Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1901 — Editing a Proposal. [ARTICLE]

Editing a Proposal.

The yonng man took a piece of paper and a pencil from hit pocket and laid the paper on his knee. "I will have something Important to say to you in a minute, Misa Jones,” he said. Then he read over carefully what waa written on the paper and crossed out a word. "Superfluous,” be said, half to him* •elf. He Went over it again and rrosscd out another word. "It’s just as strong without that,” he muttered. "We are all too prone to use adjectives and adverbs, anyway.” He licked up the paper again. “That whole sentence might aa well come out” he said. "The meaning la perfectly dear without it Conciseness is really the crying need of the hour.” Then turning to the girl he said: "Bs mine.” Thus we see the power of habit For years his duty had been to edit the “cony” of oroliflc correspondents.