The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-21
TALES OF THE TIMES.
People who Are Most Talked of at th
Present Time.

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PeopIe who Are Most Talked of at the
Present Time.
sswho is the most talked about person
in the world?'' reporter asked Mr.. Ro-
meike, the press clipping man, the other
day.
said Mr.. Romeike. "For the past ten
years he has been the most talked of man
in the world, and think that next to him
comes Queen Victoria, though of late, in
consequence of his marriage and approach
ing coronation, the young czar of Russia
has absorbed a greater proportion of the
popular attention.
The most talked of man in England is
Mr.. Gladstone, and, while he was in pow
er, Bismarck was a close second to the
English statesman. OF course the Prince
and Princess of Wales have been for more
years than can remember the subject Of
endless newspaper articles and paragraphs
the world over, but just now there is more
talk about Lord Salisbury and the men
who are uppermost in affairs of impor-
tance-Cecil Rhodes and Barney Barnato,
for example-than there is about the fu-
ture king and queen of England, who are
not doing anything to attract attention"
Then Mr.. RomeiNe prepared a statement
showing precisely the number of articles
published in the American newspapers
various men and women whose doings are
of interest at present to the American
people.
OF course Mr.. Cleveland heads the list,
not only because he is president of the
United States, but because his resent ut
terances on the Venezuelan and other ques-
tions have brought him more than ever
before the eyes of the people Mr.. McKin-
ley comes next, and is followed very closely
obvious to any one. These gentlemen are
the most prominent candidates for the Re-
publican nomination for the presidency.
After Morton, Platt is today the most
talked of politician, ano Reed is not very
far behind him. Ex-President Harrison,
strange as it may, seem, follows Reed,
and if it were not for the publicity given
to his approaching marriage he would
be very far behind the others indeed.
In fact, Mrs Dimmick received during
the same period of time nearly half as
many notices as her prospective husband
did, so it is not unfair to assume that the
Harrison presidential boom occupies only
little moro space. in the public eye than
do his matrimonial prospects.
The fact that we have run the gamut
| from Cleveland to Harrison (the latter re-
ceiving just one-third as much mention as
| Democrat has a significance that political
| students will not be slow to grasp.
A man who is not an American politi-
| cian, and whose name was absolutely I'M
| known in this country a very short time
| ago. is at present almost as much talked
about as Mckinley and Morton. His name
| is Weyler, and the prospects are that he
| will be still more talked about than at
| present for some months to come.
Just now the members of the Booth
| family have been brought into the great
white light of fame by reason of the trou-
bles in the Salvation Army, and we find
that Darlington Booth stands about mid
way between Platt and Reed in point of
newspaper notoriety, and that Eva Booth,
his sister and successor, received during
| the few days mentioned just half as many
paragraphs as he did, while William Booth
enjoyed precisely 90 per cent less renown
| than she.
scientific man who has lately been
very much discussed is Roentgen, who
ranks about midway between ex-Presideat
| Harrison and Olney. Time alone will de-
eide whether this scientists claim to per-
manent renown is a just one, but there is
no denying the fact that he is becoming
famous with great rapidity,
Il
is little more talked about than Olney,
and that Chauncey Depew, Theodore
Roosevelt and Eleanora Duse follow him
very closely. Despite the fact that Ameri-
cans are supposed TO love a millionaire as
dearly as Tommy Moore or any English
man ever loved lord, our rich men are
not written about to tho extent that one
would suppose. John Jacob Astor heads
| this particular list, and he is less talked
| about than the Duse and Theodore Roose-
Welt. Mrs. John Jacob Aston is almost as
! much in the public eye as her husband, so
/ it is fair to assume that the Astor renown
j is of a social rather than a financial ma
| ture. In all probability most of the arti-
cIes in which they figure are merely de-
scriptions of social functions, and their
names appear Jointly under the general
caption, Among the well known society
| people present WERE" etc.
/ The most widely discussed ecclesiastic
/ in the United States is Cardinal Setolli,
| and Bishop Potter of New York comes
after him. DIR. Talmage seems to enjoy
about half as much renown as the bishop,
and it is interesting to note that the COM
bined fame of DIR. Parkhurst, Cardinal
Gibbons and Archbishop Corrigan does not
quite equal that of the skirt dancer Loie
Fuller.
Sarah Bernhardt has half the number of
paragraphs that Duse has and twice as
| many as either CaIve or ". H. Crane, who
rank about even. Mrs. Potter has more
than Calve and great many more than
Mrs. Levi P. Morton, Mrs. Gould or az
other woman in the exalted social circles
which this now accomplished actress used
to adorn. All of which goes to show that
her struggles have not been in vain.
Paderewski follows Mrs. Potter very
closely, with the other pianists nowhere
| in the race.-New York journal.