The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-10
BIRTHDAY OF TWO FAMOUS AMERICAN
 EDITORS.

EDITORS.
 l Emporia. Kan. has a population of less than 1o, ,o0o, but it is the home of lone Of the worlds most famous news papers, the Enporia Gazette. Like Its neighbor, the Atchison Globe, (which owes it's distinction to Edgar
 watson Howe, the Emporia Gazette
 looms large on the Journalistic map by reason of the fact that it's editor
 ial chair is occupied by William Allen
 White. The author of .sBoyville,' and lstories was born in Enporia. the son lof a physician, forty-sfx years ago to-day. After leaving the University Iof Kansas with a sheepskin tucked
 under his arm, he returned to Elm poria and bought the Gazette. That Inewspaper was then only about five years old, and had little circulation or influence, but soon after White took charge the people Of Emporia. realfz-
 ed that they had a real editor 4n their midst. Whites famous editor lial, ..Whats. the Matter With Kan
 sas ?'' was reprinted all over America and even in England. In 1S96 he wrote a number of stories. published
 under the title of ..The Real Issue. lana in 1899 he published ssThe Court of Boyville. '' which was read and fadnired throughout the English Iapeaking world. The Gazette office IEecame the matching ground of ge-
 nius, and number of famous writers. fincluding Walt Mason, the Canadian
 expafriate, have been employed at lone time or another on the Gazette. 2 Harrison Gray Otis. editor and pulp fisher of the Loss Angeles Times. is Ianother distinguished American jour nalist who will receive birthday con-
 gratuIations to-day but not from the union thug who sets these lines. t Gen. Otis was born near Marietta, O.. Iseventy seven years ago to-day, fought and b1ed in the civil war and the ISpanish American conflict, and was for many years employed in the gov
 ernment printing office. patent office land treasury. His first newspaper experience was gained in his native
 town about half a century ago. He
 entered California Journalism in 1876
 as editor of the Santa Barbara Press. and in 1882 he Joined the staff of the
 Los Angeles Times, Of which he has long been president and principal own l CT. For years he has been violent in l his opposition to organized labor. and
 the destruction of the Times plant I by an internal machine, resulting in Ithe loss of nineteen lives and the ar rest and conviction of the McNamara brothers, was an incident of the war between the Times and the unions.
 Gen. Otis is immensely wealthy, and owns vast tracts of land. Last month
 he figured in a real estate deal involv- ling millions Gen. Otis claims des-
 cent from revolution onary heroes His ] father was an Ohio pioneer and his
 mother a native of Nova Scotic.
 The Princess of Monaco, who still
 clfngs to the title although she has long been separated from the ruler of
 the tiny country which holds Monte
 Carlo, was born in New Orleans fifty
 six years ago to-day. Her father was
 Michael Heine, a, New Orleans bank Ter. Her first matrimonial alliance
 was with the second Duke de Riche- lieu, and they had son, who last
 year married Miss Eleanor Wise of
 Baltimore. After the death of the
 Duke she became the second wife of
 the Prince of Monaco. but after a
 brief experience of court life she was thoroughly disfllusioned. The Prince
 secured legal separation. naming
 Isadore de Lara, an Eng1ishN rnusi-
 elan, as correspondent. Since then
 the former Alice Heine has lived prin-
 cipaIIy in France and England, and
 she has won a reputation as one of
 the best dressed women in Europe. Lord Charles William de la Pe.er
 Beresford, former distinguished ad-
 miral and lately one of the leaders of
 the Ulster unionists, was born in Ire land sixty-eight years ago to-day Lord Charles was named as one of the
 members of the Ulster provisional government to resist home rule.
 Here, my good man is a cont. Don't be discouraged-''
 sOh, not at all, madam! Such a insignificant gift comforts one imme- diately-''-Le Rire.