Evening star., 1896-07-18

| a lady contributor CHeloise), which had
| been surreptitiously obtained and publish
| ed in garbied form Mr.. Greeley was
| similarly referred to as the "white-coated
| philosopher in allusion to the traditional
| nSht-colored overcoat that the Tribune
editor had adopted during his New England
youthful days and always wore in after
life Upon one occasion Mr.. Greeley's pen
! termed Mr.. Weed a '.leper of the lobby
anuding to the latter's persistent interest
In the doings of the legislature. On an
other and notable occasion Mr.. Greeley in
an editorial denominated Mr.. Raymond as
,, the little -- villain
In Personal Appearance.
Allusion- has just been made to the &C.
centricity in dress of Mr.. Greeley. Through
cut life he was addicted to loose and ill
fitting garments. Indeed one of his biogra-
piers gave an instance of Mr. Greeley's
losing job as printer because of his al
legged slovenliness in attire when he came
asking employment. His enemies-who de-
c!ared Diogenes to be really a coxcomb in
anecting odd costume-contended that Mr.
greeley toCk as much pains In making him
! self negiigee as Raymond did in obeying
! the celebrated lines of the English poet
Tho wrong the mode, comply: more sense
is shown
| By following others folly than your own.
Yet Mr.. Greeley was always neat and
there was never about him the Grub street
air that belonged to the literary men of
DR.. Johnson's era. Mr.. Greeley was as
Carlyle has phrased 1t. internally clean
also, for he abhCrred wine spirits and to-
bacco. and preferred a vegetarian diet
Mr. Weed to an extent shared Mr.. Greeley s
o1staste toward dress, and his gray shawl
and slouched kossuth hat became in time
a portion of his personality in public. Mr.
Bennett was exceptionally well dressed at
all times, and perhaps his Immaculate long
tailed frock coat was a reminiscence of
MS priestly youth; and his stereotype
nf Chn ,Io;1
native Scotia.
In general appearance the quartet widely
differed. MIR. Bennett was Romanesoue
tan. and of distinguished appearance; not
at all marred by a tendency in one Of his
piercing eyes to strabismus. Mr. RAYMOND
reminded tourist Of some dapper habitue
of the Champs Elysee of Paris Mr.. Weed.
although naturally tall became shambline-
IN gait. He was strongly featured, and
mis- eyes were peculiarly searching under
shaggy eyebrows. He might have been
taken by stranger the personif1cation
G1 ins nd ,da!nea police detective. even watch
MIR. Greeley often suggested in his an.
pearance a Moh1mmedan pilgrim fresh
from a mosque. Mr.. Weed had hesitancy
Of speech-often of great value when he
desired to weigh words-and he was q
combination of Sphinx and ARGOS Mr..
Greeley never laid aside the Yankee drawl
OF his boyhood. but always spoke to the
point and often with impolicy. Mr.. Ben
nett when excited or interested would re-
lapse into Scotch accent, and although
unusually reserved in conversation was
when he talked as when he wrote lucidly
epigrammatic. Mr.. Raymond was gifted
with a melodious voice and discreet yolu-
bility which increased his oratorical pow
ers when he became lieutenant governor.
speaker Of the assembly and a Congress-
man.
Editorial Methods.
Both Mr.. Bennett and Mr.. Raymond
knew how to keep the editorial finger on
the popular pulse, and allow his newspa-
per columns to beat with 1t; when and
how to administer news, and to prescribe
It's proper quantity and quahtyj how to
acquire 1t and to suitably use It; how to
use fertility Of suggestion to assistants,
how in the news hopper to volt chaff from
the grain; how to sometimes fuse news in
an appropriate crucible; how to weigh
news in the editorial scales with discretion
while adjudging whether to employ as it