Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-15

-. ''''N" my ioDiobS oto
nov, except Niagara, winch IKE Brown
ny iores', mas 'relapsed 70 us ancient
,ioou; ANU mere II may htly DC men
al3heu tlat Mr. curtis prcdllecllon Tor
suoInB goou Dy stealth and getting
,ounu OUT lhough Tor the second part
ne uiu not care, had hne illustration
III MS siient partnership IN the enter
Prise when saved Niagara from private
greed ana made 1t the possession of the
STATE. NO one except his friend Prof.
Norton was more helpful in that bust
ness.
EARLY MAGAZINE WORK.
In 1862 Mr. Curtis did his first work
for Harper'S M0nthly, the earliest of his
comments on the social world, fore
CLEANS of "rhe Potiphar Papers" and
the long bright day Of genial, social
satire that was afterwards to shine in
his department of the same magazine.
But in the meantime he was to have
some pleasant and some sad experience
as the editor of Putnam's Non M0ntliy
Hdgasine. Parke Goodwin and Charles
r. Briggs, yclept "IIarry Franco in
LowellS "Fabla for Critics" were asso.
ciated with him in the editorial care,
Here, as in no prsyions venture. was the
promise and the potency of our present
Harper'S, Ccnturv, Scyijner's, and Allan
Ia. But it had character of its own, not
reproduced in any of these, though in
the .fH0Atic more than in the others.
Mr.. Curtis contributed to it his "Pott-
phar Papers" and his "'ruc and l." the
former his most satirical performance,
showing uhlnlstakaDly the influence OF
est admiration. increased Inv nersonnl
acouaintnncc. and thouGh he could not
he other thnn n ntindlv vac y bis smear
disclosed abundant enobbisbnpss AMI
other follv in tbe social world "pruc
and ~ wos vn,v different tho most
charming iii Of sentiment he ever wrote.
The different naners which made nm
"The Homes of American Authors"
were also written far p,,tnom,s lIis
business connection With Tho pntarnrisn
was less fortunate When the mogaliun
chnngcd hands Mr. Curtis con,ectnd
himself with tha new Arm which snon
failed WeIl might Jnwcli wri,e IN
William Pave n common friend. wrinc.
tnre AZ lanai is mot mond for daily
bread Nv availino himself Of Iegol
techninolitcs Mr. Cnrtis MIGHT h9yn
cscnped MA share Of lie responsibility.
mi hn wns incannhln If doiny this
Uoldinr himself morally rosnonsibIe ho
want 10 ,vorl, ne herniceIlvas Sir Waiter
| in III taet vaars INT fortunately viii
youth and health unon his side 10 nav n
greater ann than he Ind ever honed 10
s2,ther for his avn
HIS CONSCIENTIOUS HONESTY.
He was now settled in his EASY
Chair" and was also writing series 81
papers for Harper's Weekly called "The
| Iounger." but his income from these
| sources did not bpgin TO meet tho credi.
tors enormous claim. He enlarged his
lecture field and gave some wears hun.
| drcd lectures in the season for such
ediiication. His rivals were Beecher and
Chapin and Parker and Emerson and
Phillips and many of less note. hut NO
| one was welcomed more cordially than
he or did less TO debase the currency
which lie EXCHANGED for "Fame.n a,
(,hnpin called it-"Fiftv and NV ex.
| penses," then a maximum rate. Parke,
was more massiye. Emerson more nro.
fonnd and mystical Phillins more in.
cisiye. Chapin more vehement Beeche,
more humorous and impassioned, blu
no other Ind his perfect charm of yoic,
ana manner, sultlng the dignity OF nobl'
lhousilts expressed lh cadehces ina
Were IKE music 10 the ear, MANY o
ms lectures were upon ll'erary suoJects
put aiways wlIIi lively leelihg iof tn'
PerSohaiity penlld inc DOOR ms 81
lhllip 9luley was !eiateu 70 MS re
peitory hiucn us Fhilllps Lost hrtS
To MS, Whlch was much more contracted
ana ever, as men heard, they contuse'
lhe speaker WIN tle man OIL Whohl III
spoke. as the ahu'slaVery comoa
uecpehe1, ms lectures TOOK us lihpres
more ana more, uhul frequently IL DE
came ms s3iltary thehe' ana ne must =
rom lIr. fufhess mouse, IN ihlladel
phla, 10 the lecture,hali win eight re
VoiFerS III tle l,ochetsoi US many lrlehu
10 insure ms SAFETY but Whatever IN
suhlect Or the INSPIRATION OF the lecture
or lheedltorlal contributor, the Dulkof al
MS earnings Tor dozen years ana NOR
Went TO me payment OF debt whlcl
hau on nm no real clam. let coul'
political passion rage so iierce IN leS
lhat men VINO knew an t.iis coula no
account LOT NJ GURUS poiitlcal cours
but by imputlng to him mercenary mo
tiVes!
MArRIMoNY AND EMANCIPATION.
students of T,ownli,s Iifa bove fam,
in his great love for Maria White an,
lie bnnnv morrinre with th,t inJy IN
sncrat nf his dannoning nprnnsa M, ii
doyntion IN tho anti.sloyerv cause a.
in tsSG Mr. Curtis was mayrinI ~ Am
Shaw and Jnhn q Fromont w,s at III
wnddin" Mr. cnrtis had irst Jona n;
host for him in tbe pres;dential cam ~
naiSn Int the 0uakers lad not c nH
pmt md ba coTId only iend ~ Nj n,