The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-06-30

consequence have crowded out the hair, while his face is cleanly shaven and devoid of the hard lines usual on the countenance of deep thinkers, such as Mr. Field is known to be.
 Field was born in St. Louis Sep tember ?, 1850. His father was Judge Roswell M. Field, of Missouri, at one time the most prominent lawyer in the west. He was the attorney for the negro Dred Scott, who was the plaintiff in the famous case in the su- preme court of the United States, which resulted in being known throughout the world as the "Dred Scott decision" His mother died when he was quite young, and he wad sent to Amherst, Mass, where he wal reared by devoted cousin. At thd age of seventeen he graduated iron Amherst Academy, and about thi time his father died and left him ant his elder brother, then journalist i Kansas City, snug competency, c which young Fields share on reachin' his majority was $70,0O0. He speI tho two years succeeding his removle to the west at the Galesburg, Ill.,, co, lege, and completed his education '; the University of Missouri. U
 In 1871, on receiving his inheritand he converted it into ready cash, ahd il company with several companic
 he travelled Europe. A few ye
 luxurious living dwindled his fort ,u and he entered the profession of
 nalism st St. Louis. St. Joseph, K.a.- sas City and Denver knew him suc- cessively, and in the latter city he scored his first pronounced literary success. In October, 1873, he married Miss Julia s. Comstock, of St. Joseph, Mo-, and at the present time they have four comedy children-one girl and three boys. In August, 1883, he came to Chicago and engaged with the Daily NeVS to write one column agate, per diem, of satirical and humor- ous paragraphs; and the widely quoted extracts from the Nea0s are for the most part the product of MT. Fields pen and versatile brain. In August, 1887, Ticknor X Co.,, Boston, published book of satirical sketches, entitled "Culture's Garland" which has been highly praised by Stedman, Stoddard, Aldrich and other literary critics. The book has commanded a fair sale, and is work of more than ordinary merit. Perhaps some of his best work is in the line of versifica- cation, and it covers wide range, humor, pathos and sentiment. His best work ill this line is much after the style of Schiller and Goethe, pecul- iarly German. He has lately refused a liberal offer to connect himself with the New York press, and the writer of this article held conversation at very recent date with the manager of a New York daily, who stated that if money would induce Field to go east he could name his own price. Not withstanding these temptations, MT. Field will remain in Chicago for a few years yet and continue to be one of the brightest ornaments to the Garden City press and the literary guild of our country.
 While at work Field dislikes to be overburdened with clothing, and when deeply immersed in his writ ings he is oftentimes restless on a comparatively cold day. He disdains collars and tie, allows his suspenders to dangle, and, clothed in an ink stained alpaca coat, he sits at his desk on a chair pped forward and indites his ccpy in a hand writing that would do as model for school child ren to copy.
 As typical as one of the characters created by his own pen is the gentle giant Read, and more fitting repre- sentative of the old-style, careless southern gentleman would be hard to find. He is six feet and three inches in height, and wears his dark brown hair neglige, and has habit of ruff fling it the wrong way. He is thor oughly the opposite of field in ap- pearance, manners and habits. Field has all the airs of city-bred man, while Read is like child of nature who has remained unspoiled and un- contaminated by his metropolitan as- sociations. He is one of the directors of the Chicago Press Club, and when not at his office or at the resort of his dining coterie, he is to be found at the club seated in circle of ''shop- takers" who delight to hear the interesting stories told by him in his own peculiar and inimitable style.
 Read is not what can be termed a bashful man, yet he dislikes what is termed society, other than that of his family and fellow journalists with whom he is content to sit hour after hour while smoking his meerschaum pipe. His range of reading is almost unlimited, and he is one of the most thoroughly well-read students oi