| Show arthur brisbane editor dies at 72 work known to millions column popular in this newspaper new york N Y with the death of arthur brisbane christmas morning the world lost its most widely known and most widely read newspaper writer and editor the veteran commentator men whose column this week appeared regularly in this newspaper died of heart disease while he be slept he was seventy two true to the brisbane tradition he kept up the terrific pace of his work to the last when he was stricken late in the afternoon of christmas eve he had almost finished his column today which appeared in many large daily newspapers principally those of william randolph hearses He arsts string he was forced to call upon his son seward 22 to complete it it was the first time in his life arthur brisbane had not finished what he had set out to write millions of readers it was only a few hours afterward mr brisbane fell asleep in his fifth avenue apartment at his bedside were his physicians dr leopold gUtz and dr frederick zeman and a nurse in the apartment his entire family had gathered his wife mrs phoebe brisbane whom he had ld married in 1912 his son seward and his four daughters mrs at ARTHUR BRISBANE J H R K mccrary 23 emily 18 alice 14 arid and elinor 12 the great editor never awakened probably no one knows how many millions of persons read mr bris banes verse analytical bommen comments s upon the news of the day it is estimated that 25 millions read his daily column additional millions followed with satisfaction the weekly column syndicated by western newspaper union to this and many other leading weekly newspapers mr brisbane was wealthy it is reported that his yearly salary at the time of his death was in addition there was the return return on his extensive real estate holdin holdings 0 cs arthur brisbane was born in buffalo bufalo f N Y in 1864 he attended the public schools and then forsaking a college education he became a reporter on the old new york sun a yc 19 yet his rise to the position he held in the world of journalism at the last was not the horatio alger type of success story with glory crow crowning nino the hero after countless tear jerking tribulations he was good and he was successful from the start it was not long before he was the suns london correspondent after five years there was a shake up on the paper and the management cabled him to return he said he would if they made him managing editor managing editor he was just 23 they made him managing editor and so well did he e execute his job joseph pulitzer took hira him over to the new york world which under the brisbane directorship soon became the most influential organ of public opinion in america greatest journalist of day when william randolph hearst came from california and bought the new york journal he hired mr brisbane at a reduction in salary of almost 50 per cent but there was an agreement that as the circulation increased so would his compensation his earnings on the world were multiplied in almost no time the association with hearst become became a lifelong life long friendship and mr brisbane soon became regarded as next to mr hearst in importance in the chain of newspapers when he died mr hearst said 1 I know that arthur brisbane was the greatest journalist of his day it was arthur brisbane who was credited with bringing the trend of newspaper style idoma down to earth he believed that ne newspapers ws papers should be written for the ordinary man not the intelligentsia he wrote that way and his columns appealed to college professors as well as to merchants and farmers ile he dictated his 1000 to 1200 crisp words daily in half an hour to an hour there Ther vas ewas a dictaphone beside him wherever he went he would even wake up in pullman be berths ribs and begin dictation at two or three in the morning |
