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AMERICA'S 
 OLDEST DAILY NEWSPAPER 
 
AMERICA'S OLDEST DAILY 
 NEWSPAPER. 
 
 THE NEW YORK GLOBE 
 
 Founded December 9, 1793, by Noah Webster, 
 as the ^'American Minerva." 
 
 Renamed ''The Commercial Advertiser" 
 October 7, 1797. 
 
 Renamed ''The Globe and Commercial 
 Advertiser" February 1, 1904. 
 
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 The Oldest Continuous Daily Newspaper on the 
 American Continent. 
 

AMERICA'S OLDEST DAILY 
 NEWSPAPER 
 
 IN reprinting the historical and institutional matter contained 
 in the 125th Anniversary Number of the New York Globe for 
 more permanent preservation than its publication in the 
 newspaper, it is hoped that we have produced a little book which 
 may be a pleasing addition to the libraries of our friends. 
 
 The Globe seeks to be more than a mere newspaper. With its 
 historical background, reaching to the earliest days of our country 
 as a nation, it is almost as firmly founded as the Unites States 
 itself as an institution for sound, accurate, and independent con- 
 sideration and treatment of the news and affairs of the day. 
 
 The Globe is justly proud of its long years of successful oper- 
 ation, and, as will be seen by reference to the contents of this book, 
 is to-day a greater and more influential institution than at any 
 time in its long career. We will leave it to the documents to tell 
 their own story. 
 
 New York, December 9, 1918. 
 
Digitized by the Internet Archive 
 in 2013 
 
 http://archive.org/details/americasoldestdaOOglob 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 Announcement of the 125th Anniversary Book Page v. 
 
 Congratulatory Cablegram from the London Globe, London's oldest 
 
 Evening newspaper Page xvii . 
 
 Editorial from the 125th Anniversary Number Page xv. 
 
 Editorial from the Commercial Advertiser of January 29, 1904, announc- 
 ing The Globe Page xiii. 
 
 America's Oldest Newspaper — a historical sketch by James Melvin Lee, 
 Director of Department of Journalism, New Yoik University, ahd 
 
 Author of "History of American Journalism." Page 3 
 
 Reproduction — Vol. 1., No. 1., American Minerva Page 12 
 
 Reproduction — Vol. 1., No. 1., Commercial Advertiser Page 15 
 
 New York Only a Little Brick Village in 1793 — a historical sketch show- 
 ing New York when The Minerva made its first appearance Page 21 
 
 Noah Webster, founder of The Globe — a historical sketch of the great 
 
 author of Webster's Dictionary Page 31 
 
 The Streets of New York in 1793— a brief historical sketch Page 35 
 
 City Government 125 Years Ago Page 40 
 
 The New York Globe at the age of 125 — an institutional sketch showing 
 
 how the New York Globe has been built to its present proportions . . . Page 44 
 
 An Independent Newspaper Page 44 
 
 Stanch for Victory Leading to Peace Page 46 
 
 Confidence Won by Sincerity Page 48 
 
 War News Service Page 51 
 
 Impartial News Reports Page 51 
 
 Circulation and Business Page 54 
 
 A Significant Preference Page 56 
 
 Associated Newspaper Features Page 57 
 
 The Globe's Pure Food Campaign Page 59 
 
 Financial ahd Commercial Page 63 
 
 Real Estate, School News and Sports Page 64 
 
 Fashions Page 67 
 
 The Truth About Merchandise Page 69 
 
 Children's Features Page 69 
 
 Family News Page Page 70 
 
 Automobiles Page 70 
 
 Religion and Churches Page 73 
 
 Health Talks Page 73 
 
 Books Page 73 
 
 Theatre, Music and Art Page 75 
 
 Business Side of the Paper Page 77 
 
 Advertising the Advertiser Page 77 
 
 Advertising Contest Page 77 
 
 Graphic Commercial Survey Page 78 
 
 Relation With Ad\ ertisers Page 78 
 
 Mechanical Equipment Page 78 
 
 Reproduction "The Globe" on its 125th Birthday, Dec. 9, 1918 Page 80 
 
 Tributes From Newspapers, Advertisers, Ministers, Business Men 
 
 and others on The Globe's 125th Birthday Page 97 
 
 The Personnel of The Globe on December 9, 1918, with the Length of 
 
 Service of Each Individual Page 143 
 
 vii. 
 
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
 
 The Van Cortlandt Mansion Page 5 
 
 Noah Webster Page 7 
 
 New York City in 1793, from the North River Page 20 
 
 The Junction of Park Row and Nassau Street in 1793 Page 22 
 
 The First Brick Church, Beekman and Nassau Streets; Erected 1767 Page 24 
 
 Where Governor Clinton Lived in 1793 Page 26 
 
 The Bank of New York's Home in 1797 Page 28 
 
 Plan of New York City in 1791 Page 34 
 
 Broad Street as It Appeared in 1793 Page 36 
 
 Wall and Water Streets in 1793 Page 38 
 
 Richard Varick Page 41 
 
 Old City Hall, New York, where Washington was Inaugurated Page 43 
 
EDITORIAL FROM 
 
 COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER 
 
 JANUARY 29, 1904 
 
The Change From the Small 
 to the Large Newspaper 
 
 Reproduction of the Editorial from The Commercial Advertiser, 
 
 Saturday, Jan. 29, 1904, Announcing the First Issue 
 
 of The Globe on Monday, Feb. 1, 1904. 
 
 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT 
 
 The Commercial Advertiser, the oldest daily journal in New York, 
 has decided to make two important departures beginning on Feb. 1. 
 
 Its price will be reduced to one cent, so as to bring it within the reach 
 of all. For the sake of brevity and in order to avoid misapprenhension 
 as to its scope as a newspaper, an alternative name, The Globe, has 
 been adopted and will be used in association with the old. Hereafter 
 the title of the paper will be The Globe and Commercial Advertiser. 
 
 The majority of people are inclined to buy the lowest-priced news- 
 papers, a fact of which the sensational press, especially in the evening 
 field, has been quicker to take advantage than that part of the press 
 which adheres to the old standards of accuracy and inteUigence. The 
 Commercial Advertiser purposes now to make accessible to every one 
 a thoroughly comprehensive newspaper, which, enterprising and fearless 
 as the so-called yellow press is wanton and reckless, is at the same time 
 truthful, enlightened, and invariably interesting — which reUes on intelli- 
 gence and brightness rather than mere frivolity to win and hold the 
 attention of readers. It believes that in accomplishing this it will do 
 much to aid in removing from metropolitan journalism the reproach that 
 its most popular newspapers are those that corrupt and debase the 
 people by pandering to their lowest tastes. 
 
 Its historic name, which has served for more than a century, is 
 subordinated, however reluctantly, because it is too cumbrous for use 
 among the newsboys, who to a greater extent than heretofore will dis- 
 tribute the paper, and because in these days of technical journalism 
 the words "Commercial Advertiser" have a narrow and misleading 
 meaning for those who are not familiar with its columns. In choosing 
 The Globe as an alternative name, therefore, all-embracing significance 
 has been consulted as well as convenience of utterance. 
 
 Under the new name The Commercial Advertiser, controlled by 
 no consideration save that of public duty, will aim to publish all the 
 news and to promote good causes, unhampered by private influences. 
 Convinced that there is no substitute for brains, it will make no de- 
 parture from methods of legitimate journalism, though it will not hesitate 
 to adopt and introduce such modern ideas as appeal to intelligent readers. 
 
 xiu. 
 
EDITORIAL FROM THE GLOBE OF 
 DECEMBER 9, 1918 
 
 THE OLDEST DAILY NEWSPAPER. 
 
 The Globe completes to-day its 125th year. Other newspapers in 
 America were established earlier. No other that survives has been issued 
 without break as a daily newspaper for so long a time. All of them of 
 equal or greater age were begun as weeklies or semi-weeklies and con- 
 tinued as such subsequent to Dec. 9, 1793. Upon this fact rests the Globe's 
 title to be known as the oldest daily newspaper in America. Younger 
 than the republic by only seventeen years, the paper is a living monument 
 to the persistence of the founders of the nation and their successors through 
 many generations. 
 
 In to-day's commemoration supplement a competent historian gives a 
 brief account of the paper's life from its establishment by Noah Webster. 
 For New Yorkers this history possesses a peculiar interest, covering as 
 it does the period of the city's growth from a population of little more 
 than 30,000 to nearly 6,000,000. Mr. Webster's first issues were taken by 
 about one-thirtieth of the city's residents and read probably by one in six. 
 One-thirtieth part of the present residents of New York buy The Globe, 
 which means, if the proportion of five readers to every subscriber holds 
 good, that the paper is still read by one in six, an example of simultaneous 
 development that is unusual considering the radical change in character 
 as well as in size of the city's population. 
 
 How marked the change that has come over newspapers since Mr. 
 Webster's day is shown by the contrast between his first number, repro- 
 duced to-day in facsimile, and the paper in which that facsimile appears. 
 Like the city of to-day, the newspaper of to-day has grown from small 
 beginnings to proportions undreamed of by the fathers. Many of the in- 
 ventions that have greatly expanded human activities have come to us 
 during the life of this newspaper and are reflected alike in the city's 
 transformation within that period from a small settlement to a vast 
 metropolis, and the Minerva's from a small double sheet of belated news 
 to the 16- to 24-page Globe full of news almost of the moment. In 1793 
 New York and London were a month apart; to-day a few minutes separate 
 them. Then Manhattan Island was mainly waste places; to-day the crowds 
 of people that come to it find little enough room for their accommodation. 
 Then the two small sheets of the Minerva were filled with difficulty; to-day 
 The Globe cannot get paper enough for all the news that crowds upon it. 
 Then we were emerging from a war in which we won our own freedom; 
 to-day we celebrate victory in a war we fought to bring freedom to all the 
 nations. 
 
 But, after all, age in a newspaper is not in itself a virtue, but rather 
 the evidence of virtue recognized by passing generations, a reflection that 
 gives to the anniversary commemorated to-day its chief significance. 
 
 XV. 
 
Greetings 
 
 from 
 LONDON GLOBE 
 
 LONDON, Dec. 9,— The old 
 world Globe wishes the new world 
 Globe many happy returns of its 
 125th birthday, which falls at a 
 most auspicious moment. 
 
 May the two Globes work to- 
 gether to make their countries un- 
 derstand and appreciate one an- 
 other. In this lies the best chance 
 of saving the third globe from all 
 would-be conquerors, 
 
 EDWARD FOSTER, 
 
 Editor London Globe. 
 
 [The London Glote, ty curious 
 coincidence, is the oldest evening 
 paper in London.'] 
 
 xvii. 
 
AMERICA'S 
 OLDEST DAILY NEWSPAPER 
 
AMERICA'S 
 OLDEST NEWSPAPER 
 
 History of The Globe From Its First Number Under the 
 Name of The American Minerva 
 
 By JAMES MELVIN LEE 
 
 Director of Department of Journalism, New York University, and Author of 
 "History of American Journalism." 
 
 When The Globe, then called The American Minerva, was born, on 
 Dec. 9, 1793, New York City was still in its cradle days. Its population, 
 plus the population of Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Boston, and all other 
 cities of over twenty thousand, did not in numbers amount to the present 
 circulation of the paper. The city itself was not then, as it is to-day, a 
 metropolis of newspaper readers, demanding several editions a day. Not 
 one inhabitant in twenty was a newspaper subscriber, and most of these 
 v.'ere content with a weekly journal filled for the most part with political 
 discussions. 
 
 Not a decade had passed since the first daily appeared in Philadelphia. 
 The Pennsylvania Daily Advertiser. James Rivington and Hugh Gaine, 
 who, during the Revolution and the occupation of New York by the British, 
 had conducted the most influential weeklies, were in purple gown and 
 powdered wig selling books and pamphlets to a few of their old-time cus- 
 tomers. Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton were journalists by 
 proxies. Hamilton had his official organ, The Gazette of the United States, 
 edited b.y John Fenno, who also held a position in the Treasury Department 
 at $2,500 a year. Thomas Jefferson had as his personal organ The National 
 Gazette, edited by Philip Freneau, who likewise held a government position 
 at $250 a year in the State Department. The fight between these two 
 statesmen and their editors had become so bitter that Washington found 
 it necessary to call Hamilton and Jefferson to a personal conference, and 
 to beg them to cease their attacks one upon the other, on the ground that 
 such attacks could not work for the good of the commonwealth. Of the 
 two statesmen, Jefferson had been the more successful in securing the 
 support of newspapers. Hamilton, in self-defense, was forced to seek edi- 
 torial support, not only in Philadelphia, but in the other cities like New 
 York. The need of a Federal paper in New York was so great that Ham- 
 ilton took immediate steps to secure its establishment. Together with 
 his political friends, he sought a suitable editor, and had naturally turned 
 to Noah Webster, who had already written a remarkable series of articles 
 for The Connecticut Courant, a weekly published at Hartford, Conn. 
 
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CONCEIVED IN HARTFORD, 
 
 The Globe was really conceived in Hartford, Conn. In that city, on 
 Sept. 2, 1793, Noah Webster and George Bunce drew up a paper for the 
 establishment of a firm to engage in the printing business in New York 
 City. According to the agreement drawn at this time Webster was to have 
 a two-thirds interest upon furnishing not less than $1,600 by Nov. 1; Bunce 
 was to have a third interest on payment of $550 b.y Nov. 1 and $250 within 
 six months. The Globe began business on a capital of $2,400. 
 
 In looking over this original contract in the manuscript division of the 
 New York Public Library, I was particularly impressed by the clause 
 which outlined the duties of Mr. Webster as editor of the new paper. One 
 clause specifically stated that "the said Noah Webster, Jr., shall furnish 
 matter for printing, compile a newspaper, assist in correcting the proofs, 
 & occasionally assist in keeping the books of said company until some other 
 person shall be employed to the mutual satisfaction of the parties." 
 
 How irksome some of these duties proved to the distinguished lexicog- 
 rapher will be shown in a letter which he later mailed from New York to 
 friends in Hartford. 
 
 FIRST STATEMENT OF AIMS. 
 
 The proposal for the new paper was publicly circulated in New York 
 on Dec. 2, 1793, and was reprinted in The Minerva the following Monday, 
 Dec. 9, 1793, when the paper made its first appearance at "37 Wall street, 
 almost directly opposite the Tontine Coffee House." Some of the aims, as 
 cited in the proposal, were merely business announcements, such as the 
 paper would be published daily, Sundays, excepted, at 4 o'clock, or earlier 
 if the arrival of mails would permit, and would contain the earliest intelli- 
 gence collected from the most authentic sources. More important, however, 
 in view of the picric qualities of the journalism of the time, were the 
 assertions that the editor would "endeavor to preserve this paper chaste 
 and impartial" and that personalities, if possible, would be avoided. The 
 editorial policy was thus succinctly outlined: "This paper will be the 
 friend of the government, of freedom, of virtue, and every species of im- 
 provement." For its motto it adopted "Patroness of Peace, Commerce and 
 the Liberal Arts." Of the issues printed on Dec. 9, Clarence R. Brigham, 
 secretary of the American Antiquarian Society of Worcester, Mass., has, 
 after a most diligent search, been able to locate only three copies. These 
 are found in the archives of the Massachusetts Historical Society of Boston, 
 the Library of Congress in Washington, and the New York Public Library. 
 The last mentioned institution has a most valuable file, as it formerly 
 belonged to Noah Webster himself, whose original contributions to the 
 paper are initialled "N. W." in his own handwriting. Other comments by 
 Mr. Webster give additional value to this file — unfortunately not a com- 
 plete one. 
 
 To visualize for the reader the tremendous advance which has been 
 made in journalism during the 125 years since The Globe first appeared, 
 1 may be pardoned for inserting at this time a little statistical matter. The 
 present size of The Globe is more than eight times that of The Minerva. 
 To print the 2,000 copies of the latter required only sixty pounds of paper, 
 while to print an edition of 200,000 copies of The Globe requires twenty- 
 
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 VAN CORTLANDT MANSION. 
 
 An old Bronx landmark built In 1748, now a museum In care of the 
 Colonial Dames. 
 
live tons; or to express it in a little different way, the paper used daily by 
 The Globe would be sufficient to have printed The Minerva for 833 days. 
 The present capacity of the five sextuple presses in the basement of The 
 Globe is 270,000 papers of eight pages per hour. To-day they could print 
 1,080,000 copies of The Minerva in sixty seconds. An.y one of these five 
 presses could produce a regular edition of The Minerva in about one-half 
 a minute. With its present equipment of thirty type-setting and type-cast- 
 ing machines, The Globe could put into type in less than half an hour 
 all the matter which appeared in the first issue of The Minerva. 
 
 WAS ORGAN OF HAMILTON. 
 
 In its early days The Minerva was the Federal organ of Alexander 
 Hamilton. He and several of his political friends had furnished Webster 
 with the necessary capital. Each furnished $150 for the enterprise — an 
 amount which was to be paid without interest in five years. On this point 
 Webster himself has left the following memorandum: 
 
 In 1793, when the French minister was organizing a party to 
 make a common cause with France in the Revolution, I was re- 
 quested to establish a newspaper in New York to oppose his de- 
 signs and maintain neutrality. James Watson, I believe, first sug- 
 gested the plan and a number of principal characters in New York 
 furnished me with capital for the purpose. 
 
 Freed from financial worry, Webster thought he would be able to give 
 more time to the editorial side of the newspaper. 
 
 Because of the high plane on which he discussed all editorial ques- 
 tions. The Minerva became highly esteemed in New York — except by the 
 Democrats. Even these, to quote Webster's own words, "will sometimes 
 say it is the best paper in town." Subscribers, however, took some excep- 
 tion to the typographical way in which the text was presented, for the 
 printing was not superior to that of its rivals and proofs were often some- 
 what carelessly read. To a Hartford friend who complained about the 
 errors of The Minerva, Webster wrote as follows: 
 
 With the Typography of our papers I have no concern — & how 
 the public should expect more from me than from other printers, 
 I cannot devise. They certainly do not expect me to be both printer 
 & editor. I know I knew from the first that the papers were in- 
 correct; the hurry of a daily paper is an apology for this & a suf- 
 ficient one in a paper which contains from 7 to 9 columns in long 
 primer & brevier everyday. I am disappointed in my partner — he 
 has not talents to conduct the business & I am obliged to hire a 
 corrector lately. The paper is now as correct as any paper — & the 
 whole business bids fair to answer our wishes. But I have endured 
 more drudgery, & suffered more anxiety on acct of the bad exe- 
 cution of the paper than perhaps ever fell to the lot of man in the 
 same time; partly from the difficulties attending a new business, 
 with the types & raw hands, & partly from the inability of Bunce. 
 We are getting over these difficulties & I trust the paper will re- 
 cover its reputation. 
 
 DISAGREEMENT WITH BUNCE. 
 
 In view of the contents of this letter, it is not surprising that the 
 partnership between Webster and Bunce was dissolved. By an agreement 
 which was dated Feb. 10, 1796, and took effect April 30 of that year, Web- 
 
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ster purchased the third interest held by Bunce for $3,000. On May 2 the 
 next issue after the agreement took effect, the paper appeared under the 
 new title. The Minerva and Mercantile Evening Advertiser. This was not, 
 however, the first change in title. On Dec. 23, 1793, the word The had 
 been dropped and on March 19, 1794, there had been added to the title 
 And The New York (Evening) Advertiser. This addition had been shortened 
 on May 6, 1795, to And Evening Advertiser. 
 
 One of the firm, Joseph Dudley Webb, proved to be such a continued 
 source of disturbance that after May 13, 1797, the enterprise was con- 
 ducted by Webster and Hopkins. The details of this controversy will be 
 found in the Webster MSS., to which reference has already been made. 
 Because of legal difficulties and other dissensions, Webster and Hopkins 
 decided on not only a change in name, but also a change in the numbering 
 of volumes. The result was The Commercial Advertiser, which, while con- 
 tinuing The Minerva both in advertising and text, appeared on Oct. 2, 1797, 
 as Volume I., Number 1. According to the terms of the new contract, 
 doubtless drawn before the change in name but dated Oct. 17, Webster 
 retained the controlling interest in the paper by the ownership of two- 
 thirds of the stock. My reason for suspecting that the contract was drawn 
 before the date given is the fact that "17" appears in the original con- 
 tract in a different colored ink from that with which the instrument was 
 drawn. About two years later the partnership between Webster and Hop- 
 kins was dissolved and Webster became sole proprietor. By the terms of 
 this dissolution, dated at Stamford, Conn., April 6, 1799, and to take effect 
 June 22, 1799 (later extended to July 22), Webster paid Hopkins $3,500 
 for the latter's interest. Before the extension in time had expired Webster 
 had admitted his nephew, Ebenezer Belden, into the firm and, with the 
 issue of July 1, 1799, the paper appeared under the imprint of E. Belden 
 & Co. On Nov. 4, 1803, Webster severed all connections with the paper, 
 which was now printed for the proprietor, Zachariah Lewis, by Joseph 
 Mills. Lewis iremained the editor and proprietor until Jan. 13, 1813, when 
 Francis Hall was admitted to partnership in the paper with him. 
 
 EDITORSHIP OF ZACHARIAH LEWIS. 
 
 Zachariah Lewis, who succeeded Webster as editor of The Commercial 
 Advertiser, has received scant attention by writers on American journal- 
 ism. Born in Wilton, Conn., Jan. 1, 1773, he was graduated from Yale in 
 1794. Educated for the ministry, he was not able, on account of poor health, 
 to follow this profession, but became a tutor in the family of George 
 Washington. This intimate association with the Father of His Country 
 doubtless had much to do in the shaping of those policies which Lewis 
 advocated so strongly in the columns of The Commercial Advertiser. 
 Though editing a secular daily newspaper, Lewis always maintained a deep 
 interest in all religious and philanthropic movements in the ciUy. He was 
 most actively associated with what is to-day known as the American Tract 
 Society. Upon his retirement from The Commercial Advertiser with the 
 issue of April 11, 1820, he started The American Missionary Register. 
 
 Lewis, as has already been shown, was editor of The Commercial 
 Advertiser during those trying years of 1812-15, when the United States 
 was again engaging in a bitter struggle with England. An examination of 
 
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the newspapers of the time will show the Federal papers almost invariably 
 referring to this conflict as "Madison's War." They did not hesistate to 
 heap all sorts of abuse upon the administration. From the very beginning 
 The Commercial Advertiser opposed those secret sessions of congress 
 at which the possibilities of the war were debated. 
 
