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on his own plantation the material Of tho cup
tint ufoorH.
INTERVIEWING NILSSON,

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INTERVIEWING NILSSON.
There is II rap1y.growiuR sentiment IN tho
minds Of people, especially Of thoso holding
public p)acos, TINT tho system Of interviewing
which Inns Of leto become ioat,iro Of tournal-
ism IL not only a nuisance but an outrago.
Thib sontimons has arison mt from tho uso
hut from tho nluso Of 1t. Interviewing wllon
properly conducted, IL valuable 1noi1o of Oh
t"tninE md communicating news upon public
topics, Which could not. IN tnaly iustnncoB, bo
procured In any other way. But t1ero aro con-
dtions which should invariably attach to at in
tervow !. 1t is essential that tho subject
Of tho intorviow should 10 Of pub]io Importance.
10 dvulgo private matters, with wllicl, tho pub
lie llaB no coilcern. ts n bronch OF hospitality
mud dccorum. An instance Of this was the
recent interview with Nina. Nilsson -1eo,lza1l,
published in a morning pnper Of this
city, in which tho details Of ar alleged
dlsagreomont botween Nine. Rouzaud and Atr.
straltoscia were spread before tho public. These
details wero not furnished with the expectation
that theY would be printol,- at loast wo hayo
Nine. Ionzaud's authority to say 10. Having
boen printed. however, 1t became necessary for
Afr. strakoach to make reply to thom. Such
elimination and recriminntion can only servo to
fonont and promote discord. They had no bear
ing upon tho public performances. All oporatic
troupes aro moro Or less characterized by tile
customary performanceH OF bear-garden be-
hind the soonea, but tho public would DO mucl,
botter of without knowledge Of thon, and In
fact cares nothing for the differences betwoon
manager aud Ills artists. The inaido troubles
OF tho oporatio fanlily aro no moro tit for pub
lcation than tie internal discorls Of private
family.
2 It Ia incumbent upon q journal to report
only what IL sal to report tlat correctly, aud
to use aomo Judgment IN tile mattor to be rc-
ported. In tho unrostraned freedom of Hocial
conversation, 1t is the tendency Of every person
to mako statements that would romain unBpozou
did that porson reflect for moment how they
would look in print. THIS intoryiower should,
therefore. have = dolioate consideration for tue
prop1ieties Of the occasion, and not put Oh
record, In the cold atrocity Of print, remarks Of
private nature, and opinions tho publicity Of
Which only serves 10 create jealousies and dilor-
encos botwcon private individuals, III Which
tho public las no earthly interoHt whatever.
70 sacrifice tho interviewed iu this manner,
merely for the aal;e Of scnsation, is gross
violation Of etiquette, to say the least. To put
words into tho mouth Of an interviewed person
which aro never uttered, or to go color them ~
to give them m entirely different meaning from
what tho interviewed intended to conway, is still
worse. In the instance no have quoted. wo have
over column Of assertions which Nine. Rou-
zaud says she mover made at all, Thoy arc not
expressions which have becn colored, but they
are expressions which wore nayer mado. Their
effect, nevertheless was to array Nine. Rouzaud
against her manager; to army her against tho
public and to make her Responsible Tor
statements projudicial to her public career
as an artist, which no artist in her sober Senses
would ever dream Of doing. Almo. Rou.aua
may hayo her opinion Of critics, ind critics may
haye their opinion Of Almo. nouzaud, and
they have right to their opinions, aud az no
two persons in IN audience make tho same crti-
cam, and musicians criticisms oven often diff
fer poiut-blanl, SO it ia possible that avon lIme.
Rouzaud md the critics might differ from
each other. But tho mattcr OF difference is not
IN question in this instance, as Nlma Rou-
zaud says she did not express the opinions
attributed to her at all.
8. Tho interviewer has no right to publish
what is said without tho expreas permission Of
the person WHO Ia interviewed. In the instance
referred to, the interviewer had the permission
OF Nine. Rouzaud, according to tho lntter's dec
laratfon, to publish only wllnt she bud said coll
corning the weather and it's effect upon herself,
mud tho general influences Of the climate upon
singers. Instead Of doing this, tho interviewer
published o long tirade against 1lr. Strakoach,
and still longer TRADE against tho prras, which,
according to Mme. Rouzatxl's statement, was
manufactured out Of whole cloth. III all tho re-
apects we have mentioned tlts publication Was
an instance OF the abuBo Of tho interviewing ays-
tom, violation Of social confidence, and IN un-
truth in many respects, according to tho author
lty Of tho principal person concerned, who has
thus been placed before tho public in a ridlcu-
lous light.
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The 1abor-market is overRtocl:od. That is tic
loug and tho short Of tho DISTRESS, the stril;es,
tho riotipgs Of The lust few years. II tho tide Of
immigration goes Oh Increasing if Joseph Arch