Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 282, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1919 — NOT MUCH TO WRITE ABOUT [ARTICLE]

NOT MUCH TO WRITE ABOUT

Reporter Naturally Found It Hard to Make a Very Long Story Out of Happening. . : The city editor of an Ohio paper said to a new reporter: “There’s to be a meeting of the trustees at the public library building this evening at eight o’clock. You cover it. Make a story of about 400 words.” The cub went away on his assignment, and the chief of the local department turned again to his desk, made entry in the assignment book that lay before him, and dismissed the matter from his mind. About eleven o’clock, however, he suddenly called out: “Where’s Tompkins?” .“Here, sir,” said the new reporter, coming forward. . “I sent you to a board meeting at the public library. Where’s , your story?” “It isn’t quite finished yet. You told me to make 400 words of it, and I’ve got only a little over 300 so far.” “What did they do?” “They met, called the roll and adjourned until next Friday evening.”