Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-19
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10: young reporter TO be or
dercd by his city editor into the
presence OF the cditor-in- chief Is,
or was II my day. an exciting. IL
somewhat disquieting experience.
All editors In chief may not. how
ever he as imposing In manner and
appearance as was the gentleman
who had succeeded Manton Marble in
conducting the New York World long
before Joseph Pulitzer acquired It,.
!; was said OF William Henry Hurl-
bert that he only wrote his best"
when in evening clothes. and that
no day in midsummer could he SUI
ticicuiy oppressive to. cause him to
dispense with any of the accessories
pertaining TO the toute ensemble OF
a correctly attired gentleman OF fash
ion.
Mp sensation In entering the sane
tum sanctor.m. in the summer of
1878, was rather that OF having step-
ped from the huriyburlp OF news
paper circles into the drawing-roorn
OF high society.
Young man. said the only occu-
pant OF the room. slowly removing
Sold-rimmed glasses and tapping
them against his chin. have you
ever met Mr.. Cyrus w. Field? No?
'.S's Nt'!. L W aht you 10 meet MN Is
quickly as possible and obtain cate
gorial answers TO this list OF inqui-
ries. He probably at this time of the
day. may be met with in his down
town Office, and l am disposed TO be-
l!eve YOU will not be an unwclcomc
visitor"
Accepting the proTered shee, of
paper. and seeing that nothing fur
Their was expected OF me, bowed
and retired.
L wonder to how many present day
newspaper readers the name Cyrus
w. Field" will bring knowledge OF
who he was and what nc stood for;
probably not TO nearly as many as
those to whom the name "Marconi'
is eloquent OF transatlantic telegraph
achievement, and yet It is TO the en-
terprlse OF Cyrus w. Field we owe
the establishment OF the first direct
means OF communication between the
Old and the New World. he having
organized the company that laid the
first Atlantic cable.
1t could hardly have been in con-
ncction with that enterprise. dating
as ii did 20 a much earlier period
than 1875. that / was sen, TO inter-
view Mr.. Field. The subject mat
ter of the questions 10 which answers
were To be obtained. makes littlc
difference. however. since interest in
this little narrative lies not in what
followed meeting with that gen
,leman, but in what preceded such
meeting.
Mr.. Fields Office was on tower
Broadway. and on returning from my
visit there. / unexpectedly en-
countered our distinguished editor
in-chicf on Park Row, who. upon
my venturinG TO inform him that it
was impossible TO see Mr.. Field be-
cause no had gone TO Newport. more
Is raised his eyebrow and remarked
We'll. you know the way 10 New
port. do you not?"
Our cashier. ! remember accepted
this remark when repeated to him.
as sight draft for travelling ex-
penses. and two hours later n by no
means disconsola;e young reporter
was tourncying luxuriantly on one o..
the palatiai Sound steamers towards
that capital az fashion which in
those days ct least made Rhode Is
land the envy Of all the other aris-
tocra.ically inclined States O: the
Union. j; WASH, every Kid reporter.
he realized. VINO had the chance OF
going TO Newport"
As early the next morning as seem