 On June 13, 1812, Lewis expressed an editorial opinion that "we may 
 expect anything from Madison's administration except such measures as 
 are calculated to promote the interest and honor of the country," and again, 
 on June 17, he made reference to "a war to gratify a few overheated and 
 malignant spirits of the west and south; a war, however it may terminate, 
 that will demoralize the country." When war was declared, Lewis dis- 
 cussed the situation in an editorial which had for its caption "Great 
 Calamity! Our Rulers Have Betrayed Their Trust!" While he firmly 
 believed that Madison was conducting the war for political purposes, he, 
 and those who contributed to the editorial page, emphasized the need of 
 supporting the army and navy to the utmost resources of the country. 
 A similar position was held by the other Federal papers, such as The New 
 York Gazette and The New York Evening Post. In its opposition to the 
 war the Federal press was led by The Boston Gazette, which had been 
 dubbed during the Revolution "The Pet of Patriots." 
 
 PRESS CIRCULATION IN 1815. 
 
 When "Madison's War" was over, New York had seven daily news- 
 papers. A statement of their circulation will show to what extent news- 
 papers were being read in the city. The Mercantile Advertiser had a 
 circulation of 2,000; The Gazette, 1,750; The Evening Post, 1,600; The 
 Commercial Advertiser, 1,200; The Courier, 920; The Columbian, 870; The 
 
 National Advocate, . In other words, one New Yorker out of every 
 
 fifteen was a newspaper subscriber. The small circulation of the last two 
 papers in the list may be explained by the fact that they had been but 
 recently established in the city. The Columbian was started in 1808 by 
 Charles Holt, after he had set The Bee buzzing first at New London, Conn., 
 and later at Hudson, N. Y. It was an organ of Jefferson, and later of 
 Madison. The National Advocate, which had just appeared, was begun 
 by Tammany Hall in order that the organization might have an official 
 organ. 
 
 To leare New York at this point, for a side trip to the little village 
 of Cooperstown, nestling among the hills of Otsego County, is both inter- 
 esting and profitable in tracing the history of The Globe. To that village 
 had come a youth of seventeen to learn the printer's trade in the office of 
 The Cooperstown Federalist. Born at New Paltz, N. Y., April 20, 1792, he 
 had been christened William Leete Stone, but in the newspaper office he 
 v/as known as "Little Billy." While learning his trade in this country 
 printshop he was also instructed in the principles upon which the Federal 
 party had been built. In Cooperstown he came to share the views held 
 by other citizens regarding the Cooper family — something quite different 
 from those held to-da.y. Leaving Cooperstown in 1813 he crossed over the 
 Otsego hills to settle in the little town of Herkimer, in the Mohawk Valley, 
 as editor of a loyal Federal paper. The Herkimer American. In this office 
 there was a printer learning his trade by the name of Thurlow Weed. 
 Both of these gentlemen later became connected with Albany journalism 
 
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and both later came to New York, though at different periods, to become 
 editors of The Commercial Advertiser. But this is going too fast with 
 my story. Weed was the first to leave. According to A. G. Ellis, one of 
 the pioneer newspaper men of Wisconsin, Weed left in the office of The 
 Herkimer American "an old pair of slippers, a tobacco box minus a cover, 
 and an unequivocal reputation with the printer's devil." In Albany he 
 founded The Evening Journal and became a great power in politics. In 
 1817 Stone followed Weed to Albany, where he became editor of The Daily 
 Advertiser. His stay there, however, was brief, for the following year he 
 succeeded Theodore Dwight as editor of The Mirror, in Hartford, Conn. 
 His stay in the Connecticut Valley was also short, for, upon the retirement 
 of Lewis, he became the editor and part owner of The Commercial Ad- 
 vertiser. 
 
 THE SLAVERY ISSUE. 
 
 stone, like Webster, did not believe in slavery. Both published nu- 
 merous editorials on the subject, and Stone early advocated in the columns 
 of The Commercial Advertiser the abolition of slavery by congressional 
 action. In 1825, at a great anti-slavery convention in Baltimore, he drew 
 up the plan for the emancipation of slaves — a plan recommended by the 
 convention to congress for adoption. Next to the abolition of slavery 
 Stone was deeply interested in clearing away the mist of slander which 
 had been around De Witt Clinton, in whose defense his editorial pen 
 vvas ever ready. Under the editorship of Stone The Commercial Advertiser 
 achieved an enviable reputation in the literary field. For this the news- 
 paper was greatly indebted to two associate editors, John Inman, com- 
 monly called "the erudite and classic Inman," and Robert Charles Sands, a 
 native of Flatbush, Long Island, who was one of the most brilliant writers 
 of the day. The latter had in 1824 begun The Atlantic Magazine — not to 
 be confused in any way with The Atlantic Monthly of Boston — and when 
 this periodical became The New York Review it was under the joint edi- 
 torial control of Sands and William CuUen Bryant, who later became the 
 distinguished editor of The New Yark Evening Post — a great rival at that 
 time of The Commercial Advertiser. Both he and Bryant were associated 
 in numerous other literary enterprises which have no direct connection 
 with the history of The Globe, but which explain the literary atmosphere 
 which permeated the columns of The Commercial Advertiser. 
 
 THE FENIMORE COOPER CASE. 
 
 Another excursion to Cooperstown will be profitable. To this village 
 Fenimore Cooper had returned after a long residence abroad. During 
 his absence the villagers had used a piece of his ancestral property on 
 the shores of the lake for recreation and picnic purposes. While doubtless 
 acting within his legal rights, Cooper promptly tacked up a notice that 
 trespassing upon his property would be dealt with according to law. The 
 resentment of his fellow citizens was so bitter that it attracted the atten- 
 tion of numerous Whig newspapers throughout the state. One of them, 
 in Norwich, in the neighboring valley of the Chenango, told how Cooper's 
 booki had been removed trom the village library and publicly burned. A 
 
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local Whig paper, because it reprinted the account from Its Norwich con- 
 temporary, was promptly sued for libel by the distinguished novelist. The 
 verdict was collected with the help of the local sheriff "by taking the 
 money from the editor's trunk." Other Whig papers, especially in Albany 
 and New York, took up the fight, and not only criticized Cooper's action, 
 but were extremely bitter in their comment regarding Cooper's criticism 
 of American ways and manners as found in his two books "Homeward 
 Bound" and "Home as Found." 
 
 An.y account of Cooper's suit against Thurlow Weed of The Albany 
 Evening Journal or against Horace Greeley of The New York Tribune 
 belongs in another place. Greeley reported his trial in his own paper in 
 an account which came within three-quarters of a column of filling the 
 entire inside of The Tribune— an account to which he gave a not inappro- 
 priate caption, "The Cooperage of The Tribune." Of more immediate 
 interest at this time was Cooper's suit against Stone of The Commercial 
 Advertiser. For a detailed account of this suit I refer the reader to the 
 dusty volumes in any law library. To put matters briefly. Cooper won 
 his suit, but in reporting the event Stone made the following reference: 
 
 Mr. J. Fenimore Cooper need not be so fidgety in his anxiety 
 to finger the cash to be paid by us toward his support. It will be 
 forthcoming on the last day allowed by the award, but we are not 
 disposed to allow him to put it into Wall Street for shaving pur- 
 poses before that period. Wait patiently. There will be no lock- 
 smith necessary to get at the ready. 
 
 The allusion to the locksmith was to the manner of collecting money 
 from Andrew N. Barber of the Cooperstown paper. Cooper promptly in- 
 stituted another suit against Stone. The matter was taken from one 
 court to another, reviewed by the Court of Errors, and what was the final 
 outcome I do not know. A whole book could be written on Cooper's libel 
 suits. The novelist, however, undoubtedly felt more keenly the comment 
 of Stone because of the literary reputation of The Commercial Advertiser. 
 Stone, on the other hand, was doubtless influenced in his position by im- 
 pressions formed in the days when he was inking the type, pulling the 
 proofs, and sweeping out the office of The Cooperstown Federalist. 
 
 BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 So far as I have been able to learn. Stone was not one of those editors 
 who put his hand into the breeches pocket of Nicholas Biddle, the presi- 
 dent of the Bank of the United States. When the charter of that bank 
 was about to expire it began to count its friends among American news- 
 papers. Finding not enough favorable comment to suit its taste, it passed 
 a resolution which authorized its president "to print what he chose to 
 defend the bank, and to pay for the same without accountability." Re- 
 gardless of what academic historians may sa,y on the subject, such action 
 on the part of the bank made it one of the worst corrupters of the press 
 that this country has ever seen. Justice to the bank, however, demands 
 an acknowledgment that the institution was fighting for its life, and was 
 often unjustly attacked by a bitter and vindictive press. To overcome 
 this opposition the bank was forced to defend itself and to secure such 
 
 11 
 
favorable comment as it could through the use of loans and subsidies to 
 editors. Among the newspapers thus "helped" by the bank were New 
 York publications, but they did not include The Commercial Advertiser. 
 
 Stone devoted much attention to matters relating to early American 
 history. He collected an immense amount of material relating to the In- 
 dians, and always found space for discoveries of new facts about colonial 
 controversies. In a literary way he is possibly best remembered for his 
 "Life of Joseph Brant." He was deeply interested in any discussion 
 tending to promote the efficiency of the public schools of New York. In 
 this connection it may be remarked that his son, William Leete Stone, 
 Jr., later became the editor of The Journal of Commerce. 
 
 WORK OF FRANCIS HALL, 
 
 Upon the death of the elder Stone, on Aug. 15, 1844, the editorial con- 
 trol of The Commercial A.dvertiser passed into the hands of Francis Hall. 
 In many respects he followed the general policy of his predecessor. His 
 attitude regarding the war with Mexico may be summed up by the follow- 
 ing quotation from an editorial printed on March 18, 1846: 
 
 Every arrival from Mexico brings copious confirmation to the 
 alleged designs of certain European powers — Spain, France, and 
 England are named, though it is maintained that Russia and 
 Prussia have a finger in the pie — to convea*t the rickety republic 
 of Mexico into a stable kingdom. ... It may or may not be 
 true. . . . But looking at it merely with reference to the in- 
 terest and duty of the United States, we are very clear in our con- 
 viction that this government is not called upon to take any action. 
 In the first place, it is none of our business. No condition of affairs 
 either requires or gives us the right to meddle with . . . Mexico. 
 
 Another editorial sounds, with a slight change of one word, some- 
 what familiar to-day: 
 
 The President has managed the Mexican affair all by himself; 
 congress has done nothing and has known nothing. The glory 
 belongs to the executive. 
 
 On one matter Hall had a very decided opinion. He used his editorial 
 pen with great force in advocating a direct tax for war expenses and not 
 a revision of the tariff, as suggested by the President. 
 
 START OF PENNY PAPERS. 
 
 During his editorship Hall saw many changes in New York journal- 
 ism. First of all, he saw the rapid increase in the smaller penn.y papers. 
 
 12 
 
The AMERICAN MINERVA, 
 
 Patronefs of Peace^ Commerce^ and the Liberal Arts. 
 
 'pMxfhii (Daily) by GEORG E. BUNCE. g Co. No. 37, WaH-fttHl, ntarly ofpofiU llu Tor.ltnc Cofft,-hmiJ>, at Six DoUan ptr 
 Vo,,. 1.] " ■■ ■" '^ ' 
 
 NEW Y R K, Monday, December 9, 1793. 
 
 [NuMs. 
 
 R O K O S A 
 
 AMERICAN MINERVA, 
 
 Palronrfi of Peace, Commerce, r.na 
 
 the Liheral Arts. 
 
 I. 'T~'HIS Paper will be pub- 
 A lifhed every day, SuncJay.s 
 cxcep-.cd, at 4 o'clock in the aficr- 
 noon, or earlier if the arriv.-il of 
 the mails will permit, and deliver- 
 ed to Subfcribcrs in the city at 
 •Six DoUan a year, payable qiiar- 
 tcrlv. This Paper will contain 
 ilTe'earlicft intelligence, colleaed 
 from the mod authentic Sources ; 
 and «ill be open to Advertife- 
 mcnis and all valuable EfTays. 
 This Paper will be of a large de- 
 mv fize. The firft number will 
 api>car on Monday the glhinflant. 
 
 II. One day in each week, the 
 Paper will be calculated for coun- 
 try readers; containing a fumrpa- 
 ry of the Intelligence of the pre- 
 ceding week, with fuch Advcrtife- 
 ments as req'iire a general circu- 
 lation in the (late ; together with 
 fuch valuable Eflays on Civil Po- 
 licy, Agriculture and the Arts as 
 Ihall be bed calculated to diffiifc 
 uftfid knowledge. This paper 
 for the country will be publifhcd 
 on Wedncfday evening, and fcni 
 to fubfcribcrs by the moft fpccdy 
 conveyances, at Fmrieen Shillings 
 a year. Whenever the Advcriife- 
 ments in the Wednefdays Paper 
 fhall fill more than two pages, a 
 fupplement will be furnilhcd « iih- 
 out any additional expenfc to the 
 fubrcribcrs. 
 
 III. The Editor will endeavor 
 10 preferve this Paper cliajlr and 
 impartial. Confidence, when fe- 
 crecy is necelTary or proper, will 
 never be violated. Pcrr()n:ili(;cs. 
 if polTiblc, will be avoided ; and 
 Ihould it ever be deemed proper 
 to infcrt any remarks of a pcrlon- 
 al nature, it will beheld an indif- 
 pcnfablc condition, that the name 
 of the writer be prcvioufly left 
 uith the Editor. 
 
 IV. This Paper will be the 
 Friend of Government, of Free- 
 dom, of Virtue, and every fpccies 
 of Improvement. In jiiflice to 
 their own views, the I'ublifher!) 
 cinnoi fay UJs ; and they pre- 
 fume more will not be nccelfary 
 to enfure the patronage of an en- 
 lightened and liberal Public. 
 
 N. Wedstir, jun. FJilor. 
 George Bt;KCE, Of Co. 
 
 PuihJ/,ers. 
 
 0,3- THIsTaPER 7.iil be 
 enlarged and imp-oved in prepor- 
 tion to the tnceix"a^emcnt it receives. 
 
 THE E D i T O f.'s 
 ADDRESS io THE PUBLIC. 
 
 IT IS the fuigular fthcay of the 
 Ameruans, and d circum/lance 
 that dijiingu'lhes this Country from 
 all others^ i/ial the means of infor- 
 mation are accrffibk to all defcrip- 
 tioits of people. Mo/l of the Citizeiu 
 of America are not only acquainted- 
 with Idlers and able to read their 
 native language ; but they have a 
 pong inclmalion to acquire, and 
 property to purchafe, the means of 
 knowlcge. 
 
 Of all thcfe means of knewlege,. 
 Newfpapcrs are the mifl eagerly 
 fmgld after, and the mo/l generally 
 dtjjfed. In no Country on earth, 
 not even in Great-Britain, are News- 
 paper sfo generally circulated among 
 the body of the prople, as in America. 
 To this facility offpreadmg kvjixu- 
 Irge over our Country, may, iv a 
 great drgrce, be altribut:d, that 
 civility of manners, that love tf 
 peace and good order, and that 
 propriety ot public conduct, which 
 charaBeriz! the fub/lanticl body 0/ 
 Citizens in the United Slates. 
 
 Newfpapers, from their cheap- 
 nefs, and the frequency and rapidity 
 of their circulation, may, in Amt 
 rica, aJii-iM an eminent rank m th^ 
 catalogue cf ufeful pubtlcitiOns. 
 They, in a great degree, fuperfede 
 the vfe of Magazines and Pamphlets 
 The public mind in America, rovfd 
 by the magnitude of political events, 
 and impatient of delay, cannot wai, 
 /or monthly intelligence. Daily 0; 
 at farthefl weekly communication', 
 are found necifjary to gratify puhlu 
 curtrfily. But New/papers arc net 
 only the vehicles of what is called 
 news ; they are the common inflru- 
 ments of fecial inlercourfe, bv which 
 the Citizens oflh.s vafl Republic con- 
 fanth difcourfe and debate uilh each 
 other on fulijells of public concrn. 
 It IS by means cf tkefe, that in limes 
 of danger, either fiom open hoflility 
 or ivfidiou\ intrigue, an alarm ts 
 ir.p.antly conveyed, and a unanimity 
 oj cpimtm isJormed,from Maine to 
 
 Monlftjuicu lias declared virtue 
 to hethe principle cf Republican gov- 
 ernmer.ls. JJ by virtue he meant a 
 dirintcrcdcd love of ones Countr)', 
 It may be dcubted whether fuch a 
 principle ever exifled. If by viiiue 
 js meant an ardent popukir enthu 
 fiafm, this is a pafjion 'that has ex- 
 ifled ; for a mcvlh, perhaps for a 
 year or t:i,o ; lit it is a traifient 
 thing; the blaze of a meteor that 
 /hints for a mcmir.t and vanfl,es ; 
 It IS net, and from the nature of man 
 it cannot be, a flcady prrmaneni 
 principle. But fixed peimanen 
 principles orl) tr, II maintain govern 
 men, f any kind. 
 
 Befdes, IS il true that RepMicon 
 love their Count ly more than ti.efub 
 jrlli cfarlilrcryrnar.ment ? That 
 they ought to do fo is certain ; but if 
 RepMicans fight pro focis, do not 
 the 'fulijeSs cf pouer contend pro 
 aris? Jfindn 
 
 governments have fewer rights and 
 lefs property to attach Ihtm to their 
 Country,dt>not their prcijudicei^thetr 
 tuftomJ, their religion, create as 
 firong atliKhmeTts to thcjr CmnUy, 
 as the libcny cndthe rights of free 
 Citizens do to theirs. Will not a 
 Turk, or a Spaniard fghi arbi avily 
 for his Koran or ha Cmci/ix, as 
 anr Republican for his properlr ? 
 I'd hijtory ; lelfqns d.cide. J 
 Thefoundatwn of allfreegoy/rn 
 mcn/j,/t£»iis/i/ if, a general diHufion 
 of knowlcge. People mujl know 
 ihiy have right', bifore they will 
 claim them ; and they mitft have 
 juft ideas of their own rights, and 
 learn t» diflingui/h th:m from the 
 rights of others, Irfore they can 
 form any rational fjlem cf govern- 
 ment, or be capable of maintaining 
 it. To knew that we have rights, 
 ij very tafy ; to know how to pre- 
 ferve ihofe righli, to adjufl contend- 
 ing claims, and to prefcnbe the 
 lim-.f. of each ; here lies the dijiculty. 
 To form and to give duration to a 
 Jyflem of governnnntlhatfhall enfure 
 to every man his civil and political 
 Tights, and rrflrain every man from 
 Violating the rights of others, is a 
 tifk of infinite magnitude. Indeed 
 It is probably beyond the powers of 
 man todevife a fyflem for thiipur- 
 poje thai can be perpetual ; a fyflem 
 that will net in time crumble to pieces 
 by its own imp' rfeHicifs, or be over- 
 thrown by the corruption and vices 
 of mm. The onk anchor of hope 
 Uft us byhfo,y and experience, is, 
 that " free governments may be 
 rendered durable, perhaps perpe- 
 tual, /^ //if knowlcge, Mtwifdom 
 and the good fcnfe of the mafs of 
 people who are to be governed." Il 
 IS the demonjlralion of ages that 
 many provfions, checks and re- 
 /Irainls in a covfitution prove ufeful 
 and ncceffary to control contending 
 inlerefl, ; bid it is probably aferious 
 truth, thai if people are generally 
 ignorant, the heft confitution of 
 governniii.l the wfdom of man can 
 devfr, -.ill! heccme corrupt. Char- 
 ters of ri;;htr., conditutional arti- 
 cles, fundamental regulations may 
 be effmlial to organize and direU the 
 complex movements of a nation or 
 flate ; but they are not thf ultimate 
 fccMrityo/Mf rights ofmcn. Power 
 
 
 ■ corruption may 
 
 nder. 
 
 mine with fuccefs the befl parch^nent 
 barriers of liberty; but when a con- 
 pitution refis on the good ft nfi; of a 
 well-informed people, the ^breach 
 will always be repaired. WlioU- na- 
 tionsarf nrorrcornipt In ihe body 
 "f people are often ignorant ; r^'fry 
 department of the br/lfo.m ofgo- 
 v-rnmcrt may become vcicu.^ ; but 
 perhaps no nation aj fucli was ever 
 fo corrupt and viciou-, that an ap- 
 peal to the citizens would r.rt reflore 
 government to its purity. It 1. 
 aluiays the iniercft of a nation to be 
 well governed ; end men will never 
 fubmil to a vinous government but 
 thro ignorance or fear. A good 
 portion of knowlcge among the 
 duals under defpctic citizens o{ a free repvhlie, vs there- 
 
 \for a cor- 
 dent to tie 
 h'/l fyflems of govemmcrd. Hi 
 important faS, in Ihe United St 
 
 fore the ultimate refort ; 
 
 " of the ev 
 
 ' fsan 
 Stales 
 that the befl info'ni'd people are the 
 L-a/ifuijea tofaU'r. mtrigue and 
 a corrupt admiiiijh'oUon. Tin uti- 
 lity of News-Papers is therefore mojt 
 cl-.arly afferiamed in Republican 
 Governments ; liktfchoots, itfhould 
 be a main point to encourage them ; ■ 
 likefchools, theyfhould be confidered 
 as the auxiliaries of government, 
 and placed en a refpeSable footng ; 
 they fhoul-d be the heralds of truth ; 
 the proteHors of peace and ^ood or- 
 der. 
 
