Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-21
|RIS JOURNALISM.
+. psoer With the Enormous
..lou Of Nine Hundred Thou
~ Copies Every Day.
4. mas Killed Literature and
',sIpr is Killing journalism
n Iis Personality.


',Iay S0.-M. Albert Midland,
emily paid two brief visits to
4 States, one last fall TO see
',aslc safely across the ocean,
|Ner this spring to see Madame
AZ home again, seems to have
|.ipaipful encounters with that
I,,lou ofubiquitous omniscience,
american reporter. While In
NJ was asked how much he
IL. what he ate for dinner, and
IN Intentions were honorable,
returned to Paris filled with a
Ian. which has found fiery ex-
n an article in the Figaro on
'.,age.p NJ. Milland declares
t,asm has killed literature and
<siog is Killing journalism. BY
n means the petty prying and
4 iuteryiewlpg which disgraces
.srican newspapers and which
a. 10 he characteristic OF all of
\ .nIie the yehemence and mac
I'M. Millt0d's protest, IL cannot
I. tss, there is foundation for his
+ ,hst American journalism is
a nersonal. But the objection
4 sIpsularity bad grace from M.
aIr the Figaro, for both the
81 md the journal have made a
IuIyial personalities. M. Mil
n ,he political reporter of the
his comic condensation Of the
M house was neither literature
Liam. And the Figaro has no
Il journalistic duty; it Is sim
~ the sale OF lively gossip to
iants of a lively city who like
Figaro, the Petit Journal
ms are, IN their several ways,
.tessful papers in Paris.
mE PETIT JOURNAL,
cent, condensing its news,
only one easily-understood
ncie and lightened by INSTALL
HI serial stories, has acquired
"a circulation, which 1t now
q 700, 900 q day. This is un-
hs largest circulation of any
IN the world; indeed, II is
y bee times that OF any paper in
America. The Temps repre-
slld and serious side of French
be side which gives France its
ID its dignity, the side which is
xhen the French are called
IsYolous.
THE TEMPS
terest editorial articles, the
correspondence and the most
snlhorltstiye criticism OF any
Nspaper. Its dramatic critic
Ekque Sarcey; its chief literary
Edmond Scherer; It's art
Paul Mantz. 1t has special
rles on music, science, agricul-
Hltary affairs. M. de Cheryille,
barator Of the elder Dumas's,
ekly essay on "La Vie a Ia
pend NJ. jules Ciaretie, the
b. Is now the director of the
nncaise, used to write weekly
Ia Vie a Paris" this is now
another novelist, NJ. Anatole
lose delicate humor is not as
b ID America as it deserves,
the Temps is wholesome and
the organ OF the intelligent
It's circulation and influence
1g slowly but steadily. Fol
\ npsper selling for three cents
I, pay very remarkable daily
Y 10000 copies.
THE FIGARO
I opposite of the Temps. The
4 representative Of fast anC
irigolity, as the Temps is The
ld-working and high-thinkinl
Ae Figaro was founded by th'
Sillemessant, who made it th'
leyard journalism. With al
Adyices he was a born jour
q be understood the perspective
(. sreported to have said ono
nn over on the Boulevard de
Of more importance to tn
an earthquake in Spain
I, a.h the Figaro has been con
" Pc lines laid down by him, Blu
eIgy and a relaxation OF init
Il. ssy to see that the Figaro feel
VI 5 position, and knows that
!! M easily. Its venality is notol
Y Ventures into all sorts of sid
4 II claims a daily circulatio
i' q $4,000 to 100000, and
~ g sometimes attain to tn
taxes life easily, as l hay
d ! holds It's own, and its tvs
4 \ NE Gaulois and the Event
!: pslng ground. The latter
v Iapidly and the former slowly
naylng no conscience, has n
oagh itechoes the antl-reput
4 Of the idle and dissolut
zs to reflect. The Gauloi'
hlged by NJ. Arthur Meyel
III upholder Of the divine rlgi
hilies around the royal fla
Y. This attitude on the pa
who Is a self-made Hebrew
lncongruous to many. n
mont, one OF the editors
u x organ Of the altar, as Il
III 3 TO be the organ Of IL
.sllh two portly tones a fe
~ alled fla France Juive," an
"A sigar and personal abuse
- Y Jews Of Paris. M, DIR
y. was violent and yirulei
Z aiiate
'aE JEw.BAIrMe
{. !. - - seiae parts OF Germany al
4, vas full of idle tales al
lehdo. But it made q gre
81 already passed into a TEN
Drumont was prompt
Ia : from the clerical orgal
y saat his unseenly assau
"a !, Y appear to be authorize
~ ~ Many OF his reckle
v &c Instantly denied and di
( /. g was challenged by sever
y & he had attacked. With I
y he fought a duel wi
" s,ef's behavior on the fiei
~ Peculiar for a., Nc ,,arvo1l