Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-05

The humorous papers. a. II class. don't
hold the distinctive place they did "a few
years ago SAID Robert j BurdrIIr ia "A
conversation at the MununLahrla house
the other afternoon.
w hat mean. he continued, Is that
nearly every paper Of any size in the
country has discovered tina, it has one ur
two men who write Crt1lItablc humur
They may not make a department Of 1t, or
the man may not be labeled funny man.
but you can see 1t cropping ont all through
the paper You will find in the city de
partment reports with touches Of bright
and original humor which would do credit
Ia "A professional You will find II IN the
editorial department and the paragraphs,
and even in the head lines Of the telegraph
editor Then. too. most papers have
adopted Il department "f clipped humrr.
/ This effect has been produced on the daily
and weekly newspapers 10y the humorous
papers. and while ii has Frightened up
the former considerably. it has, to some
extent. hurt the humorous papers, ns it
furnishes about all that sort ut matter
that most people care To read.
The conversation running upon the lee
ture pl ttform, the humorlst was asked If
he had met the Bill Nye and Whitcomb
Riley combination.
No. | have not, he replied, but un-
drrstand they are very successful That
rarely happens, when two lecturers traNei
together don / think it would be pu>~'-
bile for two humuriSfS to make successful
combination The similarity would sur
felt an audience.
Now Mark Twain and Cable were two
,l,s I
could hardly conceive 0f two more OPP
puSite in manner, taste, style, and every
thing else. than these two. Mr.. Cable Is u
small, refined, scholarly man, very quiet,
almost etfeminate in look and manner, aud
Twain, tall. ungainly, with sort of west
rrn dash about him. They always act as
"a foil to each "ther. and an audience never
tires Of them"
He GETS TIRED OFT AT LAST
What has become Of your Railroad
Passenger" was asked
"Oh. get tired Of running il l never
could keep up a line Of sketches of any
-ort They make me tired. The only
man who can do that sort of thing and do
it we'll for 81 long a period, is {. B. Lewis,
Of The Detroit Free Press Year in and wear
out he goes ON grinding out that Limekiln
club and the Central Police Court, and I
cant see hut what il Is as bright and
quaint as it WAS at first. 1t Is a wonder to
me how he does II, | can not de- Il,
and if try it get 50 disguised
with the subject that | wouldn't I
write it for 500 a column. am getting
tired Of writing any way. Next summer
| am going To take "A tent and 20 up in the
mountains and camp out for four months,
clear away from every one. lthink 1t Will
be a relief to the public as well As my
self"
When is that new book of yours coming
OUT
Well now, I've heard of that book. The
newspapers flash it up about aS often as
they do my disCovrrer- According To the
newspapers, Frank Hatton discovered me,
and brought me before a long suffering
world PhoCian Howard also dragged me
out of my rural nunrnity to the plying
gazes of the public, and some twenty-five
other newspaper men claim the dlstin-
guished honor of boustiug me up among
the pinnHCleS of fame. am going 10 call
a convention Of my discuvererS, or else
-nd out circulars asking for n loan from
each OF them" Pittshurg Dispatch Inter
view.