 But Newfpapen may be Tendered 
 lifeful in other refpeHs. In Ameri- 
 ca, .agrici/lture and the arts are yet 
 in their infancy. Other nations 
 hate gone bifore us in a gnat 
 variety of improvements. They 
 have, by obfervations and experi- 
 ments, difcovcred many ufeful truths 
 of which the people of this country 
 are yet ignorant ; or which are rxt 
 generally known and applied toprac- 
 lice. The compiler of a paper, wh 
 xi-ill take the trouble to felcB frirrn 
 autl:ors,thofe faBs and principles in 
 the arts which are found m other 
 countries to abridge labor afid ren- 
 der inluflry more produclrve, will 
 perform a mef effenlial fercice La 
 his country. A ufeful fad, a truth, 
 which coft fame ingenious inquirer 
 the labor of ten year's experiment, 
 nay be (onlained in a fingle column 
 of a Gazelle, and diffufed among 
 rnilUens of people. Some exerticui 
 to colUa fuch ufeful truths for this 
 paper will be made by the Editor, 
 and he hopes, with fuccefs. f\,'''y 
 
 FOR SALE, 
 Bj T. Allen, F««ncii CniLts, * Co. 
 5- J. KtLLOWs, M ihur riffiaivt Buk- 
 p,r„, 
 
 An ESSAY on SLAVERY: 
 
 DESIGNED 10 exhibit in a new 
 point of view, its eft'efts on >is,«!i, 
 ihJhll,\,:^\iA x\\t ptac: t.j ftcill). Some 
 r.<as 3i>d olculaiions are ofTered 10 
 prove the Inbor o( Jrecnien H> be much 
 more ^rodutli-T tl.an lliat ofy?tfn;/ ; that 
 countries are ricli, powerful and Jiappy 
 in proportion as the laboring people 
 eojoy the fruiisofllieir own labor : and 
 hence the necclTarj conclufion, that 
 flaver^ is rm^olilu as well as anjajt. 
 PmcE as. 
 December 9. dtf 
 
 Ji/fl Publifhcd,- and for Sale, 
 
 BxGeorCe BuNct, 4- Co. IVc. 37, »V/ 
 
 /Ireet^ oeorlj t/fftfitt th Ter.fint Cc^.-t- 
 
 The PROMPTER; 
 A COMMENTARY «n Cojcmor S«t. 
 
 IHCS and Slbjects, which are fnjl 
 of Common Sense, the beft feiife in 
 
 THIS little book is wiltien in a lllle 
 altogether novel, and is adapted 
 toallcapacilicl, aswell (S 10 all slMes 
 of people, merchants, mechanics .>nd 
 farmers. Such a reputation has this 
 work acquired, that it has pafltd ihio 
 three impreflTiona in lite eattern ll»te<. 
 and many honfclioldersdeem it foufefil 
 aa to porchafe a copy for every adi.U 
 
 17eceml*er 9. . 
 
 U^**4. 
 
TOR THE AMEHICAN HrNfdV*. 
 
 S K E -Tc II E S 
 
 Hiftor)- y Progrcfs 2/^Coiinni.i co : 
 MJiM 10 r.u^S Cf ■<•.',«./. »frf.- 
 
 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 I-"HS npiiiinon of evtry proftflioii 
 of men depcnilj on Iwu circu.n- 
 n.uMt: firll.ihrirwilljciilJ'Iroiintfs 
 in eieculing tljc mrclianicil p»rl of the 
 bufiuvf^ l)tc) profels; ar.d^ tccuojlv, 
 tlifif geuetal information relptctiiig 
 .lie principles of their o»ii arc »nil ilic 
 liiiocts coniiefted with it. t-hn. IkM- 
 niloiily in ihcineclianical part ofbuli- 
 (itfi, ircutful intui'jcrJ of focicty, and 
 commonly iind foil euiployuieni tor 
 their talents; but the men, who, 10 
 mechanical (Itlll, add a general and ex- 
 lenGve koowlcgeof the hidory and pi In- 
 ciples of (heir occupation, gain a higii- 
 er reputation and diftinguiUied enji- 
 
 the bufiotTts of 
 
 civil liff, which aftord 
 
 ihe niochanicai part of it 
 hoed to the article of 
 while the whole world a 
 ductioni are objtfts lor t 
 
 >' honorable rank 
 
 poBilile e 
 not only i 
 
 to de»olc a few 
 
 Gonally to the hit. 
 on which employ! 
 Hy, a great por- 
 
 llcid of 1 
 tendeiuy 
 
 •T.-iU dircalv contrary 
 xnecled. Even )n this 
 :ud ol ti.e world, blnn- 
 
 ic old, and experi- 
 ahle. Authentic hlf- 
 veg.llet of Ihefe ex- 
 dn,u is never fopafily 
 
 nd progrrls of . 
 ccly to be read 
 
 «1 (hou 
 
 the Iphere of their comm 
 lege, the labor of the « rite 
 ply rewarded. 
 
 It is a complaint amor 
 chants of Aoicrica thai iIk 
 not tlfliciemlyreprcUnlc 
 
 Id complex 
 icrlhepur. 
 .thefubjea, 
 adersof Ihe 
 
 
 cyoii.g,, 
 
 I gentlemen ..f the couniry 
 iberaleduclon. Tonual.Tym, 
 Mcl.fe, ,l„y fl,o.,ld rv only I 
 ariicJar branch of bul 
 Id be wrll acqoainie 
 
 of bu 
 
 nels, but dig. 
 »iih the conn 
 tmeen a'.' hrtutt 
 lion, and b tx 
 pitioni of did'. 
 
 the le|5?ll.,„ to d^vile 
 golatioBf. ilu, CjIi „ 
 b«tlehtofl>'j<niintry. ^ 
 common titan tor oatior 
 rrtpert-ng their polil 
 
 liners in a na- 
 M.nc.paloccu 
 i->s —This ex 
 e will enable 
 
 arm of re. 
 erate for .he 
 .il.i-.Ris n,„-r 
 
 loenaaia«s 
 
 ctlleut in li.eorv, and l.ilUscto 
 proved fo in pradice, it is becoming 
 the political cnar.nclcr of our republic, 
 ihat our ciliieni Ihould individually be 
 well iisfoimed, l.bclal and refuccUbb. 
 Ncw.Urk^ec^^ ^;^ 
 
 THEPrcr.dcnls addrefsK 
 at lliis uR„.e,.i..uscril 
 
 .erenscl'lhe old world, jre noiw^lili- 
 ftandin^^, to be forever involved in lie 
 labyrinlli of the deteHalde politics of 
 
 crs of peace and ir.duftry, iiiuli be fi,r- 
 ever harralled wiih infulis or war ; our 
 navigation obfVrucIrd wiili fhe moll 
 caufelefs indignii . . and the fruit, of our 
 labor arrellcd on the high feas and la- 
 
 is a gloomy conlldera 
 inHead of dt preying o 
 
 eitlierl,) ihe Jir.ft worJi.i^r.rbyi 
 plication, fli.oiiM dratv us ui.;j sv 
 liulted it niiglit be a ferinus tliq li 
 
 he°r,by'' 
 
 c nioft lavorablealli^ 
 the folluvvinj; fimple 
 
 aGl of 
 
 la avtagc 
 
 jufidciahly 
 
 sjcalou, 
 
 . inulgue, bribery, family alii- 
 and neguciation. are enV.-loyed 
 ce his riling power or to create 
 r power in his vicinity, ihatfliall 
 : on any emergency, to prevent 
 argemcnt. And if thele lilciit 
 fail of effecting the objeft and 
 
 o.iie fimley p'reieit lor'reror'ing 
 
 I fet all Ku: ope in flamei. 
 
 II continue to be the cafe, 
 tlicle of the feudal fylUi 
 
 tiignp^j,,,,. 
 
 iJ. r. A.;-: .:o ««<.«7e^r t<./(,l ,, 
 M,M, <,«,e/r.i /«<..„m«r.-«a; //.;./, 
 Ihul caii,.',l fu//tl/ mj^.l^Jima Ji. 
 
 mf,,lMg ihi.r pg,. ir ,,.,,u.,h„^ o. 
 ,,ih„,.„.,lr,^„„,j:ylnf„::jn 
 aif-idoj^ tjfrnJ, ^o,.::a,j 1; 
 
 Vh. -n l.< .,^.., pr, fared 
 
 Wh.leverljae.il our great Legld 
 lure may finally adopt lor picleciii 
 onr rights, and avei-glng a„r wrong 
 
 ill which 
 
 I'de"?"" 
 he people 
 , pcrhap. 
 
 opening of the prefent i^iQX^; 
 ■111 ell»ranee, thatthc houU will lake 
 to thtlr conhdcration the iuipurtant 
 atterajubruitted 10 them. 
 Thefpesker relumed the chair, and 
 le houle agreed to the refulution 11s 
 ported by the coir.iniiiec of the 
 l.ole. 
 
 Ind Mefli-s. Madiron,Sedgwick, Watts, 
 liih of M.jryland, and Mr. Hartley 
 i,.o;i.t< .1,0 prepare an aniwer. 
 A peunon was prcfenied by ^'^. 
 r2r„.:r„v, !,„„, Mr. Latimer, oftbr 
 le ..f Pelan :.re, refpefting the < lev- 
 in uf a roj.iefcnlatiie tottat flaleiii 
 'iiY>j-tIi ; it was read, and ordered to 
 
 by thehn^c^. 
 
 \ji3- FortbfbcnrfitoJCiiflomeri 
 will, urfi to fTfferve Tilrs «/ Mij 
 Pnftr, uie ke^in itipvbVcation -ailh 
 //.cAuriRiss o/Mc Prisidist, 
 (Se€ lajl pa//) and lU f.rft Pro- 
 ctedings of CangTrf^.] 
 
 C O N G R t S S. 
 
 Ui IHl UNll LU llAJLS. 
 
 WoNC.V, D.-C.t. 
 This day Congrefs met according to 
 P|ioii.inicnt at ij o'clock, in the City 
 
 Il.e !«naie having formed a quo- 
 ,mi, cholc a coiLmiliee to acn uaiut ibe 
 
 proi" 
 
 Mr. Ci'is infuimed the houfe nf re. 
 
 > proceed lo'bunuer». Sixlyfilc of tl.e 
 leu-bcrs only being aCiinblcd, it was 
 - ■ adjourn, but ,be motion 
 
 d. They then proceeded 
 10 the choice of a fpeaker, end Krede- 
 rick Angiiftus IMublenbiirg vcas elcd 
 ed. The houfe alfo chole John De.k- 
 Icy, Cleik ; Joftph Whcaten Sergeant 
 at arlns, Gilford i;allyduor. keeper and 
 Thomas Claiton affilfant doorkeei.er : 
 The benite cholu the light Rev. CKhop 
 White, their chaplain, and the houfe of 
 rcprelematives, elec'lcd the Rev. Ur 
 Green. 
 
 A joint commifle of both houfes then 
 waited on the Prelideoi, to inform him 
 ihey were ready 10 receive his comn.u- 
 nicalions 7 he Prehdent in anfwer in- 
 formedthera he would meet both houfes 
 the neat day at I 3 o'clock. 
 
 TutsDAj, Die. ;. 
 
 The Prefident met both Itoufei and 
 
 delivered an Addrsfs, for which, /,e ih 
 
 ;edgvv„k, the folio 
 idop.ed: 
 r..fo-.ed. Than 
 
 a?i'cii; . 
 
 tfliiy of iomi fuch pro 
 oubted theconftltulional 
 I'e flii.oJd nirrbj^ft"!"; 
 
 lon^ of amendmeiii Ibould occur 
 
 ■ jpoied to lakingrtp the morion 
 r. ,edgwlckw„slup,n(ed.halt 
 conlliiuiliM.alhy ot the pronoled n.c 
 lure (held he dooblerf: I.V .dvoca. 
 pediency. 
 
 lequejjion on taking np the reful 
 rommunication was retieved Cr, 
 
 copy el tie iiit 
 con,m1inpner< a 
 Ibe hoftile Indii 
 
 ieneral Wayne, concerning fume nf 
 IS late operaiioD<;. 
 
 TheinftruHion.to.hecommnToners 
 rere then read, and il,r clerk wawi.o- 
 
 oneof Ihe members objeftcd 
 ■ODienis might be ofanatui' 
 cly hnpro|ier for publication. 
 
 uppreUrd ■ It 
 lelieved to be 
 he hirtory of o 
 
 feftly c 
 pedil.a 
 would r 
 
 d aflem 
 
 blyl.ke.hepr.fo 
 
 nlialdi 
 
 patchesofaminif 
 
 t and 
 
 -Iponlible fiiiiatl 
 
 haviiif 
 
 been prenoully 
 
 hat the 
 lalcdl. 
 
 '^u"^:'"^^ 
 
 be gove 
 
 riiment of Amet 
 
 rdegra 
 
 !<• its adminiflrati 
 
 cry, a 
 
 ""de of proceedi 
 
 for one 
 
 delefied. n,„ n 
 
 . middle-path, nor couid 
 
 tlhejo 
 
 nul Ihould be re 
 
 me pre 
 
 viou. idea. Hut 
 
 done w 
 might, 
 
 th propriety. 
 
 ccption 
 
 able°?atur" conn 
 
 ;p.,n fun 
 
 leofthe powers 
 
 
 ived Ihal ihe Hou 
 
 niariie 
 
 might renut t 
 
 eexn!ii 
 
 nedhythePrelidei 
 
 tents ou 
 
 ghtto 
 
 be re 
 
 ad. Itwasfaidthe 
 
 ndianv. 
 
 arhad 
 
 been 
 
 mpopular, that the 
 
 perufal 
 
 fthed 
 
 ilpa, 
 
 hes, iftheCommiU'. 
 
 oners 1 
 
 ad aft 
 
 d ap 
 
 reeablelo their in- 
 
 (truftioi 
 
 i, v>o 
 
 Idvi 
 
 ndicale ihe federal 
 
 goveron 
 
 
 Ihat 
 
 the tongue of cla- 
 
 mour would be 
 
 mort 
 
 elfeftually lllenced - 
 
 and Ihe 
 
 hat Ihe 
 
 "SI? 
 
 be c 
 dSo 
 
 mpletely (itisfiej, 
 tes had only been 
 
 driven i 
 
 ito tl 
 
 '"*' 
 
 r by necellity, and 
 
frruu. One (lieuiber liintej iliif 
 mi^lit be renilfite lo clear ihe j*.i!i(r 
 belorc rrtdiug the Journal rcfnicd i 
 ••» had upon former otcifioiii Ijtcn i 
 practice of the houfe. This was «'l>je< 
 ed lo, and at a quarter pift one o\ In 
 flit hoiifir, on a niolion to lk»I uOc. 
 •djnurned. 
 
 THUH.DAlTO'f. 5 
 
 Meflrs. Aniei, Foder and Silts j 
 feared, were qualified atid tuuU t'..t 
 
 It i> minute and lengthy. S..:-.ie par.! 
 of it v^e niall at an early day Ijy bcton 
 tmrrradciB. The definitive ;iillVer ol 
 the Indians contain! their rejr.ins foi 
 rtjeding the propofals of the t » .tnilli 
 oners, drawn up in a mafterly ntanut-r 
 it bears all the appearance ot Europcar 
 lotic, faintiy clad in an Indian dvcls.— 
 AH the document! relative to this bufi 
 nefs, were referred to a con.n.iltee ol 
 the whole on the dale of the Union. 
 
 A meflage was received from tlie Pre- 
 fident, communicating funtlry pnpers 
 relative to our European relations, and 
 ■Ifo the re£iltoflbe proceedings of out 
 comntlOiooerc appointed to fettle the 
 account! of the United States with the 
 individual States. 
 
 Tliefitftfet of paper! is inttrduced 
 by • meflage of which the following 
 
 Vm 
 
 
 SriTts, D.-i 
 
 eftlo^ entjoiry to tlie le 
 may indeed give rife to 
 o which they alone are 
 ave thought it my duty 
 
 fpondencies wh 
 The Repreli 
 bodies of Franc 
 ally a friendly: 
 iryi ha'«.i.enad;antagti 
 
 
 
 ageivs. 
 
 overtures for placing tbefe advant»g( 
 on permanent ground ; a decree how- 
 eoer of the National Aflembly, luhjert. 
 Ing veOcls laden with proviUuns to be 
 carrietl into their ports, and making e- 
 oemy goods lawful prixe to a frientl, 
 contrary to our treaty, tho' revi.ked jt 
 oneitime, as to the United Slatrs, h.s 
 been dace extended to their velli It al. 
 fo, as has been recently ft.trd to us. 
 Reprefcntations on tbii liibjed will be 
 immediately given in charge lo our mi* 
 niller there aud the refult ihall be com* 
 rauoicated to the legiflalure. 
 
 It is with e«treme concern 1 have lo 
 inform you, that the (troceedingt oflbe 
 pel fon whom they have anfortunatcly 
 appointed tbeir MioiHer PleoJpotcnti- 
 aty here, h.ve breathed nothing of the 
 friendly fpifit of ihenatiot) wliiLli lent 
 
 and difcord and anarchy at home. So 
 larashis aas or tUol'e of hi 
 have threatened our itrmed; 
 mitraent in iha war, «r flagrint infult 
 to the authority of the laws, their elTea 
 has been counteraaed by the ordinary 
 cognizance of the laws, and by an exer- 
 liun of the powers confided to me. 
 Where their danger was not iinraioenl, 
 they have beu with, from fcntimentsof 
 regard to his nation, from a fenfe of 
 llieir fricndftiip towards us, from a son- 
 tit'tion that they would not fuller us to 
 remain long eipafcd to the aftion of a 
 ferfon who has fo little refiiei'lrd our 
 niuluil dilpofitions, aud, I will add, 
 from a reliance on the firmnrfs of my 
 fellow citizens In ibc.r principles ol 
 peace and onler. In the mean time i 
 hanrefpefted and purtucd the Itipula- 
 ti.ins of our treaties, according to what 
 1 judged their fenfe ; and have withheld 
 no a« of friendlbip which their affairs 
 lave ctll.d for from us and which juf 
 tice to others left us free to i)erform. 
 I have gone further , — rather than em. 
 ploy force for ibe reftltu.ion of certain 
 veOels which I deemed the United 
 States bound 10 rtllore, I thought it 
 more advifabic to fatisfy the parties b, 
 
 rrllilulion were not made, it would he 
 ■ucumbent on the United Slates lo make 
 eompenfaiion. The papers now conimu 
 
 ;ileJ ^ 
 
 )ii of thcle trflil 
 The vexations and fp-jilaiion under- 
 ijj to Uave been cumniitted on oar 
 ■Hcls and eominerce, by the cnli«rs 
 id oflicersnf r.vr.e of tlie belligerent 
 swcrs, appijred to require attenlinn. 
 he proofs of tilt fe however not having 
 :en brought forward, the defcriplion 
 '■ citizens fuppol'ed to hare fuffered 
 
 friends, 
 
 thefe : 
 
 >o ports and tbol^ 
 ; iuftruftioos oos 
 umrdiatUyfoiwaiv 
 
 to.our MiniDeralthal 
 
 in time, fume difcufli 
 took place between him and 
 
 J before youi and I 
 may expert to learn the rcfjlcof hisf. 
 call isllroaions, so tiii^ to make 
 known to the legiflature during tU. 
 prefent fein^.n. 
 
 Very early after the arrival of a B 
 tilh mlnifter here, murual enphnitio 
 on the iueKccifion of the treaty of pea 
 
 thefe are now laid 
 ioformation. 
 
 On the fuhjeds 
 lwe«n thK csuniri 
 
 
 eft be 
 
 ,d Sp. 
 
 iona and confereotes are nowdoperid- 
 ig. The public good requiring that 
 Ke prefent (tare of thefe- (hoold be made 
 nown to the lep.illat.ire m <.t:M:,ai 
 tit, they Ciall be the liibjea of a lepa- 
 «tea»dl\ibf«;lurni co nniunicitinn. 
 GEO WASHiNLiTO.W. 
 
 We are infomted that a par 
 le command uf M.ijur Brim 
 .'albingtOD county, confilliu 
 
 ched 
 
 without being dlfcovercO., but, 
 
 crolTing that rivcr^ the Indians 
 
 alarmed by the neigliingofa ft.id, 
 
 e Major's pariy. Ihe Indian, 
 
 lired on onr peojile, who nlun.ed it; 
 
 Alajor then retreated with the Ijofs 
 
 two men ItllleiJ and l«n> wounded. 
 
 I fuppofed fome the Indiana were k I* 
 
 Vofierday morning, aboul two o'cfot.!; 
 
 fire broke out in Mr. Krcdcritk l-rlll': 
 bake-boufe, tin the e-ift fide of Gray 
 Ireet, m this town. hut. I.y the tinjj 
 rxertiool of the inhabitants, thcgreatci 
 ?art of the building w.is laved. 
 
 \Vc lejirn that on Wediie:day laft ar 
 ■ivcd at Norfolk, in nine wet^ks fron 
 •ortfmooth.theBritillifrigateDidalus 
 )f u guns, commanded by Sir tharlei 
 Henry Knowls. In her came paflcugers, 
 Mr. Wedfull, of the 6olh rcgimt-ut ; 
 Sir. Brook, of the 4th, anj Mr. Cowal 
 jud lady, Qjieen-s Rangers. 
 
 Yeftcrday the Voloiiteers of SaJli- 
 
 Theii 
 
 .Tppeai 
 
 zeal of the member 
 
 corps. The diflerei 
 
 perlormed wiih an exavlnefs, ili 
 
 the moll cordial apprub.itio<i 
 
 rev!-svinggenerj|. 
 
 wai ttluy 
 due to the 
 refpective 
 
 6th inrtant, from Je 
 
 there when flie failed ; tl 
 inder Hood, with eleventh 
 was daily lookod for at Ja 
 
 ilh kept a good look 
 
 N E \V - Y O R K, Dec 9 
 
 nelatterhad4lri-idy pjCi I tlieihtii 
 —To-dny we recciie advice, vie 
 afraid bot too true, ol five icfl;'l,',,n 
 beep alteady i::ktn: and we \,li, 
 for the fate of mjny others b., ,1 >■ ]■ 
 ,nd^to Cad,., rntirely uoacqnaii 
 
 veiuer ,1,1., wc learn only jult now 
 
 ty of gram here ,n tl.e fpriog and fpetu- 
 iBtion, ill „e.,;:al batton.s, or under 
 convoy coold rcai.clail to anfwer. 
 
 rj, ,-,f,rrf,Jro,„ Ujh„„ . 
 CHIz,H, ,f,ir UniuJ Sl.U, of, Ar^nco, 
 Nine y^lg-rineCorfairsare now cruiz- 
 ing in Ibe A.Lnti.- ; they carry from ai 
 to 44 gnns ; tbcv failed out of the ma- 
 ditrrraneau on tkc 6th inftant, and 
 were feen on the 6lh to capture 3 Ame- 
 riLan veflils, two Hamburgefe and one 
 Cenoefe.— .^ truer for la mooth. be- 
 tween Portugal and Algiers was figoed 
 the I3th Sept. lad, by the Britilh agent 
 at Algiers, in behalf of her Majefty the 
 yueen of Portugal -aitd another truce 
 by the !>me-agcnt about the fame lime 
 In behall of tlie,Ui.ited Netherlands. 
 
 Theforegoingauthentic intelligence) 
 goes bvexprefs from your truly dillref- 
 led ant) faithful fellow citizen 
 
 F.DW-ARD CHURCH, 
 Confulol the UoilCd Stales. 
 
 Lilbon, i4tli, Oa. 1793. 
 
