The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-02
FRENCH JOURNALISTS.
MN. LEJEuNE nIsCOURsEs ON THEIR
WAYS AND CUSTOMS.


daily papers. !
Provost paradol. one oil the most disttn-
Ruished OF French journalists. has said that
the defects Of the French race are reflected Ia
their daily press.
Frsnebm man By nature Is not curious. lis
takes no interest In the movements OF Tom.
Dick and Harry. He cares not IL Mr.. bo-and-
80 has abruptly with o bare bodkin.' terfn1-
mated nm existence which had become unbear-
able: what ID 1t to him II a murder has been
committed? He is not acquainted with the par
tles. and therefore takes no interest In 1t.
But his paper must contain pofemlo treatise
upon the politics ths day, must criticise the
Productions upon the stage and the last publ
cations. This Ii one reason why the journals
Of Paris appear In such small forms.
A leading editor III the course Of converaa-
tiop. has given this as the difference between
the French and American press.
The American caters to the tastes OF the ma
jority and sinks to the level OF Its readers.
whereas the French endsavors to bring It's
readers up TO Its standard.
An American paper Is grand thing. and
resembles. by Its outward strength. the sturdy
vines OF America. whereas. the French Is like
unto the more unpretsntious French Vine
One produces the inferior American wine, the
other beverages ct for gods-the Bordeaux and
Burgundy.
Besides the French possess the talent Of bat
thing against the majority. and Ike the school
muster Of Goldsmith. Tor though vanduished
he could argue still
During the reign Of the empire the Republi-
can press fought single handed and with great
talent and though it saw its subscribers dwtn-
ding away and its advertisements falling off, 1t
still kept on the road which 1t had chosen. de-
Tending the doctrines It had enunciated. At
present II is the monarehieal press which has
to battle against the majority. the Republicans
day Of triumph having come. To the search for
news the American devotes the greater portion
OF his attention--a useless trouble and expense
In France
Not curious by nature Tho Erenehman enres
not what is taking place around him. OF what
avail would II be TO run the risk OF losing life
ana limb like some Of the English and Ameri-
can correspondents. In order that their paper
should be first to servs I'D the nsws2
There are, however. In Paris many men who
no doubt would prove to be- excellent CORES
pondsnts Of that kind. and James Gordon Ben
nett when he was In need of IN Afghan CORES
pondent selected Partisan, 81 member OF the
F0aro's staff. But feature which the French
press possesses and which in the days when
Sue and Dumas. the elder, were In the height OF
their glory was the principal attraction but
which nova DAYS has lost much Of It's attrac-
tiveness, IL the "feuiHeton." When Sue and
Dumas wrote the paper was bought for the
feniaeton. but to-day the feuileon is suffered to
remain and that is all. Several Of the Partisan
papers have correspondents abroad and 1t
seems as IL they were attempting to educate
their readers to acquiring o. taste for foreign
correspondence.
Among the foremost OF these papers are
Le Temps, lie Journal des Debais, La Republigue
Franchise, which pays particular attention to
the German and Italian political news.
The Moniteur had for its correspondent the
Queen OF Holland. woman OF more than or
binary talent. who kept It we'll posted to all
matters pertaining to European politics.
The Figaro has an English correspondent in
London, but ne principally busfes himself
about the movements II the royal family.
The, Commune gave birth to several very
tOIclble WrlteTs--msn whose talents cannot bs
denied, although some OF them had received
but very little education and were known as
ass GEM. lettr re-. but whose principles we're
0uiOus. ana with that sort OF men there is but
one thing to REORGANIZATION.
Felix Pyat and jules ValIes we're among the
most diistingaished jules Wales has written
DOCK Les teffactaires." which pretends to bea
description Of section Of he'll forgotten BY fhs
Immortal Dante. jules Wales nourishes In his
.,, som hatred SO intense for anything which
mas even the tinge of B9napartism or Inc sus.
plclon OF religion that he has written: Il would
l could once more revisit Paris. With what
pleasure would / spit ut ths door or the Jesnif
education" -
;, v hat yindlctive and vular hatred. These
against humanity In general on account Of their
deDravsd and miserable condition Vcs-ineh
accused ths world Of being the cause OF The
hump whichdtsfgursd him.
In u series OF the most nDWprful artfc1aa which
have ever seen the light OF day in the columns
OF q newspaper, Louis Venillot chastised thyrn
0f bis mastery pen. He stigm Atized them as
beasts OF prey, hnrlful to society and hurtful
70 themselves. but at the same time admittei
mat their production could not be- suppressed,
whether the press was silenced by the iron hee,i
OF russian tyranny or allowed to breathe and
s :, under the influence Of American free
dom THESE serruin would appear
, The D. ost remarkable Journalist in Franco ia
beyond q DOUBT. Emile de Girardin. Born in
1907 a 10 ne same ysar as Victor Hugo be first
AT the age Of twenty eight he had founded
Two Journals, and year later. under his ener
MIN Ma,aad pane Inr+s reviews. three Journal dc
Modes ana one daily paper.
a, SPECTATOR from taste. he invested In sew
eral mining shares and in ventures al the
In 1885 I h fau pfpved pse s
much lower figure than the daily nar,er. ~ ~ -
IN 4 ~ a. that time. Il is but fair to saw
u aL u u from him that the elder Bennett hor.
rived the idea Of having a chean edIinn ~ ~
HeraM and Just as Bennett Obliged re " n,h M
Girardin do in Paris. piiooS 80 oio
n v 'nserVatlve In politics he supnorted tho
I 5Ist government. and fought four times I
h OF Ms pnbli- he'd principles. In ona ~
ran o LYLE ne Killed Armand Carr- an occur
aha iastlog impression that slnce then r u Z y
= n,1r.a aolgat alhough several times proyok III
SIT Ia biz as certain Brgeron going 80 far as to
y no DrStends that he has 4 new fta" a,xr
nay and II such b. the case be must sinca -
IL ma u loaI nassm have had no less than
,h. ne far1ly speaks. and when ha was eourtino
c eae r. lovely DsDLIne Gay, who afterwards has
H.. , nis vile. he Was wont to st md during
csasdiR Wpid. although the companv VS. ~.
tbat ,,s brilliant. all the celenrafed men OF
ha;. .i,ne peing guests OF Ia belle Delphine
WEI .Meooed ilIe was not happy one and
S Wnen Nine: do Girardin died tnsy bad h msu
seDarated TOR come length Of Tina Sha ha