New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07

,s,a,- known in America, but SO wen
-, here that when he died, Some
=, months ago. even journalists aia
Rim banor. and THE Times" gave MN
column ofe-ust eUiogy in its iarges'
me. as If he had been duke OF CHS
,;ng,5ished entomologist
y. has three titles 10 fame: First ne
created and conducted With signal sue
-ess The Pail Mall Gazette Second
--bar Mr.. Yates Thompson, who married
n George Smiths daughter, bought or
.,,,erU,;sa acquired the paper which had
I,aen his father-in-iaw' Us IN eraer 10 t"I ID
= into Liberal organ, MT Greeh"eee
lefs i and founded The 81 James ia
,ett.~ Third, he induced Disraeh IN
49, 20 fuv the KhediVe shares IN 'iie
g. Canal 1850 shares cut OF 100
.s.a IN all. for which the English agents
,.,ss-x Rothschild. paid Ssihsfst".
- money pruf7t OF this TRANSACTION
,.f.-,, vas opposed and denounced by
~ Gladstone on money grounds. as
nroeigate. has been enormous Inc pc
l;tiesi rrafit and the resulting power O
v-7-la1a over the canal have oeeh iat
--..-e,- To The credit Of this immense
s~--.5os 70 his country Mr. Greenwood Is
.,..s.1e1 Few men have rendered
greater.
iagrusiis Greenwood had re
....,,--. originally. courage and an IN
44.v57,Ie devotion 10 principles lie was
-,ei-bcr rif!74server nor opportunist he
r,s+--7 roYrprornise L men found him d
little difficult 10 deal with has readers
tnaq. that ia al circumstances they
-.euld gel from him an honest opinion
,7-ae -. James's Gazette was never
,.,,i-. me agflal OF the old Pail Mall Ga
-.--e~ b.,t II was q power, and when
..-aen-aad retired from that also are
srr- editor Nho succeeded him did liV'
make Is forget the founder Of the paper
7-ef since everything is obscured in the
rgmult Of these hurrying days, Green
Mood had for years passed out OF view
/ death recalled him Il mind.
had something TO DO with him N
-r,7r7sl;sfn. not much and met him 9th
---vfse. not often. I think 1 first met
him ~ ole O. those smoking parties
-.b;ob 9Tr Alexander Macmillan, founder
and head Of the great publishing firm Ct
Macmillan & Ce. used to give IN his
-.,-l,l}shfr7e Offices II Bedford street.
s-o-Anr Garden A powerful head, z
e.-,fet manner. rather hesitating in speech,
<arcfbTe. anaiable. implaea bic; q smile
which vas sympathetic. Yet could be
lard. steel blue eyes-such was Green
wood. H sat long silent amid the war
Of words which filed tae room. When
81 SPOKE We al listened. He spared
none Of Us for 70 him q conviction Vas
more than d canventienality. But he
bore 10 malice and none bore malice TO
him. he was q true Englishman; a
Irue man
For the sake OF contrast. let Us take
another journalist, OF much celebrity IN
his tirle, Mr- George Augustus Sala-
IL vas. Tor I know not how many
years c leader writer on The Daily
telegraph" and often its representative
ia ether lands. He must have been one
90 those loud voiced writers whom Mai
thew Arnold described Is the young
l5ens Of that wonderful paper / never
knew him yguug Yet / knew him long.
Everybody knew him, or 2 eFybeGy II =
certain world He spoke Of himself as
e correspondent who vas sent abroad
With the wages Of al Ambassador and
-le treatment Of a Prince, or some such
phrase 4 compliment which may be
divided betv cen himself and his eInplcs-
c-s. H. gave me an account OF his
method al home Il seems 10 have been
hl- habit each morning TO look through
sn. morning papers in search Of sub
Jets for Z possible leader next day.
What be wrote. therefore. could not
much concern Itself with news nor old
g. The occasional article" vas his
speciality: Or what our stern censor
The Saturday Review calls "Hliddles-'
IL would do two OF three skeleton
essays before lunch; then after lunch
rake hanson from MeckIenburga
square 10 The Daily Telegraph" Office;
and submit his samples 10 the editor.
With the one selected by editorial wis
Gym Sala would return TO his house n
time for tea There was always, hs
ss.Ia. but;ered toast for tea and If you
asked him whether luttered toast was
good thing 10 write on, he would an
aver: Yes. the best. There's nothing
50 good fer "a juicy style" I am not
slre nc did not sometimes say. u greasy
style"
There's 4. stery-truc or net I cannot
sag-of Z talk between some one ~
s authority or rhis paper, a. the time Il
Prank LaEieE's leaIh. and ~ outsider
I.aHley had been long = leader Irirer
anG q good one with = knowledge Of
-nsav matters and an easy style.
said the outsider.
T know just the mar - take LaWleys
uIa-5. = s.lau q great information. with
r verse, pungent style. Isn't that what
sou = anti
said TIE man IN authority
~Eot II I'll my dear fellow. nat We
want Is writer vino can put trtte
commonplace into pompous English
SaIs could do that but he could 10
much else H rad = power Of seeing
such things as the readers Of his paper
could want to read about, and Z power
- vivid. ornate, fambeyant description
There K q word which came into use
during his time -'TeIegraphese." Wheth-
g meant fer Sala or not, il describes his
writing well, and he would probably
have thought il q eUlegy; saying that
lis business as q writer on a particular