The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-10-24
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0Ood-L0OkinR Men.
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 distinguished gentleman edits.
with the single exception OF Mr.. Thur
low Weed. whose efiigy stands in the
center of the picture, and who is now
living ir retir- 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 Ottendorfer, of the Staats-Zsit-
ung, the enterprising and comprehen-
sive Story, Of the Chicago Times. the
radical and gentle Medlll. Of the Chi
cago Tribune. the vigorous aud manly
Halstead. of the Cincinnati Com
mercial, u ID in a moderate degree
with Hawley and Wstterson, Two Of
the most Cashing knights of the steel
pen who ever engaged in a public de-
bate or invented roaring joke ut the
expense of luckless adversary.
The same remark concerning the ad-
vance ofyears-fi.git irreparcbile tempus
may be made OF the philan;hropic
and gifted Chiids. Of Philadelphia,
whose obituary achievements have
horne consolation to 80 many sorrowing
hearts. The artist, however, exercis-
ing a wise judgment presents Mr..
Childs without single mark of cadu-
city, blooming in a kind Of perennial
middle age, his brow decorated with q
toupee, and his whiskers neatly. trim
med and dyed, serving as a delicate
framework to bis benignant counten-
ance.
The only journal which enjoys a
double representation in our congress
of celebrities is the industrious and
highly successful 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 Sic whv a
double part should be assigned to the
leading newspaper of Boston. In fact,
both of these gentlemen are SO hand
some that the public would have Just
cause of disapp- intment if either of
them we're omitted
But rs for the palm of beauty, after
a thoughtful and careful examination
We confess ourselves unable to deter
mine whether it should be awarded to
Mr.. Whitelaw Rel: or Mr.. James
Gordon Bennett, the two Youngest
members of the distinguished party.
Yet the differences between them are
Sd strongly marked. Mr.. Reid is
man of excitable temperament, with
concentrativeness, dark wavv
hair. and sentimental nose and chin.
The face of Mr.. Bennett, on the other
hand, is marked by uncommon
strength of will and extraordinary
practical force. As man of u.iness,
We should say that Mr.. Bennett
would be the more successful of the
two. while Mr.. Ried would take tie
cake in a contest Of ideality. Not
that Mr.. Bennett is deficient i'm the
imaginative element, but it is the prac-
teal. shrewed. resOlute, ambitious
quality that predominates in his
nature.
The western men. however, merit
perhaps more attention than all the
others in tie group. Mr.. Story of
the Chicago Times appears as man
Of fine, highly nervous, thoughtful,
intense quality Mr.. Watterson.
with his glance looking far into the
future. and the rich aaubrosial locks
that cluster around bis forhead, stands
forth here as what Inc is the chevaiier
Bayard of politics Mr.. Medili is a
philosopher, medi'aiiye. calu. spirit
ual, profound while Mr.. Haisiead,
clear, fOrcible, selt-reliant, sure IF his
own powers of success, whether in
literature, politics, or war. appears a
striking specimen of the ever success
full and ever ready son of 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 cannot under
stand the omission on any other hypo-
thesis than that it is the work of his
wicked partners. Alas! Alas!
Mr.. Weed is fifty placed in the fo-
Gus of the group; but as We look at
the marks of time which increase the
the dignity of his features the imay;p.