Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-24

idiom Of the reporter. In certain inter-
views found myself saying II makes
me tired" and 1t ticklcs me to death
srver,i l,naelnafy interviews with me
we're published during my stay Ia New
York. In one Of these called Mr. VIM
ter "A 'liar." In another gave mod
est description Of my own head, saying
the iuppcr part" fcsembled Shakes
penrc and the lower part rcsembled
Christ, These namboyant nctions are,
1 observe. the tlt-bits Oftencst quoted
In ENGLAND bv Journals which most AZ
frct To look down on American Journal
ism. Tiut. whatever the interviewer
may be. IL Is folly Ut the Englishman In
America to attempt 10 escape him. rs
u general statement. I think II would
be true that. whether you allow your
self to BE- interviewed ur refuse to
allow yourself a. be- interviewed, you
are oquniiv certain TO regret ~. hut
that has been my experience In Eng
land also.
A story Of the American interviewer;
During the run uf THE Christian" at
the knickcrbocker Theator there was n
sad end terrible Incident. \ young ace
tfesH died NJ heart disease IN The course
NJ On performance. I CHANGED 20 be In
the ihrnter at the moment 81 the death.
and I wna stiil suffering from the shock
when ! returned To- the hotel. Between
mldn' nit and one In the morning y re-
p.ftsr Frut up his card. We must see
me at once. " only FOR a M lmrnt.
saw him nt the door Of my bedroom.
ITS about this poor young hdy." lac
raid. Weir "she played Polly Love.
didn't she2' She did' "'rhe part Is a
very exciting one. isn't it7' Their are
scenes 81 some excitement" 'fhoy
probably contributed TO her death.
didn't thcy7" = gee no reason to thlrk
20. and II would be extremely painful
To- accept that idea. Besides, heart 'iis-
ease was hereditary In the lndy'r fam
ily." Just sol ny the way. Mr. caine,
| haven't read your book. but nne u
my colleagues tells mo that Folly Love
dies suddenly IN the novel Now. dnnt
yuu think that On an extraordinary tu-
incldcntf" Perhaps II ~. but Tor
mcfcy's sake don't say 20. nt least FOR
mo The Polly ~ the novel commita
suicide. To hring together the real AM
the fictitious at u solemn and hnrrol
moment like this would be- shocking
ANA shameful outrage. Don't l beg "
you. make me nay anything about
that" "oh' no. mol Good iiShu'
Good night
Next morning my intcrviowcr'a news
PAPER published "a full and particular
account ~ my opinion that The poor
indy'n death had been due IN great part
~ the zeal with which she throw here
srlf into her part, and u detailed CONF
ulfiaun ~ the strange ana dramatic co.
Incidence ~ the sudden and ltattllns
deaths or the Folly ~ the novel ana
the Polly NJ the stage.
Another story NJ tho interviewer; a
terrible murderer named Holmes had
boon tried and condemned IN Philndcl-
phln and was awaiting hiH execution.
one day two journalists from yell
low Journal called ON me at the hotel
bringing o. roll NJ manuscript written hy
thr prisoner This ~ Holiness own
account uf hin crimes" ruid one NJ the
men. ne has cold "a 10 our editor on
condition that YOU review g." u won't
touch IT, answered. Don't
say that. Str. Cnlnc. Won leave
u with you, ana call Tor your answer
IN an hour" They put the manuscript
ON n Hiloluard and went away, llnli
an hour later another man came up
I thought he looked both nervous and
nudurluun. "our editor has sent me Tor
Holiness story and a. know n yuu have
decided a. rcylew H. hu said. NO.
there Il ~ atlili take u away with YOU"
l answered. Then. rdanclnT up quick
Is. I raw the man reaching out his
hand Tor the manuscript. There was "a
greedy look IN hls eye. which made me
uncaFy. wait" I said. TN an old
Journalist myself you know, nnd
think II would be- bottcr form 20 give
tho thing back a. the men who brought
t." Well II you prefer to."-said the
follow. and be- edged out. In half an
hour more the two earlier NlHltutr re
turned. 4 hope you've decided o. do
that review said one ~ the gentle
men. "Nu. I've not, and I've told your
editor 20 already by the messenger he
sent u little while ago" replied Then
the men looked nt me In blank aatnnish-
ucnt. What messenger they asked.
I described tho man who had come for
tho manuscript. They stared Into each
others faces. Good ~ itr that
fellow - uu the -'" 4 journalist
on n rival yellow" Journal. setting
Wind ~ their GRAND. had tried Ia
'sconp" bath the murdcror'a manu-
script ana my review.
4 story uf the Journalistic photo
graph. The interviewer h. now fro-
uuentiy accompanied by an unattached
photographer. whose business u n 90
take snap-hhoia N his subjects IN char
nctrriHtlc aud. n possible. ridiculous
attitudes. 90 uuwufy moments one "
the photographic hawks" came aboard
the Campauln In the customs boat early
an the morning NJ our arrival at New
York For some time he "munchod'
about the shin without doing anything
which attracted my attention. Then.
GH We steamed Ia the ships berth. hts
writing confrorr came up 10 me, The
run was shining, We were standing on
the promenade deck. under the shade
/ OF the hurricane deck. ana ne drew nae
/ a. the ships side. while he pointed out
! his own lodgings on the fourteenth iiupI
| ~ lofty Sky HcrapCr I didn't feel an
| absorbing Interest IN his story, and
| was rather at loss a. know why he
| told II tu me. A fow minutes after
ward heard him telling the same story
D -. 4 lNHHHNaYN n hlaHVHs NINlNHs
] me uH funny that this person should hf
l au EeulnuHly circulating such valuable
] information about himself, whcf
I AN nt once became nNnr,
that the snapshot man was busy
behind him. The promenade deck Wal