The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1874-10-04

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which that city is served up under the
head of "Echoes )" "Paris from Day to
Day )" "Les Theatres de Paris -
Petite Gazette;" "La Bourse :" but
| always Paris. The Frenchs journalist,
| like the French cook who makes fifty diff
| ferent dishes from single meat, serves his
beloved city in multifarious courses which
| include every possible variety from potage
to poSctafe
| Each of these courses is labelled with the
name of the artist. All that is performed
by the reporters, for instance, is grouped
and signed by the city editor, and the same
occurs in the other departments.
| There is little or no copying of news from
| other journals. Should there occur any
thing of grand Importance elsewhere in
France, it is either handled by writer on
the spot or by one who is sent there from
the office. Scissors, paste.pot and ex-
changes seem to be unknown. Ordinarily,
the telegraph matter does not exceed a
quarter of column of the Times, and then
rarely travels outside of France.
vILLEMESsANT ADMINISTRATORS.
NJ. H. De Villemessant. administrator
or editor-in chief of lie Figaro, is next TO
Cassaguac, the most noted journalisI in
France. He is less noted than the other
solely because of Cassagnac's penchant for
the duelio. AS successful administrative
journalist, Villemessant has no superior
| IN France. He is man of almost
fifty five years of age, stout, with gray,
bristly hair and beard, large, kindly eye,
and face which seemed to combine hints
| of determination, great intellectual power,
geniality and good living. He lives in pa
latia} style, little out of Paris, and has
the reputation of being generous and ac-
complished host. He gave me his auto
graph, his remembrances to his confrere,
the head of the Times, a hearty shake of the
hand, and then bowed myself away.
CONCLUSION.
The attaches of the Figaro seem family.
AS said, they eat, sleep, live in the build
ing. There is constantly attached to the
| Office, aud in readiness, number of car
riages to be used in case there is neces-
sity for hurried trip to any part of the
city. Among them there seems to exist q
cordial esprits de corps, and which serves
to secure excellent results by creating a
cordial unity of purpose when great end
is to be achieved. l saw nowhere any of
that contemplate jealousy, that dsreputa-
bic Bohemianism SO Common among journ-
alists on this side of the Atlantlc, and
which is founded on the idea that one
builds himself mp in proportion as he tears
| some other one of his profession down.
The press work of the Figaro is done on
two 4-cylinder and TIVE Scylinder presses,
which. believe, are of the Hoe pattern,
and which are capable of throwing off an
enormous edition at short notice. One
paper in Paris, the Petit Journal, and
which sells at s0as, reaches the enormous
daily issue of 100000, to accommodate
which, both with reference to press work
| in several places at the same time.
This article is already quite long enough,
considering that it's subject is one whose
interest is limited to q class, and does not
address itself wholly to the general public.
Nevertheless, few in this country are with
out curiosity in regard to journalism and
it will strike most people with wonder that
newspapers SO totally unlike our own
should achieve such great success, both in
circulation and financial returns.
Foreigners have no comprehension of the
American demand for sensations. A bon
mot contained in three-line paragraph
would cell more extra copies of a journal
in France than would the statements of
Moultou, Beecher, and Titon, all combin-
ed, ever were they tripled in their quality
of nastiness.
In his description of the building oc
cuped by the Figaro the correspondent
says:
There are also richly furnished council
room, in which all the literary force meets
once each month, bedrooms, bathrooms
and breakfast and dining rooms-for all of
the literary force of the paper, save the
editor chief, eats, sleeps and lives in
the ouiiulpg. mere is also one very large
room whose sides are hung with masks and
giittering foiis. Each day at 2 o'clock all
the employees assemble in this room and
receive lessons in fencing from an expert.
This is obligatory on each one, for the
reason that each individual is expected to
hold himself in readiness to call, or be
called to the field of honor at a moments
notice. ANY hesitation in such case would
secure the instant dismissal of the indivi-
dual involved. .------.-.----------
America is not the only country in which
lous increase in population and churches,
schools and religious institutions. Though
there is less said about it than in most other
binary revivals of the power of the Church
within the past fifty years. Such facts as those
told in a letter to the Belfast Examinsr by q