Show t m FIELD IN ST LOUIS i il i Interesting Career of the poet ht the Journalism of I That lm City J 1 Eugene Field died on the morning or of Monday I 1 18 at hi his home hom hi bit Buena Park Chicago o For twenty Ih years year he had worked on various newspapers A lra lu fu this UI West the last tOil ten tenor or dosen of these thell lit iii the city by th the lake but outside of a circle ot of intimate friend and associates brother scribes and patrons of letters had ha t lit hit little hittie tie tle or no fame says the lit At Louis Ue lie public It was WI after atler his hll pencil had fallen from hi his tired fingers that time the record of what this genial worker had done 1 n to he looked over and talked about the more It pea lil studied d the thenor nor mil of f the reading people of this envy convinced that hi his goI MO go II I u II II sus an Irreparable bt loot IU hits biro with the yeah yea ie 11 1 b gun his hil literary career reer In ht St t ul al the tho State at 11 H tit ht had written some IOme little II nt the college paper but hi his I I et n It newspaper aper man anan was al made malle III t toute One day In the early 1811 1 II a I nearly a my faulty mem n t dull s 11 serves me he berame beame I WI I r f the reportorial slag of th Ih inning Journal a issued 1 1 Ihu h I on the northwest cor or orI I I III and Fourth streets 1 ly I I the mt moat remarkable I I lr published In this tine it t teas 11 run on wind There Theren n 11 out 11 II h thing u as a pay da day III hi Ita It u The reporters editor prud prudI I 1 ll struck the counting room lr noon w night when m t lb 11 a n that II Ih had made maJl a kill it it If t throe h III ens 1111 any money mone In the drawer I II h It t was 11 opt apt to get It all received a nl tend returned to 10 their t I loth hAnded Hut nil this I t tory as scale very t It t of l I i II d I I nt 11 tike ke ter tr long t fly r Field to tott tt 11 hi hie all associate on Olt onI OltI I I I that t h I hf he was al not nOl ot of the re reIni reo Ini tu build for a reporter lie tacked t tl 1 nose nOlle for tor news t 10 fu 11 nl on an energy t r t through nil all sorts I I 1 1 it void old wet dry In search I 01 mi n 11 t I s II wn erne not to 10 his liking I 1 h h u t I I trouble about t the writing IJ It i I the la lay In II the theu u n lilt r f them And so IIII It Ii came ramI III ii 1 tutu Mild t fell to 10 writing editorial I II I t Is and time managing editor Geu I t n fell to accepting and print In I II III n Iv JI Ii tilt 1111 as I was A ever able to 10 get at it II mils hall had ever I suggested that hr Ink iii In the editorial is II In authority around roll that establishment had ug It or Tn any financial ad tn in lIe Ile just h Ia himself tin Iii and went to grinding out paragraphs para and firing through the regular thannel with an industry sad that excited the tinn or of the Ih staff Good Ot l tan full or of meat bright as 11 new Ulna rv u U and touching all conceivable subjects There Thre were Ire digs dig at stall amber old burghers pleasant poetical JOtt lea i allusions to 10 local happenings with now then a sharp harp Jab at some fashion fashionable able fall fad We of the staff reat read them with avidity W talked about them In our travels over town and present ly Iy there was BI 1 a noticeable increase In the demand for tor the paper WI to la tolay lasay say lay of the Journal that It II contained two l departments that thaI were eagerly scanned f by the I legal tra I advertise e It chants ot of trustees sales and I 4 Weld pleasant ant penciling In One Once In a while some fellow whom Field had h l would climb upstairs to 10 law about It There you OU are hf he would say all ac the irate one departed You Yon may IO go right along for months month or years writing om coin thing about a chap and hell never take the trouble to 10 IrlI ernes the t street to say ay so 10 or thank you for tor nur fJ kindness Hut HUI just write one line that touches a weak eak spot anti and It WRY away t oft off In the obscure corner of the paper and you rou may wager our me life