Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-21
MIN HARDTO SECURE
nooc BUSINESS MANAGERS or NEWS
PAPERS IN GREAT DEMAND.
usts1 Inspectors ~ they Archie French
Bail Of ro-Day--A Hid 90 Politics
Aad Bachelor without Vice.


Rocky, rosy-cheeked gentleman from
Philadelphia, whore he has for years been
The fAvorits aid Of Colonel William NJ.
Sineerly. the famous free-trade editor OF
Holstein Gown and the Record newspaper,
hAs come over here to DO tho third bust
ness manager" tho World newspaper has
had since George W. Turner left Mr.. Pu-
htxer's service. Good mon are rare,
md good business managers rarer, II
Seems, and when Dillon, IT 81. Louis
superseded Mr.. Turner, and Mr; Dts
Dillon, and Mr.. Norris. Of Phila-
uelphis, now succeeds Mr.. Driscoll, oil IN
few months, Turner'S place seems, very
hard to fill. Tho rumor that Colonel WIZ
liam l.. Davis, Governor Flowers hand
homo Aid. was about 70 cede over his vice
presidency in the World Company to slr.
Norris and retire TO the enjoymcDts OF q
}eisurAly existence Is rs yet uncopnrmed:
While on this subject / may remark that
We have something new in Journalism IN
store for u.s. BENJAMIN Davenport, the
6ustling Irish "Gii Bias" formerly oil
81, Louis. Denver, and Chicago, tells mo
that he IL about to give New YORK
. new daily newspaper which Will oe
distributed gratuitously. lie intends 10
help himself to the news and editorials OF
O'Clock In the morning. The paper is 70
be given away at the great centres, such as
The bridge, and In the stores of the mer-
cbants who advertise with him. He hopes
TO live upon his Advertisements, and by
keeping the cost of his journal down to
Chinese basis. The new periodical will be
called the Daily Life. and its early death IS
predicted by the skeptical. Still the ex.
pertinent is worth trying in city where the
brice OF newspapers range from cents To
penny per copy.
INSPECTORS DO NOT INSPECT.
The Official inspection of hotels in most
cities is a horrible farce aud in no sense
does it afford any assurance OF protection
10 the guests. In the case of the Hote
Royal. one Of the inspectors in the employ
Of the city confessed that he made a false
report to his department regarding the fire,
escapes on the building. He was ordered
70 have horoscopes placed on the Sixth
avenue side. and although he re
ported that this had boon done, the
firemen ON the night of the fire
discovered that there was not {
fire-e.cape on that side of the building. and
many lives were lost on that account
Electrocution would DO mild punishment
for such bideous crime, but at last &C
counts this inspector had simply been dis
missed. With public sentiment quickenec
on the subject he will doubtless be made
m example of, but otherwise he would b'
other man with political pull. :
equally callous. would be given hi'
place. With this sort of a hotel inspec
ton. and with many proprietors as eco
nomical In the matter of fre-escape'
O.. they are in their butter. it is time
for hotel men to make q night for thei!
lives. And the time TO do this Is before
the fire breaks out. This can be done, b,
refusing to 90 TO the top OF these ROOKIE
ries, or having gone there and finding ~
fire-escapes at the window or rope appli'
ances in the room, the guest should return
TO the Office and arrange to go elsewhere.
II will take some moral courage TO do tins
but il the plan was generally adopted we
would speedily see hotel proprietorS
making their structures safe, even II they
had TO curtail expenses IN the gaudy de-
corations with which many of them are
spelling their offices and public rooms.
THE FRENCH BALL NOT FRENCH.
The annual French ball is rapidly be.
roming the most American institution IL
The city. II has been gradually becoming
Americanized during the past few years
nntil the present finds il with all the
French eliminated except the name
nnder which 1t is given. the "CerclIC
dc rHarmonie Franchise" Two thirds
Of those present at the last ball
this name 40 that Frenchman could I'M
derstand il, and not many of them had
more than a vague idea rs 10 its meaning.
French people still attend the ball but
they are greatly in the minority. French
Is no longer the language of the gay
shrong, as was graphically illustrated by a
single incident. A Frenchman addressed
n question in his own tongue to woman
L.. Ia oto
Spouse:
Aw, come of de perch wild yer gibber-
lsh."
The French name will be retained. how
ever. as il carries with it license to the
revelers. and under this Guise Americans
will. nj the present rate, soon be giving
the wickedest ball in the world and calling
il Parisiaa." Not for several years past
could the morals of the French ball be de-
Tended. and. as for the last event. great
care seems TO have been taken to make 1t
trife worse than any that had preceded
il. If the people of Paris wish to give n
truly French ball they should come to
New York and find out how il is done.
VENERABLE POSTER ENGRAvER.
saw the other day the venerable James
". Morse-a relative of the inventor OF
the teleyraph--who made it possible, at q
LIVING price, to delight the eye with those
mammoth circus posters of to-day. The
circus poster Of forty wears ago was not
the gorgeous and beautiful thing 1t now
is, because the wood-cut' from which
IL was printed was OF mahogany. when
was too extensive for arge engraving. III
the elephant in the picture ever stood on
his head on pedestal in those days he
was such small elephant as to be quite
unworthy the name. Mr.. Morse was 6
man well along in life at that time. He
WINS a wood-engraver, and, BY making
tools of a different pattern. from those
then in use. he found that he could en-
crave his picture on pine-boards as wei
as on mahogany. When he could do thu:
he glued several boards together, and by
engraving picture in sections aud getting
The entire picture by printing 1t from two
Or more separate blocks, ho was able T.
produce the mammoth posters which we
have at preselt. There have been new
discoveries in the way of producing the
many and brilliant colors or the circus
poster. but the soft-wood engraving which
Mr.. Morse introduced into the art wa
perhaps the most important discovery o.
ALL MIR. Morse SAYS tho first large pic
lures produced by his pine-wood cuts were
made for Howes old circus and were takel
bv him 10 England, where the Engllst
small boy viewed them with astonishmen
and delight. and where they first beguileC
the reluctant shilling from the pockets O
his elders. Mr. Morse also invented de
vice for crossing the East river on an aeria
car, but it was trihe too scientific an(
visionary for the people of that early time
and no serious effort was made TO put 4
into use.
HOTEL MEN AND POLITICS.
Even if the Democratic leaders, the HILL
German Brice- Albeit " combine" as Re
publicans call it. had wanted the Demo
cratic National Convention u be held II
this city the hotel men would probabl,
have persevered IN their opposition. Th'
proprietors of the Hoffman House, where
the Democratic headquarters are. signed
on the Democratic subscription list such {
meagre amount towards a fund TO hell
get the convention for Gotham that tn,
raisers or would-be raisers of th'
fund "smelt a rat" at once. TIT
fifth-Ayenue Hotel subscription to
wards the same object is declared to have
been five times "a large. Some day III,
hotel men of New York may go into poll
tics on their own account. Something in
teresting ought 10 happen TO them. The.
have enormous influence now. and the