New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-24

One night he tainted from fatigue in the press
room. Emile de Girardin happened to be in the
editorial room correcting proofs Of one of his
flaming political leaders. He was seized with
compassion for Marinoni. and said to him: MY
good friend, you viii kill yourself if you work so
hard. I want to talk with you Come with me
in my coupe, and we will have a nice supper to-
gether that viii brace you up "Oh. no, SIR
replied Marinoni, Il should be quite upset with
your good supper; besides. I am filthy with
oil and printing ink that I should spoil your
coupe" Nonsense" said Emile de Girardin;
come along with me-"
So Marinoni got into Emile de Girardln's
smartIy appointed coupe, and went home with the
great journalist. and attended a supper where
several literary men and politicians were pres
ent. Marinoni was somewhat abashed; but this
was the beginning Of his fortune. Emile de
Girardin assisted him. and he soon got together
money enough to start his own press factory in
the Rue de Vanguard. and, master and en-
ployer. Marinoni devoted his intellect and en-
ergy to the improvement of printing machinery.
His famous machine presses were first seen at
the Universal Exhibition Of 1867. Flrmtn- Ddot
was the commissioner for the printing depart
ment at the Worlds Fair OF that year Il have
thirty machines to exhibit" said MaTinoni
Good heavens" was the reply Of Flruln- Didot,
space for four Of your hand presses. but not
more" But these are not hand presses; they
are machine presses" Impossible" was the
disdainfuI rejoinder Of the head OF the great
French publishing house; no machine presses
have ever been invented" "Oh, yes" replied
Narinoni Il will show you how they work
This was a revelation for Firmin-Didot Space
for the thirty Marinoni presses was forthwith
accorded, and twelve of them were sold before
nj ~
Figaro" saw the advantage Of the Marinon
presses and adopted them for his paper.
At this time Marnoni invented gas motor.
among one of the many applications OF which
was ito propel a carriage without the use Of
horses" In other words. the automobile was
conceived by Marinoni. The gas motor how
ever was not popular, and put Marinoni to such
expense that he nearly became bankrupt. He
then devoted himself exclusively to the press
printing machinery. Tho rotary press was per-
fected in 1872 Its rapid sale soon put Marinoni
on his feet again. and he delivered in all parts
Of the world presses at the rate OF two hun
dred a year. In 1888 Marinoni took charge Of
the Petit Journal" then an obscure newspaper
with a precarious circulation of - 000 He
cot about him few able, hard working men.
| He set UP his rotary presses. he organized the
| best system of criminal reporting ever accom-
| plishcd in France. He got the best men to write
! the famous feuilleton that at once caught the
ewes Of the cabmen and the shop girls. Tho
| distribution organization was on scale never
before attempted by any Paris paper. Marinoni
! said: with these three features the success of
our one-cent paper is assured" This turned
| out to be true. The circulation Of the Petit
| Journal gradually increased until 1t reached
100000 copies daily. It was the practice Of
the Petit Journal to provide ceverly writ
| ten, accurate and blood curdling narratives Of
local crimes in special editions of the paper,
which were sent. by special trains when neces-
sary. to the particular region where the crime
had been committed. This proved highly lucra-
| tive, and the Petit Journal" became the most
valuable newspaper property in France.
Marinoni was very fond Of art, and had a
| special liking for landscapes, Of which there
| a goodly number In his sumptuous house
| I'm the Avenue du Bots de Boulogne. One day
he a splendid picture by Troyon
| representing a herd of COWS in a pasture in the
Bre country He bought the picture which
now hangs in his dining room. and recently at
one of his delightful dinners the conversation
turned painters, and a lady admired the
Troyon cattle piece. Marinoni. with a smile, OBJ
| served: well Troyon painted those cows but
1 used to drive them to pasture at O'Clock In
the morning and look after them" c. L B.