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Caldwell Philosopher“It’s nice to be dumb, then you can always learn new things. You know there are some folks whoknow it . all. They are in bad shape and don’t even know it.”In case you’re a follower of Mrs. Alva Fritz of “Out Caldwell Way,” .you’ll recognize the paragraph above as the closing lines of her column this week. We read it, and chuckled, thought once again . how wise and witty is the delightful mind of our “Out Caldwell Way” writer — and decided it might not be amiss -to say so in print. -^-:S6. iiiany times -in this busy ^rprld -we forget to tell people that appreciate'-them-7-and then k^whan thxy’re not around to be• appreciated any moreAve remem-aU'the'fine things they wrote tf pfi saidor did, and wish we had£'5lt;iid- something. about it at the ■ time- 'This Caddwell .philosophy about ^me; folks who-know it all,” re-B niinds us- very distinctly of the *. first, time.-w.e evet saw Mrs. Fritz’ ?j5put Caldwell Way” column. It -:vtfas just'cppy marked “Caldwell” th^t day,about 10 years ago, and reporter was a very new cub ■bn The Express and, like the “folks spoken of above—“knew it all.” The copy came to our desk and With real cub reporter zeal, we re-wrote every bit of it—and what a mess we made of it. Mrs. Fritz’ own particular 'style and humor and poetry and philosophy was ground down to a dry and pointless paragraph or so—flat, prosaic and “journalese.”It was probably the late Christine Richens, who recognized original writing if ever anyone -•did^'who:pointed out to us that c.dayithat'/it was smart editing to ' usd*the pith and essence of what j a Mrs. Fritz could write to make for a richer newspaper, and it was a smart “cub” who knew when to re-write a story — and when it was better to be “dumb go you can always learn new. things.”* We remembered that, lesson % all over again yesterday as weread. “Out Caldwell Way.”•—mbz . . .
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Lock Haven Express
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Feb 10, 1944
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