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Show THREE IW EDITOKS, Old Wheel Horses in Editorial Harness Whose Experience Stretohes Over ' a Decade, LAST GIANT Or ANTE-BELLUM DAYS t .in 1 Colonel Shepard's Strict Adherence to Purity in All Things --dock-, . rell as a Hustler, ! In the last"decade"or so most of .tha bright lights in tho old school of Now York city journalism have gone out. There is one of the old timers Btill to be een on Newspaper row, however; a man who to this day retains the active management man-agement of the paper which he founded nearly forty years ago. His associate in the institution of the paper has long since passed away, and all his colleagues in its early history have dropped off one by one, but George Jones still stands at the lielm of The New York Times. Latin ana uermin, is wen up m rmgrosn generally and plays the piano fairly well. She gets her board and lodging, but, alasl no pay. The only remedy for this condition of poor pay which the anxious parent can suggest is the formation of a charitable fund for aiding all lady teachers. He proposes that the girls attending the schools shall be asked to give a trifle toward raising such a fund. Where Men Bny Bonnets. A Wabash avenue saleswoman in a millinery store: I have been brought up In this business, and I never before knew of so many men buying hats and bonnets for women as there are this season. I can remember when a man would never have thought of coming into a place like this, except as a looker on, but for thf last few seasons men have taken it int their heads to do much of the buying for their wives, sisters or sweethearts. And I must say that I like the change. The average man can pick out a becoming hat or bonnet for a woman and not look over one-third of the store. As a general thing, a man knows better than a woman what is best suited for her. Very few hats or bonnets selected by men are ever returned. One of the most prominent lawyers in the city he used to be a judge drove up in his carriage the other day and brought in his wife's old bonnet and gave' minute instructions as to how it bhould bo trimmed. And I must say he had excellent taste. I was over to Paris a few weeks ago, and I found men doing a good deal of shopping in this line of goods. Chicago Tribune. Fashions in Toilet Seta. It is a fashion of the hour to use a number num-ber of articles for the toilet table in richly cut crystal in place of silver. Silver toilet articles require constant care. The crystal, moreover, throws over tho dainty drawn work cover of the toilet table and over the delicate tinted hangings of the boudoir the loveliest iridescent lights whenever a stray beam of sunshine touches them. Brushes and combs, how-ever, how-ever, are still mounted in silver in old repousse and etched patterns. A Queen Anne bedtime candlestick of polished metal is preferred to one in crystal, crys-tal, but not tQ one in Berlin or Dresden porcelain or even blue Delft. , The loveliest love-liest porcelain toilet boxes are made by the Berlin factory, mounted in gold ana painted in realistic flower patterns of the period of Martoline at Meissen, or in fine landscapes of old Dresden. The Berlin factory does little work of original de-lign, de-lign, but makes the best reproductions Trom old Dresden patterns.--New York Tribune. mnce wen ne has had ills nanus tun triiu,-ing triiu,-ing his acquisition, for he has not been an editor in name only. Under hi regime the paper has steadily progressed, if rumor speak truly, and today iinds itself it-self on a better basis than ever before.. The colonel has not attempted to work out the salvation of his paper on lines made familiar by other editors, but has 'branched out for himself. His methods have been unique and, apparently, they have been successful. His contemporaries contempora-ries have ridiculed his plan of making his paper a semi-religious sheet, but he has proved that there was a demand for such a sheet and success is really the criterion. Mr. Shepard occupies one end of the Vanderbilt palace on Fifth avenue between be-tween Fifty-first and Fifty -second streets. At 10 o'clock or so in the morning ho walks over to the Fiftieth street station nf the Sixth avenue elevated road, and thence rides down to the Park place station, sta-tion, which is almost within gunshot of his office in The Mail and Express building. He reaches his office which is a big, well lighted room commanding a full view of Broadway and Park row about 11 o'clock, and there remains until late in the afternoon. His stylo of writing is not exactly after the usual run of newspaper writing, and his work is easily distinguishable in the columns of The Mail and Express. Somo-times Somo-times there are two or three columns of matter in the paper apparently written by him scattered about in tho editorial find news columns. Ho is almost as prolific pro-lific a speaker as a writer, and addresses some body or other once or twice every week. His hobby is "Sabbath Observance," Observ-ance," and