"How I did it," ([c1922])

Page scan 00058 from "How I did it,"

Record Details:

Title:
"How I did it,"
Date:
[c1922]
Publisher:
Los Angeles, Calif. : The Whittingham press
Volume:
"How I did it,"
Leaf #:
00058
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
University of California Libraries
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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Mostly About Ideas tion of the two laborers. Why did the editor devote so much space to the baby who was not killed, and only a paragraph to the two men who were blown to atoms? Because the trained mind of the editor knew that the death of two Italian laborers was not worth any- thing as a news story. Such stories are com- mon. They are not unusual and happen most every day in any big city where construction is going on all the time. But the fact that a defenseless baby was within fifty feet of the explosion and remained asleep throughout all the excitement was indeed remarkable. It was unusual, out of the ordinary. It was "different," and therefore a good story. Hardly a day passes that the newspapers do not print material which would furnish the basis of good fiction stories. When I say this I do not mean to convey the thought that such stories could be taken as printed. I mean that they have the foundation for fiction material, and with the added elements of romance, action, suspense and intrigue, offer excellent possibilities for photoplays. 31