10/25 I admit that there are cases where a man is more unhappy if he frequents the old world than he would be if he left it alone. But then there are other cases where just the reverse is true. Take my own experience, for example; I take a peculiar pleasure in rambling around Chicago. I admit that it is a grievance to me, as an old newspaper man, to see the number of scoops I could have on my esteemed contemporaries, but--" "Scoop? What is a beat ?" "A beat or a scoop, my dear fellow, is the getting of a piece of news that your contemporary does not obtain. |