most of his speeches are ou this subject, or newspaper texts, or in behalf of the Kepubliean party, of which ho is a most enthusiastic member. Of all tho millionaires in tho metropolis metropo-lis none is more approachable than lie, His office is constantly besieged by beggars beg-gars and cranks and men with gigantic schemes and capitalists and men who want to be capitalists and politicians and representatives of religious institutions. institu-tions. Once these people have succeeded In passing his private secretary and reaching Col. Shepard they find him an exceedingly courteous and approachable person. . I had occasion, to interview him one day on something or other in which he-was he-was interested, and found him well primed with stories, which he used to illustrate and emphasize his remarks. All the newspaper men who have in-terviod in-terviod him have come away with the recollection of a pleasant reception, though they haven't always gotten as much information from the sagacious colonel as they had hoped to get. The newcomer in journalism entertains roy- I ' gnin tor laaies. jus maue or tne usual material of laundered shirts, and is just like a man's, so far as tlie bosom, collars and cuffs go, which latter are made on the shfrt. The only way in which it differs dif-fers from the masculine garment is that it is shorter and has a drawing string that holds it around the waist. Every woman who likes to wear cuffs, but who dislikes the instability and pricks of pins, will thank Miss Clayton, it she be the inventor in-ventor of this garment, which, by the way, why not call the "Clayton" without tho nanieshirt attached? Wro wear "Son-tags;" "Son-tags;" why not "Claytons?" New York Commercial Advertiser. . , ... Maids in Decollete Gown. A sensation, .strictly original, was made at the dpora tho other evening.; In tho middle of the second act of "The Valkyrie," a handsome woman, in a tremendously smart black tulle gown, same in with her maid, a very pretty girl, several years younger than her mistress.. mis-tress.. They made considerable stir getting get-ting settled, and then tho maid laid aside her cape, and every opera glass in the house was turned on her. She wore the stillest of caps, a black stuff, high bodied frock and no sleeves! Long black gloves came nearly to the shoulder, shoul-der, but left a strip of the arm exposed. Wo may now expect to see ladies accompanied accom-panied to receptions by maids in decollete gowns. Chatter. Miss Edwards and Sorosls. At the recent Sorosis dinner in honor of Dr. Amelia B. Edwards Mrs. Ella Dietz Cly mer, presiden t of the club, made a graceful speech of welcome to the guest of honor. At its close she announced Miss Edwards as an honorary member of tho club, and pinned upon her left shoulder shoul-der the badge of the association, a gold letter "S," with the word "Sorosis" crossing cross-ing it. This little ceremony brought tears to the eyes of Miss Edwards, who took Mrs. Clymor by the hand and kissed her cheek. And still there are those who think that women's clubs aro just like men's clubs. New York Commercial Advertiser. Women Barbers in Ixtndon. A lady whom I know is thinking of opening a haircutting saloon for gentlemen, gentle-men, and having a trained army of lady hairdressers to wait upon them. There is no doubt that a staff of lady haircut-ters haircut-ters would attract customers. There is no reason at all why women should not be employed to "barber" meu. Women barbers are largely employed to cut women's wo-men's hair, and a man's hair is easier to cut than a woman's. Of course the women wo-men barbers would have to gain proficiency profi-ciency in shaving. Miss Mantalini iu Pall Mall Gazette. A Bright Girl Editor. Miss Andrea JJofer, a girl of 20, is editor edi-tor of The McGregor (la.) News. She carries on the paper herself, doing all the editorial and nearly half the mechanical work. She has worked in the office since she was 10 years old, and has graduated out of every department. Her helpers, a boy and girl, both younger than herself, her-self, set tho correspondence and clippings. clip-pings. The editorials, notes, reviews, etc. , Miss Hofer sets in type as she thinks them out. Philadelphia Ledger. ' -' Livery for Maids. The novel idea of putting maids who wait at the dinner table in livery has been adopted. The dress is of some dark green, brown or blue cloth. The skirt plain in front, with heavy plaits behind. The waist is not unlike a footman's, hut-toned hut-toned up close with crosswise lines of red braid. A high, stiff white collar and cravat, stiff white cuffs and tiny white cap complete this hybrid livery costume. New York World. Nile Was Tired of Life. "I have worked until I am tired out." Thus began a note written by Mary L. Eaglesfleld, of Utica. "Bury me in the Potter's field anywhere only lay me to rest. " A few more words closed her note, and then the girl purchased a vial of htudanum, made her way to the St. Agnes cemetery and swallowed the fatal draught. Some