Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-15
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Nav York people are keenly Interested
me. NOW Ia the rivalry OF the TWO a new
napers the Recorder and y9nnnew; me ny
Coniinsni was first IN the neia anu sle , a,e.
oorder hurried up It's pIepsr sa cr,t a ready
in soon after; before ~ wa sa,tinn hasrit
apparently. for the sunaas eu''' ~
vet been published.
Roth napers are very interesting as ex.
.,p;,na,ts The Continent has tiny sheet
petiiin nna5 than a page Of Puck. Its pub
i;Sbap Frank A. Munsey,. IS more OF q
bns;ness- man than Journalist. ne mas no,
solute confidence in himself ana az one OF
his editors puts it, nature 70 aIau Ua
him. He hasn't so muen ln9 ~ u an rne
Recorder people, but perhaps
tington is backing MN. .h.o,,r;,stanco
The Recorder is, pernaps' .noun' ~ was a
NJ a newspaper born full grown; ~ was
~ newspaper on the day IL was
en- nni,l;shed. The best newspaper-men
have heen hired from other papers 10y
good salaries and money has peen spent
kh;Ieo.ailn in Advertising. II Is SAID that
49," r,ay hack OF it-John II: Starin, Duke,
tbs cigarette-man, Joseph Z; Knapp.
Rrewer Ehret, and few others-have put
nm a million to start the paper ana are
,,ranared not 10 pull long races II rney
lose Il. They probably won /. n irhiin
will run the paper at loss gooo "Nne'
and by that time who knows ,,. ~
The Continent is being written iaIsv ISo -
i;La q mistake. but perhaps isn't. Howard
ra,roli Starinis son-in-law, has been placed
~ f,,Ii control of the Recorder and oversees
eyerv detail. even 10 the SELECTION Oh the
fnnnv cuts on the last page. he Is MID
dia ageG man of medium height with COM
fortsblv plump body and countenance,
hair little more than gray, ana keen
eve. John w. Keller. the managing euitol,
Ia big and bearded, has been uIanatlc
critic and editorial writer, ana mas mt thaes
R by mon have plenty Of experience and
ab Ui and they know exactly what they
are trying to do.
cUsTARD-P1E HOUSES.
I'D 90 ia the model upon when tine
s,,,o,,,,er new houses are not alone beng
init Int decorated. The Tiffany House
ia a dark custard with o basement OF Eng
iish plum-puddlng. The freunosc nalt,
Clubhouse is a custard smothered IA gra.eu
nutmeg and with q weli-Dro"heu Itu.s.
The new Century-Cluo house 70 unin ,.y
connection of milk and egg-yoiA VIII "O
nutmeg. ..-;,,ota rosi
=
dances in the colonial style have thelI
crusts. their trimmings, door-Jalnps ana !.
the like nure white against the yeDoW Oh
the br,cks. The new combinations nave
II ali their own way in interior DECORATION
foI naint il cheaper than bricks and NOR
tar. and we are getting wei useu 70 ~
stereotyped scheme in which aoout, ny '
only range is between cream anu s2Iu: a.
WAYS with white In combination. LIE :
Maintenance.
also eYtremely correct, for the present.
THE "orHrn HALF's" CHAMPION.
One of the ouietest and most unassu
ming men in New York is JACOB a. MS,
slender Young fellow Of rather less thar
medium height, with dark hair ana eyes
and prepossessingly pleasant features
His book. How the Other Hail Lives,
is one of the best of the winter, no
only in manner, but IN matter. 4
had occurred to no one before 10 i9rm
GO co.. nartnershIp of pen and camera to brinG
to nublic attention the startling facti
about the lives and habitations OF the
jewellers in the slums, and there are many
who think that, aside from his telling PIC
lures. his work has more solid value thar
General BOOTHS widely-vaunted "Darkes
Enpland.n Mr.. Riis is employed as po
lice-headuuarter reporter by, the EUen.n.
Sun, which has just lost another capaoi'
young man in Richard Harding DAVIS
WHERE THE PICTURES WENT.
Now that the Seney picture sale is
month old, people are beginning to hnC
out who bought the pictures bid in b.
agents. Several of the finest examples o
Cabanel and Daubigny are hung in the par
Tors of Timothy C. Eastman, the, whole
sale butcher, along with some other tin
canvsses which had found their way Their
before. Mr.. Eastman's English agent, AM
son-in-law, by the way, is one of the Glas
cow Bells and brother of the owner
the Yacht Thistle, that came, saw, ana wa
conquered by the Volunteer.