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The `` pressman '' was now the man-of-all-work about the modest but trim little publishing plant . He attended to whatever job printing came in , made the etchings from Hetty 's drawings , cast the stereotypes , made up the forms and operated the press . But aside from this mechanical work Smith took the telegraphic news received by Hetty , edited and condensed it and wrote the black-letter headings over the various items . All this , with a general supervision over the girl compositors , kept the man busy from daybreak to midnight . In spite of this , the Tribune was essentially a `` girls ' paper , '' since Thursday Smith was the only man employed on it -- not counting the `` dummy '' editor , Arthur Weldon , who did nothing but keep the books , and found this not an arduous task . Hetty , at Miss Briggs ' desk , attended the telegraph instrument and long-distance telephone , receiving news over both wires , and still found time to draw her daily cartoons and additional humorous sketches which she `` worked in '' whenever the mood seized her . The typesetting was done by the Dwyer sisters -- a colorless pair but quite reliable -- while the reportorial and editorial work was divided between Louise , Beth and Patsy , none of whom shirked a single duty .