hours later she was found dead. Rest, eternal rest had come. New York Evening Sun. The Fashion in Boots. This high cut boot with a top that can be removed at will is a novelty for lady tourists who w lsh to climb or walk much. By lacing tho top of the boot proper above the ankle it is dra-vn tight and acts as a support to the enkle, while the loose extra top protects the limb without causing caus-ing any inconvenier.ca With the extra top removed the bodt is a stylish one for rambling or for lawn games. Boots and Shoes. Mrs. Martin's Medicine cnext. One of the many pieces of luggage that went on board the Btcamer with Mrs. Sradley Martin was a. medicine chest, a box that has crossed the sea as often as the family. It contained about two pounds of drngv, n dozen vials j plasters for cut, bruises and beauty spots; water bags for chills and cold feet; sprays for disinfecting purposes; pastilles for perfuming per-fuming stuffy cabins and staterooms, and various instruments for household purposes. In the large cut glass bottles the society queen had ammonia, lavender laven-der water and alcohol. Smaller vials contained laudanum, benzoin, paregoric, glycerine and camphor, while the finger bottles held quinine pitta, mild cathar- MR. JONES AT HIS DESK. The man to whose incorruptible integrity integ-rity the exposure and dissolution of the Tweed Ting were due is now in his 77th year, but every day finds him in his office in the magnificent house which he has built for his journalistic offspring. He generally reaches his office in The Times building about lOo'clock in the morning, and there remains till 8 or so in the afternoon. after-noon. It was there that I had a chat with him a few days ago. The office is not much bigger than a good sized stateroom state-room of an ocean steamer, but it is large enough for Mr. Jones' purposes and cozy in its very diminutiveness. It is tucked away in a corner of the building on the ground floor, opening into the business office of the paper, looks out upon the ibuey scenes in Park row, and is fairly flooded with light. A desk, a couple of chain and a few books constitute its furniture. fur-niture. ! The tenant of the office is a man of taU, spare figure. His hair, beard and mustache are sparse and white. ' The kindly eyes are partially hidden behind a pair of gold rimmed spectacles, In conversation their owner keeps his eyes steadily on thefaoe of his interlocutor interlocu-tor and tilts back his head as though ho could see better under his spectacles than' through them, Albeit Mr. Jones' 77 years are, of course, manifest, the former friend of Greeley and Raymond and Ben netfc has a cheery, bright manner which many a younger man might envy,, . He spoke half musingly as I touched upon: bis long connection with the paper and frequently referred to his former partner, part-ner, Henry J. Raymond, and old employer, em-ployer, Horace Greeley. "I have always bandied the business end of The ' Times' management," he said. "I let the editorial edi-torial staff run their department, and my son Gilbert, who has had an excel-? lent education in mechanics, supervises the mechanical part of the work. "We have one rule on The Times that I would like to see . observed on other papers. pa-pers. Whenever a salaried employe of the paper is sick we keep his salary going, go-ing, no matter how long he is sick. You see, Raymond left The Tribune beoause Greeley stopped his salary when he was ick, and when we started The Times we made it a rule to pay salaries through sickness, and that rule has been kept in force ever since." i In strong contrast with Mr. Jones are the new men who have come forward since the Bennetts and Greeleys and Weeds and Webbs and Beaches of the old time have passed away. These now men are working out a very revolution in journalism, the outcome of which no one can predict. J By all odds the most revolutionary and the most talked about of the new comers 'is Col. Elliott F. Shepard, the millionaire million-aire proprietor-editor of The Mail and Express. The colonel is a man of about 65 years, stands perhaps 6 feet 10 inches in his shoes, has a well knit, well pro-'portioned pro-'portioned iiguro and wears a closely trimmed beard of patrician cut and appearance. ap-pearance. His beard and hair are silver ; : . ,COIi. COCKERH.L'B WORKSHOP. ally. ( He not infrequently gives luncheons lunch-eons to - distinguished visitors at ids office, and every now and then he gathers gath-ers big dinner parties about him at the Union League club or at his residence. If the stories that are told of those dinners din-ners are true, the cost of Mr. Shepard's establishment must be something fabulous. fabu-lous. The Shepards are in the veiy center of the social whirl, and their daughter, Louise, who made her debut a year or two ago, is much sought after. The young lady is the only Vanderbilt grandchild grand-child in society, and, in addition to that recommendation, is of sweet disposition and lovable character. Her father has one other