The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-01-01
French Newspapers
From Every Other Saturday

from Every Other SATURDAY.
The French newspaper does
at greatness, or rather bignes>
kind. A journal there Seems
pleasant every morning chat v.
paper has with it's readers, ende.
to give them in as pleasant an.
way as possible the really inn
news of the day, and at the san
to have talk on whatever is ha,
in art, music and literature. T
articles, or what we should call 49,
ais, are written by we'll knor
ers and critics who 4
belong to the staff, and
signed, which makes it seem
more familiar and personal. A
overwhelming mass of worthle
which food our papers, they hi, ~
oft. They do not, and they kr'
readers do not care to, know tn.
Chose, away off in the little /
Pont Aven, Brittany, who was ~
ing the day before, fell from
riage and sprained her ankle.
some italian Briggitta, was ligl -
fire that morning in Rome, use
sene as usual, and set fire to the 10
usual. It may be we'll enough
such items in the provincial
paper where the event hapr
what do the general public ca
it?
Imay be able to illustrate -
ence I have spoken of more fo
simply describing some Paris
per as it appears daily, Ia
ample LIE Figaro, which is :
oldest. It is also one of tn.
being a four-page journal, the
page being a little larger ths
Harper's Weekly. On the fro.
first comes the EDITOR: 1 .-cles
ly there is only one. This is
form of a regular article with he.
and deals in somewhat lengthy
ner with the interesting topic
hour, whether it will be in polite
ligion art or science. Then f<
what are termed Echoes of F
which are brief and pointed nc
what is going on socially in tn
The rest of the page is &
to any articles about events
would interest the public, told in
miliar though brief manner. 1 sa
rest of the page. 1 meant the
part of the page, for the lower q
is given up to one chapter per
from some novel written by 3
known author. This is called the
Teton. In the lower quarter of t
column are placed in the abb
form in which they are rece'
cablegrams. No great head-il
are the dispatches padded out I
or treble their size, and yet one
their contents fully as we'll.
The second page is devotedt
from the Senate and Chaml
contemporaries are saying, anc
matter generally. The third
items of Paris and French ne,
ally, critiques on theatres
and second feuilleton. II
and last page, announceme1 -
days pleasures and public
q few advertisements-a yer,
compact in form-and conden:
and monetary reports.
This in a brief manner des,
whole paper. Haunting head l.
never used, and important artic
commence in the middle or 10 -
of the column, as we'll as at
One has everything, art, n
erature, news and politics,
written, too. For q journ
recognized member OF the
coterie in Paris. Cravingt'
of American journalists, I
that newspaper writing in F.
profession, here it is general
There are one or two curl
connected with the French
that are worth mentioning. !
cles are generally signed in t.
handwriting-that is to sa:
graph. The government st
the right to censure, and e
responsible for what he writ IT,
is now much more freedom
than there was, but the cust
Besides this the whole pap
on the last page by the ger
aging editor. And four or
are sent every morning, sig
to the various governmental
The style throughout, whe---
articles or in ths news nc
schatty and familiar. One
. strong personality in ev
the paper. Even the ne,
have have e dis9i ct character and
Finally u evening papers ~
70. the'fo ing morning