Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-01-12
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Is Clement Scott About TO Return to
Good Old LumOn

lie Is One of the Most Remarkable
Men Ever Employed on an Amer
lean NcwSpnpcr-His work, Dress
ana Perfumes.
NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-[Special. And
now it seems that Clement Scott, the
versatile, the gifted writer on theatric-
al and other topics, who was some
time ago imported to write for Mr..
Benefits Herald on the drama first,
sporting affairs second and miscella-
nCUus matters afterward, is about to re-
turn to his former transatlantic habi-
tat, London.
At least such is the rumor, and Mr..
Scott gives it n certain degree of coun-
tenauce 10y admitting that it may be
true In that case he will be sailing,
he says, in rather more than Il month.
Clement scott In New York.
Clement Scott may not as yet be
very well known to the mass of Ameri-
cans, but he is well known in journal
istic and theatrical circles everywhere.
1t was he who, after writing dramatic
criticisms for the London Daily Tele-
graph score and more of years and in
that time winning the esteem of every
one in the dramatic profession, sud
denly lost all by making statements
over his own signature about the wo-
men of the stage which they didn't
like. 1t was because of the ensuing
storm that he left London for New
York. to be Il free lance" for The
Herald. When this was proposed to
Mr.. Bennett, it is said that the latter
declared he hated free lances" worse
than anything he knew of, adding,
however that if he must have n free
lance on the paper, Scott would be
the least Objectionable man of his ac-
| quaintance to occupy the place.
Ever since then, therefore, Scott has
been free lancing' on The Herald.
| American newspaper men who hear
| his work spoken of as free lancing'
are sometimes bit mystihed, since
! in the journalistic slang of this country
free lancing" is writing a lot of mis-
| cellancous matter for a number of
newspapers and periodicals. This is
| quite different thing from writing on
all sorts of topics for one newspaper,
which is what Scott has been doing on
The Herald.
Scott ms n Gree Lance"
Some of Clement SCOTS work in this
country has been excellent. particular.
ly that which has been devoted to rem.
inisccnces of the stage. with which he
is, of course, thoroughly conversant
and of the race track in England, con
corning which he is equally well post
ed. But some Of his other writing has
not been of exceptional quality. one
disadvantage under which he has Ia
bored is the lack of the American
point of view. 1t is vastly different
from the British point of view, as many
an Englishman who has tried to hit
the American reading public can testi
fy, and also as may be testified TO 10y
many an American who has striven Il
please the British.
The work done by Scott which ha:
attracted more attention than anything
else has been his articles written abou
the MolineuX murder trial. In tn,
construction of these sketches he ecu
loose and let her go" with vengeance
He has in his possession a remarkabl,
|
es he used them regardless of conse
! quences either to himself or any on,
else. Though now we'll past middl,
life he spouted his words of qualifica
tion with all the freedom and profusiol
of a young writer in the first flush o
his journalistic glory. The result mus
have surprised him, as ii was unques
tionably Notifying to some of the per
sons he wrote about. One of thes
was Mr.. Osborne, the assistant distric
attorney who is conducting the prose
cution. OF him Mr.. Scott said in al
seriousness that his Oratory resemble'
that of DemOsthenes, and the mex
mornings issues of the other newspa
pers had no end of fun both with Nh
Osborne and Mr.. Scott.
Remarkable Figure.
Nor were the sarcastic references Il
Mr.. Scott's writing the only attention
he received from his American writing
brethren. Many of them made merr,
about his attire, and with reason, 70
few mortal men have ever been NOR
Enthusiastically CARRIED than Scott at tn
time he was doing the MolineuX tria
Here is a description of his get up tn
last time l saw him:
His hat was high silk, not too we
brushed. His coat was a long frocl
gray in color. His Overcoat-topcOa
he would say-was light His waist
coat was brilliant green, shot with ye
low. His shirt front was colored, hi
necktie red, his trousers light brow
and turned up at the bottom, lest
might be raining in Lunnon." Hi
shoes were made of tan colOred leather
But all these details sink into insg
nificance in comparison with the Scot
! perfumes. No light minded individuG
of the weaker sex, so called, eve
made more lavish use of the scent bo
tie than does Scott, the aroma @
musk and patchouli and Triangular
fairly filling the air in his immediat
vicinity, and, to cap the climax til
mans face was powdered like the fac
of 1.-THE belle of the ball"
Maybe He Has Been "stuned."
Mr.. Scott thinks this the most n
markable country in the whole worlC
so far as the pay of newspaper me
is concerned, though he admits tina