Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-28
LECTURE ON JOURNALISM"
An Interesting Discourse by an Intel
ngent Journalist Before tho Brown
son Library AssociatIvn-.The Audieuce
Much Pleased.

An Interesting Discourse by an Intel
ngent Journalist Before tho Brown
son Library Associativn--rhe Audience
Much Pleased.
A large, Intelligent, enthusiastic and
thoroughly apprecintive audience listened
to the lecture On Journalism" by James
w. King, city editor Of the Philadelphia
Press, in Brownsou Library Hall, Monday
evening. 1t wns the seventh Of n series Of
lectures given before the members OF the
library association and Mr.. King was
chosen as the speaker to disseminate the
ethics of modern journalism. He spoke
for nearly an hour and half and was
listened to with wrapt attention.
The lecture brlstled with funny stories.
anecdotes Of distinguished men, and many
exciting and thrilling adventures OF news.
paper life were related In manner that
not only charmed the audience but secured
at once their earnest interest and admira-
ton. His remarks were punctuatcd with
applause.
Mr.. King hurriedly left the hall soon
after the lecture was over and caught an
early train for Philadelphia, having only
dropped down to Wilmington long enough
to deliver his address and return 10 his
post of duty in plenty of time to take an
active part in the work Of getting out
daily paper.
I'm the hurry of newspaper life should
think you would hardly find time to de-
vote to lGcturing2" snid a reporter to the
genial newspaper man last evening.
"Well, Just manage to squeeze time
| enough to do it, was Mr. Kings reply.
| When he finished the lecture lie was
whlrled away III Il cab for the railway
| station.
The majority Of those in the audience
| had no knowledge OF the art of newspaper
making, the lecture gave, first OF all. a
| clear glimpse Of the yastness OF the news
paper work of to-day. BY way Of sound
| ing the keynote. Mr.. King quoted the ex-
| DlamntiOn of Warrington IN Thackeray' Q
novel of "Pendcnnis, "who coming around
the corner late at night, saw the building
of the London Times brilliant with life
and humning with industry, when all
the rest Of the world seemed lost
in slumber. There she is" cries
Warrington, 1.-THE great engine. She
never sleeps.n What Warrington re.
marked OF the London linioS, observed
Mr.. King, could DO said still more strik-
| ingly Of the great American journals oil
this time, for they not only have never
taken good sleep. they never stop even
for forty winks." They are awake eter
nally. For more than 90 years. the outer
door Of one Of the great American news
papers has never been closed. All the
world is tho province of the contemporary
| american newspaper, and it records mol
only the achievements and frightful dis
asters Of the universe, but IL makes note
even OF the triiies Of humanity's pleasant
hours, the keen witticism and the passing
Jest. Mr. King then touched upon thu
method adopted by the army Of American
newspaper men in gathering news.
For instance. the news editor OF great
New York daily would receive query
from the Chicago correspondent as fol
lows: big uprising of Chicago Anarchists
how much do you wantP' The news edito
in New York would scan the query, ant
then hurriedly write Rush 1000 wor d.
Chicago Anarchists" which would b.
flashed over the wire to the inquiriug cor
respondent From Nevada might come
dispatch awful devastation by Nevada
cyclone; many lives lost" and the answe
would be. Rush $500 words Nevada
cyclone And thus the wires arc eve
humming with important news from al
quarters of the globe and enormous tele
graph tolls, amounting to thousands o
dollars, are paid every year by the grea
papers of the country. Men are stationed
at Washington, at the Stnte capitals AM
many Journals have their correspondent
in all the principal places in the old world
The scope of the American newspaper /
world wide, In addition TO the special col
respondents, there are two news-gAtherin
organizations, the Associated Iress an
the United Press, each representing
union OF newspapers which cOntribut
enormous sums yearly for the collection
and dissemination of news.
: MIR. King referred to the cost Of publish
t ing metropolitan newspaper and sal
/ the disbursements of the Press were abou
one million year. The outlay for il
ttiligence sent by telegraph forms an in
purIunt item in the expense OF new!
e gathering. Forty Thousand words com
: by telegraph in single night. II the co:
( Of newspapers il great the profits are ais
. large Mr.. King cited the profits Of severt
5 leading papers. The Chicago Triba,
, averaged SSjU,OJO u year for several year
/ and the annual profits Of the New Yor
i Ncrad and World, exceed half million {
Y dollars year each. A word aDoI
: salaries.
! Several important editors, he said, al
p each paid from ten to fifteen thousan
: dollars a year, and 4 considerable numbI
receive more than 5000 Il year. Reporter
who loUI. after the city news are paid frol
$lb up 10 $50 week. and in New Torl
i where the reporters are, as Il rule, paid fl
G SO much Of their work as gets IN Il
4 papers, instead Of by the week they ear
i, from $1,000 to $1,000 year.