 N.-n. A Swedin, (hip raw theAlge. 
 rines afrtr taking an Americjsi, dif- 
 v-harge part of tbe cargo of grain into 
 the f.-a ;. iMii was probably that the vcf- 
 fcl minl.t fall ber;er. nieanin,. .0 „ „ 
 
 the Englilh not chufingtorilk their pro- 
 perty in American bottoms ; kut no 
 reafon has been affigned for this mylie- 
 noil! coudua : iiiyfterious In England, 
 bat evident enough here. ° E.c! 
 
 i<A7, oa. .5, 179,. 
 
 J.lhua Coit, and Zephaniah Swift 
 efquires, are cleclcd by the freemen of 
 Connecticut, Repiefentatives from that 
 State, in il.e Congrefs of the United 
 M.iics, <o lupply the vacancies made, 
 by the promotion of Stephen M. Mitch- 
 el, Efq. to UeaSeoatoroflheU. Slates, 
 in the room of jon. Ingerfoll, £fq. who 
 refigned. 
 
 Mr. Dallas has informed the public 
 that he will publilh in a few days, a 
 (latenient of farts rcfpeaing.thc little 
 Democrat. 
 
 LadfriJay the Houfe ofRepi-efentatives 
 otthe United States, refolved, that 
 MelTrs. Maddifon, Sedgwick and 
 Hartley, be a Committee to wait on 
 tlie Hrelident, to know when he would 
 receive the following Addrefs : and 
 the Prefldent appointed 12 o'clock, 
 this day. 
 
 Sia, 
 THE lleprefentatives of the people 
 r the L nited States, in meeiingyou for 
 le firfl time, fince you have been again 
 
 guilhrd a tellimony of p 
 tion, and their entile co 
 purity and patrioiifm t 
 which have produced tl; 
 
 uni.«rf»; reverence, and ferviv^s fr.,:. 
 which have flowed great and laftii.g b.- 
 ne(i:j,tbat the tribute of ^raife may b, 
 
 and it is from the fame fources that tJ. 
 fjlreft anticipations 11 ay he dciivcdi; 
 
 uenonceot peace was J„My to he 
 .ded 1( one ot iho nlr.l in.i.orlat.t 
 csuillie magillrate. chart. d«,„. 
 
 ier d- 
 
 w.iMis ihcbelllgcreiM |iai 
 I... tin-, by ade.la,ju..i 
 iiglei^alft-iteiif thing,, 
 n.illionofour rights to ii,e i.miiunllies 
 b>:l™giiigtoour hluaiion. 
 
 Iheconuetiionof .he United Sfot. s 
 with Lurupc, has cvidemly become rx- 
 trenu-ly in.crelliup 1 lie con.munici. 
 lions whi^h remain to lie eslnbiied to 
 us, will, no doubt, adill ingivini;iis a 
 fuller view ol the fiibjeft, and ii, .„(. 
 ^ingourdenucr.tit„s,.o.uch re:uli.. 
 .,s iii.iy cuinport with the right! j:|.l 
 true Interellsufoiir country. 
 
 We Icani with deep regret, llut lire 
 meatures dirtatcd by a loveof peare, for 
 obtaining ao amicable. termination ff 
 theaffliftingwaroiiourfronlierj,niould 
 havebecnfruftrated,and thata refori t,i 
 offenfive meafnres Hiould again bccon-e 
 neceilary. As the latter, however, mull 
 be rendered more fatisfartory, in pro] or. 
 tion toihefalicitude-for peace manifcllrd 
 by the former, it is to be hoped il.»v 
 wiU be purfoed under the better jufpice. 
 on tliat account, and be finally crowned 
 with more happy fuccefs. 
 
 lo relation to the pariicular iribci 0: 
 Indians, againll wl-.oni oireufive roea- 
 futes hale been proliibiled, as on all 
 Iheotl.cr important lubjtaswluchv mi 
 
 time, from particularly c.-vprcfiiiig our 
 
 gular dlfchargecf Il.e piiMic debts, a- 
 laft as circumftancrs and events wilt 
 
 auy impediments that ma'y he found in 
 Ihe way of a faithful reprefent.lti.n; c> 
 public proceedings throuf hoot the U 
 States : beingperfuaded with jou.lha- 
 on no fubjcct more than the former. 
 
 omyoflin-.e ir-.ore valuable; and that 
 wiih refpea to the latter, no refource 
 is To firm for the government of llie 
 
 people, guided by an enlightened poli- 
 
 the welfare of the Lniied Stat 
 ^e join with you in imploring t 
 ;, on whom the fate of nations 
 I, tocrown withfuccefs, our I 
 
 UTTER 
 
 ROGERS ir WOOLSEY. 
 December y. dtf 
 
 LEFFINCtVELL P1ERP0ST, 
 
 o 
 
 NE hundred Chens fre'fli Hy. 
 Ton and Souclioiiff 'ITlAS, 
 
 BRANDY, in Pipes, 
 
 Madeira WINE, London Par- 
 ticular, in half Pipes 
 
 BEEFandPORK.ofdiffcreiu 
 qualities, in (hipping order. 
 
 nee- 9. dif 
 
 A 
 
 TO BE LET, 
 FRONT ROO.M, pronrr 
 for a Hard-Ware S-rrc. 
 together with a CELLA R. In 
 quire on the Prcmifei, No. iW, 
 Queen-ftrect, corner ot Kent, 
 ftrcet. Dec. 9. 
 
ncjollowiig ;, Ih SPEECH l,j Ihe I'r.f,- 
 Jlitt if Ihl'iirtid Slalti, <ttlijirt3l!> hlh 
 Htufei i.fCiNgr,fi, on ih id infant. 
 
 PRESIDENT'S SPEECH. 
 
 t'.:li-ai-Citi:tni tj the Scnnli, aij 
 
 ^^,. 
 
 fori 
 
 alleJ i 
 
 riltn for cxprclling to m_v fclloAv-ciii- 
 7.fn9 nt larpc, the deep end refpeftlul 
 fenfe, whiclil feel, of ihc renewed tell!- 
 inony uf publicapprobatioo. Whileon 
 tile otie hand, it awakened my gratitude 
 (or all tbofc inlUnccsofaffcctioneie par- 
 tiality, with which I have been liouor- 
 «d by my country ; on the other, it 
 could notpreventao earned wirli for 
 ihaj retirement, from which no privaie 
 conljderation.fhould ever have torn me. 
 But inSaenced by the belief, that my 
 conduft would be eftimated according 
 to its real motives: and that the people, 
 and the authorities derived from them, 
 would fupporl ex«nlon», having no- 
 thing pcrfonal lor their objert, 1 have 
 obeyed tlie foffragc which commanded 
 
 :thee 
 
 ■ power 1 end 
 
 quences of a 
 
 I humbly implore that Being, on wholL 
 will the fate of nations depends, to 
 crowD with ruccsfs cur mntual endea- 
 vors for thegenerelhappinefj. 
 
 As foon tt the war in Europehad em- 
 braced thofe powers, with whom the 
 United Slates have the moft cKtenllre 
 reUtlons, there was reafon to apnre. 
 hend that our intcrcourle -^ith them 
 might be interrupted, and our difpott 
 tionforpemce drawn into queftlon, by 
 ihe fufpicions too ofleu entertained by 
 Belligerent nations. It feemed there- 
 fore to be my duty, to odmonilh our ci- 
 tizens of the conleqi 
 band trade, and of 
 
 of the parties ; and to obtain, by a de- 
 claration of the e»ifting legal ftate of 
 things, an eafler admiflion rfour right 
 TO the rmmunities, belonging to our 
 flluation. Under ihefe inpreflionl the 
 proclamation, ^hicb will be laia before 
 you, wasilTaed. 
 
 In Ibis pofture of affairs, both new 
 and delicate, I refolved to adopt gene- 
 ral rules, which Aiould conform to the 
 treaties, and aflert the privileges of 
 the United States. Thefe were redu- 
 ced into a fyftem, which will be com- 
 municated to you. Although 1 have 
 not ttioughtmyfelf at liberty to forbid 
 the die of prizes, permitted by our 
 treaty cf commerce with Francf, lobe 
 broagbt into our poru i I have not r»- 
 fufed tocatffe them to be reftored, when 
 they were taken wiihin the prolcction 
 of nur territory ; or by veflcls com- 
 milGoned, or eqnlpped In a w.ilike 
 form within the limili of ilie LniieU 
 States. 
 
 It re«« with the wifdom of Congrefs 
 to correa, improve or inforce this plan 
 of precedure ; and it will probiblj be 
 found expedient, to extend the legal 
 code, and the jurifdiflion of the courts 
 of the United States, to manv cafes 
 which, though dependent on pripciplts 
 already recognized, demand feme fur- 
 ther proviftons. 
 
 When individuals (hall, wiihin the 
 United States, array thefflfelvei in hof- 
 lility againll any of the powers at war: 
 or (nrer npon military expeditions, or 
 enierprizcs within the jurisdiftlon of 
 the United States: or ufurp and exer- 
 cifc judicial aulhorilv within (he Uni 
 
 hlptl;ffroi«ajon ofonf tftri- 
 wot-iil femi proper to regulate 
 i-?mrtifmjn irieM: points. But 
 iccuiive is to be the refert in 
 either of llto iwo lall mentioned cafes, 
 \tlsltnped, that he u ill he authorifed 
 by law, M have fitis atertahied by the 
 conns, when for his own information, 
 he Hiali reijaeft it. 
 
 mrafiires fnr the fu.tiliiient if oor duties 
 arid, without again 
 he neceOity of plac- 
 'ndiiinn of complete 
 ftingfrom /*, 
 lutics toward 
 
 odulge 
 
 lory; 
 if Ihe 
 
 10 the refiol 
 prelliiig iipoi 
 
 and It IS niih Congrefs i 
 what (hall be done. 
 
 Alter they niall have 
 the prcfent e:MergeiKy, i 
 
 
 r keep 
 
 ftilHlK.ent ol 
 The United 
 u pevfuafion 
 oflmn:anevents,they 
 at 3 diflance thofe painlul appeals la 
 arms, with which the biBoiy of every 
 nation abouudi. There is a rani; due 
 to the United States among nations, 
 which will be withheld, if notabfolote- 
 It lod, by the reputation of weaknefs. 
 If we dehre to avoid infult, we muO be 
 able to repel it ; if we defire to fecure 
 peace, one of the mod powerful inllro. 
 ments of our rifing profperity, it moft 
 be known, that we are at all times rea- 
 dy for war. The documeots wbicW 
 will he prefeoted lo you, will Ihew the 
 amount, and kinds of arms and militaa 
 ry lUres now in our magazines and ar- 
 fenals: and yet an addition even to 
 thefe fopplies caanot wiih prudence he 
 neglrAeil i at It would leave nothing to 
 the uncertainly of proem ing a waijike 
 apjiaratus, in the moment of public d^r.- 
 
 Norca 
 ohjeas, h 
 loufy oft 
 
 fuch 
 
 ■ith r.i. 
 
 xpofedlnlhe ceuforeoijca- 
 narmefl fricjlds ofUepub- 
 iment. They are inc.npabit 
 
 pera 
 
 
 hate been indiftinftly marked, or 
 inadequate ; thefe offences cannot re- 
 ceive too early and clofe an attention, 
 and require prompt and decifive rente' 
 
 Whalfoever thofe remedies Jnavbe, 
 they will be well admi.iftered by the 
 judiciary, who pod; ft a long enihliOied 
 courfe of invehication, elfeaijal pro 
 tne Jtahitofeteca 
 
 In like 
 
 naontr, m bvcral of the 
 courts have dnthitd, under particitlat 
 circumftaaces, tlieir power lo liberate 
 Ihe velfell of tnation at peace, and even 
 of a citiian of iha United States, a|. 
 th..ugh felzed onder a fclfe colour <A 
 being hoDile property j and have <::i,:- 
 f"' their power to liberate certain cap 
 
 ofahi 
 
 ought to poOefs a pride in being the de- 
 pofilory nf the force of the Hepublic, 
 and may be trained toa degree ol ener- 
 gy, equal to every military exigency ol 
 the United Stales. But it is %o enquiry, 
 which cannot be loo folemnly purlued, 
 whether theaft, "More effeaually to 
 provide for the National Xyefenco b) 
 eftablifliing an uniform Militia through- 
 put the United Statel" has organized 
 thensfo as to produce their full eff'ed ; 
 whether your own experience in the 
 IVTcral States has not deleted fome 
 Imperfefiions in the fcheme ; and whe- 
 ther a material feature in our itnjirove- 
 mentof it,oughl not to be, to afford an 
 opportunity for the lludy of li^^fe 
 branches of the military art, which can 
 fcarcely ev<r be obtained by practice 
 
 The connefllon of the United States 
 with Europe, has become extre.-.jelv in- 
 teVening. The occurrences -hi:h relate 
 ' palled under the know- 
 ■cutive, will be exhibited 
 atubfequent commuiiica- 
 
 ontemjilate the war or 
 I may he truly affirmed, 
 fonable eftort has been 
 the caulesofdiffenlioo 
 is,northnf theOhio.The 
 En to the Cominiflioners, 
 ration and equity, pro- 
 ceding from a Gniere love of peace, and 
 a liberality havinj no redriftion but 
 theefle..iialiiuere(land dignity of the 
 United St.cles. The attempt, however, 
 of to amicable negocialion having been 
 fruflrated, tlie troops have marched to 
 aa offcnfively. Although ihe propofed 
 treaty did not arrcft the progrcfs of 
 military preparation : it is doulilfil, 
 how far the advance of the feafon, be- 
 fore good faith juftified aftive move. 
 may retard them, during the 
 
 nd hav 
 
 behalf of d:< 
 ly to concili 
 itpoglitto t 
 
 III! the lavages pcrnia- 
 igties ofiniereft. Next 
 iKutiou of julli.e on the 
 ce, the enablLOiinent of 
 I the Indian natioiu in 
 iile<l States, is mod 
 
 induaed without fi 
 
 rfue fut 
 
 "Sincemylaftof tliej.ninft.ade- 
 cree has palled the N:iiional Canven- 
 
 unlefs tliry he allured by Ihe hcpe ot 
 profit i but it will be enovgh for the 
 United States to be reimbiulcd only — 
 Should this leconiinendaiion accord 
 with lh« opinion cf Cougrefs, they will 
 recollca, that it cannot be accompllOi- 
 edhy any mtana yet in the li.indsof the 
 
 Ca,ll,mi« 0/ ,k, Houf ,f Rtfr,/c„u- 
 
 Tha commifGoners, charged with 
 the fettlenirnc of the accounts hetwien 
 the Unitedand individual itates, con- 
 cluded their important functions, with- 
 in the thne limited by law : and the 
 balances, ftruck In their report, which 
 will he laid before Congrels, have been 
 placed on the books-ot me trealury. 
 
 OuthehrUday of June lall, aninflal- 
 
 ihelo 
 
 This 
 
 iroljn^ationottheperinJ ol 
 "rnt, in nature Ota new loa: 
 ereft of live per cent for llie 
 ears; and the expenses of 
 
 The tirft inftalraent of the loan of i 
 million. ofdollarsfrom the lla„k of 
 United States, has been p»id, at 
 direaed by law. tor die fecond I 
 necelTary, that provi'ion (hould ba ni: 
 
 No pecuniary ccnlider.^liou is ni 
 urgeul.lhantha regular redemption 
 illfvharge of the public debt : On n, 
 can delay be mora injurio JB,or an ccco 
 
 The iiro'luaiveneft of the public i 
 
 binder of 
 
 
 hich 
 
 rlhg, 
 
 nt fubjea, you 
 
 rthe delidenc) 
 
 , graoted by I; 
 
 by fuccours of 
 
 ncourageiuenti 
 
 loathing, and oiieulive ineafute 
 agaiofl them prohibited during the tr 
 faofCcingref.. To fatisfy iIm com 
 aims of tlie Utter, proCecollons hati 
 en iuHitared for the violences cum 
 iiied upon them. But the paper. 
 
 nenfura 
 
 e with all . 
 
 eohjeas, whicl 
 
 lave be 
 
 en luggelled 
 
 Soiar a,.xilary 
 
 provlfioi 
 
 s will, there 
 
 'ure.iti.prefum- 
 
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 ddition 
 te a f.,i 
 
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 bulions, toobvi- 
 tonofburihen. 
 
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 re' fciZot forbear lo rccom- 
 
 nend a 
 
 epeal of the 
 
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 an enlightened 
 
 per rrenchlliips) from cai 
 hoot any port in Krauce t 
 from Krancc to her ifland: 
 
 BALTIMORE, November 15 
 
 truc}cf4l,l,!rJ..ow EajUnt, „^.„..,-,. 
 
 " Judge l-atterlon has delivered hU 
 Miio;l, in. That there is no /'n;.. 
 <Tl in exillence iu the United States. 
 
 That if a rrizc-Ccrl A'xi eiili, yet, 
 t ;( could ml take coguizance of «,■>. 
 u mad= >,■ /*/ tuttwruy ^,id «mM,^c,7 
 M (jlhcrpQTu.Tt. 3d. I'hat the injlanct 
 irt of the adturalily, has nothing to 
 with the queftio»of/>r<2,. The Judge 
 n declared the law of nations to be, 
 I h It the qutlliou* of prize was cog- 
 ;ble only (1), ihe .idmiralty courts of 
 
 nation, >.:,ufe lubjcits were the 
 
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 A letter reofivcd by a 
 
 Stockbrldgv, da;ed One 
 
 f*ys, - ■^vtuunts arrive, 
 
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 cnfuing yea 
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 privilege of/riifu-u. 
 
 
 COMMVMICAT 
 
 low. 
 
 The«,v/J«flhedete 
 
 ntion and ufage 
 
 of the American Caplai 
 
 IS and people at 
 
 Cadiz, and at other pi 
 
 ces io turo'.e. 
 
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 politic conduct 
 
 of the French AmbalTador in cranliuz 
 
 
 . in the United 
 
 States. The penniOion of the iranfac- 
 
 lion was coofidered in i 
 
 urope, as tant- 
 
 amouoltoa Dedaratio 
 
 n ot hodility ; 
 taken by ,1,; 
 
 for when the meafures 
 
 Prefident to couuterart 
 
 ■ were known. 
 
 confidence waa inflantly reftorad. 
 
 
 r talk 
 
 ard to both If.ofc tribe 
 
 Without an unprejudiced coolnels, the 
 welfare of the government may be haz- 
 arded ; withoiitharmony,a8farascon- 
 fids with freedom of fenliment, in dig. 
 nitym.ybelod.-Eut,.. the Legilla. 
 live proceedings of the United States 
 will never. I irud, be reproached for 
 
 r or of candoi 
 
 , public 
 
 anguiOi, 
 
 d cooperation. 
 
 GEO. WASHINGTON. 
 tdlfl-j, D,c. 1^. I -.,3, 
 
 Mr. Horion, lately deceafeil, at Thi- 
 ladelphia,Jus left by will, 5{53 dollar,, 
 fix per cent, dock of the U niied States 1 
 the intered ofwhich 10 lie appropriated, 
 lorever, towards the education ofploui 
 
 OoNAiioNS It Ihi HisToaiaat Socictr. 
 THE Ihfiirtcal S,M, prefent their 
 complimeMia and return their tlijoRs to 
 ioned jie^font for the do- 
 imet refped- 
 
 affixed 1 
 
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 ^"•37,1793. 
 
 A Topographical defcription of ITtl- 
 frtll. 
 
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 Aprlotcd Copperplate, lidof thelirft 
 purchafere and fetllers vnder milic,.-, 
 
 A female OpolTuni, with two youne 
 nes, from Demarara. C„//. P.aj/f. 
 An Indian Penie, found at Newrr,. 
 
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 several copper Coins, and one filver 
 
Just how one of these penny papers secured its start in an advertising 
 way may be seen in a notice which appeared in The New York Daily Bee: 
 
 The advertisements inserted in this number we insert gratui- 
 tously, hoping to obtain the patronage of the advertising public, 
 as this will be our greatest support. We would respectfully re- 
 quest those persons whose advertisements are inserted, if they 
 wish to have them continued, to call and make it known. 
 
 These penny papers were even smaller in size than the early issues 
 of The Minerva. The older papers in New York repeatedly referred to 
 their new rivals as "penny trash." The latter, because of the large size 
 of the old established newspapers, referred to these blanket sheets as their 
 "bedquilt contemporaries." The reduction in circulation of the older papers 
 at the time was directly due to these new penny sheets. 
 
 In 1860-61 Hall witnessed a temporary eclipse of The Sun. From 
 August, 1860, to December, 1861, The Sun was conducted as a daily re- 
 ligious newspaper and began the day's work with prayers in the editorial 
 rooms. During this time those in control of The Sun regarded themselves 
 as "vicegerents of the Lord," and acted accordingly. This attempt to 
 convert The Sun into a religious paper was so unsuccessful that the former 
 owners were able to buy it back at their own figures. 
 
 Even before The Sun became such a pious sheet Hall had seen The 
 World established on June 1, 1860, as a one cent religious newspaper. 
 Backed by what seemed to be sufficient capital, The World had an oppor- 
 tunity to learn how much the people of New York wanted by way of 
 religious intelligence. It was advertised in the back of church hymnals 
 and other places where it was thought that the insertion of its advertising 
 would reach the eye of church people. Supplies for the Sabbath school 
 and sermon paper for the preachers were advertised in its columns. To the 
 clergj^men it quoted a special subscription price, lower than that offered 
 to laymen. Over two hundred thousand dollars was spent in this attempt 
 to give New York a daily religious newspaper. Other attempts have been 
 made to establish daily religious papers in this city, but church members, 
 with their lack of support of these papers, have clearly indicated that they 
 prefer to get their religious news from their official denominational 
 weeklies. 
 
 THE CIVIL WAR ERA. 
 
 Preeminence in reporting the Civil War belonged to the morning 
 newspapers of New York. They doubtless had greater financial resources 
 upon which to draw and they certainly had many more war correspondents 
 at the battle front. Through some inverted sense of news values — judged 
 by modem standards — the editor of The Commercial Advertiser favored 
 his readers with chapters of "East Lynne" on the first page and inserted 
 the more important war news on the inside pages or on the back page 
 under the standing head "Telegraphic News." For Dec. 31, 1861, he prac- 
 tically filled his paper with a war resume under the caption "Chronological 
 Record of All the Events of the Year 1861." 
 
