New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-15
TIE FRENCH EU'SP1PER.
Hoe Its IadiCidualities Diferentiate
1t from 4merican Type.
The Tribune by the wife Of the American
Consul Eouen-

\ Frenchman. unless he saw IT, could hardly
believe that newspaper was ever published
with more than four leaves. IL a New-Yor6
mammoth Sunday edition unrolled before
the eyes of Norman peasant he would take II
for a panorama of the worlds history since
Adam. and IL told that what he saw only
one edition he would simply turn away. think
ing. if not remarking. Behold. greater than
Ananias is h4Ie,''
The largest daily paper in Rouen both
Sundays and week days never contains more
than six pages. and the other dailies of the
place appear regularly from one years end to
the other as folios. 1t is rare even for n Pari-
sian paper to contain moro than four leaves. and
the great majority OF them have only two
And the French paper differs much from its
American contemporary in mechanical makeup
in size. or, for that matter even as in Ian
guage. There is folio in America, daily
weekly. Chinese in appearance as to use
its last page a front, but there are in this
country Others dated 4 day in advance.
1t is perhaps the profound respect for truth that
prevents the American editor from doing this.
but. nevertheless. no French editor blew up
Port Arthur ten days before the opening of hos
Utilities. Some Paris dailies have headlines
across the top of the front referring to soma
small news item stuck away in an obscure cor
ner on the second. third or fourth page. often
making necessary a long hunt before it is found.
Startling headlines. however are not used 20
the extent they in the United States
These peculiarities are less in vogue than
that Of printing continued stories. There is
hardly daily newspaper in all France that has
not one, and sometimes two or three serials
running at the same time. and one of the chief
topics of conversation in the dull country life
and the almost equally uneventful life of the
villages is these stories
The Of DAvv os,.-
nounced some days ahead by glaring posters
somewhat on the order OF American theatre ad-
Vertisements Usually these are in colors repre-
sentins. the most tragic scenes OF the story
wherein n rejected lover runs sword
through his rivals heart or some vo1ne.
girl fires a bullet into her own or her
seducers brain. In towns and cities these are
mounted upon revolving boards. upon which
are also printed the title the name OF the
author. the paper and the day when the first
one or two chapters are to appear, and are
hauled on handCartS through the streets When
these stories appear they are printed differently
from American serials. which are usually placed
IN columns from top to bottom. The French
newspaper has heavy line across the first page
about one-fourth the distance from the bottom,
and the space below this line is devoted excIu-
slVely to the story. Sometimes. when two or
more serials are appearing simultaneously as
S P''ses are thuS treated as there are stories
Inc French editorial occupies the first column
on the front page. and is devoted to some i'm
portant political question of the day.
IN general character and point Of view the
Amerie an daily and its less gossipy French con-
temporary are as different as can we'll he
Imagined The Frenchman is never morbidIy
feminine in his curiosity about the private do
inss OF his neighbors. and his fayorite journal
need spend no money or time in this direction
ihe SOCIAL. personal. gOssipy items of dinners.