| Show THE AC department OF PUBLICITY electrical world and engineer in enlarging extensively its sphere of operations the allis chalmers company has found it desirable to create a department of publicity and it has been fortunate enough to secure the services of mr arthur warren whose work in the field of technical journalism and whose success as what one may perhaps call a publicity promoter Is too well known to every one in the industrial field to need dwelling upon mr warren is a bostonian with remarkable qualifications for the work to which he has of late devoted himself coming of a family of considerable mechanical aptitude and distinction he prepared himself for the technical side of his work by actual machine shop practice after this he began to travel and while traveling wrote about things he saw the transition to journalism was easy and in 1883 mr warren joined the staff of the poston boston herald then as now how one of the in most I 1 ost influential journals in the country with this newspaper he remained for fourteen years becoming its leading special article writer and discussing not only economic topics but venturing into the fields of biography and of dramatic and literary criticism at the same time mr warren took up other editorial work and was assistant editor of the beacon a well known boston weekly and from 1886 to 1888 editor of the boston home journal in december 1888 mr warren was sent abroad by the boston herald as its london correspondent in which capacity he served most efficiently for nine years besides writing for a number of other american and british publications his london home which he still retains was thus for many years a charming center of social and literary intercourse in which many famous americans and europeans participated in november 1897 mr warren returned to the united states at the invitation of mr george westinghouse a man quick to recognize the talent suited to carry out important new plans and he immediately proceeded to organize the westinghouse publishing department whose record of solid achievement in the way of publicity of the best kind as to articles pamphlets advertising and the diplomatic aspects has certainly never been surpassed in february of this year his work in that connection both in this country and in europe being practically completed along the original lines laid down mr warren resigned he has been actively enga engaged ged since then in this city on literary work of all kinds for the leading magazines and newspapers and had planned to sail for europe on march 12 but he was invited by the executive of the allis chalmers company to become manager of publicity for that corporation ration under its new regime the field of available talent had been thoroughly looked over and it was f felt elt that by training and experience mr warren was the man for the very post mr warren has accepted the offer and has already taken up his new duties while he may himself entertain regrets at not following up the purely literary work offered him in really embarrassing barr assing abundance it is a matter of congratulation that he will devote his time and energies to the publicity side of one of the greatest and most comprehensive mechanical ch enterprises in the united states |
