New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-05-10
PRESS CLUB CEMETERY FUND
Mr.. HOWARD LECTURES AT wALLACKs.
WITTY HITS AND INTERESTING "REMINISCENCES
ABpJJr NEWSPAPERS

WITTY HITS AND INTERESTING "REMINISCENCES
ABOUT NEWSPAPERS
Joseph Howard, jr.'s. lecture i'm behalf of
tho Cemetery Fund OF the Press Club walacks The
afro last night was success financially for 1t netted
all that could come from a house In which every
seat had been sold at D. m and 10 Of
pleasure to his auditors The lecturer received with
great corniaity by audience made OF journalists
members OF the dramatic profession and others who took
hhsely Interest In the OCCASION There much laugh
ter happy amount Of applause and ripp Of
animated interest running throughout the evening.
MT. Howard delivered his lecture In OFF
haha easy way from manuscript, and touched
upon almost n thousand and topics covering the
years from 1850 to the present time. Amos r. Cum
mngs presented Mr. Howard in neat speech. IN which
he referred TO the thirteen newspaper bnried tho
Cypress Hills Cemetery. whose ines, unlike that Of
John Keats. writ in water"
In opening his lecture Mr. Howard called attention to
inc ON proverb OF the shoemaker and his last but the
large plot at Cypress Hills without a to the
resting place OF its dead he said prevented him from
besiiating to go little beyond hs last 1.-THE most
hotaDe steps along the line OF desirable progress said
the lecturer. "have been taken The journal
Ism OF 1856 Ia like the journalism OF 1860 than
the man Is Ike the boy am not certain that tho
men OF to-day an Improvement those Of 1850"
Mr. Howard took up the names Of the war period
anu then PLUNGED lto the daily papers ami their editors
James Gordon Ben"rIt Of Ths U,yar .wno nnshed a
then not reputable sheet the 'front.' AMI who
aCanny ocotchman with the journalistic creed First get
IN good an nn satisfied ambition eating
MS noart' singular, complex composition with nina
'' charity 1 Splendid and asAer heart anaer on
rection. under whom TnE TRIBuNE jumped to alb
Win his Bible Greeley d I'll tnnss for
ittle Tor HIMSELF, was the lecturers comment Henry
gentleman, Tribune as broad PACED aud solid
In arsu,nrn and Inc World was humorousIy tou he'd
ulon as compound of an oldtne daily and an alleged
religious daily"
,ne lat1er oI american journalism and he answered IL
hiInscii, saying was Joseph Gales Rob
should be wns erected tn M Gaes Wros
about 1t to George Jones' 'who." SAID the lecturer
lIanEhter.l Mr. Jones generously wrote to George W.
Chiids about it, Laughter The sudden or violent
"the Astor house-towel chlorotorm" Mr. iIowarts
review. Detective Byrnes. tie lecturer sad. told him
aud fellow correspondent that Mr.. Lincoln had en-
had Scotch cap IN his satchel aud companion had a
long CLOAK lIowalds nagi alton had supplied the vivid
OfJournaism the lecturer said: =" It's most success
ful feature Is Its reporting Never In my experience AS
enough or low enough to cheat his employer by
Intelligence aud industry are the featurrs OF New
York Journalism Mr. Howard thought that nineteen
twentiehs OF modern editorials mig as well not
been written. William Winter the only one left
Of the old school OF critics; we had no critics now;
Intelligent criticism. No man could he responsible
for ali that appeared under the head of dramatic
| criticism when there were forty places or
ADJUSTMENT III this city. while the rush and
Jam Of midnight demands for copy made
what br criticism "A record. Mrs. LaDgcrys
Appearance here should have been an OCCASION for
| criticism yet only columns or perslnaSe ana gusn
attended from end OF tho coun-
| Try 10 tho other. Irving came here as an
artist-and speculator. What splendid opportunity
criuc! Who willing 10 credit him with
Oratoricai finish There was sush about his abiIlIy
aud power. THIS was not CRITICISM "New-lork jour
nalism exclaimed the lecturer with the despair of a
dying man. us sadly handicapped what II needs
IL a new editors, AMI new
OF critics" In this atrabiious VEN
Mr.. Howard back to excOrate the nunkeylsn
shown the Prince Of Wales when he visited IN =
country dercd mixture OF phlianthropisfs and
reverend and who cured the committee
OF arrangements the famous ball The welcome Of
Prince lecturer amid laughter characterized as
Observation-Disclosures" Personal "Reminiscences
followed The stage was taken up ana
Mr.. Howart paid tribute to Lester Wallack
as the sole manager left devoted To the standard drama
In conc nsUn Mr. Howard thought that Journalism DOW
had splendid chance show the interests OF foreign
lands between liberty and license and be-
tween the red flag and the stars ana stripes. lap
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