The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-04-24

ging for six months or more that something
be done. How many months more they
will hang there with tears in their eyes, as
we may say, no one can guess. Neither
can any one guess why the Lily's residence
is so difficult to rent-at least no one does.
The house is a three-story, red brick,
standing back from the street, with high
walls on either side to obstruct the view of
the too curious and slightly impertinent
neighbors. This improvement was made
after Mrs. Langtry bought the house and
had been occupying it herself. There is
carriageway with an arched entrance at
one side of the house, and in many respects
1t has the appearance of comfortable Eng
lish homestead. And yet not even those
who affect the English-and we have
great many of them here-are disposed to
humor their fad by taking the Langtry
house. The decorations of the rooms, which
were done under Mrs. Langtry's personal
supervision, are beautiful and expensive,
and to testify to her excellent taste in dec
oratlge art, which has, | think, reached a
higher degree of perfection than either her
taste or ability in the matter of historic art
But that is not the point. The Lily has an
expensive house in town that is white
elephant on her fair hands because two
pleading sign boards fail to find her ten
ant for 1t.
A DISPERSION oE TALENT.
The transfer of Mr.. John G.. Reid of his
editorial services from the World to the
New Haven Palladium and of Mr. julius
! Chambers OF his from the same journal to
Once Week, mark the disbanding of one of
the most interesting groups of journalistic
talent 1t has been any ones fortune to OBJ
serve beneath one roof. At one time re-
Gently in the towering hencoop which
crowns his ecru building by the bridge Mr.
Pulitzer had daily bled and falling
nv aa1h fka,.J .1.Al,,
ex-manag1ng editors of important news
papers, each drawing salary and wonder
| ing how to earn it.
There were Mr.. Reid, long managing edi-
tor of the New York Times; Mr.. Chambers,
long steersman of the Herald; Mr. John
Foord, ex-managing editor of the New
York Times and Hdrper's Weeklu: Major
George +. Williams, eX-managing editor of
the New York Herald, and Mr.. Eustace
Ballard Smith, then an eX-managing editor
| OF the World and the Herald. Such galaxy
of talent could not hold its place IN the
journalistic heavens and, in the very nature
of things, fell to pieces by its own gravity.
Mr.. Reid and Mr.. Chambers, both men of
long experience and high ability, have now
journals of their own to control Mr.. John
Foord has Just been appointed, by Governor
Flower, secretary to the board of general
managers of New York's state exhibit al
the Worlds Columbian Exposition. Major
; Williams sought more congenial field
some time since with another New York
newspaper.
THE NEW JERSEY STRAW
1t seems to me there is more than loca
significance in the result Of the recent cleo
ton in Jersey City. Ordinarily Jersey
, City goes Democratic by large majority
but this tlmea Republican mayor is elected
by over 5000. 1t is true that this is a ring
ridden town and the people were getting
ready to revolt against the rule of Boss
:, McDermott, who was the Democratic can
didats for mayor, but the real reason fol
the revolution seems to me to be beyond
that. Governor Albeit and the late Demo
; cratic legislature had much to do with il
The legislation in the interest of the race
track gamblers of the worst sort and tht
! bill legalizing the dangerous coal combina
, tions, with a few other bills against public
, interest and public decency, had more to d.
with the turning down of the party in thu
chief city of the state than any purely loca
Issue. Governor Albeit was elected b,
t over Il, 600 majority, and Grover Cleveland
D carried the state In 1883 by over 1000, but
do not believe that either of them coulC
carry the state to-day. Even E. BurC
Grub, who was given the Spanish mission
by President Harrison as q consolation
prize for having been defeated for governo
two years ago, could probably carry tn
i state now, and there are not many weake
sisters in the party than Grub. This i
: not very cheering Democratic news, bu
0 it seems to me to honestly represent tn
t situation.
Q JOHN A. CooKRRILL.