of Badnn. ,
Prince Hugo,, the dashing lieuten
ant in the Austrian artillery, would
be- the choice of Bmperor Francis Jo
seph ma well aa the kaiser, while the
othe powers are not unfavorable to
the plan. The prince," however, is
not a member of any of the ruling
dynasties, and. In Uveordinary course
of Austrian mobilization, would be
compelled .to turn from .hie "bride in
the middle of his honevmn'mi
military duty. ' , .
There was of course, no auestinn
of the prince being the future king
of Albania, when Princess "Lotti
elded jto giye her hand-to a mere lieu
tenant. It was a love match and the
princess did not stoD to consider dif
ferences of rank.
The wedding waa a gorsreoua af
fair and took Dlace in the anmstmi
castle" of the Furstenburgs, the park
or wnicn contains the source of the
Danube. The castle is one of the
greatest in Europe, and contains art
treasures and books valued at sever
al million dollars. The bride's king
ly relatives each sent a reDresentatlvn
while the gifts included many costly
jewels.
MONTENEGRIN "WOMEN" .
. LIKE MASTERFUL. MEN
Paris. The Montenegrin woman
wishes not only to be mother of men,
but the wife of a man. She holds to
a high-handed husband, to one who
win be master of his own house.
Witness the story of the wooine of
Gordanne, as told ia the "Revue
Hebdomadalre."
Gordanne was the beautiful daugh
ter of an innkeeper. Her suitors
were many and it was time for her to
wea. bhe promised to make her
choice between three suitors and sum
moned them all to her father's house.
In the afternoon, standintr in the
doorway, she awaited their coming. .
First came a youthful gloved and
cravatted, who durlne a weekend t
Cattaro had acquired the elegances of
city life. "Excuse me," he said po
litely doffing his hat," "will you per
mit me to enter?"
Gordanne stepped aside, hut as she !
aid so murmured. "You will never be
my husband.
The second, a comfortable farmer.
was less mannerly. "Let me in," he
said, pushing past the girl. "Neither
shall you call me wife," said the girl.
I he third said not a word, but
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seizing her by the arm flung her aside
and entered the house as. though al
ready its master. -
"That," sighed the innkeeper's dau
ghter, "is a true Montenegrin. He is
the husband for me!"
Of such stuff, after all, 'are the
mothers of heroes made. .,
CONNAUGHTS PLAN RETURN.
Want to Visit White House After
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wuson g inauguration. -London.
It is rumored In society
that the Duke and Duchess of Con
naught were so pleased by their re
cent visit to the United States that
they intend makine a second visit
shortly after the inauguration so they
can pay their respects to President
Wilson at the White House. The
Duke - and Duchess have received a
number of letters from prominent
Americans, inviting them to repeat the
visit, and the Goernor-General has
indicated that if he goes at all he will
travel on a more extended scale, vis
iting all the large cities in the Middle
West as well as in the East.
Reduced Cost of Reading.
There are two clubs in New York
that are designed to reduce the cost
of fresh reading matter. One is com
posed of women who contribute 25
cents a month and have the use of
all the best magazines, which are
later sent to a hospital. The . other
buys new books -for " the same price t
each member and the books are dis
posed of by a lottery system, although
each member gets one. There are
hundreds of 'ways to save money.
A woman does not question her
husband's judgment after-she breaks
Into the widow class.
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KAISER HAS CANDIDATE
FOR ALBANIAN THRONE
Favors Printxj Hush Zu Wlndl.scli
Grata, 1.0 Kccrntly Married
Princess Jxtt of Purstenburg.
Vienna. The wedding of pretty
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Prince Hugo Zo Wlndisch Gratz at
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It Is aald on good authority that
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to give preRtlge to the prince and
princess, whom he has In view for
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