The herald., 1898-10-18
FAKE and FANCY
Observation-Disclosures

Callaghan Byrne is to be here this week
after an absence of over year. Mr.. Byrne
will take an active
Cal Byfnc part in the prepara-
Home Again tSow tiSHs a05 f05 ase tse in hoIss the
organization and development Of the new
Country club. He belongs to that class OF
hold Of those polite pastimes which 40
themselves good, and add to the entertain
ment of others. Mr.. Byrne possesses many
accomplishments, both as q society man
and financier, and has also the reputation
of being the best amateur wrestler on the
coast. While he does not keep up his ath-
letics as much as he formerly did, mol, as
he should do, he is living picture OF what
well designed training and exercise VIII 90
for a man. Mr.. Byrne, it is understood,
will remain here during the the winter.
In the death of candy" Francisco, the
newspaper men lose their dean, position
Mr.. Francisco has held
ApOloQY undisputed since the
Not Needed Mr.. Sim''1 FRANCISCO Gse, A'Ssa, was
quoted in my hearing last week as having
said that he would not employ newspaper
man who did not get drunk once in while.
/ do not believe he ever uttered any such
ridiculous sentiment This is not the day
of the drunken newspaper man, who liyes
on genius and absinthe, and Mr.. Francisco,
/ do not believe, would have kept drunk
to discharge him. There is a disposition in
some quarters to sneer at the fourth estate,
caused, probably, by the fact that we are
lacking in esprit de corps, and detract from
each other to lamentable extent, as well
as the no less regretable fact that the few
scoundrels and rakes who are in the trade
make themselves most conspicuous. There
are fewer newspaper men, however, who go
astray than from any other walk in life.
You will find that statistics show that there
are more bankers, lawyers, doctors, mer-
chants, clerks, more of every other trade or
profession than of newspapering, in the
penitentiaries. l cited this fact to doubt
ing friend one time, and admit he rather
destroyed the force of my figures by reply
ing: "Ah, that proves nothing, except that
they know how to keep from being found
was not an authority, for he did not know
what he was talking about; he was police
commissioner.
Speaking about newspaper men who look
on the beer when it foams, there are two or
rr., 49, three left. Some of
Midnight them are sporting ed
Meander itors. l saw group
of two such with one
police reporter at about o'clock one morn
ing last race week, and no one could imagine
the freak play they were indulging in. They
were a whole electric road. One, fair
haired, blue-eyed, lovely youth, who writes
the most impressive homilics on the de-
pravity Of human nature as seen at the po.
lice station, was the car; another was
the conductor, and the third was the motor
peer. The car ran all over the line at
Spring and Second streets, but the conductor
rang up 30 many fares that the car finally
complained that 1t was overloaded, which
was painfully true, and finally the car fred
the. crew, and then there was May-pole
dance around an awning post. But, oh
what a difference in the morning, when the
car, the motoneer and the conductor strag-
gled. into their places in the press box
in the grand stand.
O o o
Fred Eaton, since his candidacy for mayor,
has shaved his mustache. He had one OF
Eaton the city, one Of many
Before Taken years ..;S Sut,ation 4O lion. and
,rifced it owing to Billy Dumas idea