The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-06-19
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Plans CT the Stage People.
Especial Correspondence

EA-HS CT Tie stage People.
Especial Correspondence
lie new journalism, as exemplihed
by some of the New York wspaper
OF considerable prominence, at least in
the matter Of circulation, is getting to
be a source Of amusement to men whose
noodles contain more than a single
thought. Here is IL of these journals
having a minister of the gospel report a
prizetight, presumably because one of its
rivals recently employed a man who
was once a brilliant senator of the
United States to perform the same
office. The same sheet is devoting con-
siderable space to the exploitation of
the opinions of individuals each day as
to whether Mr.. Robert Fitzsimmons
should accord Mr.. James John Corbett
another opportunity to endeavor to
smash his face into a good imitation of
raw beef, Then there is a voting con
test to send a teacher to Europe, the in
evitable coupon which can be purchased
from dealers at so much a hundred be-
ing the test of popularity Subscribers
OF another paper are giving their views,
most of them idiotically absurd, as to
who should be the first mayor of the
Greater New York. A short time ago
there was an animated discussion of a
similar nature going on as to whether
it was proper for husband and wife to
spank each other. to say nothing of other
circulation bolstering plans of equal
dignity.
The Disease Will Work It's Own Cure.
The thought that most newspaper
readers would prefer a bona fide, ont
and out journal does not seem to have
occurred TO most of these publishers,
but it will some day when the awaken
ing IA be no longer delayed. The most
unique phase of these contests, etc., is
that one of them is conducted by the
evening annex of a prominent paper
which used to refer to one of its con-
temporaries, which has long since
abandoned that exact line of booming,
as "the gift enterprise journal" Such
are the mutations of time. Thoughtful
people are asking where it will all stop,
but those who look beneath the surface
are not worrying themselves, as they
realize that the disease will in time
work out its own cure. One encourag-
ing feature of the new journalism, how.
ever, is the tendency to get away to some
extent from the old time ultra sensa-
tionalism, which was not so long ago
considered an essential to great success.
While some Of these papers are still bad
enough in all conscience, they are really
better than they were, and some of
them might even be admitted into re-
spectacle homes without great danger
of communicating the morals of the
younger folks.
Annie Eussell's Brave Act.
The friends of Miss Annie Russell,
the star OF "The Mysterious Mr.. Bugle,"
think she ought to have a life savers
medal. The other afternoon she was
taking u spin on her bicycle. when bel
attention was attracted by a little girl
who was playing on the street car
tracks. A cable car was coming in one
direction and an Amsterdam avenue
car in another. The child evidently
didn't realize her danger, and it looked
as if she certainly would be killed
Miss Russell took in the situation at
a glance, and in an instant she was
pedaling toward the child at full speed.
Leaning over her handle bars. she
seized the little mi and deposited her
safely ON the other side OF the tracks
Just as the cable car whizzed by. 1t was
a daring thing TO do, and the mother OF
the fodder was profuse in her thanks.
BY the way, it was only a few years
ago that Miss Russell's health was SO
bad she had to retire from the stage.
That she has entirely recovered is Ger
tainly proved by her ability to perform
such q feat as above narrated.
bridesmaids In Pink.
Customs in wedding finery in New
York city and Brooklyn have undergone
many changes in the passage of time,
and the present indications show a re
turn to the color that of yore made a
bridal Respondent. While the bride her
self has not as yet departed from the
purity Of garb. that distinguishes her.
she is prone to indulge her favorite
tints in her bridesmaids gowns, and
one Of the juno weddings, which will
have a sequence Of six cousins as the
bridesmaids, is to be a symphony OF
color.
The bride herself insisted that her
attendants should be her namcsakes II
appear in violet. But at this there was
a hue aud cry from the pretty six, a
violet bridal, mt best bat second mourn