Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-02-04

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CHAPTER xx.
Journalism hes killsd litsraturs. end n.
porting b killing jounA,im. II = ~ ~
gap oe ths dying literature q aa spech; y =
ths man Of ists9s rsplacsd By tas cuucisrsa"
30 sxclaims n. Albsrt lll,laud, IN a. oe III
witty ARTICLES IN Ths Figaro.
In America, importing has simply ovnrun.
swallowed up Journalism. II = . dsmolition
oe ths wall oe private Life, he substitutiou a
gossip for chronicls, Of chatter for witicim.
Fer tho intsrviswsr nothing = sacrsd
Audacity b his stock In trade; he most ri.
vats details Of your daily Life are At his
marcy, and unless you blow his brains OUT
which 4 not lawful IN New York staA>-you
have no means Of getting ria of him.
Thsrs b no QUESTION TOO indiscrsst for thsss
sut~pridng inquidtoes; they would have
interviswed 81 Anthony In bis hut.
Do not shout victory either because you
have succeeded IN getting rid q TIE intsr.
viswsr without rsplying 10 hblqusstions. Il
htn such cases that The American Journalist
reveals himself IN all his glory. To your
stupsfaction the nswpapsn next day win
hsvs an account Of the oonveration which
you might have had with their reportera
II my advice be worth giving, the best
thing you can do, when the intsrviswer prs.
ssnts himself and says, II am reporter, Or,
and ! have come to ak you for . few mo
msnts' chat" Il to ny to him:
Md to see you, sir; pray be soated.n
On Tie 1lth Of Novsmber, 1857, at Q. m.
the osrmanic, after terribly rough panags
Of nins days, entered the magnificent harbor
of New York. The sun had risen resplsnd.
snt In cloudlso blue Ky. We bad Just
paDed Bartholdis statue Of "Iiberty I'm.
tightening the World, !" and 10 seemed - u
France were not far Cd. Il WAS swest "a.
otiou, and instinctively had raised my
hat. An 1t once tho Germanic stopped. A
LITTLE steam tug drew up alougdde, and there
steppsd on board few custom house of1cseS.
followed BY several other personal .
"Look outI" cried one Of my fellow pcsssn-
gsrs, seeing that appeared. 70 BE- unconscious
Of danger.
"what Il the matterr' I asked.
"Ths interviswersr'
''Noussuse, not here surely" ! exclaimed.
No sooner were the words out Of my mouth
than two young men handed me their cards,
with the announcement. that they were jour.
nalists
I'VE have come to present our respects to
you," they said, land to wish you pleasant
time in our country"
While they uttered these words they
scanned me from head to foot, jotting few
strokes on their note books They were tax
ing my portrait, which appeared next morn
ing at the head Of the articles that the pres
Of New York thought ct to devote to me.
Obi that drst afternoon In Now York,
spsut in tho company Of thu. .interviswsrsl I
shall never forget It'll
The ONCE Of my lecture manager, Maj
Pond, was situated on the ground floor Of the
Everett house, whore had put up. Thithsr
Impaired altar lunch to undergo the opera
tion Of tapping by eight interviewers atom
"Ahi" aid ono Of them, after the usual
salutations, 1--WE arc going to bore you, 20 let
% begin ct the beginning"
This made me smile.
II know your first question" said; "you
are going to ask me whether this Is my first
visit to America"
"You are right; that Is generally our arst
question; but have another to AK you b.
fora You have just eaten your first meal in
America; what did you havef'
"Gentlemer," replied as seriously as !
possibly could, ~ have just been in for .
piece Of turbot, . beefsteak and potato chips,
Q celery salad, and vanilla ice."
"And now" remarked another reporter,
II have an important question to put to you.
hope it viii not astonish you"
"Ohp replied, II am in America, and
quite ready not to be astonished at any
thing"
"wsll, then," said he, 81 want to ask you
what are your impressions Of America"
"Excuse me-" exclaimed, ~ have only
bssn In II three hours, and those thres hour
have been spent In this hotel. You must
really allow me to abstain for the moment
from telling you what I think Of America
for you will admit, I hope, that one must
have passed whole day at least in Amsrica
In order to Judge it with any accuracy"
Hsrs I rolled . cigarette and rang for q
lemon squash.
Ths reporters Immediately made an entry
In their note books
"what Il that you have put downp
asked.
A young fellow, with faco beaming witi
activity and intelligence, replied: II wrot'
that at this point Of our conversation yo'
rolled . cigarette and rang for lsmoz
SQUASH"
Ths questions they asked really appeared 4
ne % commonplace, 70 trivial, that I wa
almost ashamsd to think was the hero o
this little farce.
With the idea Of giving them somsthin,
better worth writing, launched into anec
dotes, and told few to these interviewer
This brought about little scene which wa
quite comic. II looked at one reporter
little oftener than the rest, while told a
anecdote, he would turn to his brethren an
ssy:
''This story Is for my psper, you have n
right to take 1t down; it was told especiall
to me-"
"Not at sll," would cry the others, ut va
told to al Of U.s."
Next day I procured oil the New Yor
morning papers, more from curiosity, mus