The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26
NEW PAPER
TO START UP
Jeffry Montague and others
Behind 1t.
WILL CALLlTTHE CAVALIER
PolItico- Literary in its Nature, 1t w''' De
Published Every Saturday Morning
and Will Be of a Very High
Character,
WILL CALLlTTHE CAVALIER

Another bold attempt Is about 10 De
made to wrest victory from a stricken
held whercon many have gone down IN
confessed defeat. and this time the at
TACK is so audacious In the face or former
disaster and its forces will be so thorough,
~ organized and equipped when the pali
opens mat 1T seems possible the new ven
tnre will manage to escape the yawning
newspaper graveyard where reposes tte
vanished coin and good intentions oI
hopeful predecessors. 1t Is not uaily
paper that is about TO be sprung upon
the unsuspecting public, The editor-to-
be Of the new publication says with Z
laugh that he wouldn't be so foolish as 10
try that even If he had the nve or SIX
hundred thousand dollars II "ould cost
to fight things into the same condition
they were when the great shake-up ana
llyPhenation-juggle took pace nelwen me
mixed foresomep that are now os so ili ~ hs
treated to the appearance OF weekly pc
rodical of unusual character, to be call
ed The, Cavalier" 10 be sold on me
delivred to subscribers for 50 a year: It
is designed to be grave. and gay, cpl
Erammatic and otherwise :, NJ.
mes-D bfsS on and formerly seere
ETY. 5apS s ta the pre RsfS i 'hs sntsr
prise He has good hafSng nuenees in
New York. Steps have been taken to
copyright tho title of the Cavalier. and the
assembling Of the material a1d bs sae@s 9 %
going on steadily. Not Richmond only and
Virginia are to be taken as the NEG i iCr
this ambitious enterprise. hit G an o.. OF tne
South, and, indeed, the United States ana
the whole wide world.
Mr.. Montague was for over year ana
half literary editor and occasl4 tha e t
Times Dispatch. His editorial ana literIaIy
experience has been more extensive tnan
this having =, ID been Ga AN e tbe
S. Mcclure Company in it's old quarters
down in Lafayette Place; in the employ
Of Charles scribner's Sons, and . during n;g;a; 9
ness and editorial offices in the ,.Argo-
naut' In San Francisco a polit literary
%sseky which o ranks S yS1E h s and
other excellent periodicals, HIS idea Tor
the cavalier Is to produce something I'M,
substanla worthy Of the highest est at ,.a
from here, which shall be typical OF It's
environment, and thus representative Pc
fore its own people and the world OF the
progressive activities and conservative
traditions Of an integral part of the whole
people.
TO this end, 50 the pu fnyhfIer 1 Ell
maintain. in addition to It's illustrated
news and magazine features. an animated
and unconventional review. by competent
writer's. OIL the eSSeItHl USWS VI Liic
week, and notes and conservatively, liberal
discussion of politics dmpersonaD, lit
erature. art with special reference to
art intf1esS ind 1nr hunts t.
and horse shows shooting. fishing. dogs:
aquatic sports collegiate athletics. golf
and other amateur sports, country IRE,
the. military, antiquities, society (to q
limited and exclusive extenO, and other
interesting distractions and activities.
Its literary department will be found es-
pecially complete. With original features
Of permanent value.
MIR. Montague states that he studied
the question of a title for the paper
for long time IN f yan w ana t Tas tile Tie
finally selected because 1t seems rather
high-flown and a very difficult thing
I'VE up to- But ne Say ben t9 he re hIS
in speech made by the Hon. Augustus
Van Wycls at one of the annual ban
auets Of the Southern : Soicilety IN N ths
word cavalier. which fits the desired
tone of the new paper nicely:
I'm all ages and among all III races Sssn s twa
elements which are we'll defined by the
terms, when used in their broadest sense,
Cavalier and Puritan. The Puritan vas as!
pessimst and represented the uni ia.
n sned IN HIS raae The Cavalier
| optimist and represented the successful
| happy and contented, and when tho 10
| man leSlOnS cOulQ not lOll6ei SuSSS''t ~ ,
resist the Barbarians 1t was he who pre-;
served in the dark ages me Y,ssues an az
the benefcent portions OF the rtotila "a =, CAV
lization for the further upnI.lnE o 4t ',a ar,
| kind in the Renaissance. They polh were
religious. Your fathers and their ances
tors and their forbears, whether IRON
the continent or the British lslands, We're
Of the Cavalier who peopled and "a, DONNA
ted the policy of the South, They Were Were
| n practical people and migrated TO Amer
Ice. not as refugees from civil. mttaapnysi
phoi9 10 Lat or bferiy
age; they came not to conquer and dHsp9i
the weak, as did Cortez, IN ms oio9 ta
march from the sea to the haiis OF ~,
Montezumas, and PiZarro, IN MS perHu.
TO the unfortunate Incas OF per M, n ~
they came to challenge new opportnnn.t ~
in fresh and undeveloped fields a ana fo rtnl
the fruits thereof n 4 seaIG vow 1 obiec
Of. of building a m new state upon the, ney
continent They were big h-sprited Il Pee s
pie and fully able TO defenn t ne r's ~
new new country country and neither feared per Sc
cution now We're they persecuteu w ~
homes that they left, They, came tnr 10 IN an
of o 9eGsuse ahe he other hand til
Puritan migrated 10 this country b ,s,
he had been unsuccessful In the s,a lang &C.
his nativity and felt tnat ne there Mere 'e Il
| cam came 10 this country to better his cor
| dition. and the descendants or me i'ur
/ tan Pilgrim, after three ceIitui'sa " ~
ture and development In his new nom
last reached ha s os tns cay naPq
the Puritan of Yesterday is the Cayalif
to-day 1ut there Is stu h and Of afa ever
race, a Puritan element that py ,a ms Ve !
discomfort and determination 70 pG Ga'la =
1 condition is always adding 10 the oaVai'
element as he progresses 49,.
aware var eS s"gs Mr.. Moahatsgae: Chat som
Of my more insoucant frlends ana ,,, man faa
Impartial strangers will be !aylES , 0ad
the Cavalier will not live q year; Mei
dice. thank heaven am full or PREV
dices, But trust my frlenMdss , are re
open to correction as am. You see
II has been customary for s eip nMt 70 .
this sort in Richmond to EYE b ou' tr 10
the simple reason that nopdain sScoW YER "
knew clearly what he was a Boz Ma B ..
whatever my experience and n nta, fa a.
II slstance, the Cavalier. too. VII tati LA
II ii eyerybory who can heip ne y d de9h
II stands aloof and croaks about tne o uea :
agones of It's predecessors, IL, - ey ventnr
%I,.a II,