The Columbia evening Missourian., 1921-04-30
HARRY HANSEN
TO SPEAK TO
JOURNALISTS
VIII Be Here journalism Week
to Make Address-Is Lit
erary Editor of Chi
cago Daily.
IS INTERESTING TALKER
Has Written Two Books, Both
on Treaties-ReporIed
the Peace Con-
ference.

A daily story Of the Peace Conference
that was printed in twenty.three metro
pOlitan newspapers, two books on poliii-
cal subjects that are resd, job as liter
ary editor on 8 newspaper that is num-
bered among the first five and an ability
TO make humorous speech without intro
ducing the inevitable Pat or SambO-
such is a part Of the record Of Harry
Hansen, who will be one Of the speakers
here Journalism Week.
Mr.. Hansen is a graduate Of the Uni
versiiy Of Chicago. He began his literary
career there as alumni secretary. His
cub days in the reporting field were
spent on the Chicago Daily News but
they we're brief. In the spring of 1914
he was sent TO Berlin. lie reached Bel
gium two days Before the arrival Of the
German army and from that time on
during the next four years was, as a
model reporter should be, always on
hand where things were hottest and most
interesting. He was present at the Oc-
cupsiien Of Brussels and at the retreat
from Antwerp. and later visited the
Flanders, Italian and Austrian battle
fronts. In 1910 he made a study Of the
Scandinavian countries and the Baltic
region. As a natural sequel TO his sue
cess as foreign correspondent, he took
charge of the foreign service in the oil
flee Of the Chicago Daily News after
this country entered the war. 1t was
in 1919 that he wrote the daily story Of
the Peace Conference at Paris which
made him well known by newspaper
readers in twenty-three cities
Mr.. Hansen's books are "A Peace Con-
gress Of Intrigue-Vienna. 1915" and
The Adventures Of the Fourteen Points, "
both published by the Century Co.
FoIlexins his ren,sm from Paris, he
became literary editor Of the Daily News.
Mr.. Hansen introduced some new meth
DDS into literary pages and set a new
record to break. Having been taugh!
to get news as it happened and before
somebody else did, if possible, he did
the same with book reviews. A new
author always was met by him when ne
came 10 Chicago, the first announcement
Of a new book was invariably his. Then
too, his page about books and the people
who write them" has nothing Of the
musty about it but is illustrated with un-
usual cartoons, pictures and contains q
brief but witty humorous and philosoph-
ical column of remarks about books. The
reviews themselves are not stereOtyped.
His gossip over the demi-tasse is as re-
freshing as the gossip seldom is. How
good We feel" he said in one of his
pages, when we can recommend a book
BY a friend to a friend!" and then he
begins his chatty account Of a book We
all feel secretly ashamed Of not having
read or proudly tell our friends of our
acquaintance with il. His indiscreet
tales Of bookland are quite as tasty as
indiscreet things, such as stolen apples,
often seem to us. Listen to two of his
beginnings: The first is, Consider now
the plight of the poor author who forgot
his pseudonym!" and the second, Speak
ing Of book buying, what would you think
il YOU saw the sales clerk Of one book
store buying books in another?' Well.
what would you think? Anyway, you
would probably read to the end to see
what he thought and, as for the poor
author he is entirely too unusual to be
overlooked.
Some of the sparkle in Mr.. Hansens
jewelry shop Of phraseology is, no doubt
his chief asset is his ability to make
a speech which is repuied to be worth
listening to and enjoyable listening ct
the same time.