The sun., 1908-05-17


n f,n,rh Hunt ara fsaalits 4 nass, IA ahillty
ss,a 800 hA,,,, n 4 s,,s, w. 1890, Ala-
1890 whi,s 49, ,,,,ch, nver IA. hia
strcnsth vaa beg,naina 10 faiI, and hin
asaisfsnt ,aditor Tyancis Macon. aithoush 4
Unuoh vo,,nrer man. was HI an oyen worse
stata ~ besltb In isaf The latter dad. and
IN Nav ~ tha soliow,ng wear tbe m health
witb which Hasaea bad long benn str,,snlinr
rad a fataI termination. ~ win 10 curious
10 see IN what ha,,aa the rer,,int,f,R and al
reotine power VIII be plsesd. = ye6ote Gre
ville on NAV A. isli. Hia curiosity was
quickly aatISaed. foy denrived NJ he had
boen within yray os tI,e sa,,vioes Of both
tina cordnctors ~ tha Ti,asa. Ar. walter.
In whom as oh,es nropriator the mower OF
appointment was vested. promptly filled
the vacant post nv daaiSnatine Delese. tho
vo,naeat rnsnnbur az the st,ay. for kba edi.
toriai chair. Thus At q, or younger by a
year thar Pitt was when he rose 10 bs Prime
Minister. John Delane becarne editor Of
what At that TINA was thu moot influsntial
journal In the world. Ha was than sharins
q lodging IN a.. Jarnes's SQUARE with his
friend John Blaokvood. One morning De-
lime burst into the room In tremendous
spirits. exulairnins, sBy iowa. Johni What
do you think has hspponedp I am editor
of the Tises.s
His nephew tails IN that vheu in after
years frierd saksd him WHISTLER tho pros
pect OF taking euch a vast responsibiiity
upon his shoulders at that early are did not
shake his COURAGE. his oharacteristio roply
was: sNot a bit what I dislike about
Won youns man NJ thu nressnt day In that
uu ualities Of self. .relisnoe ana common aeuse.
tuitiye peroeption Of the tendenov Of nublio
afYairs. were especisllv valuable to him Ia
the partica,lar f,eld os work which was
henoeforth IN be tba ahaorbinr intereat of
bis life. As oompared with the present
state ~ The I,ondon nreas. nov largely
donipat.d bv sansation and advertisanent
the ineuerce Attained hv tha T;u,.s ,,nd.y
Delsne can hardly be oonoeived. Instaad
of blindIv followinv nphlio op,nior .h,e
editor ross IN such : nosition az m,pranaov
in his nrofssaion that hc vss sbie 10 oroatc
oninion
Tor thosa who asuistad at thu birth and
auh.eo,art d.velonynsnt ~ IN. Da,ane
dvrastv IN pr;nt;nr Ho,,as a.u,.rs Henrv
Rsave who had ssrvsd nndar Rarnea also
heoar,a M n .,,eok sacrstsyv N Foraign
AGairs IN the nav prima Minister and no
continued until the ,,tbraak ~ the Crimsan
Wor vvh.r c,rc,r,st.r No. oonna,,sd his
real gnation of the portSolio Almost z,th-
out sycention bovever ths ynanv brilliant
writer's ~ The o,,sen,s EngIish In the alit,,-
rial columns os tha aTim.a--,,nu,rnassad be-
fore or since for the purity of their style
the soundneas Of their opinions and the
vigor Of their utteranc,-1Eere seleoted and
trained bv Delanc bjnasls Among thsae
NAV be mentioned Robert Lowe. n iournal-
Int before be became n nolitician. Goodwin
smith. still at this day active In authorsbip:
the epiRramrnatio and CYNICAL Abraham
HAYWARD: Thomas MozIev cardinal New
mans brotber-in-lav): laurence oliphant
oeorqe stovin yenables Kina.lake, Chen
erv (1ho was To become editor of the Times,.
Henry Waco. now Dean Of Canterburv:
man In his later years In Printing House
Square: Sir William Howard Russell. the
earliest war correspondent. and finally Or.
C..L-:L -. 4. .-.-,..,..I
fewer than 200 leading articles to the payer
We should add that George w. Dasent. on
bis return from Stockholm. whittier he had
been sent as Secretary OF Legation. married
Delane's sister and became assistant editor
Of the Times. In 1s47. on the elder Delane's
resianine the position Of businees manager
his place was taken by Mowbray Morris.
who at a later date married another Of
Delane's sisters.
The general appearanoe Of the Timss
uben John Delane frst beoame its editor
was NOT verv dissiuoilar TO what h Ia now
exoept that the advertisementa were strictly
releaated To an outer sheet, or supplen,enf
and were never permitted 10 he disuuised
ma nevs. or nixed IN with literary matter,
The prioe Of the paper was avepenoe 0o
centsI. a sum which appears probibitorv Ia
modern ideas, when cheapness Ia considered
;ndisneneable 70 Journalistic suoones, Som.
vaars later the Times was reduced 70 four
nenoa halfpennv, then To fournrncs and
tba abolition Of tho paper duties brought
Il down TO the figure at which Il has siroa
stood. The first unstamped issue at three
penoe was that Of October 1. 1881.
III.
Tbe ara Of steam was in ls4o only begin.
r,n1. that ~ elect-icjtv had not J.vnaJ