The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-27
MR., WARD M'ALLIsTaR-
The Leading Society Reporter HOY
He Entered the Newspaper Busine g

The Leading Society Reporter How
He Entered the Newspaper Busine g.
from the NetO York Recorder.
There is very well founded doubt as to
just where McAllister stands In the social
world nowadays, but there can be no sort
of question Of the fact that he is the
leading society reporter of the metropolis
Mac has the finest store of gossip about
our heavy Swells that is out. He has been
picking up fer great many years, and he
is now retailing it at 80 much a column for
the delectation of people who would like to
be heavy swells, but can't.
But don't know that | should blame him
for this
A man can't make princely living at
giving balls in the winter and picnics in the
summer. Therefore, Mac may be excused
for picking up little something on the
outside.
BY the way. did you ever know how Mao
came to 60 in the newspaper business as a
wrlter3
happened to be at Newport last summer
when the editor of a metropolitan newspa-
per turned up there in a hurry early one
morning and left the same night.
There was quite furry in a certain cir
Gle as TO what his business was. IL subSe-
quently came out that he hal run up to
Newport to hire Mac to take charge of the
society page Of his paper
He offered the great aud only McAllister
Il sum that almost took the latter's breath
away.
But Mac was no fool at that. He hum
med and hawed and sputtered and declared
that nothing could induce him to ally him
self in anyway with the newspaper bust
ness.
He thought it would degrade him in the
eyes Of society, don't you know!
He didn't know what Mrs. Aston would
think about it, don't you see!
He had social position to maintain and
didn't wish to lmperil it, understand!
Hs didn't think that he could afford TO be
classed with his friend "Bawllard" Smith,
don't you know?
He had a terror that somebody might
place him in the same category with little
chap on the Herald named Bininger, don't
you see!
O, no, he really couldn't do it, understands
But the money offered was so large that
Mac could not quite say TO the editor, Get
thee behind me, Satan"
Therefore he made a compromise so as to
gain time by declaring that he would take the
offer under consideration and consult with
Sidney Webster aud some other social
potentates at Newport as to what course he
should pursue.
never knew just what the advice Of Sid
uoJ hoDSISl duu Jue OlueT SOClhl pOJ6ubdb6b
was, but do know that Mac rejected that
offer, and that a short time after be
bloomed out in another paper as a society
reporter at a considerably higher price than
. the first editor offered him.
In view of these facts don't you know, it
is only fair inference, don't you see. that
Mac put himself in the market and sold out
to the highest bidder. Understand!
But that's all right He mad something
to sell, and he had right to demand all the
money he could get for it,
At the same time / have never been quite
able to make up my mind as to the effect
Macs departure into society reporting had
upon his social standing.
Certainly, the thing which he seemed to
dread most of all, to be classed with his
friend "Bawllard" and little Bininger, has
been in a measure forced upon him, except
in the particular that, Enthusiastically con-
sidered. he is not in the same class with
these chappies.
If they are as far below him socially as
Mao is below them in his recently-adopted
calling, think shall have to cut "Ba WI
lard" and Bininger altogether when meet
them next