Show PURCHASED FAME why anglish paper allway adf adow tle tise obscure society crople during the recent upheaval in the pall mall mail gazette office one interesting bit of information that came to the surface was that mr astor s editors and reporters ni were ere accustomed when among themselves to refer to a certain department of the paper as the tittle tr tattle atle column sas the new now york times it contains divers livers short shor paragraphs in which are recounted the doings social atad other of of various grades including always many titled nonentities and occasionally professional persons liko like doctors 0 lawyers and diplomats most of the other london journals have similar columns and they aro all equally trivial and snobbish it now appears that what has always seemed to be merely an amusing illustration of tho the extent to which alch the british public carries its interest in the upper clas classes ses Is in reality something quite different A manchester Ma doctor recently got into trouble with his confreres because he allo allowed Ned himself to be advertised aa as connected with a certain sanitarium one of his friends noticing that the movements of other medical men all of whom had been vociferously scrupulous in regard to the ethics ot of their protes on u ere constant constanti recorded by tho the press proceeded to the office of the itself with a similar item exploiting exploit Ang a journey of hl t own there he was informed that announcements of that class were inserted at the rato rate of 1 guinea tor for three hags and 10 shillings A pence for every additional line continuing his investigation he learned that the society people to too 0 bought tamo fame at tho the pame fame high price and that tho the so called tittle tattle 11 was published not because the british public i earned for it but because the lesser lights of society and science learned earned tor for notoriety and willing to pay lor for it |