New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-08

Is It the recollection the shadow Of Napoleon? We
are always looking for a Messiah we pinned our
amounting Boulangcr What l mean is that per
ecstacies Of devotion to the new god who happens
to pass True. have still! newspapers when
these papers which the inca rnation Of q man
Eocheforts paper, Clemencea4's PAPER PAU . dc
editorial STAFF disappear. There remains but one
man the paper is bought for n mat man n o @ one
chased All are ean Ian ~ ihere f., IS al on y
TO live In the tumult Of The incessant battc o. Cur
politics. which carries as on TO the unknown IN the
''As soon as individuality overfows. triumphs to
such point this. ii is evident that anonymity
in Journalism s at an g enG Isn mn be- that
see the whole race here, In this craving 20 "snt
name into the midst OF the conflict am wei
press that signed articles have given n. IL has
lost its authority; IT has completed the desirueil4
which the great interests Of he community are
lost sight OF amid abominable personal sqlabbcs
convey frightful impression OF US abroad; ana
you would not have TO press M hard 10 iurcr ne %
store honesty and disntercstcIness TO our lottl' II
newspapers But still what an ardent life, " bat
expenditure OF courage and Of IDEAS 40 DOUBT
each Of these great talents Is fighting for It's own
yields light for all. And then as ! have sad
neck gallop if you Ike. that .eads may ne 10 a
new world. ! cannot condemn mat generous
unwise, since | belong to it, and have caught it's
fever OF ndividuaity Us need Of c9nc And rs aGr
When we shake the ancient iolnnau9nS OF ,ng
should we be buried beneath the falling ruins our
critics will have tn" right 10 deal with rs severely,
about the catastrophe. But should other nations
follow in our footsteps ~ some Iater Gay, shai ~
not have been the intiators ana the libeiators'
Discussion Of NJ. Zolas address favorable or
~. 1afa In
almost every important paper in the land. And
the public was gravely informed, not only That
he had eloquently pleaded the cause Of the news
paper worker, but also that "he was faultcssiy
dressed. and wore a white waistcoat with silk
tie Of the palest heotrope, while his wiry ana
rather short black hair, just turning gray at
the sides was well brushed back from the high
forehead. With the assistance Of pince-nez he
read his neatly written manuscript with com
plete absence Of anything like attempt at ora
torical STYLE and his small voice al times failed
10 reach the end Of the hall. When he had
fairly warmed 10 his task and the audience had
become plentiful Of applause. his delivery was
almost Ike rapid conversation. sentences were
slurred over in a surprising fashion, ana many
times he paused to rcprOnounce words ne hau
ndstncty enunciatcd.
No feature Of NJ Zoa's visit TO the British
capital was. however, more significant than ms
.loction ia honorary membership in the Ath
enaeum Club 1t had been supposed that Eng
land did not altogether approve NJ. Iola's novels
rega rding them as calculated TO bring blush
TO the cheek Of young person. But the Athe-
naeum Club, without moments hesllatioh'
swept all such notions into limbo. and gay" 10
him the stamp and seal Of its approval; aitor
which. who in all Britain shall call him into
.frtl.l nd ths.f.
&c none more conservative. more solid more
tvnically British, than the great institution IN
pail Mall which was proudly named by its
founders "The Society" And what founders
tbov were too John W. Croker Humphrey
navy and Michael Faraday with Sir Walter
Scott and Tom Moore quickly joining them.
t,xc,ueivcness was its watchwOrd from the first
aud then exclusiveness: and after that exclu-
s,,cness 1t had distinction, too. for In the hr*t
"ist OF members" printed on June p 1874
a,nona SOC were the names Of seven future
Prime Ministers. to wit: Canning Ripon, We'll
inp,on peel Russell, Aberdeen and Palmefston,
besides Lord Liverpool then actual holder OF
the Office 1t was distinctivey and exclusively
from the beginning. literary club. Yet II soon
got a great reputation Tor good rare AT tapie
e'narticularly for Irish stews ana pancakes.
"a ,.bn shall deny some subtle connection
hotween that fact and the good appetite its lat
est honorary member felt Immediately Oh reach
There is probably no other modern edihce in
, ordon 40 richly invested with great literary
memories as the stately pile butt by Decimus
t,nrton and adorned in later years by Anna
Todsma At the foot Of the staircase in IN" on
france hall Dickens and Thackeray net shook
hands and became friends again af'er theiF
"nfortunate estrangernent. ON the same spot
uIii ,hn one surviving charter member, the
Tour Archbishops and Cardinal Manning were
iou' soan I'm close converse In iEis hall
once 80 DovIe was stricken with apopleXy.
III p'T DR. Bransby Cooper died here Temper
anu ~ Corner is the name still given to the
place where rneodSs c io@ u aHd 'S S for or
gin-puiSu', Lemonade" \ table near the fire
rions was known as "Abraha N, Bosom so
often wv N srr or five friends. such Kings
ally WIZ, sanerv Thackeray. Anthony Trollope or
Or o ss%e%ss Thss g4'
lenbert " Sayorite table. near q window.