Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-03-12


who signed the petitionsaid; 81 have {
not seen the pictures, but friend in
whom | have great confidence, said
that gangs of young boys and girls
congregated around these pictures and
went away laughing"
Henry G. Gibson, on being asked
what action the directors would be
likely to take, said that if they were
all of his mind they would ignore the
whole thing.
A perusaI Of this hubub in the city /
Of Brotherly Love reminds the writer
hereof Of an incidentin that connection
which once produced an unpleasant
situation among the unattached"
newspaper writer's in San Francisco.
Ten or twelve years ago the Morn
ing Call, of San Francisco, was a joy
to the "penny-a-line" Bohemian, who
was numerous in those days at the
Golden Gate" for the Call was his
friend and patron. 1t always took a
good story" or a pleasant screed of
any respectable kind from him and
paid him well for it, but the Bohe-
milan generally knew the ground he
stood upon, and per consequence WI, te
to please Mr.. Pickering.
In an evil hour, however, venture
some scribbler wrote a sensation about
Nude Albums" He told Of Gus
tom which numerous young ladies of
San Francisco had Of keeping secret
albums wherein they preserved pho
tographs Of female friends, taken in
startling approaches to nudity.
The idea perhaps grew out Of a com
mendable desire on the part Of the
young ladies to see as much of their
friends as possible.
The writer Of the article on Nude
Albums" however, made miscue for
) his entire fraternity.
The photographers Of the city united
} in "card" calling him broad-gauge,
double-track, steei-railed, fast-time
e liar and used such language generally
about the article that Mr.. Pickering
r. would have been frightened out Of
: years growth-if he hadn't already
quit growing. The result was Mr.. j
issued orders to his chiefs which ut
- terly ostracised the entire Bohemian
4 crew. Not to put too fine point or
: it, he desired that the "penny-a
liners" should be thrown from exalted
windows if they came there any more
e He also told the managing editor, cit,
) editor, literary editor and all other o
l. his editors, who had anything what
n ever to say about what should go il
the paper. that nothing should be &C
g cepted from the outside thereafter
and if they couldn't write enough goo,
a stuff 70 fiji the Call jam full. he woulD
. find those who could. and those order
h. were obeyed to a very CONDENSED
70 dOuble-pica letter.
7 and get, the author Of Nude Al
< buns" VIII cross his heart and assert
p % this very day. that he wrote in tina
h. article nothing but strained and clari
~ fed. ,cold-drawn and frigid facts, anC
Z there are plenty Of people in Sar
p Francisco who win go that Bohemian,
70 security, 10 a high figure, on thu
: solidity Of his statement. They hay,
: gone an eye on an occasional album
10 themselves-the very same albums re
a ferred to-and are glad Of it. even yet
p Such albums beat the ordinary PIANO
n ramic views Of Western scenery AM
10 cities which the agile news agent
sells on trains, by shut OUT dist
IS ance, from the back-stretch clean t
NJ the judges stand, and he who ha
10 seen one Of them is not likely t
NJ forget it.