The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-29
DINNER TO COL EATHBRSOH
EHE PRESS CLUE PICKS MIN As
IT'S GODFATHER

When the Press Club decided that QUE
of the thinEs Il needed most was q god
father Il selected a randmcnally commit
tee. The committee prOwlsd over the
map and located an excellent gOdpapa IN
Louisville. So the Press Club sent a mes-
sage 20 MAFse Henry asking him 10 come
10 New York TO christsn H. and Col. Wat
terson. a. spry and clipper a young fel-
low ~ you would want 20 see. turned up
In the new building a. BeekmAn and Will
lam streets and made the newspapeE Essa
and their guests a speech that made them
get up and WhOOp applause.
As President John A. Hennessy o. the
club told the Colonel. some fairly impOT-
lant folks have tucked their feet under
the guest tAbls Of the Press Chb-Presi-
Osnt Grant and Gen. sherman and Gen.
Sheridan and President Tsft among them
but the club never entertained a guest
IL thought more Of than the editor Of the
Courier Journal Also Mr. Henneasy
aid thst while Mayor 0aynOr had laid
the cornerstone Of the club and President
Taft had dedicsted il, IL remained for
VII N&AN"fNNu " NlAftahru w. NullAls eAANN
all, seemed tho most important thing.
There were upward Of $50 members
and guests on hand 20 compliment the
Colonel on his good health.
Among those who looked after him and
saw 70 il that the orchestra didn't forget
to play MY Old Kentucky Home and
tear loose with Dixie At appropriate
..a.,..e. -. Al. u.,r.u.vV Eraah I
Cobb Of the New York World. who was
toastmAater; Fred DunekA Of the Harper
publications. James Creelman, John 3.
Mcdonald. who many years ago recon-
msnded gin 20 Col. Wattsrson AZ the best
possible cure for a cold In the head Irwin
Cobb. Rohe=: y. Lyman .ssifSou seitE. james
{. Garrison. Charles R. MacCauley and
Frederic Edward Mckay.
The guests Of honor besides Col. Waiter.
con were Congressman William SulEeT
and Brig. Gen. Walter Howe. commanding
the Department Of the Fast After Mr..
Garrison had read letters from journalists
here and in other cities who regretted
that they cOuldn't he present Mr.. Cobb
introduced Marse Henry. He said that
the Colonel was the kind Of man that
newspaper people are proud Of that he
brought TO hiss work not only great ability
but clean hands and q clean heart. IL
was IN TO the Colonel then. but he had to
wait awhile until the hullabalOo Of cheer
ing died away. Then he said:
. was born next door TO a print shop
and grew up In a newspaper once First
and last ! have filed every Newspaper
function from galley boy TO leader writer
am proud Of my calling and Jealous Of
Ne good name lntil ! gave up eli around
ali niRht work ! was never 20 happy a.
toward the wee ama' hours. when. the
boys about me- wires we're flashing and
feet were huFryinE and the presses were
beginning 20 thunder below Nos that
no longer see the paper 10 pres h reioices
me 10 hnd myself siill surFounded by the
boys-ths boys In the trenches and to
recall the old DAYS and nights and In fancy
10 believe that there's lie In ,he Dad man
ye,'
Not one Of you has walked these streets
In search Of work more wisliuly and
aomstimes more despGiringy than : have
! remember once seeing Young James
Gordon Bennett through q window Of the
Old Herald once. down shout the CORNER
of Broadway and Fulton street, and Of
murmurinR. with John l.eechs rugged
urchtn. looking upon little bOy In London
home eating plum PUDDING. wouldn't n
bs bully 10 he him?' Just hfiy-tvo years
ago Mr. Dana. then on the Tribuss. paid me
Is Tor a biz ~ what would be called space
writing now. and ten years later when
ne had come 10 be- a. ir we're. prof,asi onsl
colleagues. he Was pleased 10 he rem inded
Of the circumstance. and from that hour
20 the day Of he death Was my mOst excellent
friend and Comrade
beg you will not bs alarmed am
not going 10 weary YOU with Inc femin-
iscential nor set up for a schoOlmassr
SIN less IL Il nv purpose 20 deliver = lecture
on Journalism think know what news
\ and hog IN prepare u equally for the
tea table and The breakfast table Like
victuals, II may be served hot aud sayOTy
OF raw and unsavory. be brought on plain
or b. dressed and decorated 10 suit me
ever varying public taste There - IN this
e. In cooking. an ART 4 nns. Tuddy murder
Ike a fair round 81 beef. may bs ruined
IN the roasting. and q scandal fat ana Juicy.
blond and frOWsy. wholly spoiled by a
hgurative excess Of oil and garlic Askilful
chef can take q few acraps and fabricafe a
dish TO delight a gourmet 80 def reporter
ran put hts ami that together aud pierre a
story n set The toun attacking In both
cases. however. there must be che basis
II essential fact II il given 10 no man
10 make a ank purse out Of a sOws ear.
20 m cook 10 render . ssulH out o. ~ Udust
and boOthsels. 10 no reporter 10 turn q
scoop out Of I've
! was engaged a. general utility man
upon an afternoon paper In Washington
CITY Each morning there uas laid upon
my desk the New York ErSHiag Poet and
the New York ErCning BTPrsss Of the pro
ceding afternoon. A psr NJ my business
wau with pencil. paass and scissors 10 riddle
the contents % those two interesting sheets
For better attraction I adopted the form
Of q daily New York letter Having no
leg work 10 do and fresh from my early
coffee. with he Poet and the Erpypas he
fore me. knowing al the local points and
people. nothing was easier than he allinR
Of an apt column or two With a Nsw York
date line fairly revealed IN my artistic
iraudulency u vas 90 disguised In the
warning over process that for long time
The stun vas regularly copied BY me papers
from vhirh n had been originally taken.
Thoss. however. we're halcyon. innocent
and happy dave. when genius had some
chance and virtue Vas IT. own reward
Nevertheless natter myself thar. barring
the late hours and The lOcomotion. I can
riill hold my OVn with tba best 81 you in
the work Of news gathering and nevs col
laiinR. In Distinguishing What u and what
o not news. even 20 the latest up 10 date
fFilis and hounces from Park row and the
TeudeflOin resorts Of Herald square and
orty-seoOnd street. provided they bs open
and shove hoard. clean and truthful