, 1880-02-08
The People Who Get Up "Puck D.
Keppler's Career in This
Country.
An Important Invention IA Solution That
Renders Any Cloth Water
Proof.

nalism were organized into
a SORT OF GUILD,
without passwords, but with many signs O
recognition. Half of them we're intempeI
ate, almost all Of them were jolly good fe1
lows, fond Of a song and story; and man.
Of them were in the habit Of meeting ire
auently at certain saloons and restaurant
marked by their favor. There were Mort
mer Thompson ("Doestieks Artemu
Ward, Fred Cozzens (of "Sparrowgrass Pa
pers''). Charles 6. Leland {" Hans Brett
many, Clapp, Fitz7Janles 0'Brien, Charlie
T, Congdon and Will Winter Of the Tribune
Coi.H-ar:-~ ~ Private Miles O'Rei}lp "}'
II. Newell c'Orpheus c. Kerry, Charlie
Dawson Stanley, George Arnold, Stedma1
Stoddard, the Stephens brothers, Ftanl
, Wood, and others who might be mentioned
The fayorit restaurant was Pfaf's up Broad
way near Houston street. Ind perhap
those of the aboye-named who met Their
most seldom or never are the ones who ar
nos; alive and active in current literature
The men haze mentioned were the s'youns
men, of that day. half of them are nov
dead.
ho;r 1t will mt hurt anybody's feelings 1
I sa,' that the mos prominent young writers
IN New 0Tl. at Lns present day
LIVE MORE REGULAR LIVES
than did the averag, Of those of twenty years
ago.. There are still: "Bohenians Of the
worst type, living from day to day, borrow
ing money everywhet, irregular in habit
liyin= nowhere In particular, creatures o1
moods, brilliant and Irresponsible. Irwin
Russell. the dialect-poet o. Scribner''s, was a
fair specimen Of these, Richard Raelf was
anotilc. ! could mention tyo or three Others
who arr yet alive But take majority OF
tllose who are doing the best work,-Alden
Of the Times, J. Bra7der Matthew'S. Prentice
1Iulford, David L."Pfptidnt l.'rclofs Ark
wright''), Edgar:. Fawcett, Frank Sa1rus
Joel Denton, a. c. Wheeler (ssNym Crit,
kIe.'' now editor Of the Star, by-the-way)
george Edgar Montgomery dramatic critic
OF the Times and poet~at-large), R. E. Nun.
kittrick, Rossitcr johnson, Bunner,-these
are nearly all between 20 and IS; and they
are all, as far as I remember, young men Of
good habits, who have homes and live reg
ular lives. The new journalism is better in
this respect than the old :. let us rejoice.
have been led to these reflections by the
reception given to
CHARLES q. LELAND.
the@other evening, by one Of our most cele-
brated clubs, to mark his return from Eu-
rope where he has spent several years. I
was astounded the next morning to read, in
his speech: II started Vnn1ty Fair with
Charles Browne (AItelnus WarD as an as
sistaut; and remember how T used to sug-
eest the subjects to him, and how he used to
write out the series Of articles which have
since become SO widely known. The Revue
dcs Mondcs recently gave 4 detailed account
nv Vel ~ ,,,'e,, ~, -. ~ +oa oh w III. III
mus ...as Wnu, Il. nilici, w laI ,oo mucn creolt
was gwen to ME and too little to him."
had no sort of doubt that the Revue des
Dc,tr M0ndes gave him too much credit, for
7 1-ro.v x,or,- ,,,ol1 +ha+ o,,,3 a;, ,,ot c+o.+
NV -" ~. 1nA$ oe4e.1o u'u ~. oea1'
'ohny rd9F W goou oe;ai, ano nad less 10
do with it than Aaff-a-doZen other men. I
dropped across Broadway. and climbed up to
wne,e IL l.. otepnens stll1 pies HIS faclle
orusn ana pencll.-feeog1.lzed as one OF the
eleaI humorous aItlsts of TINS country.
Diu III: Leland START tn3iau fntT2'
aslde ana pnslled his tripod over to ME.
DID lie ".said he angrily, ......
NOT DY A DEspER ATE s1GHrl''
though. contidentially. ssdesperate ;, wos
not the word he used.
@.Haye you seen Ieland'3 speech q,
s. Yes, 1 have; and yo1l viii piease saw for
ME that Charles G. Leland is liar with hig
biz D. No, sir! That Ta7,i:u Fair started
Charles G. Leland is n good ,,cal more nearly
[ruel I starfed Vuu;f3 Ftrir. in rnnnactinn
with nv hrntherx Wn M had n iitt1a ,,,onnx-