, 1888-03-08
rHc NEWSPAPERS OF FRANCE.
Tho Opinions of tho Two Mr.. Puiifssrs'
Decidedly Different Ideas.

Decidedly Different Ideas.
wns I'm mn English tailor shop tho other
morning and tho proprietor, M u croTnihB
nrrumcnt In favor OF his sartorial pro
ductions, produced pair OF trousers ZOE
Mr.. pul ter" Tho slzc OF the trousers
nttroctcl INV attention, and IL little irvc5-
tlration led to tho interesting discovery
that there wcrc two Mr.. Pulitzcr9 In
paris, and that while Mr.. Joseph Pulitzer
bns been living In state ut tho Hotel Bris-
tol with his fine apartment, his courier
etc. Mr.. Albert Pulitzer, OF The rev
York Morning Journal, has also bccn iV-
ing In state, though more quietly, ~ tho
Grand Hotel he too having his ilnc apart
mcnt and his courier, which all goes TO
show: First, that Is q great thing TO havo
n 'larnc circulation;" and second, that tho
Paris correspondent of Tho Morning Jour
nol does not write tho society notes In fho
Gnlignnnis Messenger
The opinions of these two eminent Jour-
nnlsts on tho newspapers or Franco nro
of course most interesting. Nlr. Joseph
Pulitzer spoke as follows on tho subjects
"You want my opinion on French news
papers? We'll, can give It to you very
quickly. think 1t Ia simply disgraceiut
tho kind of thing which they produce
here. They arc newspapers In name, bue
newspapers with the news left out Thcy
print neither homo news nor foreign news,
In fact they print nothing but stories nnd
essays They have no enterprise. why
this late disaster to tho Champagne 40
Havrc was hardly noticed by them. 1
had to gct tho details from the scanty
little English papcro tpointiny 10 tho
Galigncni and the Morning Ncwsl. NOW
TN American newspaper which understood
its business would have had man on the
spot by tho very first train to interview
!iie officers, tho captain and tho pas
scngcrs, to got photographs OF tho sccncs
etc., and to send of u complete account
by telegraph, regardless Of expense. NO,
sir, I don't think much Of French news
papers, and, by the way, ! uon' thiik
much moro Of their English rivals"
Mr.. Albert Pulitzer has decidedly dix
fcrcnt ideas on the same question. II
know that IL Is the fashion," he said, ITO
condemn French journals on the ground
that they arc deficient in what we call
news or course 1t is evident that In
this respect they are n long way behind U.S.
but attribute it not to any lack Of enter
prise on the part Of editors nnd propric-
torg-fnr from it-but to the fact that
they recognize that the general demand is
for something quito different. People in
France have not got that terrible thirst for
news which consumes us mt home; they
arc not Mt nll In n hurry to know about
accidents and crimes before IL is neccs-
sary, and even then they don't want y
great mass Of sickening details. In many
ways their tastes arc more elevated than
ours For example, The Figaro will PRINT
two columns on new play by Alcxandro
Dumas. and will employ one Of the most
distinguished literary men In the country
To write the criticism. There il another
great difference; in France all the great
writer's contribute to the newspapers, and
these men arc paid rs much as $4,000 to
$i2. 200 year. The result ia that n first
class French newspaper becomes really u
vehicle for the transmission OF tho highest
order of literary, scientific and artistic
thought, and certainly that Is very much
more than VIC can say Of our American
papers, even the best Of them. Paris
Cor. Philadelphia Times.