Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-20

or $40 Ia advance now can expect.
Bus ae engages Us Room early zn1 u
may not De bad investment X TIE
treasurer does not * 70 Canada.
Another concern lists al boarding
houses. hets.s. gets rates, location etc,
and corresponds with intending
visitors and locates them nov
before the rush. Still another
makes excursion rates aud
as treasurer and safety deposit for peO-
pie a. distance VINO send 81 Or y per
week. When the saving deposited
weekly represent the sum which Vii
bring the Visitor by rail or water ana
keep him Al hotel or boarding house
for two weeks, the far VII have
opened and hence the voucher Tor rail-
road fare, hotel accommodation and
entrance fee TO the fair. His only cash
expense need be for a shine. cigar or
drink. TINS plan possesses peculiar
advantage for people who nave a
habit or spending all their money when
they come 10 town, necessstatlng their
waking on the return trip.
A genius OF inventive turn has estab-
llshed 4 patent exchange. He VIII
have a central show room where the
designer OF door check or u watch
movement or slot machine may ex-
hlbit IL. Ii IS an overflow of the fair.
The exhibitor Is charged for space for
exhibition and for keeping his exhibits
clean and IN order.
These are only few of the novel re-
sources adopted by men who are caas-
ing the honest but elusive penny TO
turn dollar or two. The woods are
full of them, and their number IS being
added ID every day. All of them ex-
peet TO make fortune during the fair.
and fortune too without the invest
ment OF any capital. That great
many will '.go broke" is improbable.
seeing that they risk nothing, and a
man can scarcely lose that which he
doesn't possess. Ii al of the schemes
were as straight as those described
lurking N the path or the worlds fair
visitor, but unfortunately they are not.
MediH aud the Fair.
The local papers have been RECALLING
themselves more than their readers
with little tun AZ the expense OF Jo-
seph Mealil. the venerable editor of
The Tribune. Mr.. Medill kicked over
The traces, which keep the newspapers
trottng "a double harness, carrying the
load OF unanimous determination, to
say nothing that can be construed as
derogatcry OF the exposition, presum-
ably on the theory that the New York
Sun or other newspapers which may
care 10 crltlclse II are unlikely 10 get
any material unless the Chicago papers
give them pointers. Mr.. Medlll kept
the compact up 10 few DAYS ago ,wnen
ne came out flatfooted and declared
that the exposition was paying out
large sums of money for men who
We're more ornamental than useful,
notably Major Hendy. Now, the major
and James W. Scott, publisher of The
Herald and POst,are Very close friends.
The major Is friend of all newspaper
men, but particularly of Colonel Scott,
since he initiated the colonel into the
pleasant ways OF the Philadelphia
Glover club. OF course The Herald
and Post took up the cudgels in no
very luke-warm way for the major,
and said that Colonel Medill was merely
vented by periodical attacks of bile,
which mad been stirred up little early
IN the season this year by the dropping
OF bis sOn-In-iaw, K. ;. Mccormick, as
resident London agent of the fair. Mr..
Medlll tried hard TO get out of the road,
but Colonel SCOTS chariot ran him
down and left him pretty badly bruised
by the collision. Colonel Medill
dropped the matter and Major Hendy
WAS AS usual triumphant, but not until
he had unwittingly come very near
causing the discharge of u few attaches
of The Times.
Carter Harrison's Dilemma
Everybody, of course, knows that
Carter Harrison Is at present struggling
hard to q eide whether 10 drop the
Times and try TO land the may oralty
or drop the mayoralty and go on los
ing money IN the Times. Mr.. Harm
son and Mr.. MedIll are not only warm
personal friends, but what is strange
they are Political friends also, although
one IS democrat and the other re-
publican. The chlvalrous courtesy of
French duellests IS not IN it with the
tender though punctlliOus regard each
for the other which obtains between
these two great editors. Mr.. HarTlson's
horror was therefore great on reading
the Times 10 ind that the young men
on ms paper had taken the roast on Mr..
Medlll To the Post, the evening paper,
and used 1t bodily. Inasmuch "a Mir. Mer-
mis- partnership IN the last mayoral
campaign was not proof against his
warm friendship for Mr.. Harrison, re-
suitlng IN his actually supporting the
democrat IA against the nominee of his
own republican party, the attack was
most aggravatlug and IneXcusable.
There was great excitement around the
Times ofiice, but the editor was respon-
sible tor the display of such dense
ignorance of the policy of the paper,
put the blame on poor reporter, and
beyond the latter having 10 seek an
other job, nothing came of 1t, Major
Handy sti, rules the roOst aud MS col
leagues who are not newspaper men are
more than ever convinced that they
must put on steel armor when they en-
gage IN bout with the redoubtable
chief of the bureau of publicity and
promotion, whose newspaper athilation
make him dangerous antagonist.
outrage to Dog.
No mention ever was made in news
papers OF case of peculiar sadness
winch came under my notice q few
days ago. IL Is only the story of dog,
but It will appeal TO all those whose
hearts ache at the cruei treatment
which dumb brutes so often receive.
Warren Leland of the famous hotel
family OF LeLands lately sold his Chr
csgo hotel for 81 900 900, and adding
that snug sum 30 a bank account al
ready Of healthy proportions, retired.
SIR. Leland likes good living. and ne
t.N e flaf ~.