Telegram-herald., 1886-06-20

$3.50 Eufaetle feus nsus People are over.
I, 1sAea Ailh huu4orous Hsttsr-A
Crack al rhs Hogs

-fls lamor9us papers. al class. dau
lall ia- Distinctive place fhey iid a fee
years aso said Robert Barlef,e. in d
e9lFerea-i.n d. the M0noasaAela Halss
rA- other al srllsn.
-Ea4l l.san. be continued SIS thsI
neaFlg every papsr of amy size in The counfry
l1= discovered that D. has one 1T TAO mea
xho write creiu41le hlmor They may
zoe make a department ol ir, 0r the man
may naf 8e labeled q funny man. bag you
can see lt cropping out All through the
Qaper 9u wl- lnd iu Tie ciiy department
reports Ealcl touches 0f 1rigll and original
hamor which woul1 go credit t0 q profess
s1nai You eil end 30 Iu the editorial
department and lle paragraphs, aud even in
tne head lines oI the telegraph editor.
Then. COO. most papers nave adopted a
department ai clipped lumHr It-s effect
has been produced ol -le daily and weekly
a.xspapers hy r1e humorous papers. and,
while lL has frightened uD ,ne former con-
silerabiy lt has. to some extent, hurt the
humorous papers. as il furnishes al that
-ort of matter tAat most people care 10
read
The elnversat0n running upon the lee
ture platform. fhe humnrisr was asked li
ae had mel the Bill Sye and Whi,comb
Riley combination.
$50. I have not be replied. "but
understand -hey axe very successful. That
rarely happens when TWO lecturers travel
toEe-rer. ilnt think 10 would be- possible
f1r tNo hum0risfs 90 make d successful
combination. The similarity would surieit
an audience
vow Marx Twain and Cable were two Of
the best combinations ever knew. One
could hardly conceive Of two more opposite,
In manner. taste, style. and everything else
than these two Mr. Cable is a small.
refined scholarly man, very quiet, almost
eheminafe in look and manner. and Twain
tall ungAulv with a sort of western dash
about him. They always act as foil 10
each other, ani an audience never tires OF
them.
What has become of your Railroad Pas
senger was ASKED.
"Oh ( get tired Of running il. / never
could keep up a line Of Sketches Of any
sort They make roe tired. The only man
vino can do thar sort of thing, and do II
well tor 80 long a period, is 9. b. Lewis, Of
the Detroit Free Prcu Year in and year
out he goes on grinding oJt that Limekiln
Club and the Central Police Court, bat !
can't see where 10 Is bright. It is a wonder
% me how be does It. ! can not do II. aud
81 trv it 1 get 50 tlsgusted with tue SUD
,cct that / wouldn't write il for Sl0O a
column. am getting ured OF wiring any
way. Next summer / am going % take a
tent and 80 up in the mountains and camp
out for four months, clear away from every
one I think .t will be a relief o. the public
AZ well as myself
when IS that new book Of yours coming
our'
We'll. now I've heard of that book. The
newspapers fash ID up about a often As
they do my discOFerer Accordingly TO the
newspapers, Frank HattOn discovered me,
and brought me before a lOng-suiferlng
world Phocian Howard also dragged me
out of mv rural nonenity tO the plying
-lzes 0f the public. ani some twenty five
other newspaper men claim the distin-
ruished honor of boosting me up among
the pinnacles Of fame I am going 70 call
a convention Of my discOverers, or else
send out circulars asking for loan from
each Of them. ~ Pitisbug Dispatch Inter
rigfC