icate a way as possible to gather some |
|of the sentiments of appreciation of the |
|merits of Kuang-hsu and his lamented aunt, |
|Tzu-hsi. He was told that he might write a |
|little about the picturesque though |
|nevertheless sincere expressions of |
|mourning that he might observe in Pell |
|and Mott streets. |
| |
| Mr. Jaw Gum, senior partner in the firm |
|of Jaw Gum & Co., importers of cigars, |
|cigarettes, dead duck's eggs and Chinese |
|delicatessen, of 7 Pell street, was at |
|home. Mr. Gum was approached. |
| |
| "We would like to learn a little about |
|the arrangements that are being made by |
|the Chinese to indicate their sorrow at |
|the deaths of their beloved rulers." |
| |
| "What number?" queried Mr. Gum. The |
|question was repeated. |
| |
| "P'licyman, he know," remarked Mr. Gum |
|sagely. |
| |
| (So on for a column with interviews and |
|statements from several of Mr. Gum's |
|neighbors.)--_New York Sun._ |

But this is very much like a human interest story--the reporter takes
part in it--and we shall discuss that later.

XII

COURT REPORTING

Probably few classes of news stories present such a lack of uniformity
and such a variety of treatments as the reports of court news. Legal
stories belong to one of the few sorts of stories that do not tend to
become systematized. But there is a reason for almost everything in a
newspaper and there is also a reason for the freedom that reporters are
allowed in reporting testimony. The reason in this case is probably in
the fact that very rarely do two court stories possess the same sort of
interest or the same news value.

We have seen that reports of speeches are printed in the daily press
because our re