Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-04
JOURNALS RESUME
OLD APPEARANCE
For Months Paris Has Had Only
Pocket Handkerchief"
Newspapers.
CHANGES WROUGHT BY WAR
Some Papers Have Doomed, and
, Others Have Been Forced
to Quit.
CHANGES WROUGHT BY WAR

Especial Gable to The Times Dispatch
PARIS. April 3-After many months
their usual appearance. and we no
longer have TO be satisfied with the
single sheets, little larger than hand
kcrchicfs. to which the threatened
paper famine reduced all Paris news
papers.
St!ll. things are far from normal yet.
and II seems ages since the camelots
tncwsboys). when there was a special
demand for papers. gathered like small
armies in the side streets of the boule-
wards. suddenly to burst forward like
"a cyclone, shouting the sensation of
the day
The papers that sell best now are the
afternoon editions. which contain the
communique. The French newspaper
reader now demands from his fayorttc
paper something entirely different from
what captured his interest In time of
peace All that is now asked for Is
quick and reliable news. The only
reason can find why paper like
La L!berte has during the war in
creased Its circulation from $4,000 to
100000 IL that IT appears at the proper
hour. and has gained reputation for
being reliable and patriotic. 1t Is GER
tainly no better than II was before,
and. besides the official news, il only
gives you a few echoes" little Incl
dents from the trenches, which are
always we'll told
-LE1TER BOXp PROVES
CIRCULATION BUILDER
L1ntransigeant, the modest little af-
tcrnoon paper which formerly had
hard struggle with Paris-Midi and
Paris-Sport, is now sold everywhere
because Of it's letter box" which con-
tains personal Impressions and expert
cnces of poets and artists at the front,
brilliantly edited by Fernand Divoire.
The Bounet-Rouge has placed collec-
ton boxes In all tobacco shops. in
which customers may put tobacco for
the soldiers. and this idea has made
the paper popular.
or course. the war has killed num-
Der or papers. while II fatally hurt
others. This is the case with nearly
all the real boulevard papers. which
existed on their kilograms and the
great mercantile exhibitions Among
those that quickly disappeared were
erai L'Eveneincnt, La Rappel, the
Bonapartistic L'Autorite and the So
ciety paper. Gil Bias The latter.
which will sec Its resurrection after
the war. was edited by staff OF young
boulevard journalists. who nre now all
at the front
Something similar is the case with
the powerful Matin. whose chief
strength was that il was young"
paper During the first months of the
war It's circulation dropped from 500
"oo TO 100000. Now 1t has almost re-
covered, principally because of the
small maps of the battle field, which
became It's special feature. and which.
far better than the official communicate
shows the actual situation
The circulation OF the lie Journal
dropped from 100000 to 500. 600
copies. but now it's circulation is once
more normal This is, in the frs,
place. due to Abel Hcrmant's mastery
word paintings, 'Heures de guerre de
Ia famille Valadier." which depict the
effects of the war upon little bour
geois family. and which appeal 10 and
Mt the mood OF thousands OF French
families all over the country.
lie journal has had better luck than
Matin. as several OF its best writer's
have been exempt from military duty
as. for instance, the famous war cor
respondent. Andre Tudesque, who now
spends his time racing in his auto he
tween the front and the editorial Of
noes IN Rue Richel!eu, and men Xix
jacques Dyssort and Ernest la Jeunesso
while papers like lie Petit Parisien
and lie Petit Journal, both with circu-
iatlons exceeding 100000, have kcpt
10 their circulation outside of Paris
ana even have gained reputation In
circles where they had none before.
the paper which during the war has
become acknowledged leader OF tho
iaris press Is LEcho de Parts, whose
circulation is six times as large now.
as before the war This enormous rise
is due TO three causes: the strongly
patriotic spirit of the paper. Paul
Bourgeois sketches and the daily ed;-
torlal by Maurice Barres, who, from
aesthetician. has become a magnificent
leader Of public opinion. The editor,.,
was formerly written by Albert do
Nun. whose death during the very ha-
ginning of the war was greatly de-
plored throughout France.
LIZ FIGARO UNAFFECTED
As 10 CIRCULATION
Unanected one way or the other. as
far as circulation. though not az far
as reputation. is considered, stands Ia
Figaro; while lie Gaulois gives ito
whole attention to society, charities
and the Red Cross. The editor of tho
latter paper. Arthur Meyer, descendan
OF poor Copenhagen Jew, Is one OF
the foremost Journalists in France and
through his marriage to woman NJ
the bluest blood In the country. a
countess de Turenne. he has gained en-
trance INTO the most exclusive circles,
and Is in direct touch with everything
In the highest ecclesiastic and ari.to.
cratic spheres.
Also the organ OF the young royal.
lists. hAction Franchise. strongly anti
Semitic and in favor of coup detat.
and edited by the personal friend az
the Duke OF Orleans. Leon Daudet. haa