The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-23
YOUNG NEWSPAPER MEN.

George Jones has been for some time the
Oldest man at all prominent in the news
paper business in New York. AT present
the most conspicuous feature of the paper
world is the youth of the leading lights. Two
veterans linRer, David Stone of the Journal
of Commerce and Charles A. Dana Both
are enthusiastic horticulturists. Mr..
Stone has the finest private garden in
Brooklyn and Dana one Of the finest in
America, on pretty island in Long Island
sound, where almost every variety of tree
or flower known to botany grows, with
never an Office cat to claw their bark.
The veteran editor of the Sun boards the
train every morning at Glen Cove, a Stout
ly-built but lively old gentleman, with a
long gray beard and the invariable glasses
When he enters the train the news
boy serves him first copy OF the Sun, and
be reads every page with the utmost care.
When he reads he requires two pair of
glasses, and occasionally uses a little mi
oroscope on fine type besides. He dresses
neatly, but there is just suggestion of "Dr.
Greeley" his one time editor, IN the care
less fit of his cl )thes.
1t is not so easy to enumerate the young
newspaper men. Joe Pulitzer is still in mid
die life, and Ballard Smith, the editor of
the World, is under 40. Col Cockerill, the
brilliant editor Of tue Advertiser and the
Worlds greatest light in day g past, is in the
prime Of life. G. W. Turner, the energetic
Recorder man. is under 40, and bis editor
and managing editor, Messrs. Keller and
Lyman are 81 and % respectively. Arthur
Brisbane, of the evening Sun, is one of the
youngest men in New York, though l don't
know his precise years. Foster Coates, the
managing editor of the Mail and Express,
is handsome man of So. Richard Burton, he
city editor of the EGgle-and that is the most
important place on the paper-is 80. The
city editor of the World doesn't look over
"a. The virtual editor of the Herald, who
is reputed to enjoy an income Of $3.50 a
week, is alluded to as "young Rick, y being
in fact 30 years old. Paul Dena and Ches-
ter Lord, Dana's heutenants on the Sitn, are
about So and 40 Martyr" Hennessy of the
Netcs looks too young TO be such O hardened
criminal. Irving Bachelor and James w.
johnson. the leading syndicate men, are
close neighbors of 30. Allan Forman Of the
Journalist couldn't be as young as he looks
II he were born since the war. Richard
Harding Davis of Hdrper'S Weekly is 80
also That seems to be the golden age in
journalism.
l suppose young men drift to the front in
newspaper work because of the tremendous
physical energy required to keep the great
machines moving. Older men are more
valuable In an advisory than an executive
capacity. There are plenty of veterans
among the editorial writers.
know couple of sisters who live in one
OF The great uptown fats and who haven't
yet arrived at their field of usefulness in
me, which is that of beacon light warn
Ing others Off the shoals of soth and selfish
ness: Every talent ought to be utilized to
the full
-, these sisters live, as before said, in q fiat.
4Aey 90 no work, for there are servants. 4
carriage IS at constant call and they never
"ak' The elder is threatened with heart
uouoie, which might be averted by moder-
1te exercise, toning up the system aud pre-
Senung the accumulation of flesh. In fact,
HeI physician has plainly warned her that
exercise and careful diet are absolutely
,necteSsary II she would continue 10 live. but
eeiy, she says, she cannot walk. Aud
oail,y, sne cannot climb the stairs which, In
ho ouelation, would be an excellent thing for
Id, ana as for bicycling or horseback
iiSs, really, she can't learn, So she is
NSTey TO die of sheer laziness.
other sister is not yet in quite as bad
10y yslcally, though she may be at the
ss . ,o ase put otherwise is equally available
hssidat .i ntInl example. Her chief offense,
10 SSn 'noSe possessed also by her sister, is
o. 30. sue VIII squeeze 3O-inch waist into a
cia-, oorset practice which her physi-
clan assures her is allow sn;c;da For barF Bnt
tlly' sne says, she must wear corsets. Won
H. anu they aren't Tight
i,a- oiN. aIe some of the things these inter-
room T' af.a. Won't do: They won't go into a
A lj-he S ~, uusk until domestic has lighted
AMT Aney're afraid to dc it. They won't
r ,,sser door bell for the game reason. or
II TtS tezlness has something TO do with
ps,oi -ey Won't dust a room. They won't.
50 " tne theater because it is too