The Press: Moral Lesson

Chinese rumblings and the misfortunes of a certain Snyder family of Queens Village, Long Island, fought last week for the big black type of Eastern newspapers. In semi-respectable journals, China dominated on the average of five days .out of seven. But in the tabloids and in the full-sized gutter sheets, the Snyders maintained at least a four-day supremacy. It was an unfortunate crime—Father Snyder was killed; Mother Snyder and the other man were indicted for murder; Daughter Snyder, aged 9, was in tears. It remained for some worthy soul to preach...

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