Such an Ignorant Paper.
Before Whitelaw Reid became Minister to France he devoted a good deal of his tim? to the conduct of his paper, the Tribune. The copy editors* who pus up the headlines of stories of the day fell into the habit of making moifc of them interrogative, as, for ins,fcmeo. " Was it Murder or Suicide ?" or " Did Sho Kill Him for Love? " or " Will the. Pr-fEideab Sign Ib ? " &o. The whole paper was speckled with interrogative points. The thing had been going on for weeks till one day a letter arrived, addressed to Mr Reid, and marked "Personal." Ibread as follows : " I'm getting awful tired of your questions. Why don's you flud out ' something ? A great newspaper is supposed bo know everything, and ought not to an-noy its readers with needless inquiries. This morning you ask, •- Will . Mr Plafcfc consent?' How the dickens do I know ? " That night; an order came that the Tribune must ask fewer questions.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2231, 3 December 1896, Page 52
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161Such an Ignorant Paper. Otago Witness, Issue 2231, 3 December 1896, Page 52
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