child, a boy, just entering on his "teens.'1 Some day these children will divide a good many millions between them. A near neighbor of Col. Shepard's on Park row is Mr. John A. Cockerill, the handsome managing editor of The World. Ever since he bought Tho World, Mr. Pulitzer has been away from New York more or less, and the bulk of the work has fallen on Col. Cockerill's shoulders. He is only about 43 or 44 years old, but young as he is he is a veteran of the civil war. Every newspaper reader in the country knows what The World has become be-come under his management. A couple of years ago Col. Cockerill went over to Europe for a breathing spell, but with the exception of that vacation he has stood at the helm of The World and kept his eye steadily on the course mapped out for the paper by its owner. Mr. Pulitzer Pu-litzer laid down the general policy of the paper; Col. Cockerill has worked it out. Mr. Pulitzer has profited enormously enor-mously by the result of his editor's work, and tho editor hasn't lost anything by it. He is supposed to draw a Jalary of $20.-000 $20.-000 a year and to also have a very satisfactory satis-factory interest in both The World and The Post-Dispatoh of St. Louis. Probably he draws more money from hia newspaper connection than any ed- itor In America, if not in the world. He is one of the busiest editors in the country, coun-try, in any event. By 11 o'clock in the morning he is at his office, and 3 o'clock tho next uiouiing very often finds him there. The entails of the Hews side of the paper he leaves to his subordinates, but over the editorial page he exercises careful personal supervision. Skirt for Spring Wear. The fiat lias gone forth that soft, light, clinging materials like foulard will be used for spring drosses, crossing in folds on the bodice, which they nearly cover, yet showing the outline of tho figure aud falling thence in graceful folds on the skirt. Only flat skirts without turnures are seen, though it is predicted that this fashion has had nearly its allotted time of popularity, and they aru made much longer than formerly. Tho correct thing is only just to show tho tip of the toe in front and to lay four or five inches on the ground in the back. The definite styles of Henry II and Louis XVI are losing favor, and one sees only crossway folds round waists, coming to the hips with a small point in front. The waist is made long at the back, the gathered skirt- fastening on to it, whilo bows of ribbon or velvet rosettes retain the draperies and folds. Exchange. tics and pellets, lozenges and capsules for a tonic, a narcotic and the like. The Boaps, tooth and face powders, toilet waters, wa-ters, creams, balms and battling salts were in a satchel by themselves, and the naits, sponges, brushes and toweling filled a steamer trunk. These drug chests vary iu cost from $8 to $300. New York Let-tor. Let-tor. Tay of Teachers in England. A pamphlet published by the "Anxious Parent" of three daughters Vho have adopted the profession of. governess gives the following incidents: The eldest girl, who is 21, holds a senior Cambridge certificate, speaks French fluently, is a fair pianist and artist and sings moderately moder-ately well. She receives her board during dur-ing term time, but earns only $100 a year, and out of this has her "traveling expenses to pay. The other incidents are still stronger arguments in favor of "better "bet-ter payment of the lady teacher." The second is 19. She is very fairly educated that is, she can teach the rudiments rudi-ments of French, Latin, German, Euclid and algebra. She holds a certificate from the Royal Academy of Music as having hav-ing passed the senior local examination, and has taken several honors and certificates certifi-cates for drawing and painting. She teaches in a largo day school, but as yei gets no salary. The third, aged 18, has acquired French oa Jhe .continent, is well grounded in COL. ELLIOTT F. SHEPARD. gray and in strong contrast with his 'ruddy faoe, which is of the hue peculiar to good livers, as distinguished from the jtint which good drinking brings out. jThe bearing of the richest editor of Goth-lam Goth-lam is aristocratic and at the same time jeasy, and the colonel's claim to the title i of a handsome man are ndnable. I By his matrimonial allhuice with a 'daughter of th late William II. Vander-I Vander-I bUt Col. Shepard practicably came into IpoaeesBion of the $10,000,000 or $12,000,-!000 $12,000,-!000 which was his wife's portion. Thus 'aided, he managed $n subsist without I actively practicing hi aofauii -for he is a lawyer and, up to the time when he bought The Mail and Express, he had amused himself by looking aftel bis large financial interests, traveling, speaking in public, writing brochures and dabbling in politics occasionally. In the spring of 1888 he bought The Mail and Express of Cyrus W, Field, and Proceeded to settle down to business, j A New Article of ress. The most sensible thing that has come forward lately is the "Esteile Claxton |