 While The Commercial Advertiser never hesitated to express its frank 
 opinion about northern generals or congressional leaders, its editor never 
 
 13 
 
became a newspaper general who mapped out In detail just how the federal 
 commanders should conduct their campaigns. So far as I have been able 
 to learn, not a single northern general ever made an official complaint 
 about The Commercial Advertiser betraying valuable information to the 
 enemy. Yet such accusations were frequently made of Its morning con- 
 temporaries. The Commercial Advertiser did, however, take a most de- 
 cided stand against "traitors in crinoline" and insisted that the south 
 was getting much military intelligence through the intrigue of female spies. 
 Perhaps it was mechanically impossible at the time to use streamers 
 stretching clear across the page, but whatever the reason. The Commercial 
 Advertiser, and other New York papers also, employed the column headline 
 even for the most important events of the war. When Lincoln was assas- 
 sinated The Commercial Advertiser presented an interesting typographical 
 appearance because of its inverted column rules. Its account, however, 
 appeared with a one-column head, as follows: 
 
 Assassination of President 
 
 His Death 
 
 Sec. of State Stabbed 
 
 in His Bed 
 His Sons Bludgeoned 
 Escape of IVIurderers. 
 
 The first account of the tragedy contained only about two and a half 
 columns, but the issues which followed told in great detail about the at- 
 tempts to catch the murderer of the martyred President. Through its In- 
 verted column rules. The Commercial Advertiser remained in mourning 
 much longer than most New York newspapers. 
 
 WILLIAM HENRY HURLBERT. 
 
 When Francis Hall ceased to be editor of The Commercial Advertiser 
 in 1863 he was followed by William Henry Hurlbert, who had been pre- 
 viously associated with Henry Jarvis Raymond on The New York Times. 
 The late St. Clair McKelway, long editor of The Brooklyn Eagle, once 
 pointed out a very serious fault of Hurlbert in editorial writing. Accord- 
 ing to Mr. McKelway, Hurlbert invariably discussed serious matters from 
 a comedy side and trivial matters from a serious side. In a literary way, 
 Hurlbert kept The Commercial Advertiser up to the standard of his pre- 
 decessors. He is best remembered, however, in New York journalism not 
 because of his connection with The Commercial Advertiser, but because of 
 his relations with The World, of which he became editor after that paper 
 had ceased to be a daily religious newspaper and had become a worldly 
 World. 
 
 In 1867 Thurlow Weed, one of the greatest editorial writers in the 
 history of American journalism, became the editor of The Commercial Ad- 
 vertiser. Reference has already been made to how he founded The Even- 
 ing Journal at Albany. In that city he had also been associated with 
 William H. Seward and Horace Greeley in the publication of a campaign 
 organ. How Greeley was forced out of the firm by Weed and Seward is 
 too long a story to be told here. How Greeley evened the score with Sew- 
 ard at Chicago when Lincoln was nominated is told in this interesting bit 
 
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of verse which appeared in Vanity Fair, the famous oftrtoon weekly of the 
 Civil War days: 
 
 I have nipped him at Chicago, 
 
 I have made my Seward wail, 
 I've ordained that Uncle Abram 
 
 Shall be ridden on the rail. 
 
 Did he think that I forgave him? 
 
 Did he think I was an ass? 
 Did he think I'd love my enemies 
 
 And let the occasion pass? 
 
 If he did he was mistaken, 
 
 And I guess he knows it now, 
 For I nipped him at Chicago, 
 
 And I made a precious row. 
 
 I was slow to wrath against him. 
 
 When I bore defeat and pain; 
 But I've waited for him patiently, 
 
 And I didn't wait in vain. 
 
 Now they swear at me, the vipers! 
 
 But they swear a good way off. 
 For they know the gallant Greeley 
 
 At the best of them will scoff. 
 
 And they know he's used to swearing 
 
 (Tho' it's very wrong to swear), 
 So they cursed his seedy garments 
 
 And they blast his yellow hair. 
 
 But little cares the Greeley 
 
 What his enemies may say; 
 When he knows the greyhound Seward 
 
 Is a dog that's had his day. 
 
 When Weed became editor of The Commercial Advertiser the feud 
 between him and Greeley broke out anew. In rebuttal Weed wasted, so 
 it seems to-day, much time and valuable editorial space in attacks on 
 Greeley. Part of one editorial taken from The Commercial Advertiser for 
 June 3, 1868, must suffice by way of illustration: 
 
 The leaders of The Tribune may have forgotten that that 
 political Maw-worm of The Tribune was a candidate before the 
 legislature eight or ten years ago for United States senator; that 
 the business of securing his nomination was intrusted to his faith- 
 ful follower, Charles A. Dana, then managing editor of The Trib- 
 une, his henchman, Benjamin Camp . . . They not only kept 
 open house and free liquor at the Delavan House, but corrupted 
 the members of the Assembly. Greeley, OF COURSE, had no 
 knowledge of this . . . Greeley is a friend of temperance. 
 . . . Greeley is an honorable man and would not use money to 
 secure his nomination. Of course not! When he subscribed money 
 for election purposes it was for printing, carriage hire, etc. 
 
 It must be remembered in this connection that the journalism of the 
 time was intensely picric and personal. It was almost as bad as when 
 The Minerva made its first appearance. 
 
 15 
 
On account of ill health Weed did not long remain in the editorial 
 chair of The Commercial Advertiser. He was followed in 1868 by Hugh 
 J. Hastings, who was directly responsible for the paper for many years. 
 
 IN HORACE GREELEY'S TIME. 
 
 To show the character of New York journalism at the time, I have 
 only to recall a typical incident. Greeley was forever in conflict with his 
 rivals, doubtless because of their opposition to his political aspirations. 
 Through the columns of The Tribune he once hurled at William Cullen 
 Bryant, editor of The New York Evening Post, the following accusation: 
 "You lie, you villain. You sinfully, wilfully, basely lie!" Punchinello, a 
 cartoon weekly, conducted by many writers and artists who had formerly 
 worked for Vanity Fair, rebuked in its issue of May 28, 1870, not only 
 Greeley but the other New York editors by a cartoon entitled "Editorial 
 Washing-Day in New York." 
 
 Reproduced on this page, the cartoon portrayed the New York jour- 
 nalists at their editorial tubs, with Greeley's celebrated "U-Lye Soap" on 
 the journalistic washboards. This famous soap, according to the cartoon, 
 was guaranteed to remove all stains, impurities, etc. In the same issue 
 Punchinello added this comment: 
 
 We observe Punchinello's cartoon, in which you shall behold 
 the editorial laundresses of New York City having a washy time 
 of it all around. There is a shriek of objurgation in the air, and 
 a flutter of soiled linen on the breeze. Granny Marble, of The 
 World, to the extreme left of the picture, clenches her fists over 
 the pungent suds, and looks fight at Granny Jones of The Times. 
 The beaming phiz of Granny Greeley of The Tribune looms up 
 between the two, like the sun in a fog. But the real Sun in a fog 
 is to be seen to the extreme right. There you behold Granny Dana 
 of The Sun, shaking her brawny bunch of fives in the face of Gran- 
 ny Young of The Standard, whose manner of wringing out the 
 linen, you will observe, is up to the highest Standard of that 
 branch of art. Further away Granny Tilton of The Independent 
 flutters her linen with spiteful flourish, nettled by the vituperation 
 Of Granny Hastings of The Commercial Advertiser, who hangs up 
 her Commercial clothes on the line. The tableau is an instructive 
 one; and it is to be hoped that all the U-Lye soaps used by the 
 washerwomen is used up by this time, and that they will replace 
 it with some having a sweeter perfume. 
 
 In this rebuke Punchinello was speaking one word for itself and two 
 for the general newspaper reader, who was already tired of personal quar- 
 rels of editors forever hurling the lie, with or without adjectives, at each 
 other. The pedantic and academic critic of American journalism in ex- 
 pressing a longing for a return of journalism to the days when the editorial 
 giants mentioned by Punchinello were in control of newspapers could not 
 have been familiar with the journalism of that time or he would not have 
 expressed any such wish. 
 
 The Commercial Advertiser, though always giving considerable space 
 to literary matters, was one of the first newspapers to publish a literary 
 supplement. This supplement, given free to every reader on Saturday, 
 contained not only art and book criticisms, but also stories, poems, etc. 
 
 16 
 
In 1881 it was the size of the regular edition. In 1882 this supplement was 
 made smaller, and was the precursor of the book supplement such as we 
 find it to-day in many newspapers. 
 
 Under the editorship of Hastings The Commercial Advertiser at one 
 time made a practice of giving a list, with the years of administration, of 
 the editors who had conducted the Commercial Advertise^r. 
 
 Before passing on, I want to quote an item which appeared in the issue 
 for Jan. 5, 1881, because I think it will be read with interest at this time. 
 Under the title "A New Socialistic Organization Discovered," it was a» 
 follows: 
 
 LONDON, Jan. 5.— A despatch from Berlin to The Pall Mall 
 Gazette says it is stated that the police have discovered a new 
 secret organization of Socialists extending over the whole of 
 Germany. 
 
 At the time this item appeared The Commercial Advertiser was con- 
 ducting a vigorous war against vivisection. More important, however, was 
 its editorial drive for a better sewerage system in New York. In other 
 editorials it advocated a more extensive use of the telephone, and ven- 
 tured a prophecy of what this instrument might mean to business in the 
 years to come. It was a strong advocate in 1882 for free canals. 
 
 Ever since the change in name from The Minerva to The Commercial 
 Advertiser the paper had occupied an enviable place in the field of com- 
 merce, finance, business, etc. It takes only a glance at the advertising 
 columns to show its importance in this field. For the convenience of 
 advertisers it placed boxes for advertising copy at such places as Brentano's 
 Book Store, Delmonico's vestibule, Murray Hill Hotel, etc. 
 
 In 1885 Henry J. Wright, fresh from college, became a reporter on the 
 staff of The Commercial Advertiser. Later he went to The Evening Post 
 as city editor, but in 1896 he returned to The Commercial Advertiser as its 
 editor in chief, a position which he still fills. 
 
 I have now reached the limit set for me in my review of the story of 
 The Globe and Commercial Advertiser. With its subsequent history, since 
 the change in name to The Globe — doubtless a concession to the newsboys 
 in crying their wares on city streets — Globe readers are doubtless familiar. 
 If not they will find it in a book, "Newspaper Building," recently pub- 
 lished b.y the present publisher of The Globe, Jason Rogers. There is no 
 need at this time to retell a tale already well told. Sufficient glimpses 
 have been given of the paper to enable the reader to get some idea of 
 the story of the oldest daily newspaper not only in New York, but also 
 in the United States. Of necessity it had to be brief and somewhat sketchy 
 in outline. The real story of the paper is found in the long row of bound 
 volumes dating from Dec. 9, 1793, to Dec. 9, 1918. 
 
 OTHER OLD NEWSPAPERS. 
 
 By way of a postscript it ma.y not be out of place to say a few words 
 about newspaper nomenclature and about some of the newspapers in ex- 
 istence when The Globe was first established. In colonial days, when a 
 daily newspaper was even beyond the dreams of ye olde time printer, the 
 most popular name for a newspaper was that of The Gazette. While the 
 first regular newspaper in the United States was The Boston News-Letter, 
 
 17 
 
which appeared on April 24, 1704, the second newspaper not only in Massa- 
 chusetts but also in this country was the Boston Gazette, established on 
 Dec. 21, 1719. 
 
 The following list will show how often The Gazette was the first news- 
 paper in the other colonies: 
 
 Pennsylvania — the first weekly newspaper was The American Weekly 
 Mercury, established in Philadelphia on Dec. 22, 1719, by Andrew Bradford. 
 The second paper, however, in Philadelphia was The Pennsylvania Gazette, 
 established on Dec. 24, 1728, by Samuel Keimer. 
 
 New York — The New York Gazette, established at New York on Nov. 
 8, 1725, by William Bradford. 
 
 Maryland — The Maryland Gazette, established at Annapolis on Sept. 
 19, 1727, by William Parks. 
 
 South Carolina — The South Carolina Weekly Journal, established at 
 "Charles Town" on or near March 4, 1730, by Eleazer Phillips. 
 
 Rhode Island — The Rhode Island Gazette, established at Newport on 
 Sept. 27, 1732, by James Franklin, brother of Benjamin Franklin. 
 
 Virginia — The Virginia Gazette, established at Williamsburg on Aug. 
 6, 1736, by William Parks, also founder of journalism in Maryland. 
 
 Connecticut — The Connecticut Gazette, established at New Haven on 
 April 12, 1755, by James Parker and John Holt. 
 
 North Carolina — The North Carolina Gazette, established at Newbern 
 in 1755 by James Davis. 
 
 New Hampshire — The New Hampshire Gazette, established at Ports- 
 mouth on Oct. 7, 1756, b.y Daniel Fowle. 
 
 Delaware — The Chronicle, established at Wilmington in 1762 by James 
 Adams. 
 
 Georgia — The Georgia Gazette, established at Savannah on April 7, 
 1763, by James Johnson. 
 
 New Jersey — The New Jersey Gazette, established at Burlington on 
 Dec. 5, 1777, by Isaac Colins. 
 
 The same condition practically obtained as the country expanded west- 
 ward. The first weekly newspaper, for example, published west of the 
 Alleghanies was The Pittsburgh Gazette, started in a log bouse on the 
 Monongahela River July 29, 1786. To show the popularity of The Gazette 
 I have only to quote the following pioneer newspapers in various terri- 
 tories and states: The Arkansas Gazette, The Florida Gazette, The Illinois 
 Gazette, The Indiana Gazette, The Kentucky Gazette, The Maine Gazette, 
 The Mississippi Gazette, The Missouri Gazette, The Tennessee Gazette, The 
 Texas Gazette, The Washington Gazette, etc. 
 
 When daily papers began to appear the favorite name was The Adver- 
 tiser. The name itself implies that merchants had come to realize the 
 advertising value of newspaper space. Possibly this may have been a 
 reason why The Minerva so soon incorporated The Evening Advertiser as 
 part of its title. 
 
 FIRST DAILY IN AMERICA. 
 
 The first daily paper in the country was The Pennsylvania Packet and 
 Daily Advertiser, which was the outgrowth of a triweekly of practically 
 the same name, excepting in the place of Daily in the title was the word 
 
 18 
 
General. As a daily it first appeared in Philadelphia on Sept. 21, 1784, 
 and, with numerous changes in title, it existed, according to the official 
 "Check List of American Newspapers," compiled b.y the Library of Con- 
 gress, until Dec. 30, 1839. Its remains were purchased by The North 
 American, which first appeared on March 29, 1839, as a daily paper, semi- 
 religious in character. Poulson's American Daily Advertiser, as the paper 
 was called after its purchase by Zachariah Poulson, did not change its 
 name to The North American, as has been sometimes asserted, for both 
 at one time were rivals in Philadelphia. The second daily appeared in 
 Charleston, S. C, on Dec. 1, 1784; it was called The South Carolina Gazette 
 and General Advertiser, after a paper of the same name which had been 
 appearing from two to four times each week, but not on regular days of 
 publication. The New York Daily Advertiser was the third daily in the 
 United States, and was established in New York on March 1, 1785. Though 
 in existence when The Globe began, it had ceased publication by 1835. 
 Boston, so far as I have been able to learn, did not have a daily paper 
 until Oct. 6, 1796, when The Polar Star and Boston Daily Advertiser arose 
 on the horizon with the help of John Burk, who later became associated 
 with Philip Freneau on The Time-Piece of New York. 
 
 The oldest weekly newspaper at the time of the fi^rst appearance of 
 The Minerva was, according to Isaiah Thomas, the historian of colonial 
 printing, The New Hampshire Gazette, to which reference has already 
 been made. While there is still a weekly paper of that name in Ports- 
 mouth, its genealogical title is not absolutely free from flaws. On Sept. 
 14, 18G1, Frank W. Miller, publisher of The Portsmouth Chronicle, 
 a daily newspaper with a weekly issue, bought The New Hampshire 
 Gazette from Samuel Gray. Because of the age of The Gazette, he 
 transferred its title to that of a weekly newspaper already in existence. 
 Such an adoption seriously affects any claim to direct descent. Another 
 weekly newspaper. The Mercury, begun June 19, 1758, at Newport, R. I., 
 was appearing regularly at the time of the appearance of The Minerva 
 and is still in existence. It has not, however, had continuous publication 
 in Newport. During the troublesome days of the Revolution there was 
 extramural publication at Attlebury. Mention has already been made of 
 another weekly, the Connecticut Courant, established Oct. 29, 1764, in 
 Hartford, Conn., by Thomas Green. From this paper has come the present 
 Hartford Courant, a daily publication begun on Aug. 29, 1837. 
 
 Possibly the nearest rival to The Globe in age in daily publication is 
 The Baltimore American, a direct descendant from a weekly newspaper, 
 The Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser, established on Aug. 20, 
 1773. It became a tri-weekly on Nov. 1, 1793, and a daily a year later, or 
 one year after The Globe had been in existence as a daily newspaper. On 
 May 14, 1799, its name was changed to The Baltimore American and Daily 
 Advertiser. Save for a few days' suspension in 1814 this newspaper has 
 had continuous publication in the same place. In New York City the near- 
 est rival to The Globe in the matter of age and continuous publication 
 as a daily is The New York Evening Post, established on Nov. 16, 1801, 
 by William Coleman. It is a rather remarkable coincidence that back of 
 both Webster's paper and Coleman's paper may be seen the guiding hand 
 of Alexander Hamilton, whose friends helped to raise the funds to start 
 these two dailies. 
 
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 NEW YORK CITY IN 1793, FROM THE NORTH RIVER. 
 
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NEW YORK ONLY A LITTLE 
 BRICK VILLAGE IN 1793 
 
 Wall Street Then the Centre of Fashion and Grand Street Was 
 
 Far Out of Town — Important Buildings of the Day — 
 
 Streets Mostly Unpaved and Crooked — Many 
 
 CofiFee Houses — One Bank and One Theatre. 
 
 Were a mighty hand to sweep Manhattan Island from end to end, re- 
 moving every skyscraper, every building of whatever sort, and replace 
 them with a little brick village, a few church steeples rising amidst its 
 roofs of the southern tip of the island, leaving wooded hills, marsh land, 
 and ponds from Grand street north, the picture would be that of New 
 York City in 1793, the year in which The American Minerva was first 
 published. 
 
 It was then that Wall street was the centre of fashion, William street 
 abounded in dry goods shops, open fields stretched away north of St. Paul's 
 Chapel at Vesey street, Greenwich Village was two miles outside city 
 limits, and Grand street was so far out of town that a project for a park 
 there failed "principally because the supposition of the city's ever extending 
 so far out upon the island was thought by capitalists too visionary to be 
 acted upon." 
 
 Only four years before, in 1789, where now the Sub-Treasury building 
 stands, George Washington had taken the oath of office as first President 
 of the United States, while the crowds in Broad street cheered themselves 
 hoarse. In 1793 the seat of government had only just been removed from 
 New York, where the congress had sat, in that same building, at the head 
 of Broad street. 
 
 Along Broadwa.y, in lieu of the tall office buildings, some of which 
 house nearly as many people as then lived in the entire city of New York, 
 there were little brick dwellings. In one of them, at 12 Broadway, lived 
 Elizabeth Dunscomb, schoolmistress, and at 66 Wall street John Ellsworth 
 conducted a boarding house, while Mrs. Fleming, mantua maker, had her 
 abode at 94 Broad street. Where now the Hudson Terminal buildings rear 
 their huge bulk at 30 Church street there lived, in 1793, Henry Earle, house 
 carpenter. On Broad street, now devoted to finance and to offices, there 
 lived, at No. 38, by a strange irony, Lewis Hallam, a comedian. There 
 was a toy shop in Nassau street, at No. 94, and George Stanton, coach 
 maker, conducted his business at 39 Broadway. 
 
 View From Grand Street Hill, 
 
 In those days the aristocrats of the city went to the uptown market 
 at Liberty street and Broadway, where they filled the baskets, carried by 
 
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«!BSf!l!™»(^"'^'?&?' 
 
 THE JUNCTION OF PARK ROW AND NASSAU 
 STREET IN 1793. 
 
 The church on the right Is St. Paul's, which Is still standing on Broadway, 
 between Fulton and Vesey streets. 
 
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their black slaves, with provisions. As they walked up Broadway they 
 had a pleasing prospect past the houses and gardens that stretched to the 
 Hudson River, and Dr. John Bard, a physician of the time, has told of 
 the "fragrant odours from the apple orchards and buckwheat fields in 
 bloom on the pleasant banks of the Jersey shore in view of their delightful 
 dwellings." 
 
 Perhaps one of the best views In Manhattan Island was to be obtained 
 from the summit of a hill, where now is the corner of Grand street and 
 Broadway. From that point "the land gracefully fell off toward the brook 
 at Canal street," up which was the King's Bridge Road, subsequently 
 Broadway. "From that hill," we are told, "was a view which in majestic 
 loveliness was very captivating. Below, in the valley, on each side the 
 road, the waters were seen flowing toward each river, those on the east 
 finding their way through and over the low lands where now is Roosevelt 
 street, and those on the west finding their way through the low lands of the 
 meadows of Lispenard to the North River, through a sewer made through a 
 dike where now is Greenwich street, and the ponds on each side varying 
 in width, and each presenting a beautiful sheet of water. ... To the 
 south and west was a succession of hills, . . . and on one, to the west 
 of and near Broadway, a little above Anthony street, was once Curry's ice 
 cream garden; from thence to the west, beyond a valley which intervened 
 and where now is Laight street, near St. John's Park, was the high hill 
 on which was the country seat of Leonard Lispenard. 
 
 "To the west the eye rested on the green woods and lands of Richmond 
 Hill, a romantic spot, where once resided Colonel Burr. ... To the 
 south lay Broadway, then a highway road, the hospital recently erected 
 beside it. . . . On the east lay the broad lands of Stuyvesant and Kipp, 
 and their domiciles, and that beautiful sheet of water, Kipps Bay; and 
 near at hand were the lands that since formed the east and west Bayard 
 farm; and far, far away, yet before the eye, were the North and East 
 rivers and the magnificent bay, and the lands and shores beyond." 
 
 Something of the tiny proportions of the city of New York in 1793 
 can be imagined when one thinks of standing on a bare hill at Grand 
 street and having an unobstructed view of the harbor. 
 
 The Crooked Streets of the City. 
 
