Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-19
A Cosby Letter From the
Fair City.
Valuable Hints for Worlds
Fair Exhibitors.
Interesting Notes About That City's
Great Papers.
Zero-W IL Known People
Coming Here xposi-
tion Hints.
Correspondence to the HERALD.

Teas on rampage and Zephyrus off his
congenial perch. There has been a
combination of atmospheric antics all
around from Monday last, which day
really came in serene and smiling. This
was followed on Tuesday by furries of
snow, big drop in quicksilver. rise in
coal, of course, and scattering OF
monosyllabes forbidden by the Saliva
tion army by those who know how to
swear not imperfectly. Wednesday was
fair, but cold-no flies on Wednesday.
Thursday it showed an inch or two, and
turned off colder. Friday was no slouch
before lunch hour-cold and bright and
congenial TO the man W no had steam
heat and an ulster. Along toward 9
O'Clock snow began to fall, and icicles
formed on even insignificant mustaches.
1t showed and it blowed and it friz, and
at midnight the mercury had quietly gone
down to 3 below zero. Saturday opened
up biting cold, at (below,) but got to
A at noon, and went to 8 last night, al
though the signal service office declared
it would go down to TO- and stay there
for twenty-four hours.
CHICAGO PAPERS.
That was to compel us to stay in the
house all day today and drink our egg
nogg and Tom and ferries at home and
read the Sunday papers. Well, one
can't help doing the latter, as these
Sunday papers of Chicago are wonders
The Tribune, of course, stands pre-
eminent, and has tremendous circula-
h&, 11 ILL
worth OF advertisements, and is consid-
cred by many as being the best Sunday
newspaper in the world. 1t has eighty
five men engaged in getting it news and
''f1iers" in this city, editors and report
ers and artists, and 900 men who are
authorized to send it special dispatches,
according to their judgment, and who
are paid accordingly. 1t also has corps
ofgood all round writer's, while all con-
tributions that are used are paid for at
rate OF two dollars more column than
is paid by the New York papers, which
are about as good paying ones as any,
with this exception.
Following the Tribune in circulation
and general excellence is the Herald,
which is very beautiful newspaper and
is largely read. Like the Tribune, the
Sunday Herald is journalistic wonder,
containing, generally, from thirty-two to
forty pages, the Tribune running from
thirty-six to forty eight. Then comes
the Times, which the Herald has badly
hurt, but which was once neck-and neck
with the Tribune. The Times has been
going backward for eight or ten years,
although mighty good paper; it was
lately sold to Garter II. Harrison, who
so far has brought about no improve
ment. Then comes the Inter-Ocean, a
really fine newspaper, but with limited
clrculation-a sort of ''400" patronage,
you know don't spend money like the
Tribune and Herald, and can't keep up
with the procession. The Glob be, not
an old candidate, has quite as good cir
culatiop, but not 30 substantial adver-
tising patronage.
The News is the New York Sun OF
Chicago in some respects. and is the
penny paper OF the windy city. 1t tissues
morning, noon and evening editions,
and has tremendous circulation. II
contains the news of the day, IN brief
and not only goes among the poor,
but is read by tens OF thousands
OF suburban passengers who have
gone over the Tribune, Herald, Times
and Inter-Ocean in bed or over their
coffee and rolls.
THE EVENING PAPERS.
Except that it is an eight-r age instead
of four-page paper, one would not
know the Evening Journal of today from
the Evening Journal of thirty years
ago. 1t is the same respectable, reIia-
Bile, newsy, tea-table paper that it ever
was, and takes no chances in being too
too. live or breezy. 1t omits all tLat it
dares to omit-and be newspaper-of
prurient and indecent things, and
affords as little space as possible for
divorce scandals, amours of ministers
and their type writer's, elopements of
society bellies and coachmen and the
like. The Evening Post, not long in the
field, is the antipodes of the Journal,
and is one of the brightest, breeziest
and newsiest papers in the United States
and as pretty a paper, geographically
as there is in the world. The Post is
illustrated all over every evening and
has large circulation. Just think OF
iii The Sunday Tribune OF few weeks
ago had. besides all the general news,
four columns OF cable from London,
three from Paris and two from Berlin
an original Gllustrated) poem making a
page, by Edwin Arnold; page from
Mark Twain, two columns by Bob Bur
dette. two by Jno. Habberton, author OF
Helen's Babies, and other special fea-
lures.
Do not the ministers, who are ever
lastingly preaching against these supe-
rior Sunday papers, know positively
that these same Sabboth visitors keep
tens of thousands OF men at home who
would otherwise be at billiard and club
rooms, baseball games, liquor saloons
and gaming resorts? What's the use oI
Decentralization in these times of rare
general intelligence? There are great
numbers OF men and women now-a-days
who will not go to church. The church
has few attractions unles vocal and in
strumentai music is fine. and the ser
mon gem. And even then respectable
ard intelligent people want their books
and papers-something besides "AnC
Peters wife's mother lay sick with 1
fever"
BEAUTIFUL SNOW.
As l write it is showing finely, but
accommodating rapidly. can see from
nv window people returning from
church, hundreds OF sleighs, men anc
Il. women all around at windows with thei
Sunday papers, excursion trains full 0
people with skates, and feel impressed
with the world OF the great Master wht