Lovelight in His Een

Charles H. Grasty, experienced journalist, called on the President last week and discussed The Marion Star.

A copy lay on the President's desk. " It was a big paper to be published in a county seat town of 30,000 population," says Mr. Grasty. " It was 18 to 20 pages, about half and half as between advertising and reading matter.

" I was curious to know how it had been possible to develop such a volume of line advertising, quoting store items, as in newspapers in large cities. The President said that it was because the stores in Marion were in a position to command local trade, which, in the case of many towns, was drawn off to nearby cities. They had discovered the economic value of newspaper advertising."

" The lovelight was in his een," said Mr. Grasty of the President, gazing at his paper. " He still has a newspaper heart."