 The city itself was full of twisting little streets, many of them un- 
 paved, none paved above Dey street. Large pumps were placed in the 
 middle of the streets. A Philadelphian, visiting the city at about that 
 period, wrote of his disgust at its irregularity: "I am still perplexed to 
 find my way through the crooked streets of this city," he wrote, "nor do 
 I think I could obtain a tolerable knowledge of them in a month. The 
 houses appear to me to be huddled together without regularity, like 
 trees in a forest: and when I think I am travelling in the road I wish to 
 go, I frequently find myself in one which runs in a contrary direction. 
 
 "Broadway was then, as now, the ridge or backbone of the lower end 
 of the island," wrote Dr. Francis. "From it the land fell in an easy slope 
 to the East River, but to the westward a steep embankment, with occa- 
 sional breaks, separated it from the Hudson, presenting an appearance 
 from the river not unlike that of the Brooklyn Highlands within our own 
 memory." 
 
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 i. 
 
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 THE FIRST BRICK CHURCH, BEEKMAN AND NASSAU 
 STREETS. ERECTED 1767. 
 
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Most of the city's shipping was docked along the East River, the water 
 front "passing in its easterly course Coenties slip, or the Albaay basins; 
 the Great Dock at the foot of Broad street; Cruger's Wharf, a broad land 
 projection on the present line of Front street, with extending piers, and 
 Burnet's Key, on the line of Water street, and running with numerous 
 other irregularities, and intersecting piers and slips, of which Coffee House 
 slip and its extension, Murray's Wharf, at the foot of Wall street, and 
 Burling's, Beekman's and Peck slips were the most important. From the 
 Fly Market, at the foot of Maiden Lane, a ferry communicated with Long 
 Island." 
 
 Among the main buildings in the lower part of the city was the Gov- 
 ernment House, erected in 1790 on the site of the old fort facing Bowling 
 Green. John Drayton, writing in 1793, described Government House as 
 being "placed on a handsome elevation and fronting Broadway, having 
 before it an elegant elliptical approach, round an area of near an acre of 
 ground, enclosed by an iron railing. In the midst of this is a pedestal, 
 which formerly was pressed by a leaden equestrian statue of the king of 
 Great Britain; but having been dismantled of that for the use of the con- 
 tinental army, it now remains ready, in due time, I hope, to receive the 
 statue of the president of the United States of America." The house itself 
 was "two stories high. Projecting before it is a portico, covered b.y a pedi- 
 ment, upon which is superbly carved in basso rilievo the arms of the 
 state, supported by Justice and Liberty, as large as life. The arms and 
 figures are white placed in a blue field, and the pediment is supported by 
 four white pillars of the Ionic order, which are the height of both stories." 
 
 The Government House was built for the use of the state government 
 and for the President when congress met in New York. Governors Clinton 
 and Jay lived there until 1797, when the state capital was transferred to 
 Albany. The state then leased the building "to one Avery, for a family 
 hotel." It was called the "Elysian Boarding House," until later it was 
 converted for use as a custom house, and on its site the present Custom 
 House stands. 
 
 Federal Hall and the Exchange. 
 
 Drayton found the best streets to be Broadway, Broad street, Queen 
 street (now Pearl street), and Wall street. He found something charming 
 in the irregularities of the town, "particularly the curves in some of the 
 streets, which consequently do not give the full prospect at once, but b.y 
 degrees unfold it to the view. It is in this way that Federal Hall opens 
 to the sight as one walks up Broad street." It was at Federal Hall that 
 Washington took the oath of office, and it was on that site that the City 
 Hall was situated until it was removed to its present location in City Hall 
 Park. 
 
 Another of the city's important buildings at the time was the Ex- 
 change, called the Royal Exchange before the revolution. It stood, raised 
 on arches, in the middle of Broad street, just below the intersection of 
 Dock (now Pearl) street. "Above the arches was a large hall sixty feet 
 by thirty, with walls fourteen feet high, arching to a height of twenty 
 feet, surmounted by a cupola. It was provided with a stove, then a modern 
 invention, and a clock." The lower story of the Exchange was used as a 
 
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WHERE GOVERNOR CLINTON LIVED IN 1793. 
 This building stood on the site of the present Custom House. 
 
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coffee house, the upper as a ballroom. It had been used by the Chamber 
 of CommeiFce, and during the revolution the British had used the building 
 as a market. Later, in 1795, the Tammany Society used it as a museum. 
 
 Wall street, as has been said, was the centre of the residence district 
 and of fashion. 
 
 On the north side of the street were the residences of the Whites, 
 Goulds, Buchanans, Van Homes. Mrs. Daubigny kept "a very fashionable 
 bachelor lodging house in Wall street," which was the location also of "the 
 more notorious bachelor homestead of Daniel McCormick, upon whose 
 stoop were seated for several hours every fair day, himself, his cronies, 
 and his toadies, the latter of whom generally stayed to dinner." The 
 lower end of Wall street, toward the East River, was "exclusively given 
 up to stores, auctioneers' rooms, and offices, here and there interspersed 
 with lodging houses." 
 
 This elegant (residential section was jostled by a disreputable quarter, 
 between Broad street and the East River, known as "Canvas Town." It 
 consisted mainly of temporary houses built after the great fire of 1776, 
 which destroyed a goodly portion of the lower city. Canvas Town "figured 
 in the news of the day from 1785 to 1797 as the abode of dissolute charac- 
 ters and the scene of frequent disorder and even crime." 
 
 The city abounded in coffee houses, which were centres not only of 
 political discussion but of business. Before the erection in 1792 of the 
 famous Tontine Coffee House, the Merchants' Coffee House at the southeast 
 corner of Wall and Water streets was the most important of them, and 
 from 1772 to 1804 more than fifty organizations made it their headquarters 
 for dinners and meetings. Another famous old coffee house was Mart- 
 ling's, at 87 Nassau street, opposite the Brick Meeting House. Martling's 
 was the wigwam of the Tammany Society until 1811. The Belvedere 
 House, built in 1792, stood at the corner of the present Cherry and Mont- 
 gomery streets. At that time it overlooked the East River. 
 
 "From 11 to 2 o'clock the merchants, brokers, etc., met at the Tontine 
 Coffee House in Wall street," wrote John Drayton, "where they transact 
 all their concerns in a large way and where the politics of the day are 
 considered. This is a most convenient and large building, having an ele- 
 gant suite of rooms, bath, and other conveniences. Here the insurance 
 offices are kept, blank checks on the different banks are ready for those 
 who may want them, and everything in the busy line transacted." 
 
 One Bank and One Theatre. 
 
 Drayton was in error when he referred to banks, as there was then 
 but one— the Bank of New York — in the city. There was only one theatre 
 in the New York of 1793, the John Street Theatre, on the north side of 
 John street, between Broadway and Nassau street. To make up for this 
 lack there were frequent circuses and exhibitions, which included bull 
 baiting and combats between wild animals in the Bowery circus and the 
 circus of Jacob Ricketts, on the east side of lower Greenwich street, in the 
 rear of the Macomb houses, one of which Washington had occupied as 
 president. 
 
 Not content with conducting the Tammany Museum, founded in 1790 
 by John Pintard, "its enterprising keeper, Gardiner Baker, exhibited works 
 of art and nature, including wax works and a patent steam jack, and also 
 
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK'S HOME IN 1797. 
 
 The B^nk of New York was the only bank in the city when the American 
 
 Minerva first was pubiished. It moved into the above building 
 
 at 48 Wail Street in 1797. 
 
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established a menagerie on a vacant lot on the corner of Pearl street and 
 the Battery." One of the early amusement places was a Vauxhall, named 
 after the famous resort in London. A Mrs. Amory opened it in Great 
 George street in 1793, "and illuminated it in the Chinese style with 500 
 glass lamps." 
 
 There was no stock exchange in 1793, but an agreement had been 
 effected among stock brokers in 1792. "From 1792 to 1S17 the dealings of 
 the members were conducted in various places, the trading out of doors 
 being usually done near a buttonwood tree which stood in front of the 
 dividing line between 68 and 70 Wall street. After the completion of the 
 Tontine Coffee House in 1793, at the northwest comer of Wall and Water 
 streets, the brokers for a time met there." 
 
 To what extent the life of New York was centred in the southernmost 
 tip of Manhattan Island may be gathered from the fact that when the Post- 
 office was moved from 8 Wall street to 62 Broadway, at the corner of Lib- 
 erty street, "there was public complaint that the postmaster had not chosen 
 'some more central place.' " 
 
 The View From the Library. 
 
 Slightly above the centre of the city, at Nassau and Cedar streets, 
 there was begun in the same year as The Minerva the New York Society 
 Library. With the present caverns formed by office buildings in mind, it 
 is interesting to review the scene there as it was about 1793. The readers 
 at the library "were fond of viewing the unobstructed scenery of the 
 vicinity, consisting of the garden of Mr. Winter, with its fine grapery and 
 overhanging fruit trees; the venerable specimen of Low Dutch church archi- 
 tecture opposite, whose lofty peaked roof, belfry, and cupola, surmounted 
 by its gilt rooster, remain a relic, alas! one of the few to remind the 
 native Knickerbocker of his childhood's home; to the southeast remained 
 the still more antiquated 'Eglise du St. Esprit,' the church of the French 
 Huguenots. Two or three other churches occupied positions in the imme- 
 diate vicinity, but were not distinctly visible from the library. The neigh- 
 borhood, however, was crowded with objects of historical interest, includ- 
 ing, besides these ancient churches, with their moss-grown roofs, venerable 
 trees, and grassy graveyards, many a queer old house, with the date of 
 its erection conspicuous in iron numbers on its walls of Holland brick, 
 while a little way down Liberty (formerly Crown) street, hid behind the 
 big Dutch church, lowered that dark and evil-omened pile, the old Custom 
 House, or prison of the Revolutionary patriots. 
 
 "The Quaker meeting house, to which Grant Thorburn, with his flower 
 pots, afterward removed from the neighboring corner, was planted behind 
 a high brick wall, nearer to Broadway, in the same narrow street. The view 
 southward gave a vista of that fine, wide, well-built, and handsomely- 
 planted avenue. Broad street, then still the leading quarter of the early 
 aristocracy of the town. . . , Then the city still possessed an air of 
 repose and some degree of rurality; every house had its vines and gardens; 
 frequently its trees shading the front stoop, while birds enlivened the air 
 with they gay warblings." 
 
 At the upper end of Broadway, above Vesey street, where Broadway 
 then ended and Great George street continued it, in the space now devoted 
 to the Federal Building and City Hall Park, were in 1793, the Bridewell, 
 
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the poorhouse, and the jail. To the west, near the present Murray street, 
 was Columbia College. North of the present City Hall Park, at about the 
 site of the Tombs Prison, was a large fresh water pond known as the 
 Collect, whose southern and eastern banks were lined with furnaces, pot- 
 teries, breweries, tanneries, and ropewalks. 
 
 In winter the Collect was used as a skating pond, and it is described 
 as follows by Mr. Duer: "The ground between the Collect and Broadway 
 rose gradually from its margin to the height of one hundred feet, and noth- 
 ing can exceed in brilliancy and animation the prospect it presented on a 
 fine winter day, when the icy surface was alive with skaters darting in 
 every direction with the swiftness of the wind, or bearing down in a body 
 in pursuit of a ball driven before them by their burlies; in an amphitheatre, 
 tier above tier, comprising as many of the fair sex as were sufficient to 
 adorn and necessary to refine the assemblage." 
 
 Odd Characters in 1793. 
 
 Uniforms of the continental army, which had won the War of the 
 Revolution, were still proudly worn on the streets of New York City In 
 1793. From letters and books of contemporary observers it is possible 
 to gather a portrait gallery of old generals, dandies, fiddlers, and the quaint 
 characters of the time which makes the period live again as no description 
 of streets and houses could do. 
 
 "As this city was the seat of the continental government, the veterans 
 of the Revolutionary army formed a conspicuous feature in the face of so- 
 ciety," we are told of the New York of that day "as they walked the 
 streets, generally arm-in-arm, in their razeed uniforms, in many cases 
 nearly threadbare. All, however, did not submit to this reduction of their 
 regimentals. I remember a certain general, Donald Campbell, who con- 
 tinued to parade the streets in full dress, cocked hat, bagwig, sword, and 
 solitaire, for several years after everybody else had doffed his military 
 costume, except, indeed, a superannuated English general, of the name of 
 Maunsell. 
 
 One of the most picturesque New York characters of the time was un- 
 doubtedly Mynheer Wilhelm Hoffmeister, who was known among the boys 
 as "Billy the Fiddler." "He was not four feet high," we are told, "yet he 
 was not a drawf, for his proportions were symmetrical, and all but his 
 visage had ceased growing older at about his eighth year. But In the 
 costume of the day, in his knee-breeches, jack-boots, cocked hat, and mili- 
 tary queue, he looked more like a monkey than a man, and had his tail 
 been in the right place, the resemblance would have been perfct." 
 
 Then there was Simmons, the tavern keeper, who kept house at the 
 corner of William and Nassau streets. He "exceeded Falstaff in size, 
 though not in humor," filled the whole bench on his "stoep," and in winter 
 the whole of one front window. When he died the pier between this 
 two windows had to be removed to let the coffin pass. 
 
 Little Gardiner Baker, keeper of the Tammany Society Museum, was 
 one of those who delighted in expatiating on the beauties of their city. 
 He "was a greater curiosity than any in his collection. How he would 
 luxuriate in describing from one of the windows of his repository the for- 
 mer course of the creek down Broad street, under which it still ran, and 
 pointing out the old ferry house at the corner of Garden street!" 
 
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NOAH WEBSTER STUDIED AS 
 BOY IN FIELDS 
 
 Founder of The Globe Perfected His Knowledge of Words 
 
 and Composition When Nine Years Old — Father of 
 
 Copyright — His Advanced Views of Spelling Reform. 
 
 In the Newspaper Business for Ten Years. 
 
 It might almost be said that the journalistic career of Noah Webster, 
 founder of the American Minerva, and therefore of The Globe, was begun 
 in the fields of his father's farm. For Webster is said, when a boy of nine, 
 to have taken his Latin grammar to the fields and perfected his knowledge 
 of words and composition. 
 
 Born in West Hartford, Conn., in 1758, Noah Webster was in direct 
 succession to the American tradition which he afterward, in the Minerva, 
 especially defended and affirmed. For his ancestors had been of the brave 
 band that fought its way, for religious convictions, through the wilderness, 
 under the leadership of the Rev. Thomas Hooker. 
 
 Webster's early years at Yale College were passed in the stirring 
 atmosphere of revolutionary marchings and counter-marchings, and it was 
 while he was at Yale that General Burgoyne, marching from Canada toward 
 Albany, was cut off by troops of the Continental armies and was forced to 
 surrender. 
 
 The experiences and the training which Webster had after his college 
 days were of the sort to fit him for journalistic enterprise. He met many 
 sorts of men and through the variety of his own activities became familiar 
 with several professions and developed his own original turn of mind. 
 After receiving $8 from his father, at the close of his college career, anCT 
 being told to make his own way, Webster taught school. This was a pre- 
 liminary to the great enterprise, his American Spelling Book, for which 
 he is universally known, but in the mean time he qualified for the practice 
 of law. 
 
 Webster is known not only for his work in standardizing spelling in 
 this country but also as the father of copyright. It was after the publica- 
 tion of the speller that he journeyed through the country speaking in 
 favor of copyright and introducing his then revolutionary ideas of spelling 
 to the American public. How advanced were his views of spelling reform 
 were, even at the early period of American history in which he lived, 
 may be gathered from his remarks on the evolution of spelling. He urged 
 the change from old English spelling to modern spelling as a good reason 
 for still further changes. "The man who admits that the change of hous- 
 bonde, mynde, ygone, moneth into husband, mind, gone, month is an im- 
 
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provement," he wrote, "must acknowledge also the ,riting of helth, breth, 
 rong, tung, munth to be an improovment." 
 
 His Journalistic Ideals, 
 
 Something of his journalistic ideals is expressed in a letter he wrote 
 about a proposed journal, about 1788, a project which met with no success. 
 
 "The best publications in Europe are conducted by societies of literary 
 gentlemen, and how much more necessary is it in this country? We want 
 a literary intercourse, we want to be acquainted with each other, we want 
 a mutual knowledge of the state of every part of America." 
 
 It was on Dec. 9, 1793, that the following entry appeared in Webster's 
 diary: "Dec. 9. Begin a Daily Paper." 
 
 That terse note is the announcement of the first publication of the 
 American Minerva, "Patroness of Peace, Commerce, and the Liberal Arts," 
 which has continued its uninterrupted daily publication, under the name 
 of the Commercial Advertiser and then as The Globe, for 125 years. 
 
 Webster's reason for founding the Minerva, he said later, was to sup- 
 port the administration of President George Washington to aid the Fed- 
 eralists in welding the states of the union into one nation. For years 
 Webster was closely associated with the chief protagonist of the Federalist 
 programme. 
 
 "In 1793 when the French minister Genet was organizing a party to 
 make common cause with France in the revolution," said Webster later, 
 "I was requested to establish a newspaper in New York to oppose his 
 designs and maintain neutrality. Mr. James Watson, I believe, first sug- 
 gested the plan, and a number of principal characters in New York first 
 furished me with capital for the purpose." 
 
 How the French partisans felt about his work in uncovering Genet's 
 plotting is evidenced by this account of the spies that watched him: 
 
 "During the heat of the French revolution, I superintended the publi- 
 cation of two newspapers in New York. Of course, I was carefully watched 
 by the partisans of France, as these papers were established for the purpose 
 of vindicating and supporting the policy of President Washington, which 
 those partisans alleged to be unfriendly to the French interest. When 
 conversing with gentlemen in the coffee house, I sometimes turned round 
 .suddenly and found a Frenchman just behind me standing with his ear as 
 near me, as convenient, listening to the conversation." 
 
 A Very Prolific Writer. 
 
 For the first few years Webster was not only editor of the American 
 Minerva, but reporter, clerk, accountant as well, besides which he trans- 
 lated liberally from French newspapers and wrote copiously on all topics 
 of the day — commercial, political, general, and editorial matter. He said 
 once to his son-in-law that during the fir.st five years of his editorial labor 
 he probably wrote an amount of matter equal to twenty-five octavo vol- 
 umes of the ordinary size and type. It was not until 1796 that the profits 
 of his enterprise enabled him to employ an assistant editor and clerk. 
 
 "I have defended the administration of the national government be- 
 cause I believe it to have been incorrupt and according to the spirit of the 
 Constitution," said Webster of his journalistic course. "I have advocated 
 
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the Constitution because if not perfect it is probably the best we can ob- 
 tain, and because experience teaches us that it has secured to us great and 
 important rights and great public prosperity. ... I have cautioned 
 my fellow citizens against all foreign intrigues, because I am aware of the 
 fatal dissensions they would introduce into our councils, and because I 
 hold it proper for us to attach ourselves to no foreign nation whatever, and 
 be in truth and spirit Americans." 
 
 In 1798 Webster and his family moved from New York to Hartford, 
 but he still continued his connection with the publications, giving them 
 their political complexion. It was in the early summer of this year that 
 he wrote: 
 
 "The papers we publish have a very extensive circulation, and I am 
 told by men of the first respectability, in congress, and in the country, that 
 these papers have been greatly useful to the public in the progress of the 
 present troubles. Whether they flatter me or not, I do not know. One 
 thing I know, I have been faithful to my principles and to my country, and 
 I have a subsistence by my labors." 
 
 It was in 1803 that Webster finally disposed of his interest in the 
 Commercial Advertiser and from that time onward devoted himself mainly 
 to philological pursuits and the writing of essays. One of the important 
 works of the latter part of his life was the writing of the "History of Epi- 
 demic and Pestilential Diseases." In consequence of a controversy which 
 had arisen over the epidemics of yellow fever. 
 
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PLAN OF NEW YORK CITY IN 1791. 
 
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THE STREETS OF NEW YORK 
 IN 1793 WERE PICTURESQUE 
 
 What would perhaps most impress a New Yorker of to-day who might 
 be suddenly transported to the streets of his native city as they were in 
 1793 would be the signs hanging before shops. As he wound his way among 
 the narrow, crooked passages, some of them paved with round stones, 
 some of them earth.y and miry, nearly all of them deep in filth, he might 
 have seen a sign swinging over a doorway with a picture on it of a unicorn 
 and a mortar. This was the shop of a grocer. A dial on the sign over the 
 doorway signified that there was a clockmaker within, and such signs as 
 the King's Arms or the Scotch Arms signified a tavern. 
 
 The houses of New York City were not to any extent numbered in 
 1793, and it was only in that year that the city government adopted an 
 ordinance calling for numbering. If the wanderer in the New York streets 
 of 1793 were to look up in Old Slip he would see the shop of Anthony Lamb, 
 "at the sign of the quadrant and surveying compass," where were to be 
 had "quadrants, forestaffs, nocturnals, rectifiers, universal scales, gunters," 
 and wood or brass box compasses. Then there was the shop of John Wal- 
 lace, "at the sign of the Cross Swords, next door to Mrs. Byfield, near the 
 Fly Market," the said Wallace being a versatile gentleman who "makes, 
 mends, and grinds all sorts of knives, razors, scissors, and penknives and 
 surgeon's instruments," as well as "jacks, locks, keys, and stillards." 
 
 But Wallace could not have competed as a jack of all trades with 
 Joseph Liddell, "Pewterer," whose shop lay "at the sign of the Platter, at 
 the lower end of Wall street, near the Meal Market." 
 
 For Wallace sold "pewter ware of all sorts, cannons, six- and four- 
 pounders, and swivel guns, cannon shot, cart and wagon boxes," and man.y 
 things besides. Among the other signs to be seen swinging in the wind 
 over shop doors were representations of a dolphin, two cupids, the rose 
 and crown, spread-eagle, white swan, leopard, the Bible, and the sun. 
 "The Boston post," we are informed, "puts up at the sign of the Black 
 Horse in Upper Queen (now Pearl) street." 
 
 On the streets themselves were the greatest animation and bustle. 
 From Wall street and the ground in front of Trinity Cemetery, which was 
 "for many years after the Revolution the fashionable parade, and was known 
 as the Church Walk and the Mall," to the heart of the shopping district 
 in William street, and the centre of auctioneering at the lower end of Wall 
 street, there was much color and much noise. 
 
 Auctioneers Like Coney Barkers, 
 
 John Drayton has told of the auctioneers of that day, who acted on 
 
 the main streets of New York as the barkers at Coney Island used to do. 
 
 "Besides having a flag, denoting it to be auction day, the vendue 
 
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BROAD STREET AS IT APPEARED IN 1793. 
 
