THE MASSACRE
The Massacre TEN LITTLE ITEMS, newsy— every line, But one of them was a little unfavorable to the brother of the dramatic editor's second cousin, and it was blue- penciled,— Then there were nine....
...Five little items, full of truthful lore...
...Three little item?—each of them was true, ! But the fact that the wife of the managing editor was trying to break int" Society made it impossible to use the story about Mr...
...Four little items—gathered cleverly, But it happened that one...
...in tile paper daily, and the advertising manager killed it,— Then there were eight...
...De Puyster was a social leader who was helping the managing editor's wife to "get in...
...was secured by a reporter whom the city editor wanted to fire, so he called it *'rotten" and had it killed...
...i Two little items—very neatly done, But it was possible that one would displease the Church people,— Then there was one...
...The business manager happened to see it, and he was certain it would anger the brewers who were just getting out their bock beer...
...Then there were seven...
...So it also failed to "get by...
...Then there were three...
...Then there were two...
...One exposed short weights and involved several big advertisers, so of course Then there were four...
...Do mvoter's obtain- I ing a divorce by perjury, because Mrs...
...Nine little items, each one up to date, But oni- concerned a fire in the "fire-proof" apart -merits built by a real-estate firm which took halt-page ads...
...Six little items—very much alive, But one of them showed that the leader of the local political organization had been padding a payroll, and as this leader had swung the public printing to the paper it was...
...Seven little items, fresh from printers' sticks, One was a humorous story about a goat...
...Then there were five...
...of course, impossible to use it...
...Then there were six...
...Eight little items—p a c k e d in "form eleven," One, however, described the fatal Injury of a little girl who fell through a rotten stairway in a tenement owned by the brother-in-law of the proprietor...
...Of course it was suppressed...
Vol. 2 • October 1910 • No. 39
