St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-29

woman brought out by the Inter Ocean, il
the author of interesting letters from the
French capital over the nom de plume Of
minimum" had almost forgotten one
of the old landmarks, one might say, of New
York correspondents. / mean Joe Howard.
He's one of the jolliest, latest, and the
greatest Bohemian in the profession. His
letters are always meaty, witty, with perhaps
BIT OF PATHos OR SENTIMENT
thrown in by way of contrast He was at
one time editor of the Star, but he drifted back
into the ranks of Bohemia after brief but in
glorious service on the paper mentioned
There's a Joe, Jr., that bids fair to rival his
rotund pa, SO clever is his work. Boz
father and son are prosperous, their lette.
always salable and worth good sums
The identity of many of the best writer's is
unknown to the public, although their mons
de plume are familiar to the newspaper-read-
ing public. There were few twenty years
ago for instance that knew Whitelaw Reid as
the sharp and trenchant ''Agate'' of the New
York Tribune. Whatever may be said Of
Reid's ability it cannot be doubted that his
work was good, for Horace Greeley was a
difficult man to please, and the old man was
delighted with Reid's letters. George
Augustus Sala was as well known as novel
list as in journalistic ranks, and chose for
bis nom de plume benedict Cruiser" The
''Bill Arp'' of the Atlanta Constitution is
known to his friends as Charles H. Smith.
When George Peck of the Milwaukee Sun
was doing legislative and other work for
Wisconsin papers his letters were
signed "Cantell A. Bigly," and a
close inspection is not required to
discover Cthat the name was well chosen.
Henry W. Moore, the brilliant managing ed
itor, made sCaradoc''
wELL-KNOwN NAME
through the columns of the st. Louis Specta-
tor and the "Sir Galahad'' of the Kansas
City Times owned the to same authorship. The
''Dan bury Newsman'' in everyday life was
known as j. NJ. Bailey, and ''Eli Perkins, is
sometimes addressed by his baptismal APP
pellation, NJ D. Landon. William Winter,
the well-known dramatic writer but lily con-
ceals his identity under "Mercutio,' aud
''Perley," in the Boston Journal, is we'll
known to be Ben. Perley Poore. Of course
everybody knows petroleum V. Nasby'' as
D. R. Locke of the Toledo Blade,
and the talented Miss Skidmore, the
Washington correspondent of the St. Louis
Globe-Demo crat, signs herself ''Ruhumah."
Her interesting letters from Alaska, written
last summer, are to be published in book
form, and will be profusely illustrated and
highly instructive and entertaining Joe
McCullagh of the Globe-Democrat claims the
honor of discovering Miss Skidmore, and
she certainly has developed an amazing
amount of ability in very short time. John
A. Cockerill, who would have been widely
known through his ability as journalist
if he had not
KILLED COL. sLAYBACK
in the editorial rooms of the st. Louis Post
Dispatch few years ago, is the spicy 'sTrin-
culo," whose letters are widely quoted. He
is now at the head of the New York World.
''Clara Bel" whose letters on matters fem
mime create such stir occasionally, is better
known as Fraulin File, prolific and inter-
| esting writer.
There are a score of others whose work is
excellent, although less widely known. But
lack OF space forbids further mention.
CHENEY.