The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-07-21


night, and through the fourth of July,
the paper was able to come out on
Tuesda. morning with full illustra
tions Of the chief events and person
ages The following Friday an extra
number was issued, and or the next
Tuesday the regular edition, with
fuller details and misunderstanding
three illustrated papers published in a
single week, an achievement without
parallel in newspaper history. The
death Of Garfield made I still scvcrer
demand on Mrs. Leslie's ability to
grapplc with crisis. 1t occurred late
on Monday evening, September ~, and
tie ''Illustrated" newspaper had gone
TO press when the news arrived. She
Immediately ordered the presses stop
ped, DESTROYED the part OF tic edition
already published, set the whole force
os the establishment at work preparing
a new edition with engravings OF the
sketches sent in over early Tuesday
morning BY the artists at Etberon, and
before "Wednesday night had on sac
paper full ofillustrations of the death
bed scenes. A week later she seized
another opportunity. The body Of
the dead President Garfield was to
be conveyed to Washington on the
Wednesday after his death, and funeral
services to be held in the Capitol on
Friday, before the removal Of the
rem;.;'s for Cleveland for the iinal
cerem, MES. Mrs. Leslie resolved to
anticipate the usual day of publication
the following week, and deposit IN
Cleveland papers containing full illus
trations of the scenes at Washington
on Monday morning. She sent for the
President of the American News Com
panv, and communicated her purpose.
He was incredulous and doubtful; she
insisted it could be done and should
be done, and it was. Not less than
80 900 copies of the "Wcckly" were
sent to Cleveland, where they sold so
readily that it is believed as many
more could have been easily disposed
of.
Such achievements as these soon
vindicatcd Mrs. Leslie's claim to sue
cccd the founder Of the great publishing
house. The expenses were necessa-
rilv enormous, but the outlay was
more than returned in q circulation
higher than the paper had ever before
reached, and in the establishment OF
public confidence in the new pub
Usher. There is nobody in the busi-
ness who possesses more thoroughly
the confidence of the heads Of the
great news companies with whom
publishers Of illustrated papers must
have the most intimate relations. The
money got from the enormous. sale OF
the week at the !a!1r::5 ar::5 Of the GarheIo
asSaSee:;..atiOil was that which largely
repaid the loan from Mrs. Smith and
put the great house upon its feet
again. 1t is now a splendid property,
worth nearly or quito million dollars
and this lady is the owner and head OF
it all.
Personally Mrs. Leslie is most
charming woman, a petite, graceful
figure, shapely, we'll poised head,
set upon perfect neck and shoulders,
and crowned with mass of golden
brown hair, ga head full of first quail
ity brains,'' as an enthusiastic writer
recently remarked. She has 4 clear,
bright complexion, and the most glo-
rious great grey eyes Imaginable.
Eyes full of sympathy, Of kindlinesS,
OF laughter. Her kindness toward
Young writers is we'll known. She IS
ever ready with advice, aad oftent'n,es
unostentatious yet substantial assist
ance. 1t is difficult to indicate in cold
type the charm ola thoroughly woman
~ womanhood like Mrs. Lesiie'S.
There is that subtle magnetism which
words cannot express. Her voice IS
singularly sweet and pleasing and in
speech she is winning and direct. She
dresses with exquisite taste. In her
office in plain business-like black, but
al the opera and receptions she is
splendid in diamonds and laccS that
were earned by the resources of her
own strong brain. She has many
warm friends among the best known
literary and artistic people Of the day,
in this country and in Europe.