New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-08

thought inventive In like fashion he tells wonderfnl
stories against himself, judged by which he would
to be a monster of duplicity and narrow, cold
hearted selfshpess To be Just to him ne tells al
most equally atrocous stories about sundry imam,
cial celebrities, charging one with murder and
another with being guilty of every other crime.
He has had excellent opportunities Of knowing all
about people in America as well as in Europe and
Northern Africa, and has extraordinary memory
IN which the rascals Of the Old and New World ars
regularly pigeOn-holed and tabulated This es.
pecaly useful organ TO publicist kept clear and
bright by rigid abstinence from alcoholic drinks 10
must not be thought that Mr. LabOuchere is drinker
of ZoedOne natural mineral waters. As q rule he
drinks nothing but plain cold filtered water. with
out ice or eiiervescence. When he goes 20 English
or foreign baths he drinks and bathes in the waters
with unbesItating faith or unhnching dsbelief-is
IS difficult to tell which. But there Is plenty OF
good wine as well as good company at Pope's villa.
There are no white chokers and vast shlrtfronts or
shoulders there on a Sunday night, and there Is a
general atmosphere Of well-bred light-heartedness.
rs if everybodv's mind had put itself INTO dainty
slippers. There is the soft and low laughter OF iar
DANES for Mrs. Labouchere, sometime Miss Henri
eta Hodson is a charming hostess, especially fond
of sweet American voices. And after dinner every
body plays at dumb-crambo,' game which re-
duires some little power of acting and nimble TX
not subtle, brains
The o..ner of Truth has some great advantages
over many editors and owners Of newspapers.
First. he was born in the purple, the nephew Of a
peer: second he was for time In the diplomatic
service an education in itself; third he has sat IN
two Parlianeuts and is always in his place on any
important night in the House Of Commons Hence
he is not obi ged 10 take great part OF Is POLITICAL
diplomatic and social knowledge AT seconi or third
hand Again. he is a large financial operator in tho
CITY. and can write with firm hand on matters in
connection with which he has won and lost great
sums On theatrical subjects he is calculated 10
form sound Judgment. for the Queens Theatre, In
LONG Acre. was his for several years and was run
by him at the time that " Joan Of Are " was pro-
duced. One of his favorte stories is concerning his
/ feat Of making Mr. Tom Taylor rewrite the middle
act of his play in order that he, ike Mr.
| Vincent Crunmles might bring IN lot OF priests
copes and chasubles that he had bought bargain,
/ of Spaniard who had boted" during the last
/ Penins lar troubles. Mr.. Taylor did not It would
/ SEEM relish the task demonstrating HI, play on
what MAY be called sartorial basis, but Mr. Laboui
| chere was very persuasive and. as he relates WIN
calm enjoyment his priests coats IN the coronation
/ scene at Rheims were more applauded than any
/ thing else in the piece He is a much better hand
! at writing prospectus than an advertisements ana
Is keen critic of the prospeetus-writn0 OF Others.
/ Few men know as much Of the history Of launch
/ ~ companies Staging" making a market
forr and floating the same and no fear oiithe law
ofIbel will prevent him from exposing any thing he
! honestly believes to be a swindIe. Ills financial
articles contributed greatly 70 the early success OK
! The orld and since he started Truth are eagerly
looked for IN that journal.
One more anecdote will suffice TO show hs con-
surnmate GOODNESS as well as business capacity. In
America one is accustomed to newspapers cut and
ef N
IS one great comfort on receiving The TPlBUNE TO
feel that il can be opened and read straight through
without the trouble first to find a plper-cutter
! and then to keep the Journal from
tu,nbling 10 pieces So well was his comfort appre-
ciated long ago in this country that, IN the houses 81
gentefoiks il was OF the most important duties
of he Lal-pOrter to iron out with iiatiron, fold
accrratelr cut and stitch The Times and The Morn
ina Post before they were laid on his masters tabe
The first process very necessary when news
papers went to press a couple Of hours later than
they do now, and the paper itself vs. very thick
aud GOOD The morning journals were often quits
wet v hen handed to the porte. whose fltiron was
not only useful to take out the creasea bat 30 expel
the moisture Despite this evidence that English
men want their newspapers gummed or stitched,
cut and dried. this country has gone on ~ i'h mem
folded ever since. the feeble pr,teXt mat they
k .ep together better hat way. MI. LaD"uchefe &c;
tarmiaed tia Truth should have a cover oi colOfcd
plONT and should Dt cut ana ~ttru'f Isf'iJ g'--
trOt journalist laughed, as the dullaIus ~lH"'lults
called practical men VIII bray when thei suptriors
seem 10 have made q mistake. ~ lnr ii" tAl3llnS
state of the law b. ue,uonablY sdcf. tu a LII.
penny q every copy cent by post. for was found
that journal stitched together couic Hot Oe DC
fined n newspaper and be carried ~ such llhaer
the privileged haif-penny rate. .dr. J. lh"uch- .
I complained Of the injustice OF the reg -'li Jh DuO
/ really experienced subtle delight ar hndlng
n full-groWn ull-tiedged grievance to help nm on
| IIs v,aV Finally the matter dropped and after
fighting the Radical battle tooth aud nail ~ IHh,
he was returned to Parliament aitrr an aDsehc,
/ from the House extending over scNeIdl 1'aIs, -
strong adherent oi Mr. Gladstone. n - once TOOK
up the cause OF Ireland, cannot say with "armth'
FOR that would convey an idea for9l2 10 ms cn1I
/ acter but with calm, cold conviction anG unYleid-
/ inc tenaClty. While the House and tue pubic
/ were staring in amazement az the Member lof
7 Norfhau1nfo1 defending Alr Bradlaugh and Ire
land little blll quite unuoticed by t1e gleat polt-
zeal parties slipped through b0th ii'a>e,' thc ~
1 clusiOn Of stitched journals from tho category OF
/ newspapers was renOy i, and run Went Dy posi-
for Il haipcnny Some time elapsed DelpIc lts
/ owner was t.lXcd with this clever bit OF maneu-
| Vng. IL h-tened TIL the AMMUNITION, 81 I'IIely
/ was exhausted, and then sald; why prdYi
should not get my little bill through a. Wei, as an
the rest Of youi And mine, as tine glrl sad Of heE
/ baby was "A very little one"
| The first number of Truth was a success almost g
phenomenal ~ that of Household y oras. lhe name
| of the journal and the personal celebrity Of its
proprietor wrought public expectation up 10 very
high pitch. A,d this success; has been
from year to year. The little army OF imltators
Of The Ford has shrlye.ied up to
/ nothing. Ouig Two great sotittS J'uAAAe1A' -
main and ThS ord aud Truth are read by every
. body who as the slang of the day has II. " IS IN
it, | can hardly say that Mr. La9ouchere owes
any part OF the success Of Truth TO any BODY but nm
self he has had an able manager IN Mr. Horace
VOules. and an able contributor while he hved'
/ IN Mr. Grenvllle Murray who wrote iar3e nlln-
} Der of "Anecdotal Photographs" ana queer
StOresv But the essence OF It's success IS IN the
personal influence aud reputation of the proprietor
Truth is orc of the thoroughly individual or
gans the world % journalism has yet SEEN and Mr.
Iabouchere may well adopt Armand Carers para
! phrase Of LOUIS the Fourteenth famous dlctuin
- Mon journal, cest moi"