The weekly clarion., 1882-10-18
"aOod.looking Set 0, Fellows.

; "Good-looking Set O. Fellows.
Thirteen Noted Journalists Spiritedly
Pen-Sketehed-WhO They Are and What
They Look Like.
New York Sun.
We have received handsome litho-
graphic sheet containing the portraits
OF thirteen noted journalists of the
United States. Each head is borne upon
fac-simile of the journal which the dis
tlnguished gentleman edits, with the
single exception of Mr.. Thurlow Weed
whose etigy stands in the center of the
picture, and who is now living in retire
ment, and not engaged in conducting any
journal at all.
The first impression on looking at
this assemblage of intellectual individ-
ualS, is that they are an exceedingly
good-looking set of fellows. Some of
them indeed, are rather older and more
grizzled than they would wish, this being
especially the case with the learned
lOttendorfer, of the Staats-Zeitung the
enterprising and comprehensive Story,
Of the Chicago times; the radical and
gentle Medill of the Chicago Tribune:
the vigorous and manly Halstead of the
Cincinnati Commercial; and in mod
crate degree with Hawley and Waiter
son, two of the most dashing and i'm
petuous knights of the steel pen who
ever engaged in public debate or in
vented roaring joke at the expense of
a luckless adversary.
The same remark concerning the
advance of years-.fitgit iyTepardbae tenn
lpus-may be made of the philanthropic
and gifted Childs, of Philadelphia, whose
obituary achievements have borne con-
| ISOLATION to so many sorrowing hearts
The artist, however, exercising a wise
judgment, presents Mr.. Childs without
single mark of caducity, blooming in
a kind of Parental middle age, brow
decorated with toupee, and his whis-
kcrs neatly. trimmed and Dyed Serving
as delicate framework to his benignant
countenancc.
The only Journal that enjoys double
representation in our congress of celeb
rites is the industrious and highly sue
cessful Boston Herald, both of whose
editors, Mr.. Pulsifer and Mr.. Haskell,
are depicted in this immortal tableau.
No one, however, who studies the work
can fail to see reason why double
part should be assigned to the leading
newspaper of Boston. In fact, both of
these gentlemen are so handsome that
the public would have just cause of dis
appointment if either of them were
omitted.
But as for the palm of beauty, after
a thoughtful and careful examination,
we confess ourlelves unable to determine
whether it should be awarded to Mr.
Whitelaw Reid or Mr.. James Gordon
Bennett, the two youngest members of
the distinguished party. Yet the diff
ferences between them are strongly
marked. Mr.. Reid is man of excit-
able temperament, with romantic concen-
trativeness, dark wavy hair and senti-
mental nose and chin, The face of Mr..
Bennett, on the other hand, is marked
by uncommon strength of will and ex-
traordinary practical force. As man
of business, we should say that Mr..
Bennett is deficient in the imaginative
element, but it is the practical shrewd,
resolute, ambitious quality that predom-
mates in his nature.
The Western men, however, merit
perhaps more attention than all the Q
others in the group. Mr.. Story, of the
Chicago Times, appears as man Of
fine, highly nervous, thoughtful and in :
tense quality Mr.. Wat.erson, with his !
glance looking far into tho future, and t
the rich ambrosial locks that cluster /
around his forehead, stands forth here {
as what he is, the Chevalier Bayard of
politics Mr.. Medill is philosopher, :
meditative, calm, spiritual, profound :
while Mr.. Halstead, clear, forcible, self
reliant, tsure Of his own powers Of sue !
cess, whether in literature, politics or
war, appears striking specimen of the Z
ever successful and ever ready son Of I
Ohio. But where is the most renowned
of our Western journalists Where is !
Deacon Richard Smith, of Cincinnati =? .
His lively features, full of true goodness,
do not appear in this picture We are
sorry for it, and we can not understand t
the omission on any other hypothesis q
than that it is the work of his wicked
partners. Alas Alas!
Mr.. Weed is fitly placed in the focus
of the group; but as we look at the 1
marks of time which increase the digni- c
ty of his features, the imagination is a
carried back through the many decades c
of our history in which he has borne
part. How long ago it is since his fer :
al ~ IL r T1L,,
Quincy Adams as President of the I
United States through a simple device /
which rendered it impossible for weak or q
venal members OF the Legislature to a
betray the cause to which they we're
pledged! What mutations in fortunes, /;
what rise and fall of parties, what
fruition and what whitening Of hopes /
this old man has witnessed In his day t
and generation he was more a politician
and more political manager than he
was Journalist; but he has taken and
given his share of hard knocks in both !
capacities. 1t is not too much to say /
now that there is not man in whose [
heart the pulse Of human kindness has {
ever beaten more warmly, and none who t
in a long life has been able to count
more ardent friends attached to him by :
the magnetism of afectionate deeds.
Thus it is that, after stormy and pro ,
tracted existence, his last days are pass z
ing away amid universal benevolence, /
and even those who have contended ,
against him, and who have sometimes !
defeated his most cunning projects, now
regard him only with cordial feeling ,
of sympathy. Nor are we sure that we
could wish for any member of our pro- !
fession anything more TO his mind than !
that his life might be protracted and his )
old age pass away amid such genial sun
shine as that which has so long sur
rounded the declining years Of Thurlow
Weed. t