Article November 18, 1916 Issue

If the leaders of the religious faith known as Christian Scientists...

Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune

If the leaders of the religious faith known as Christian Scientists were responsible for no other institution than their publication The Christian Science Monitor, they could find it ample justification for their denominational existence. As a newspaper the Tribune holds no brief for any religious sect ; but if a professional newspaper opinion of comparative newspaper value is worth anything, we do not hesitate to say that from the strictly professional viewpoint The Christian Science Monitor is the finest type of journalism, judged purely by secular standards, that the printing craft has yet evolved.

To the professional printer looking for samples of beautiful types and artistic make-ups, both in news and advertising columns, we would recommend the Monitor before all other papers we have ever seen. To the retail merchant looking for advertising copy whose language at once conveys to the reader the impression of simplicity and truth of statement, we would make the same recommendation ; and here too the beauty of type and the art of make-up has been evolved to the highest pitch.

To the general newspaper reader this really remarkable paper carries a direct appeal. It prints all the news that is fit to print, yet there is a clearness of expression and a dignity of style that is rarely attained even in magazines. There is no legitimate field that is not covered, either in America or in the world at large. From every capital in the world and from every great industrial center of commerce and art and industry, come daily items of legitimate news value. Its departments devoted to sports, music, literature, its women's and children's pages, and its editorial department are splendid examples of what high minded journalists can produce every work-day of the year. No issue of The Christian Science Monitor we have ever seen has stooped to sensationalism. No item in its columns has ever been colored to suit this interest or that, nor has ever diverged in the slightest degree from the truth. And yet its news items are never dull, nor uninteresting, nor vapid. Its editorial columns are aggressive and rationally radical. Its editorial policy is elevating and optimistic.

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