The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-10
THE PAINE BENEFIT
Last Nights Entertainment
Proves an Artistic Success.
Grand Opera House Crowded by a Bril-
liant and Appreciative Audience
Features of the Programme.

auspices of the Press Club last evening
for the benefit of Mr.. Dan l.. Paine was Of
the high order which that organization is
accustomed TO offer, and there was every
evidence that the great audience present
was thoroughly satisfied and delighted. The
Grand Opera House was crowded in every
part. Not a seat was vacant on the lower
floor, and the balcony and gallery were
filed with eager listeners. On the stage
was placed an excellent portrait of AIr.
Paine, painted by T. C. Steele, and the
gentle face, with the familiar twinkle Of
the eyes. confronted the people as they
assembled. 1t was q happy thought that
suggested bringing it there from the art
lists studio. There were few late Corners.
and the Schliewen Quartet, which opened
the entertainment. played its first number
to silent and attentive hearers. The MEM
bers Of this quartet, Mr.. Richard Schlie-
wen, Mr.. Rupert Roster, Miss Louise Schra-
der and Mr.. Adolph Schellschmidt. are
each and all artists Of a high grade, and
their skill and practice have given them a
precision and accuracy which make their
instruments as one. Their first selection,
Variations from the Emperor Quartet"
by Haydn, was finely executed and well
received, putting the audience at once In
sympathetic relations with the entertainers
ana leaving IL QlVlOeQ D6IWttH d WlSu "
more music from the violins and impotence
for the next feature of the evening. This
was a sketch by Mr.. Meredith Nicholson
bearing on the work of Mr.. Paine and in
troductory to several poems by that gen.
tleman. The tribute to the unknown men
of the press was SO well expressed and
graceful that it deserves a wider audience
than the opera house held, and Is given
below:
1T has seemed proper to the committee
of the Press Club having In charge this en-.
our friend, Mr.. Dan L. Paine, in whose
name you have come here tonight. Most
Of the articles art ss t N daily make! 5ou IF nsw aTs en,
have less leisure for social intercourse tnan
men of other professions they are often
as a general thing. are little in evidence,
and this Is becoming more and more true
as as the the sts stars in in the t Gie e oia CANCELLATIONS ions
fade away. Mr.. Dana, of the sun;
Mr.. Reid. of the Tribune, are almost the
we think of New York newspapers. Yet
when we look at one Of these journals 1t
not do ali the work. While Mr.. Dana is
in Europe the Sun does not cease pu6lica-
ton, nor is it less brilliant. Mr.; Reid alb;
years to fill a post In the diplomatic serv-
ice, but there is no interruption 10 the
founded by Horace Greeley, of which he
IS the responsible editor. At Louisville
there is Mr.. Watterson, at chicago MT
great personalities IN journalism. one man
cannot make a newspaper, no matter now
important his individual performances may
be OF course there must be the executive
head, the directing energy or the wnole,
but there is no member OF the stan whose
work is not important. IN 1aot tnat We 90
not know the man who reports the markets
is no sign that he Is not a useful member
of the profession; for let the daily receipts
4 IF tho Ct0cky va riS fail to aDDear Just once
and a host of farmers and stockmen VIII
protest and threaten r to stop ptt the Paper Ras pape 9f
but Ii sounds well to make the threat
mir. Paine was a practical printer. For
merly the printer and the editor were more
| nearly allied than is now possible, but many
OF those who have contributed In large
| measure to the development OF newspapers
in Indiana and in Indianapolis nave peeh
| printers first and editors afterward. From
the compositor's case TO the EDITORS desk
was an easy and naturai snne OF nrone
| ress. and we of the Newspaper profession
are always glad of opportunity to acKn9wda
edge ed,b o1nga tSs followers IL Uer of the art Of
Franklin and Greeley, the art preserVatve
of all arts, the printers. Very likely the
name of our friend, Mr.. Palne is unknown
been a resident of this city for many years:
He has been employed on the edltorlai stan
| of two newspapers. Almost from the begin
| ming of it's publication and for nearly TWEEN
ty years he was an assistant editor OF the
1 News his service continuing uHlH iS PiSS-
emf infrmity began. Mr.. Paine has been
one of those who have contributed not only
to the Improvement of newspapers. put 10
the elevation of the newspaper. profession
in this town. He has helped TO eliminate the
element of Bohemianism. 1t is far more re-
spectacle to be connected with a neWspaper
now than it used to be. We no longer look
on the newspaper worker as one who has
probably failed at preaching or at the law
or medicine, and who mas qNTo opWpsdav ln'o ws Iur1
YOU are aroused at midnight by a
reporter, who asks whether 1t H5iond Is
n',s that at your Snscb daughter the mas ch slGpes
are that the young man you see dimly
outlined in the darkness is a gentleman
or this were a fit occasion, the book Of
legends of local journalism might be Drawn
on for some incidents illustrative or the
changes in the quality or newspaper work.
ers and their work. You might hear or
Henry f. keenan,, once editor OF the Senti-
mel, and afterwards a successful novelst:
of Ben ID. House, the soldier poet; or
George C. Harding, who made the old SAT-
urday Herald worth getting up early N the
morning to read; of the scholarly az b Berry r.,
mented Lewis Hayes, of John ID: and VIII
Nicholas, and of Major Halford, of Will
visscher and others. or. again, 1t might
pipe, which used to be the inevitable SYM
boil of journalism, was met In mortar
combat by our old friend, G. G. Matthews.
now of Memphis, who spread among us
the cigarette germ and who used to adj
vocate the wearing of silk hats on Sun
day by everybody on the paper from the
editor In chief down to the galley boy.
OR I might describe how the center OF
culture in this State used to be on the
curb i'm front of the Herald office in East
Market street, where the local poets had
headquarters; how IL moved Off to Craw-
louisville, to return presently TO Indian
apolis. where it is now permanently fixed,
as everybody knows, in the Propylaeum.
"Mr. Paine has always been the guide,
philosopher and friend Of his associates in
the Indianapolis newspaper offices. To old
and young alike he has given boundful
sympathy. generous aid and encourage
ment. Although a helpless sufferer. he is
still of us, a constant friend. a wise coun-
selor. a man of lovely and lovable charac-
ter. Truly. as was said of him, he is good
enough TO be a woman To those who have
striyen in literature In Indiana Mr.. Paine
has been of the greatest assistance. He
has always been more pleased at the sue
cess of a friend than at any achievement
of his own. / can remember meeting him
I'm the street on an occasion, perhaps five
or six years ago, when he had just heard
of some fresh laurels which Mr.. Riley had
won from the literary stalwarts of the
East. and his face beamed, his eyes
tvinkled. and he chuckled in a way pc
culiarly his own as he talked about il. His
patience and forbearance have always been
remarkable, and he was so gentle that he
could send the writer of a rejected manu-
script down stairs and into the street walk
ing on air and as happy as il there were
really a possibility that the crumpled pa
per in his pocket would sometime reach the
printers hands. Ne has had an instinct
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