Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1890 — AN EDITOR’S PASS. [ARTICLE]

AN EDITOR’S PASS.

Ail In Not Sunshine In Being a Deadhead. One of the beauties and charms of an editor’s life is his deadheading it on all occasions. No one who has never feasted on the sweet® of that bliss can begin to take in the glory of its happiness, He does SIOO worth of advertising for a railroad, gets a “pass” for a year, rides $25 worth, and then he is looked upon as a deadhead, or a half-blown deadhead. He puffs a concert troupe $lO worth and gets $1 in complimentaries, and is thus passed “free.” If the hall is crowded he is begrudged the room he occupies, for if his complimentaries were paying tickets the troupe would be so much in pocket He blows and puffs a church festival free to any desired extent, and does the poster printing at half rates, and rarely gets a thank you for It It goes as part of his duty as an editor. He does more work gratuitously for the town and community than all the rest of the population put together, and gets cursed for it all, while in many instances where a man who donates a few dollars to a Fourth of July celebration, base ball club, or church, is gratefully remembered. Oh, it is a sweet thing to be an editor! He passes “free,” you know.