In policy that his hili eagle alff eve V will viii catch It hear from turn fIlm sure Yes Ye hell climb tour four flights ot of stairs to 10 get It close cloe enough to 10 let you hear from him Then hed sigh Situ kh is h life In time the fur tur turI I Sest flit and t up UI the pencil for tor work hen the paper hll had gone to III press It RII our custom to 10 have hav It a song WAil tuns R a fine aimer It Ito did the solo Iota Parts and Aleck Alm h ht l ohen t Major p it IC and anel the writer of these made UI u a chums Occasionally when the thC Ip spirit moved him fly off In a fit of imitation of popular pular 8 actors 10 public or about town In these hp he was wall exception exceptionally ally clever J 1 recAll one In III that thai was perfect arl Ihu was then I Ia a bill big figure In the public eye Y making speeches of a political nature lr r deliver Ins R a on his hobby the thi many y question invariably being delih an and exact and gen lel m men With your our per II r r t i will 11 this evening to yon ou R a few rr remarks on Ih the subject of oC our r r national fee from all time lIle ether writ era or of 1 n humorous lines that Ilia t I 1 ever 1 In ht 11 he could not nol only write funny but talk funny tunny All as well Ile wee tin an story teller an and PO ot of a quirk wit t turing a session of I the lie legislature ure went up City to tn hive a close look at things HI He plant planted hm him himself self In a suite of rooms room the hili 1111 below high street wrote letters to le his Not ot news letters bless you fU no There R a line of that sort In hi them hat bul they were dl tiey nil the Such I or of learned law f makers were npr never before or since n writ It 1 of happenings that f 1 that could not b by soy were wre never le be beCo lefore Co fore committal to the 1 It was a with wll this IfT any to 10 have n dinner every ver winter Witter during their lit at tit the cop art lm Jill Ii wile nn an look for tor a wail 11 Iii There j was Willi ni much over II I arranging of planning order nt nr exercises an l 1 n till nn runt flame hat had to ho I Howard was wasAnd And still colored proprietor ot of ofa R a In street The Ont flut rank link title isle of the Ih shining fIr non lion Ably Ahl would I is h overt eat al at the Ihl table with ih e mum eaters Rte ate h q a of the oily piece de resistance t r told this Ihl ill tie story r Afro were riding rat 01 11 tier n country road on R a cold blu ery t 1 f each Ith fin on R a horse t I d elone about end 11 1 dureal II affairs until finally the theo o T 1 anon drifted to eatables I 1 1 of something to eat Rt IS II t for the Afro r r rn Ln Izes hie brat unit holt They hall had hadI I u lightly on several Items or of their Ir menu and at last Iut came to ton n ram ye a rook conk possum a asked one tI amid the other with A sort ot of lit I I Ill 11 tell yo yn t I hatt out at In an Im tir nr nn tin tho Din Den In de II tako m In nn In pat em m In R a pot ns na bile f dhen vo rot got em 1111 yo yot 0 t rte to la lar pm em In 41 de pan linn gently I kin p idled grease ovate oah bin anti is R pt tater eaters an sonic ome paisley an r hp 1411 ht t yn 0 Int yo 0 fool fines yo 0 want me 1111 to taU fall oren side 1111 yore tre hues hotl Wire nails which are used now I so fiX ex and comprise such an tm Item In our ex exports Orta were not all as made mad at limit aret were wre uneven one Olle sided the else was A not properly adjusted to the length tok used was lAM too poor and tile the price was 11 higher than cut nails The exhibit at the Ian lit show how how these cattle hA hay been overcome u as welt well u as uth the th man many stow that have led up to the present phenomenal success U I With a modern In operation taking wll from the roll and number ten nails at tine the rate of hundred per minute the climax w will 11 lie be Ily By spending Rn an hour In this depart mint ot of the Pan with such In llaU ont one ran an get A better knowledge f of f one of our most Import Important ant industries than could be IJ EI gained Ina In Ina a month In any other way 1 w 11 rr C |