 This view, lool<ing north, shows the block between Exchange Place and Wall 
 
 Street. The building at the head of the street is Federal Hall, where 
 
 Washington took the oath of office as first President of 
 
 the United States. 
 
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masters (auctioneers) employ public criers," he wrote, "for the express 
 purpose of persuading people to attend the sale. They walk before the 
 door of the auction room and strive by all the power of their eloquence 
 to catch the attention of the passing crowd. Seeing two of these street 
 orators, from opposite sides of the street, endeavoring to rally persons 
 around their respective colors, the contrast of person observable in them 
 induced me to stop for a moment and observe the effect which it pro- 
 duced. The one appeared to be a cold, phlegmatic character, the other a 
 lively, good looking person. The first had a routine of language, which he 
 dealt out mechanically and with much vociferation. The other, with a 
 brisk, lively deportment, while he informed the public what was going on 
 within doors, lost no opportunity of mixing the dulce cum utile. He spared 
 his lungs when he perceived nobody coming that way. But when any 
 advances were made toward him he spoke, he sang, he looked pleasant, 
 he laughed at his opponent; and in many cases finally carried his point." 
 
 Besides being dirty, the streets of New York at night were dark. In 
 1789, Miss Bisland tells us, a citizen asked for relief because, as not a 
 lamp was burning, he had walked into a pump on Nassau street, near 
 the mayor's house. The fact that the city water works consisted chiefly 
 of pumps, which were placed indiscriminately in the centre of the street, 
 did not facilitate walking about at night unless the walker carried his 
 own illumination. Furthermore, highway robber.y being common, walking 
 was made not only difficult but perilous. 
 
 Pigs, wandering about the streets, added to the interest of the tourist. 
 They became such a nuisance that an order was issued forbidding owners 
 to allow them to wander at will, on pain of fine or confiscation of the 
 pigs. A newspaper satirist of the day celebrated the ordinance in the 
 following fashion: 
 
 Oyes! Oyes! Oyes! 
 
 This is to give notice 
 To all Hog-s, Pig-s, Swine, and their masters. 
 That from the first of February, '89, 
 If any person suffer his, her, or their Swine 
 To g-allop about the streets at large 
 Full twenty shillings is the charge 
 
 For each offense, 
 To be paid (by firm and special order 
 Of our good Aldermen and Recorder) 
 To the informer's use, with all expense. 
 Otherwise he shall be free to dine 
 Upon the said arrested Swine, 
 Send them to jail, or give to the Poor, 
 For which "The Lord increase His store." 
 
 Among the curious figures that might have been seen in 1793 upon 
 New York streets were the milkmen, who wore a yoke, with a tin kettle 
 suspended from each side by a chain. "Their cry was originally 'Milk, 
 ho!' but it degenerated in various peculiar sounds, which their customers 
 alone understood." 
 
 The Bakers and the Bellman. 
 
 Then there were the bakers who used tall, round baskets for their 
 bread, which some carried on their backs, some pushed in an oblong 
 
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WALL AND WATER STREETS IN 1793. 
 
 The building at the left Is the famous Tontine Coffee House, nearly opposite 
 
 which The Minerva was published. 
 
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wagon. "Their cry was 'Bread!' when family bread alone was used; but 
 for cakes they had various cries, including tea-rusk and hot-cross buns 
 and gingerbread. . . . The bellman, as he was called, the street scav- 
 enger, in his rounds, was a noisy and often entertaining as well as useful 
 member of the city government. In cadence with his bell would he give 
 forth songs of various burdens, slow, fast, and with and without chorus. 
 He was .regarded as the best and vagrant comedian of the district assigned 
 to him, ever merry, ever ready with a good joke or a good word. The 
 women and young girls ever received him with a laugh, and with a tend- 
 ency to mischief." 
 
 More picturesque, even, were the chimney sweepers of those days; 
 generally young Negro boys, "who, dark as they were, were made blacker 
 by the quantity of soot which covered them and the old clothes they wore. 
 With the break of day did the streets ring with their cries of 'Sweep, ho! 
 sweep, ho! from the bottom to the top, without a ladder or a rope, sweep, 
 hoi' to which a chorus or cry, in which often were added dulcet sounds 
 of real harmony." 
 
 There was little traffic of vehicles on the streets, although there were 
 occasional hackney coaches and wooden, springless carts, some of them 
 with broad, iron-bound wheels. The coaching routes included a trip to the 
 Belvedere, at Grand street, for which the charge was four shillings; to 
 the public gardens on the North River, near Canal street, for four shillings; 
 to Breevort's, at the Eaut River and Sixtieth street, for one pound sterling, 
 and to Harlem, which took a day, and was charged for at one pound twelve 
 shillings. 
 
 Among the vehicles that jumbled through the streets in 1793 were 
 various stages and "diligences" that were the chief means of communica- 
 tion between New York and Boston and Philadelphia. 
 
 The absence of any great number of vehicles in New York streets in 
 1793 is accounted for in part by their narrowness and varying width, a 
 street which at one point could accommodate two coaches side by side 
 becoming so crowded that there was hardly room for one. Most of the 
 garbage was thrown into the streets, although at night there were proces- 
 sions of Negro slaves carrying garbage in tubs on their heads, to be cast 
 into the river. 
 
 The Variegated Costumes. 
 
 Color was lent the streets by the variegated costumes of the citizens. 
 It was a far cry from the greasy old leather clothes of farmers and market- 
 men, or the linen smocks of carters, to the gay apparel in which gentlemen 
 and ladies displayed themselves. Thus the colors for men's clothing, as 
 advertised by one tailor, included bottle green, mouse's ear, drake's head, 
 batswing, navy blue, parson's gray, changeable pearl, scarlet, London 
 smoke, mulberry, garnet, and pea green, and waistcoats we,re made of 
 muslinet, dimity cotton, silk, satin, gold, and silver tambour muslin, stinet, 
 and Princess stuff. 
 
 But the variety in women's garments and stuffs was far greater. There 
 was taffeta, padnasoy, silk, tabby, brocaded lutestring, cherry derry, India 
 dimity, cordurets, camblets, callimancos, casserillias, fearnaughts, floren- 
 tines, ribdelures, rattinetts, tammies, honeycomb thicksetts, moreens, vel- 
 verets, and shalloons. 
 
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CITY GOVERNMENT 
 125 YEARS AGO 
 
 Richard Varick Was Then Mayor — ^The Police Service and 
 Fire Fighting Organizations Quite Different From Hiose 
 of To- Day — Rates of Carters Allowed of No Profi- 
 teering — "Disorderly Persons" in Those Days. 
 
 With swine wandering at large about the streets of a city with a 
 population of some 33,000, New York was a different sort of problem for 
 a city government than the present colossus with its millions of inhabi- 
 tants. All the laws applying to traffic, most of them concerning carting 
 and carters, the ordinances excluding pigs from the streets, the admin- 
 istration of the police service and the fire fighting organizations, seem 
 quaint to dwellers in the present metropolitan city. 
 
 Not the least interesting were the regulations regarding fire fighting. 
 New York, being built of brick and wood, was subject to disastrous con- 
 flagrations, one of which, in 1776, did great havoc about Wall and Broad 
 streets. Householders were, therefore, required to keep fire buckets con- 
 stantly on hand in good repair, the penalty for failure to do so being a 
 fine. The Common Council was also directed to appoint fire wardens 
 "whose duty it shall be, immediately on the cny or notice of fire, to repair 
 to the place where it shall be, and to direct the inhabitants in forming 
 themselves into ranks for handling the buckets to supply the fire en- 
 gines with water — under the direction, however, of the mayor, recorder, or 
 any alderman, or assistant of the said city, if present." It should perhaps 
 be remarked that the "fire engines" were not in any modern sense en- 
 gines, but were carts on which were long-handled pumps operated by ten 
 or a dozen men. 
 
 The city in 1793 was policed by watchmen, and there are numerous 
 references in the minutes of the Common Council to payment made to 
 James Culbertson and to one Alexander Lamb for the services of their 
 companies of the city watch. That their position was not always an eas.y 
 one is amply borne out in the accounts of riots and highway robberies, 
 which were of frequent occurrence. It is narrated how on one occasion "a 
 farmer created great excitement by announcing that on his way to the 
 city in the early morning he had been stopped by a gang of villains, who, 
 after questioning him closely, allowed him to depart unharmed; but on the 
 next day the high constable issued a card stating that the gang of villains 
 had consisted of himself and his men, who had been upon important secret 
 service for the city." 
 
 The corporate existence of the city was conferred by the Dongan 
 charter of 1686, a confirmatory act of 1708, the Montgomerie charter of 
 1730, and the slate constitution of 1777. In 1793 the mayor and recorder 
 were appointed by a council of appointment consisting of the governor of 
 the state and four state senators chosen by the legislature. From each of 
 
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the seven wards, in which the city was then divided, there was elected one 
 alderman, an assistant, two assessors, a collector, and two constables. 
 
 The city administration in 1793 was composed of Richard Varick, 
 mayor; Samuel Jones, recorder; Marinus Willet, sheriff; Robert Benson, 
 clerk, and William I. Ellsworth, coroner. The aldermen were Isaac Stout- 
 enburgh, Nicholas Bayard, John Campbell, Peter B. Van Zandt, Gabriel 
 Furman, Theophilus Beekman, and Wynant Van Zandt. 
 
 As has been said, besides firemen and watchmen, carters came in for 
 a special share of the legislators' attention. Cartmen were not allowed to 
 sit in their carts, unless in virtue of a special dispensation by reason of 
 age or infirmity, and they had to drive themselves and were not allowed to 
 employ any substitutes except such as were specially licensed by the 
 mayor. There was, furthermore, a fine of twenty shillings imposed upon 
 any carter who refused to employ his cart or horse when required. 
 
 The rate schedule established by the city for the carters' service was 
 most lengthy and elaborate, a typical item being phrased as follows: 
 
 "And foir every load of lime, bricks, stones, heading, hoops, hoop 
 poles, cocoa, bar iron, pimento, slate, all kinds of dye wood, every seven 
 barrels of flour, every four tierces of bread, every two bales of cotton, 
 every fifteen bushels of salt, every load of cheese or gammons, every load 
 of sails, every load of white sand, every load of beef, pork, pitch, tar, tur- 
 pentine, beer, cider, or other goods or things, in tight barrels, allowing five 
 barrels to each load (excepting oil and potash, which shall be four barrels 
 to a load) not exceeding half a mile, one shilling, and, if housed, six pence 
 more for each full load." Under the circumstances there was hardly room 
 for much profiteering on the part of carters. 
 
 The voting restrictions in force in 1793 limited the franchise to two 
 classes of citizens — freeholders and freemen. To be a freeholder it was 
 necessary to be the possessor of a freehold estate either in one's own 
 right or in the name of one's wife to the value of twenty pounds sterling. 
 Freemen, who might be merchants, traders, or shopkeepers, were admitted 
 on payment of five pounds, and mechanics were charged thirty shillings. 
 
 Perhaps the quaintest of the city ordinances applied to the ringing of 
 church bells at funerals, and the quaintest state law to persons who 
 threatened to run away and leave their families a charge upon the com- 
 munity. 
 
 The law provided for not more than sixty days' incarceration in the 
 Bridewell, or House of Correction, for disorderly persons, including the 
 following classes in the community: 
 
 "All persons who threaten to run away and leave their wives or chil- 
 dren to the city or town, and all persons who shall unlawfully return to 
 the city or town from whence they shall . . . have been legally re- 
 moved by order of two justices of the peace . . . and also all persons 
 who, not having wherewith to maintain themselves, live idle without em- 
 ployment, and also all persons who go about from door to door, or place 
 themselves in the streets, highways, or passages, to beg in the cities or 
 towns where they respectively dwell, and all jugglers, and all persons pre- 
 tending to have skill in physiognomy, palmistry, or like crafty science, or 
 pretending to tell fortunes, or to discover where lost goods may be found, 
 and all persons who run away and leave their wives and children . . . 
 and all persons wandering abroad and lodging in taverns, beer houses, out- 
 houses, market places, or bams, or in the open air." 
 
 42 
 
OLD CITY HALL, NEW YORK, WHERE WASHINGTON 
 WAS INAUGURATED. 
 
 43 
 
THE NEW YORK GLOBE AT 
 THE AGE OF 125 
 
 The newspaper that best serves the people is best served by the 
 people. Upon the solid foundation of this well established principle The 
 Globe has been erected. To-day, well advanced in the second century of 
 its existence, at the age of 125, it stands robust and eager to fulfil its 
 mission, encouraged to renewed zeal by substantial success that comes from 
 devotion to that conception of the public interest which excludes every 
 private and partisan interest. 
 
 When, in 1904, the old Commercial Advertiser was rechristened The 
 Globe New York had few newspapers of large circulation. Following the 
 tradition of a previous generation, the paper under a cumbersome and 
 misleading name, had maintained itself for more than 110 years as an 
 organ of opinion such as Noah Webster, its founder, conceived, addressed 
 to the few who by reason of wealth and education were believed to exert 
 the most powerful influence. It had sold first for three and later for two 
 cents to an exclusive group that seldom exceeded 15,000. It was a sound 
 newspaper that represented the views of a limited class. 
 
 The change was made with the purpose of entering the broader field 
 of general usefulness. Hitherto the great mass of the people had been 
 appealed to by gaudy sheets that gained notice and large followings by 
 methods foreign to every instinct of decent journalism. Then was the 
 heyday of the yellow press. The Globe, believing that the best was not 
 too good for everybody, undertook to make a newspaper addressed to 
 nobody in particular that, without other purpose than to supply informa- 
 tion, would publish all the news of the city, of the country, and of the 
 world; that, without other purpose than the general welfare, would publish 
 honest opinions and comment on the news. Aware of the peculiar place 
 of the evening paper in the home, it did not hold itself severely aloof from 
 articles and features of a miscellaneous character, but rather sought to 
 vary its contents with a due proportion of contributions suitable to the 
 leisure hours of the family circle. 
 
 Its judgment was quickly vindicated. In a day the new-named Globe, 
 selling for one cent, had reached the hands of 100,000 readers. Twice that 
 number now take it dail.y at two cents, the price rendered necessary' by 
 war conditions. 
 
 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER, 
 
 But mere growth of circulation such as this did not justify the change. 
 What most stimulates fresh effort is the abundant evidence that the spirit 
 and purpose of the paper have been recognized and welcomed; that the 
 confidence of the people has been won and held by faithful performance, 
 by steadfast adherence to the simple formula that the news shall be hon- 
 estly published; that good causes and none other shall be promoted; that 
 
 44 
 
X>^otm of DSetD^orfe 
 
 SYNOD HOUSE 
 
 N, E. COR. AMSTERDAM AVENUE AND I I OTH STREET 
 
 December 3, 1918 
 
 ar. Jason Rogers, 
 
 publisher, The GlolDe. 
 
 Dear Sir: 
 
 It gives me pleasure to congratulate Tne 
 GloDe upon its 125th anniversary, and to express- 
 the hope that It will always stand for and try to 
 encourage and maintain the hest and highest type 
 of American citizenship. 
 
 Believe me, very truly jrours. 
 
 Bishop of Uew Tor}:. 
 
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tne principles of democracy and Justice for all shall be advocated; that 
 the greatest good of the greatest number shall never be subordinated. 
 
 The Globe is the product of this faith. Interested primarily in sound 
 policies and right principles, it has concerned itself not at all with factional 
 politics or mere political creeds and candidacies. Governed in its opinions 
 solely by the untrammelled minds of its editor and his associate, its leading 
 editorial writer, Allan Dawson, it has sought less to impose its judg- 
 ment of public affairs than to open the minds of its readers to the 
 arguments upon which these judgments rest, its aim being the truth and 
 the right rather than the establishment of a particular view. 
 
 In a recent letter to the editor a reader described the impression made 
 upon him in these terms: 
 
 The preeminence of The Globe lies not only in its abstinence 
 from sensationalism through false or uncertified reports, but in a 
 marked degree in the ability of its editorial writings. These, in- 
 deed, win the approval of readers by manj^ good qualities, all of 
 which one could scarcely catalogue in full. One might be per- 
 mitted to allude to their evenness in common sense, in technical 
 information, in familiarity with the subjects treated, and in the 
 arrival of the reader almost certainly at the conclusion of the 
 editor. We also note a fearlessness of expression, no fear of an 
 emasculating censor, no overshadowing financial or patronage in- 
 terests to be placated. Furthermore, the editorial writers of The 
 Globe quite evidently are not obliged to toady to any occult powers, 
 political or otherwise. Hence, I think its readers have long since 
 got to feel that in the opinions of The Globe we are getting the 
 disinterested, unbiassed views of a man of native intellectual 
 power, combined with abundant culture and a wide range of study 
 and information; hence, with the preponderance of chances of 
 reaching correct conclusions and sound judgments. 
 
 STANCH FOR VICTORY LEADING TO PEACE, 
 
 On questions involving moral principle The Globe has not hesitated 
 to pronounce judgment, regardless of temporary tendencies. Thus it was 
 first among the New York newspapers to condemn the imperial German 
 government as a wrongdoer with whom America must deal if our nation 
 would be loyal to the principles upon which it was founded. Seeing in 
 Germany's aggressive war only a deliberate disregard of the rights of 
 others which just nations and individuals could not tolerate, influenced by 
 no race prejudice or material interest, The Globe from the outset threw 
 itself body and soul into the fight against injustice. In the days of Amer- 
 ica's aloofness from the struggle it sought to arouse in this country, not a 
 hatred of Germans or of Germany, but a just indignation against the 
 conduct of its rulers. Shocked by the barbarities in Belgium, by the mur- 
 ders of Edith Cavell and Captain Fryatt, by the massacre of the Lusitania's 
 passengers, it remained nevertheless steadfast in the opinion that America 
 touched our own people, but to destroy for all time the autocratic power 
 which had been so grossly abused 
 
 So during the progress of the war after we entered it The Globe stoo'^ 
 unwavering, almost alone among the papers of New York, for war to the 
 only end worth achieving — an enduring peace based on those ideas of 
 right and justice which lay in the minds and hearts of the free nations 
 opposed to imperial Germany. Convinced that upon no other footing could 
 
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l?cctor'a Office 
 ^rinit^ pariab, "Kcw ^ork 
 
 187 Fulton Street 
 
 December 6, 19l3 
 
 To the Editor of The Globe: 
 
 I send my hearty congratulations to The Globo 
 upon its 125th anniversary. 
 
 In ray Judgment, The Globe furnlRhes a fine 
 exa'nple of what an American newspaper should be. It is 
 sane and wholesome without being dull; and wideawake 
 without being sensational. It represents sound Americanism 
 and real progress as distinguished from» and opposed to, wi]^ 
 and thoughtless raiicalism. 
 
 During the whole period of the war, its editorials 
 have been among the best that have been published, llo paper 
 has been more consistent, fearless and effective in its ad- 
 vocacy of the cause of right and freedom than The Globe has 
 been. 
 
 I wish The Globe continued and increasing success 
 in its high service to the public. 
 
 Hli L.\| .(lu^.,^-^ 
 
 Rector, Trinity Church 
 
 47 
 
the peoples of all the nations resume a well-ordered existence, The Globe 
 spoke its mind freely against every voice that was raised in favor of 
 negotiations with the uncontrite, blood-guilty, and powerful tyranny — that 
 in the name of humanity suggested means short of overwhelming force to 
 bring a mere truce to bloodshed, a truce that would have left the German 
 rulers free to gather strength for a fresh outbreak. Here the soul of the 
 paper has had freest utterance. 
 
 CONFIDENCE WON BY SINCERITY. 
 
 From this root of sincerity and service in the broadest sense all the 
 notable activities of the paper have sprung. What Alfred W. McCann has 
 done for the cause of pure food only a resolute purpose to help the people 
 where the laws and their administration fall short could have rendered 
 possible. What Tristram W. Metcalfe has accomplished for the public 
 education of this city could have been rendered possible by no other 
 conception of a newspaper's duty. In the department of finance S. P. West 
 has been able to win the confidence of the investing and speculating public 
 because, a competent and honest critic, he has been free to say what he 
 thought and encouraged to outspoken opinion by what he knew to be the 
 spirit of the paper. In book reviews and criticism of art, music, and the 
 drama the sole aim of the writers has been to express frankly views based 
 on intelligent observation. 
 
 In the treatment of the news impartiality, natural outgrowth from the 
 parent root, has been a dominating purpose. In matters of vital importance 
 thoroughness has been added with special emphasis. What The Globe 
 did with the war news no other evening paper in New York attempted, 
 must take up arms, not primarily to avenge these wrongs, even when they 
 It published the cable despatches and letters of the largest group of trained 
 war correspondents at the disposal of any single newspaper in this country, 
 giving to its readers unprejudiced reports from every part of the world 
 involved in the war, reports which for fulness of detail, missed by the 
 regular news agencies, were of incomparable interest. 
 
 In building The Globe on the foundation of the old Commercial Adver- 
 tiser the aim has been to make as complete a newspaper as the evening 
 field permits. So most of the established departments were preserved and 
 improved, while new ones were added. Following the broad lines of the 
 most successful evening journals of America — notably the Chicago Daily 
 News, the Philadelphia Bulletin, and the Kansas City Star — it has made 
 for itself a place in New York comparable to the leading places they hold 
 in the respective cities of their publication. Linked with them in the Asso- 
 ciated Newspapers, which comprises the strongest group of evening papers 
 in the country, it enjoys the advantage of simultaneous publication with 
 them of popular features of unusual interest, thereby engaging the attention 
 of all members of the family, young and old. The comprehensiveness of 
 its appeal gives it a hold on the home life enjoyed by no morning paper 
 Issued on week days. To no small extent the growing supremacy of the 
 strong evening paper as an influential factor is due, of course, to the fact 
 that seven-eighths of the real news of the city and the world Is first pub- 
 lished in the evening papers. Practically all of the war news, owing to the 
 difference in time between Europe* and America, was second-hand In the 
 morning papers. 
 
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SPECI AL G LOBE CABLE DESPATCH ES AND N EWS LETTERS 
 
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 CHILDS wj.iros reaiy 
 
 II^AL guardians of the home) 
 
 Iron WM w crMtlr needed for munitiont for Our Boys that we stopped pushing the m]» 
 u>d MffiuAftcm* Of IDEAL BcOari and AMERICAN Radiators. Now with the ending 
 at th» Wtir, c<m1 ecoctoaiy a«:cin becomes the most urcent need and duty of aa 
 
 MRH'^AXI IrkFill With IDEAL-AMERICAN 
 PiO^llANX, fi'tAL heating there i. no need 
 LRADiAIons ^IboilERS to hum high priced coal 
 
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 December 3, 1918. 
 
