The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-10-07
Whistler, the Aged Artist, Takes
Umbrage at the Squawking
of The Hawk.
Mr.. Moore, the Athletic Editor of
the Evil Croaker, FIRE.
quently Threshed.
Each Recurring Scrap increases His Sales
Elm Darkest England and
the Way Out"

Especial Correspondence of The INDEPENDENTLY
LONDON, Sept. 24.-The latest literary
sensation is the fracas bet ween Jenny
Whistler, the artist, and Augustus Moore,
the editor of society paper called The
Hawk. The Hawk has only been i'll exist
ence few months, is of the "spicey" de-
scription and chiefly circulotss amongst
a rather fast set Of men. It's present editor,
brother of the George Moore, whose
naughty books have been excluded by
Nudes circulating library, is young
Irishman of very athletic tendencies. He
is a very clever, smart young man. has done
a lot of journalism and was promoted to
post of editor of The Hawk
little time ago. Since The Hawk has
been started it has been going ahead good
deal, and it is said that Augustus Moore
has already been thrashed three or four
times. The Whistler row came about this
way. Moore published in his paper some
statements rejecting on Whistler's wife,
the widow of Goodwin, the architect.
Whistler, who is an old and feeble man of
g. determined on revenge and planned the
matter out with great accuracy and deliher
alton. He dined with some of his chums
at the Beefsteak club and strolled down to
the Lyric theatre, where a tirst-night piece
was being given. He then. accompanied
by friend waited until the strapping
Augustus came out of the stalls, waylaid him
and slashed him across the face. After
this the affair took another development.
Moore published in the next number of the
Hawk what Whistler and his friends swear
is lying version of the affair, representing
4: srAia ~.
latest thing is that Whistler threatens
libel action. Public sympathy is with the
sturdy old Whistler, although he was the
would award either partys damages if the
affair came into court. Meanwhile it has
sent up the sale of the Hawk, so no doubt
Moore thinks his whipping was worth the
money results that will ensue.
Gen. Booths book which will appear
about the second or third week in October,
is being looked forward to with great
interest and anxiety, especially what for a
better name must be called social reform
ers, and who always hail each new gospel
as the one thing that will save a wicked
world. 1t is possible that nothing Booth
does. nor for that matter any other man, is
absolutely disinterested, but there ia no de-
nylng that he does q certain amount of
good: His opponents declare he does an
infinitesimal amount of good and tons of
harm: and that all this emotional business
when young lasses and male captains spend
half the night on their knees in darkened
halls, leads to an incredible quantity OF
immortality. This, however, has never
been definitely proved and what is oonclus.
lively certain is that Booth and his army OF
the two sexes really do practical worl
amongst the class that no one, parsons,
sisters Of mercy, or summers generally
ever get hold of. That their methods are
undesirable and that the effects are onl,
temporary may be admitted; but it doesn'
much matter BY what means you induce /