Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-03-25

=, Zoo. Sood enough. can give you all you want
OIL hat. You've probably observed that there
in aS Segn great change in the character of
| TINS change noticeable in New York In is the
pronounced power Of capital. The newspapers
of New York are great moneyed institutions
now, with plenty Of capital at their backs,
Capital hires the brains. Brains alone cannot
run paper in New York. No matter how
smart, how able man may be, he must have
| money. He must be able to command the i'm
| menSe resources of the Associated Press
Nothing in individual journalistic enterprise
| can now compete with the Associated Press
You see, when Bennett wants to make great
| reputation he goes to Africa or the North pole
where there is no competition. Bennett has
back. and, when he is there. he is accessible to
every attache of the paper. Whether il is
good paper to work on or not depends. Some
| men have been on the paper for 80 wears, or
something like that for instance, sam Glenn
and DR.. Wallis; The managing editor is Tom
eo MIS son mol OF Coroner 90 Connery.""
are are, i,rlsh, and nobody except Irish need APP
hwen." replied Mr. Howard. making sucha
mouth and his left eye that he nearly swaI
| lowed his cigar, lit does seem to be a rule
that the graduates of Trinity college, Dublin.
| ma a small salary and cordial welcome
awaiting them from the gentlemen who repre-.
sent Mr.: Bennett in his absence"
cant you say something definite of the
| "Circulation, my boy, is one of those things
| that no fellow can find out : but the circuIati5n
81 tae "a aerGtd is set by newspaper men at from
What about Raymond: You, of course,
| Il did. He was the greatest of them all. A
| most charming gentleman. Liberal and a con
Slderate employer. 1t occurs 10 me now that
| great and wise and SagaciOuS as Henry J.
RAYMOND was, he did not appreciate the fu-
| ture of New York journalism. In 1851 he wrote
| 10 me, at washington, to stay away from the
city, and act as correspondent, as he did not
see but that it would be necessary TO reduce
the force on the paper. He said the future
| looked dark for the paper He could not see
any promise or hope for, prosperity. He
evey pape e in New ~ 3Urk G say nD
old days He was fair BUSINESS y man. m hone 5ae
his health his friends, in addition to stocking
| the vessel with every delicacy, also provideda
handsome iron casket in which to bring him
back. Strange to say, Jones Outlived Raymond.
| Under him have acted Cement. now with Har-
perS: Jennings. now the World London CORE
| spOndent; Foord, once the Brooklyn reporter,
Celtic, so the United Kingdom furnishes the
| Times its mental outfit. Shepherd is English
| the city editor. Pulham, is English: Schwab,
the dramatic critic, is Polish jew: Hennes-
sy. the finance man, is Irish. The market
| reports, live stock, etc, are written by Miss
Middle Morgan She is very. peculiar lady.
| writer on live stock and such subjects i'm New
York. The man who writes the funny edito-
rlals which have made such great hit is Mr..
Alden. He is an old newspaper man, and has
| tOiled for years and years. and at last has
| struck vein.
Not much is known about the World 1t
| has the smallest circulation of the morning
| papers. Ballard Smith is the managing editor
! and is bright fellow
What paper has the largest circulation:''
| we asked
| The Sun has by many thousands 1t runs
| from lCS000 to l120OO day. Dana is a won
deIful man and great editor. He pervades
and permeates the whole paper. He is every
thing. John Swinton is his first lieutenant,
and takes charge at o'clock in the evening
Mr. Dana comes down at 10 a. m every day,
eHGePr oa11urda{i On that day he goes to his
at night, in time to read the proofs and indi-
cate the makeup of the paper: He writes
cept the city department, really no depart
| mentS in the paper. Dr. Wood is the night
| editor, and is considered the best condenser of
| news in the city. He was lately elected presi-
of writer's and contributors to the San, who
| never see the inside of the building. In the
| city DEPARTMENT there is no regular reporto-
rial staff The paper is conducted on the as
Signment system, and so the city editor has al
ways corps of smart young fellows number
| are assigned to duty, and are paid according
to wor or time spent. This system has its
advantages, and 1t has its disadvantages, by
| large majority"
Are there many women reporters"
No; not as many as is supposed. The fash
ION articles of the Sun, the livestock articles
| of the Times some of the dramatic articles of
the Herald and the sermon reports of the va
| riOus papers, are written by women, but they
| are not very prominent"
wei" replied Mr. Howard fy e eHerreticaIlv
rubbing the top Of his head, between the
probable ten dollars week on the Herald.
Sun. it is hard to strike an average"
What about dramatic critics and criti-
| cism?'
;c
dramatic criticism" replied Mr. Howard en-
| ergetically. There is no dramatic criticism
IN the daily papers. Some Of the weeklies, no
matured expressions of opinion on dramatic
matters, both as to plays and to players, but as
rule, on the daily press, the box office con-
| trolls the critics PEN
by bribery?''
"Oh. no that is all nonsense But publish
| ers are sensitive to advertisements, and the
As rule the criticisms are written by re-
porters and are not criticisms, but mere re-
ports; Mr.. Winter is the dramatic critic of
but he is sWayed by his personal prejudices. 1
| think the World has ne dramatic critic On
the sun MIR. Wheeler (Nym Crinkle) has sue
ceeded Mr.. Hayward, who is now correspon-
dent for the paper from Switzerland, where he
is spending the honeymoon with his 100000
bride Mr.. Wheeler writes screed for Sun
day, but the bulk of the work is done by regu-
lar reporters, assigned by the city editor
THE NEW WASHINGTON.-Here let me eX-
press the delight of the infreQuent visitor in
the ma gnifcence of WashingtOn'S streets and
avenues. The city really grows to be regal
with its monumental characteristics, and it
fairly tickles the pride of the American to
come here and behold it. Laid out with regu-
larity and after an intelligent plan, its broad
avenues are yet anything but mOnOtonous i'm
their stately stretches. At intervals through
out the town the long lines of sidewalk and
pavement are interrupted 10y garden or park
like circles, as they are called, many of them
forming the tasteful setting to some spirited
bronze statue of hero of the war or of more
remote history. Thus Is the eye agreeably re-
leyed and diverted. and thus will the health
and beauty of the city always in great mea-
sure be preserved. No longer are the vast
proportions of the public buildings contrasted
only with the dilapidated and unsightly struc-
lures which formerly served as the business
and domestic abOdeS of a community i'm which
freedom was merely fiction of the wild re-
formers Within ten years these have given
place to the beautiful private residences of
the wealthy TO the tidy and tasteful homes of
the weltO-dO, and to the handsome and con-
venient business blocks eff Shrewd and thrifty
people. Indeed, the domestic architecture OF
Washington is one of its striking outward fea-
lures, and in the variety of its styles aud Origi
nality of designs is likely one day to rival that
of Boston i'self.-(S Samuel BotgteS an Spring.
fetd Republican.
WHAT THEY SMOKE IN GERNlNY-In con-