The Hartford herald., 1885-12-09
Men Who Pose in Public.


ous ways in which men advertise chem
selves. To many people statesmen.
politicians, actors, and public men of
every nOtorietv or fame means
fortune. The public is tickle, and soon
forgets face or "A name. unless some
thing constantly sets il thinking. On
this account men like Robert G.. Ing
gersoll make it a point to appear in
public often and to keep their faces in
view. Ii Col. Ingersoll attends "A race
meeting, he goes on the opening day.
when the largest crowd is present, and
he will be seen by the greatest number
of people. If he walks on Fifth Ave
nue. or Broadway, ii is at four o'clock
in the afternoon, and whenever he goes
he is sure To be seen, for he does not
hide from the public eye. At "A Sun
day night concert at the Casino. where
number of rather risky French songs
are sung, Col. Ingersoll walked in and
took seat in the most prominent box,
applauded loudly and apparently en-
joyed himself hugely. Sixteen hun
dred people saw him that night, and
what with their gossip and a brief note
in the papers next day, perhaps "a hun
dred thousand people were aware with
in twenty-four hOuIs that Col. Inger-
soil was still alive, Lad gone to the Ca
sino and that he sanctioned IA Sunday
concert.
Another man who likes to be before
the public is that great product of
American izltion, Col Tom Ochil-
tree.
Still another man who is necessarily
advertising himself, is the agent of a
particular kind of soap that is very
largely advertised.
Some years ago a clever journalist of
New York amused himself slylv by
making fun of IA good natured shoe
maker. Wherever list of names ap-
peared in the morning paper behold the
shOemaker's name was among them,
whether IT was IA reception at Mrs. AS
tors or a dog fight at Hoboken. The
shoemaker at that time had Il little
shop in celler up town. He has now
Il large establishment down town, is IA
promising politician and his name is
known all over New York. He was
shrewd enough To take the fun in
good part and To go about as nuch as
possible, so as to give some semblance
ofuruth to the journalists joke.
The late Harry Montague achieved "A
great reputation for good looks. He
was always considered the handsomest
man on the stage, and his portrait was
sold over the world. He was genial
and honest man, in no sense the mash
er that he was supposed to be, and he
had hosts of friends among men. A
sure test of honesty, this He was es-
senliaiiy what is called mans man,
as distinguishable from lady's man,
but he never undervalued the good that
the admiration and talk of women
would do him. Accordingly, every
clear day at about four O'clock, he
would start at Fourteenth street and
walk pensively up Broadway AS tar AS
Twenty-third street, and thence to-
ward Central Park, via Fifth Aye
nue.. IL he became fatigued he step
ped into stylish cart, which
usually accompanied him, and drove
To the park and back home again. He
would expend as much care on his toilet
fDr this promenade as he would on his
costume for his performance at night.
He scarcely looked at the women he
passed on the stree, but they stared at
him aud turned 4 look back as he
wandered idly by. No man knew bet
ter than Montague hiInsel that 800 OFT
of every 900 wome who saw him in
the afternoon would speak of him at
night, and the mere mention of his
name was of value as an advertisement.