The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-26

- Q mnch abuse has been layished
during the last Few weeks, on
X } both sides or the Atlantic upon
that form OF journalism which
deals With PERSONS rather than with
events, that Il may not be amiss 10
poin, out here mat a Knowledge Of per-
sons is Indispensable to the correct
appreciation of events /, is much
easier for people TO understand. ana
Z. form a correct 5udgmen, OF tho acts
Of ruler. or q statesman, or or an
ministrator. If one is acquainted
Win his history, his characteristics.
his family antcceicn,s, his iailings
anu with the influences TO which he Is
subject. These Influences arc OF the
most varied character ana the moro
,they can he revealed TO the people, the
better II Is for the commonwealth
II Is the cosby memoirs OF the
seventeenth, eighteenth and ninetcens IN
centuries that cnahic us 10 comprehend
the Oft mysterious passages OF th..
history Of those erns ana in the same
way II IS the personal Journalism of
10 day that perinits us 10 form an
intsilisent .jiudgmen, Of The various
events. political and otlicrwisc, tElt Will
go 10 make up the history Of the
twentieth century.
That is why it is absurd 10 decry
what Is known Is persona journalism.
dcspise il the most ana who arc loud
est in their denunctatipns thereof arc
the ones who contribute hereto aii|i
who reyel therein. Personal jouInai-
ism III England, for instance, has its
origin. not in the Kitchen, or in the
buffers pantry. but In the smokix &
rooms OF clubs. and In the salons OF
MaSfair. The late Earl Of Desart vas
for many years the editor Of the Lon
don weekly journal known as 'Nani-
y Fair" which deals exclusively with
the doin9s Of society. with gosSiD con
rernins them, ana With personalities
Continent The Earl 81 Wint.rtof-l-
the only earl. by the by, who occupies;
scat in the House Or Commons his
pcerages being irish oncs--has just
Is OF proprietors hip but also of very
active editcrship or the London,
World, when is likewise wholly de-
voted to personalities, and 10 the por-
moods. their fads. thcir appearance.
and their actions. Lady sykes; was for
a time the editor. proprietor nnd chief
writer OF a weekly pa per entitled The
pressed herself with the utmost candor
abou, the shortcomings and the foibles
Of her relatives friends and ac
1uaintances, without eyer injnring in
tho slightest degree her position in
society. q position which comes 10
hcI as the wife Of Sir Tatton sykes
as the daughter Of the late George
Cavendish Bcntinck, and as q very
:
Of Portland.
The Duchess OF sutherland's brother.
the Earl Of Rosslyn. edited for "A tim.
particularly racy weekly journal,
hearing the name OF Scottish Life
ana which dealt almost exclusively
with the oddities and The romances
Of the various houses OF the ar!sto-
cracy Of the northern Kingdom Lady
Colin Campbell, sister-in-law OF the
Royal Duchess Of Argyll, and daught-
er-in-law Of tho late Duke of Argyll
has long been working on the stan OF
the London World" above mentioned
which she joined after the failure of
society journal Of her own found
| Ing: while London Truth" which will
prove nvaluable to tho historian Of
the last three decades of the nine
tcentll century, and Of the beginning
Of the twentieth century, was found
cd owned, edited and 10 u great
extent written. by Henry Laboucherc
whose fathers brother was the late
! Lord Taunton. and who. despite his
radical opinions. which he cynicalI,
professed in the House of Commons
IS an ,aristocrat .Juslu'au bout dcs
ongles.' English society owes a deep
debt OF gratitude to Henry I.abolichere
and 10 Truth for tho shums and
frauds that 1t has exposed Of 4 So
cial character. and for the abuses that
i has; conbated until they were re-
moved.
The late Lord Glencsk With Sir
| hlgernon West ana several other Kin
drcd spirits Occupying 4 conspicuous