Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-22

Herald. one Of the oldest newspapers
in the country. and merged with IL
the New York Sun. the Herald's
senior by two wears. which Mr. Mum
sey had purchased in 1915 and con
solida ted, with the New York Press.
The elder James Gordon Bennett had
founded the Herald and Charles A.
Dana developed the Sun. The merged
publication was called the Sun and
the New York Herald for a time. and
then changed simply to the Herald.
At the same time The Evening Sun.
another Munsey newspaper. was
changed to the Sun.
Like Alger Character.
The early life of Mr. Munsey. - he
forged gradually ahead in spite OF
countless disa appointments and bitter
reverses. was not unlike that of an
Alger hero. although his ultimate sue
cess outdid the ina 9ination Of even
that famous writer
Born in the little town Of Mercer
Me-. August n. 1854. he has been de
scribed as "one Of those many bare
footed country boys who start life with
more in their heads than in their peck
cts" He attended the public school
of Mercer for while. but soon felt the
urge to make money. His first job was
in the country store, where he served
as general utility boy.
From there he went to A telegraph
office. learned to hal dle key, and
was sent to Augusta. then An i'm
portant publishing center. His work
became an obsession. and he hated Il.
He knew he could do big things. The
four walls of a telegraph Office, he
wrote years afterward. were to me as
the cage to a tiger yearning for the
-boundless freedom of the jungle"
Il was so sure of myself" he con.
tinued. that l would willingly have
given 10 years of my life, without com.
pensation. for a chance with some of
the big concerns Of the country-rail.
reading. steel ma nufa curing shipping.
banking or any of the great staple in
dustries.''
80. Ionsed to Be Publisher.
Gradually the publishing germ
entered his blood. He drew up elAb-
crate plans for a magazine. and sub.
mitted them to various persons with
money. but IAN enterprise so hazard
Gus as publishing. and ma aged by A
ma n who had no practical experience.
did not appeal to them"
Finally his scheme was laid before
a man more daring than the rest-a
stockbroker-and arrangements were
made to begin publication of the
Argosy. The broker agreed to supply
81 500. and Munsey. having $500 which
he had saved. promptly invested it in
manuscripts. With these he started
for New York.
When ne had opened his little office.
he drew one Of his new kitchen chairs
up to the IS table and wrote for the
$4,000. A few days later he cola psed
over that same table. The broker up
in Maine had changed his mind. He
would keep his money. This Mr.. Nun.
sey described as Jolt No. L.
Next he took his scheme to a pub.
Usher. who offered to bring the maya
zine out in his own name retaining
Munsey as editor and manager Two
months later the first number ap-
peared. and three months after that
the publisher failed. This was Jolt
No. g"
The insolvent publisher owed the
editor and manager Of the Argosy
something more than 3 thousand dol
lars in salary. which the latter took
for the good will of the infant weekly
| paper. Writing Of this period, he de.
scribed it as the beginning of a