The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-04-10
JOE HOW ARD
the Tist .y~pa!.eT Correspondents ct
tile. Country.


EyN''n"'' /. / h"f'aJt" I""" N"'.
Joseph Howard .lf, of New York, is
the best known man in American Jour
naliSm and Yet not a newspaper proprie
tor but Salaricd writer, \ salaried
writer aud yet receiving Larger income
tllar ul.c newspaper proprietor in five
huudreH, Last year his writings netted
him the tidy sum of $4,000. The New
York itTid pays him s, GOO year tor i
sunday letter and occasional work dur
ing the week, ard the Boston Gioje gives
him -, COO a year for daily dispatch
an! Il weekly letter. These are his two
largest sources of income His earnings
are il eXcesS OF those eff George Alfred
Townsend, VIII" is probably the next
best paid writer in American journalism.
Bat while Townsend can rarely wlite o!
anything but politics, and never makes
referee c. tn a man Without giving a bio
graFhy ot him and all his ancestors,
Howard can reproduce the entire kaleido-
sc ,pc { t life with Il natural vividneSS
that is wonderfully entertaining. He
cat write about anything, ard charm
yea as ri.uch with a description! of an
obcl>!i as with the photograph he can
take of the legs of the latest f"otiisht
iavor,tc-- 10 reflection meant by the
mention Of ohelsk in con: ection with
the otEer things, you kuow-or hold
your attention as absol bingy by Il criti-
ciSm OF new play as by his realistic
depletion OF life in the ,lums. Versa
Uility, ,hy name is Howard.
am always DESTROYS to learn how a
successful ne wspaper man had his Jour
ralistic beginning. We all know, with
"uc tx ing told. how rich merchants
started III life They invariably arose
before srnlise when 800 young t" know
be5t, /, and always swept ont the stnre III
the morning. Railroad maguates ~
variab!y begin as hrakcSnrn Bat there
is no :, gulatiou mode of ,c"fatory ser
vic" fCr tn" newspaper man who wins.
There are no schools OF journalism. The
news worker is expected to come To his
task lull-ii&dget: II or0ughly capable "i
| performing work to which heretofore he
had never put his hands. have found.
almost invariably, that these who have
| amounted 10 anything in journalism
have eeu thrust into it by accident.
Alter Seeirg Howard the other night J
became dcsil"nS Of ascertainiug what
Ire X Of fortune Was responsible ion his
entra' &c int" til" newspaper world and
II tell l"n " hat | learned.
In l>Gn Joseph II, ward, Jl., Of B. o"k
Ign, vi" had teen educated as Il sur
Vty"r, aud who was then twenty SIN
years Of age, was gwen an opportunity,
by his wealthy father of jpurneyit Q to
Europe or of pursuing a long cherished
plsn oi 'raveiing through tins country
He said b" wished to remain i'll America
tut also wanted some money Tor bust
| ness purposes. He was LANDED = eco
With TINS he went to California and III
We ted It Ii: an express. co.. pany enter
prise started in opposition to Wells,
Fargo L Co., aud lost every dollar Of it.
His vii. beng i'll and desiring to return
for Il hriol time to Ell parents in MlsSa-
c,uSatta her husbtui ;.cr"mpanied hel
thitler. VIII e 1T his wiie's home III
! Boston he hec. d of serious labor
trouble among he operatives in the
| great Shoe tactrl es III Lynn. and, i'm
| p.liet! simply ny II olives OF curiosity, he
| took the tain for that town. iu the
seat IL front Of him was Il crusty old
fellow, who made some sharp replies tO
iaGuilieS addressed to him concerning
l. ~uu aud the labor troubles. He was
II III" Other than old san Glenn, of the
| NJ" \ crk H,lrid, and, with the suS-
p clou O; some % his craft, wished Nc
one /" knew Of his movements. Il am
no. gong to Lynn he said, testify.
''iut saw J cur ticket lepri,d How
a!d, ard only "ant to know which is
the best hotel
Thus ASSURED, lie old j urnalist when
Ills destination was reached, babe the
youi = MAJ: follow him. When the best
o,tcirie was tculd the Nrold man
wrote 90 the register.
Samuel Glenn, New York HtrGd.
! Moved by an imI ui>c Of the moment,
Howard wrote beneat
Us. Howard, Ir, New York Times.
W hat controlled HIM in this was prob.
ably hothing more than dislike Of being
considered a small Try, and his selection
OF the 1intr> was simply owing to the
fact that thc newspaper then edited by
the Incompatible Henry j. Raymond
was bis family journal. In Glenn com
paEy lie met a number of Boston repor
tens, who were dcspnLdtnt because they