The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-17

IElNfR WV NANARAts III
evening ones nowhere.
An American newspaper IS a c~onglomera
ton Of news, political, literary, artistic
scientific and fashionable, Of reports Of trials
Of amusing anecdotes, gossip Of all kinds, In
teryiews, jokes, scandal, the whole written il
a style which sometimes shocks the man O.,
taste, but which often interests, and alway.
amusos.
a literary celebrity Of Boston said TO ms
one day: II an ashamed Of our American
press. We have only two papers in tho couu.
try that do not blush for, and those arc The
Boston Post and The Evening Post, of New
York.
/ must say that, il you want 70 hear
America and everything American severely
criticised, you have only 10 20 to Boston.
There you will hear Boston and England
praised and America picked to pieces.
Are you an Americana | onco asked of a
gentleman | met in New York.
"Well, - he said, aftor some hesitation, I'm
from Boston,
You must visit the Offices Of the great New
York papers in the evening if you would get
an idea Of the colossal enterprises. There you
see about fifty reporters with their news all
ready for print in their hands. Each one in
turn passes before tho heads Of tho various
departments, political, literary dramatic, etc.
What have your asks an editor - the
first reporter who presents himself.
AN Interview with Sarah Bernhard"
VERY good. Half a column. And What
have your DO says. turning to the second.
a report Of John Smith the bankers
case"
Right. Que column Aud your
Il have On account Of the presidents forth
,oming journey to tho south"
What have you for rs this evening" says
10 editor to lis correspondent IN Berlin.
Bismarck threatens to send in bis resigna-
ion.n
"One column"
"Boulangef has just received an ovation at
Lille. A riot Is feared in Paris wires the
Paris correspondent.
tnlAtoit Dcub Two Cvluluil'.
~ scandal in Rome. The Marchioness OF
Y. has run away with her husbands secre-
-nry."
Good. Where arr, they gomez"
mo one knows"
"No matter. Seud a good stirring column
all the same"
"Whats-his-nams, the fnancier, has Wsde
of, ticks the wire from Chicago.
"A column. Send report and start on
scent OF the fugitive"
When the telegraph has ceased ticking and
the crowd Of reporters have departed, the
chief editor, like a ships captain, the last to
the desk, works on. lie reads over
everything, sits, c%orIects, cuts down, adds
10, puts al in order, and towards = o'clock Ia
the morning giyss tho order to print, and
goes home.
But, once more, all this Is nothing. It Is in
the Sundays issue that you hayo the crown
Ing feat Of journalistic enterprise-thirty or
pages Of kilograms, articles, essays
on politics, the drama, literature, pictures,
the fashions; anecdotes, bons mots, inter
views, stories for children, poetry, biogra.
phies, chats on science-the whole illustrated
with portraits, sketches Of interesting places
mentioned in the text, caricatures, etc, etc
All this for the sum Of three cents.
Every little town Of a thousand 10 fifteen
hundred inhabitants has its two newspapers. |
me Democratic, the other Republican. For
lively readins, take up these papers during
he electoral struggle that terminates with
he installation Of a new president at the
House. The names Of some Of them
viii suffice 70 give you an idea Of the style OF
he contents; very fayorite names are The
'aralyzer, The Rustler, The Cyclone, The
'rairie Dog, The Bazoo, Tho Lucifcr, The
bundle Of Sticks, The Thunderer, The Earth
saw and read a copy Of the sheet
which rejoiced in the name Of Bundle Of
The first article contained advice TO
certain Joseph Muller, who, instead OF
had taken up street preaching and
Ouse 10 house prayer: We give joseph
fuller 4 fortnight 10 find some honorable
Employment. Ii at the end Of that time be
still leading in idle life, we will find an ex-
lied position for him" The joke makes one
when ole thinks that, if joseph
turn a deaf ear to the warning, he IS
ute sure to be hung by his townsmen 70 the
ighest branch OF some tree IN tho town.
The characteristic Of new societies IS freedom
{ speech as well as Of action. read in some
murderer the following lines about the edi-
" Of The Lightning, the other newspaper Of
le town. I'VE wish 10 use moderation and
keep with. the limits Of good breeding.
'e will only go 50 far as to say that person
ly DO is a sneak, and that as a journalist Ia
q liar and a ~scoundreln The Lightning
piles in the same strain, and tho public gets
nusement for tho Moderate sum of ono or
70 cents
During the whole time | was in America
r. Pulitzer, proprietor Of Tho NeW YorA
'orld, and Dir. Charles \. Dana. EDITOR Of
he Sun, one Of the most accomplished Jour
lhsts, were day after day calling each other
ch names as ~'robber," liar mort.
iged,n dirty jew
Do not, however, draw hasty conclusions
ON this. lido not know Mr.. Pulitzer psr-
but have the pleasure Of knowing
u. Cockerll, chief editor Of The World,
ID Mr- Dana of The Sun In private life
ey are perfect gentlemen aud men Of great {
lent CIR Dana is a Of the greatest schol-
; in Amer!cal. In public life they are In
e swim, they 60 with the tide. As a study
English the polemic OF The World and
ie Sun was most interesting.
The American press was divided into two
mp, the partisans Of Pulitzer and the par :
Of Dana. Whenever the combatants !
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