 Dear Sir: 
 
 Permit me to congratulate the Globe upon 
 the advent of its One Hundred and Twenty-fifth 
 Birthday. I strive to read it every evening, 
 and feel a real want on occaeions when I mies 
 it. 
 
 The Glohe is clean, newsy, brainy and close 
 to the people. It deserves all the success it 
 has obtained. I hope the future has even greater 
 things in store for this splendid Paper. 
 
 Yours always sincerely. 
 
 Mr. Jason Rogers, 
 .Publisher, The Globe, 
 73 Dey Street, 
 Hew York City. 
 
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Aware or this advantage, The Globe has spared no pains to make itt 
 news columns substantial and reliable. With idle and ill-founded reports 
 it does not vex its readers. This policy has led it to discard agencies 
 and writers that win a temporary name for enterprise by the circulation 
 Of sensational, unverified rumors that in many cases prove to be mere 
 canards. There could be no more striking illustration of this than The 
 Globe's refusal, alone among the New York evening papers of large circu- 
 lation, to give currency to the false report of Germany's capitulation on 
 Nov. 7, four days before the armistice terms were accepted. No duty 
 Imposed by honest journalism is followed more scrupulously by The Globe 
 than the duty of publishing as news only what there is good reason to 
 believe is true. The trust reposed in it by its readers the paper does not 
 wittingly forfeit. 
 
 WAR NEWS SERVICE, 
 
 Within the bounds of these precautions The Globe seeks ever to be the 
 leader in the news field. In unfolding the progress of the war it used the 
 unequalled reports of the Associated Press, which miss no event of con- 
 sequence and can be relied upon. But what gave to its war news a quality 
 and significance unapproached by any other New York evening paper w^as 
 the work of the special correspondents. For this service it was indebted 
 to the Chicago Daily News. Recognizing in the war an event of tran- 
 scendent proportions, Mr. Victor Lawson, owner of the Chicago Daily News, 
 determined to report it in a way commensurate with its magnitude. He 
 organized a bod.y of writers competent to observe correctly and to describe 
 intelligently what was going on in the great centres of disturbance, his 
 object being to have a man he could depend on at every vital point. These 
 men were not confined to the battlefields. They were distributed not only 
 among the armies, wherever war correspondents might go, but also among 
 the peoples behind the lines, among the neutral nations as well as among 
 the belligerents. Reporting by cable and by mail, they were able to give 
 to the public an amount of graphic detail and significant information not 
 to be found in any newspaper for which they did not write. Fortified by 
 this service, The Globe made itself indispensable to every man and woman 
 Interested in the supreme tragedy. And the work of these correspondents 
 is by no means finished. In the long days of reconstruction, when many 
 novel problems are under solution, these experienced observers, acting as 
 lookouts for civilization, will keep in touch with all that is going on. Their 
 post-war reports are likely to be of even greater value than their war 
 reports, and of equally absorbing interest. 
 
 IMPARTIAL NEWS REPORTS. 
 
 In all its news reports The Globe follows the policy and adheres to the 
 principle found in all great newspaper offices; regardless of its own views 
 it endeavors to give its readers the facts, uncolored by prejudice or pre- 
 conceived ideas. It is not afraid of the truth, whatever opinion or whatever 
 Individual or group the truth favors or injures. As it seeks not to thrust 
 its views upon its readers, but only to present the reasons for these views, 
 so it endeavors faithfully to present whatever information it can secure and 
 properly publish for their guidance. 
 
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The World's Gre 
 
 A Reputation for 
 Dependability 
 
 Is the most valuable asset a newspaper can establish for both 
 reader and advertiser. 
 
 It is a priceless possession unobtainable by those who through 
 the vending of irresponsible rumors seek artificial circu- 
 lation stimulation. 
 
 The Great Peace Hoax on November 7 was a case in point. 
 
 Every evening newspaper in New York aside from The Globe 
 and the Evening Post printed the "fake" and sold thou- 
 sands of copies of their alleged "extras." 
 
 The Globe could have rushed out an extra with the "news" 
 on ten minutes' notice, but its editors, suspicious of the 
 source of the rumor, first called up Washington, and 
 getting no confirmation, issued no extrn, and in its next 
 regular edition, on the authority of the State Department, 
 characterized the report as a "fake." 
 
 It took nerve to sit tight and see truckloads of the alleged 
 "extras" of all the other newspapers passing the door, 
 knowing that the town and surrounding country were 
 being flooded with them. 
 
 But The Globe adhered to its rule of publishing as news only 
 what it knows to be true. The situation was very cor- 
 rectly put by one of our circulation managers impatiently 
 waiting to know whether he was to have an "extra" or not. 
 
 "We had better be right than sell a lot of papers." 
 
 Tlie Globe has been sound and reliable regarding its news of 
 the Great World War, and not once but many times left it 
 to its competitors to prove themselves less dependable. 
 
 The New York Globe 
 
 JASON ROGERS, Publisher 
 
 Now Member 
 
 200,000 A. B. C. 
 
 WHEN IN DOUBT READ THE GLOBE 
 
atest News Fake 
 
 | |ext^ra|THE_EVENING MATT.|T3rTF^ 
 
 GERMANY 
 
 SURRENDERS 
 
 London, November 7, 1918. 
 Germany has accepted the truce terms of the aUies as presented^ 
 Marshal Foch. The acceptance is unconditionaL 
 Fighting on all fronts wiU cease at^j 
 
 ;^^]?Sf- ©be (Ctxtning ^un. extra 
 
 GERMANY OWES UP; 
 THE WAR IS OVER 
 
 PARIS, Nov 7— The Aillea anil Germany stgncd »a irmittlce at 1 1 o'clock this morning. HonUltiM 
 ctascd at 2 o'docle this afternoon. 
 
 The Americana took Sedan before tlic trmiatlce ^ecame effective. 
 
 I^Yhe'Bveanq'teYeqramlrrH 
 
 TjTTTOTSSSE 
 
 mKIUMIDK 
 
 WHEN IN DOUBT READ THE GLOBE 
 
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in the departments of domestic and local news its correspondents and 
 reporters are instructed above all else to seek accuracy. With the views 
 of the paper on public questions they have no concern. Their sole business 
 is to tell the truth about what they see and hear. 
 
 In special fields interpretative work is undertaken by trained corre- 
 spondents who can write with authority. In the case of investigations that 
 require more than sound newspaper experience experts are employed, to 
 whom of necessity some license is given to draw conclusions. But this 
 departure from customary practice is rare. It is resorted to only when 
 exceptional circumstances seem to warrant the exercise of discretion on 
 the part of an individual unscreened by journalistic anonymity. 
 
 By these and other means The Globe has won for itself a place in pub- 
 lic estimation which is unique in this part of the country. Other news- 
 papers have larger circulations. Other newspapers have renown in special 
 fields of enterprise. Other newspapers are more widely known. The 
 Globe, as far as it goes — and with an army of 200,000 daily subscribers it 
 goes far — is recognized as an alert and fearless newspaper, alive to and 
 sympathetic with new and liberal ideas, which enjoys to a very uncommon 
 degree the confidence of its readers in the integrity of its purpose to serve 
 them and all the people to the full extent of its ability. That confidence is 
 of immeasurable value. 
 
 Men find it indispensable because of its dependability and its leadership 
 in the great world news, the excellence of its financial and commercial de- 
 partments, the quality of its sporting page, the fairness of its comment, 
 and the variety and interest of its characteristic features, such as Dr. 
 Crane's daily aricle and Walt Mason's daily prose poem. Women turn to 
 it naturally as a complete newspaper, which also serves adequately their 
 wants in the fields of fashions, society's activities, domestic science, en- 
 tertainment for their children, and for the immense amount of news in- 
 teresting to them to be found in its advertising columns. 
 
 CIRCULATION AND BUSINESS. 
 
 Before going into details of The Globe's structure it is fitting here to 
 consider some of the material results. Papers of this character have no 
 mushroom growth. Rising from a solid, broad foundation, their gains 
 come no faster than is consistent with durability. Sudden popularity is 
 rarely permanent, whether in the case of an individual, a party, a book, 
 or a newspaper. The greater the possibilities of recognition and success 
 the steadier the progress. 
 
 In the last six years The Globe's circulation expansion was from 100,000 
 to 200,000. Within this period much has happened of an extraordinary 
 character. At one time, during the early part of the great war, in October, 
 1916, the circulation figure reached was 260,000, and it was mounting by 
 leaps and bounds. Then came the print paper panic that reduced supply 
 to twenty-five tons a day, limiting print to 220,000 daily. In that year, 
 though seriously affected by this radical cut in the last three months, the 
 consumption of print paper amounted to 9,750 tons. For 1917 only 8,000 
 tons were obtainable. But by diminishing the size of the paper and abol- 
 ishing returns — that is, refusing to take back from dealers unsold copies 
 of the paper — it was possible with this limited supply to print 215,000 
 
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THil BOARD QF THl CHURCHi ERiECTlONJ PI^MD 
 
 or THE GcN ERAL Assembly of the 
 Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. 
 
 TelephoneCdll 9757 Chelsea. 
 
 156 Fifth Avenue, 
 NEW YORK 
 
 Deoember the 2nd 
 19 18: 
 
 Mr, Jason Rogers, 
 
 THE GLOBE » 
 
 73-83 Dey Street. NYC. 
 
 My dear Mr. Rogers :- 
 
 It has come t o my attention that 
 THE GLOBE is about to celebrate its one hundred and 
 twenty fifth anniversary, and I cannot let the 
 opportunity escape me to offer my heartiest congratulations, 
 
 I have read THE GLOBE for many years, 
 .with deep interest, and it has been a mighty influence 
 for good in the metropolitan community and throughout the 
 United States. Its editorials have been able and it 
 has in a very sane manner given to its readers the news of 
 the world, 
 
 THE GLOBE is a welcome visitor to the 
 home, for it never contains anything of a vitiating character, 
 It is a clean, up-to-date progressive newspaper and I 
 congratulate the publisher and editor most heartily upon 
 the, status of THE GLOBE in the newspaper world of to-day. 
 
 May its circulation increase from day to 
 day, from week to week, until there is no nook nor corner 
 of the globe where THE GLOBE'S influence is not felt. 
 
 Yours very sincerely. 
 
 PGW/MHHi 
 
 GENERAL SECRETARY BOARD, 
 
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a day, of which 212,335 a day were delivered to readers. For 1918 a still 
 more radical reduction was ordered, The Globe getting an allowance of 
 no more than 7,200 tons. Yet by rigid economy in the use of paper The 
 Globe found itself in November, 1918, selling nearly 200,000 a day, despite 
 the further restriction imposed by the advance to 2 cents a copy. 
 
 Many times during this trying period the demand for The Globe far 
 exceeded the supply, and the temptation to buy extra print paper in the 
 open market was strong. But The Globe adhered to the policy of economy 
 urged by the Federal Trade Commission, even at the expense of circulation 
 and advertising revenue. "If all newspapers had done as efficient work 
 toward the saving of print paper," one member of the commission wrote 
 to the publisher, "there would be no paper shortage with a sellers' market, 
 but a buyers' market." This fall The Globe, instead of selling 200,000 
 copies a day, could easily have sold 300,000 a day if there had been 
 paper enough for the presses or a disposition in the office to buy 
 paper outside the contract quota for the benefit of manufacturers ready 
 to seize any excuse to raise their already preposterous prices. 
 
 A SIGNIFICANT PREFERENCE. 
 
 Nothing more clearly indicates the reader attitude toward a paper 
 than the volume and character of its advertising. Local merchants are 
 quick to learn what papers reach and possess the confidence of the largest 
 number of people whose patronage they seek. The proprietors of the large 
 stores spend great sums for space in newspapers. They cannot afford 
 to spend it wastefully. They know all about the papers of their own city. 
 They watch carefully the results of the advertising they do, which are 
 not difficult to gauge, because most of their announcements to-day are of 
 Bales to-morrow. 
 
 Experience has taught them to prefer the evening and the Sunday 
 newspapers, which go into and not out of the homes, and so find their 
 way into the hands of the women, by whom, it is estimated, 90 per cent, 
 of the goods advertised are bought. To the women their advertising Is 
 important and interesting news, a fact which gives to the paper containing 
 most of this advertising a peculiar advantage in stimulating the popular 
 demand for that paper. Needless to add, the paper, like The Globe, that 
 exercises some control over its advertising columns, denying the privilege 
 of using them to merchants who cannot be trusted not to abuse the confi- 
 dence of its readers, possesses for the eligible advertiser a peculiar value. 
 
 In the light of these facts there is more than ordinary significance In 
 the record of the New York evening papers. It shows that The Globe car- 
 ries the largest volume of advertising from sixteen of New York's leading 
 retail shops and has enjoyed that supremacy long enough to prove that 
 its customers are satisfied with their selection. The figures below give the 
 record of the aggregate of agate lines of advertising over a period of 
 five years for evening papers and four for morning and Sunday papers. 
 The stores are: Altman & Co., Arnold, Constable & Co., Best & Co., Bloom- 
 ingdale Bros., Bonwit Teller & Co., Gimbol Bros., Hearn, Lord & Taylor, 
 James McCreery & Co., R. H. Macy & Co., Oppenheim & Collins, Saks 
 & Co., Franklin Simon & Co., Stern Bros., Stewart & Co., John Wanamaker, 
 and J. M. Gidding & Co. 
 
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EVENING NEWSPAPERS. 
 
 Year Year Year Year Year 
 
 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 
 
 World 3,000,538 2,618,798 2,267,892 2,606,885 2,000,174 
 
 Journal 2,845,030 2,472,407 2,076,813 2,008,559 2,163,483 
 
 Globe 1,544,862 2,224,178 2,432,502 2,527,364 2,566,147 
 
 Mail 1,955,260 2,068,254 2,239,538 2,130,679 1,790,976 
 
 Sun 1,723,155 2,181,097 2,227,726 2,243,172 2,320,158 
 
 Telegram 1,246,009 1,169,549 984,705 1,143,528 1,318,524 
 
 Post 856,216 829,561 797,434 796,740 738,328 
 
 Totals 13,177,070 13,563,235 13.026,610 13,456,927 12,897,790 
 
 MORNING NEWSPAPERS. 
 (Six Days a Week, Excluding Sunday.) 
 
 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918 
 
 World 316,312 254,553 270,012 402,728 
 
 American 164,161 134,381 185,901 300,351 
 
 Herald 314,384 326,119 432,187 730,384 
 
 Times 734,312 496,380 677,383 848,087 
 
 Sun 251,914 232,350 164,558 120,429 
 
 Tribune 204,086 245,786 171,091 197,305 
 
 Totals 2,048,608 1,689,569 1,901,132 2,599,284 
 
 SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS. 
 
 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 
 
 World 1,110,868 1,023,124 1,185,119 1,086,650 
 
 American 910,763 954,396 743,336 779,203 
 
 Herald 954,608 872,439 837,881 847,992 
 
 Times 1,038,058 1,234,858 1,355,296 1,410,638 
 
 Sun 370,867 356,105 276,104 247,751 
 
 Tribune 271,396 617,625 481,177 447,255 
 
 Totals 4.841,642 5,058.547 4.878,913 4,819,489 
 
 Fully to explain The Globe's hold upon a large part of the community 
 in which it is published, the particular services it renders to its readers 
 must be described at some length. 
 
 DEPARTMENTS OF THE PAPER. 
 
 Like all papers of marked character and varied appeal, it is made up 
 of departments outside the news, editorial page, and critical departments, 
 which meet the requirements of persons composing the family life of the 
 nation, who look to their favorite paper for something more than the daily 
 happenings and comment thereon. 
 
 ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPER FEATURES. 
 
 Nothing in a newspaper of good quality is harder to secure than suit- 
 able material of an entertaining and informatory character. This is not a 
 new part of newspaper making. The funny column, the essay, the cartoon, 
 short fiction, serial stories, and the like were to be found in the best 
 newspapers long before the yellow press gave undue prominence and 
 space to trivial and vulgar contributions in prose, verse, and drawing. In 
 the first days of the sensational papers stuff of this kind made up the 
 
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The Associated Newspapers 
 
 A co-operative, non-profit-making feature 
 service produced for and used b}^ the 
 following great successful newspapers: 
 
 Chicago Daily News 
 Boston Globe 
 New York Globe 
 Philadelphia Bulletin 
 Akron Times 
 Albuquerque Herald 
 Atlanta Journal 
 Baltimore Star 
 Binghamton Press 
 Boise Statesman 
 Bridgeport Post 
 Buffalo News 
 Calgary Canadian 
 Charleston Gazette 
 Cincinnati Times-Star 
 Columbia State 
 Dallas Times-Herald 
 
 Decatur Herald 
 DesMoines Capital 
 Detroit News 
 Halifax Chronicle 
 Hamilton Herald 
 Houston Post 
 Kansas City Star 
 Milwaukee Journal 
 Montreal Star 
 Moose Jaw News 
 Norfolk LedgerDispatch 
 Oakland Post 
 Omaha World-Herald 
 Ottawa Journal 
 Pittsburgh Chronicle- 
 Telegraph 
 Regina Post 
 
 Richmond News-Leader 
 Sacramento Bee 
 Saskatoon Star 
 St. Louis Star 
 St. Paul Dispatch 
 Salt Lake Deseret-News 
 San Francisco Call 
 Schenectady Union-Star 
 Syracuse Herald 
 Toronto Star 
 Troy Record 
 Vancouver Province 
 Washington Star 
 
 Honolulu Star-Bulletin 
 Manila (P. L) Bulletin 
 
 The following are the leading features now produced by 
 the Associated Newspapers : 
 
 LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME— 5y Thornton W. Burgess, 
 
 DR. FRANK CRANE— Daily Editorial Articles 
 
 H. T. Y^EBSTER— Humorous Cartoons 
 
 HERBERT COREY— Famous War Correspondent 
 
 R. L. RIPLEY — Leading Sport Cartoonist 
 
 H. ADDINGTON BRUCE— 0« Mind and Body 
 
 JOHN BRECK— On Life Outdoors 
 
 CAROLYN BEECHER— 5/)gc^a/ Women's Writer 
 
 AMERICAN FASHIONS— Daily Special Feature 
 
 THE EVENING STORY— Daily Short Story 
 
 LIEUT. PAUL PERIGORD— European Correspondent 
 
 MARIAN "WEINSTEIN-Palestine Correspondent 
 
 NEWS PICTURES— Daily Half-tones 
 
 DAHY COMIC STRIPS:— 
 
 Keeping Up With the Joneses 
 Wedlocked 
 Dicky Dippy 
 Cat Tales 
 
 The New York Globe controls this full service exclusively 
 for Greater New York and vicinity. 
 
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greatest part of their contents, the highly . spiced "news" under flaring 
 headlines being confined to the first page or two as a matter of form, 
 while page after page was devoted to beauty hints, advice to the lovelorn, 
 pictorial vaudeville, and whatever seemed likely to catch the eye of the 
 unintelligent and uneducated masses. The tendency in that direction has 
 been by no means abandoned, though it has suffered some abatement, 
 and in New York, at least, the newspapers of the very largest circulation 
 depend but little on their news for the sort of popularity they seek. This 
 abuse is what hampers the editor in search of miscellany to fill the legiti- 
 mate demand for it. He must overcome distaste for competition in a field 
 overcrowded with buyers who have no standards of taste or intelligence 
 and run the risk of being criticized for publishing in a serious newspaper 
 material which, selected without discrimination and used with dispropor- 
 tionate emphasis, has become the hallmark of tawdry and irresponsible 
 journalism. 
 
 But the newspaper that would engage the attention of a large audience 
 of intelligent persons is not to be frightened by bugaboos. It recognizes 
 the value of sound fun. Whatever possesses legitimate interest that is 
 suitable for publication in a newspaper it is willing to supply in due pro- 
 portion. The most successful and best papers in America have not denied 
 themselves an advantage the worst papers have grossly misused. But 
 talent of the sort required fs rare. The excessive demand for it among 
 careless papers has diminished the supply available for decent use. As a 
 result, no single newspaper has been able to secure an adequate amount 
 of sufficient variety. 
 
 It was these circumstances that led The Globe in 1911 to assemble a 
 group of strong evening papers of a character like its own for the purpose 
 of establishing a staff of artists and writers capable of furnishing desirable 
 miscellany for common use. The title chosen was The Associated News- 
 papers, composed of such papers as the Chicago Daily News, the Kansas 
 City Star, the Philadelphia Bulletin, the Boston Globe, the Washington 
 Star, the Montreal Star, the Buffalo News, the Detroit News, the Pittsburgh 
 Chronicle-Telegraph, the St. Paul Dispatch, the Cincinnati Times-Star, the 
 Omaha World-Herald, the Atlanta Journal, the Des Moines Capital, the 
 St. Louis Star, the Sacramento Bee, the Syracuse Herald, and the Troy 
 Record. 
 
 With abundant resources this mutual syndicate was able to secure a 
 large quantity of the best features, from which each paper could select what 
 suited it. By this means The Globe got control for New York of such 
 notable features as Dr. Frank Crane's daily article, the most widely read 
 article probably published in the country; the Bedtime Stories of Thornton 
 W. Burgess, the most successful American writer of children's animal 
 stories; Webster's pictures and cartoons of life in America, which have 
 the touch that makes the whole world kin; Pop's "Keeping Up With the 
 Joneses," a gentle satire on a common human frailty, which has amused 
 and perhaps instructed literally millions, and many others. All of them 
 innocent, most of them possessing intrinsic merit of a high order, these 
 daily contributions give to the paper in many households a steady welcome 
 and sustained attention the news does not always earn. 
 
 PURE FOOD. 
 
 Every man, woman, and child is concerned in food. Physically speak- 
 ing, we are what we eat. Yet about food most of us are wholly Ignorant 
 
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We buy it and we eat it on faith. This is true at least of people who do 
 not read The Globe, which for six years has conducted a department de- 
 voted to the subject. Probably no newspaper campaign was ever persisted 
 In for so long a time; few have been as effective. 
 
 This department was put In charge of Alfred W. McCann in December, 
 1912. The stated object was to report the news of food. Mr. McCann 
 was well qualified. He had spent many years in food supply houses, and 
 he had made a special study of food adulterations and food impairment. 
 Above all, he was zealous to get at the truth, accurate, and entirely fear- 
 less. Where other experts in this field have served for a short time he 
 las persevered, undiscouraged by innumerable obstacles, undismayed and 
 inallured by warnings and blandishments employed to divert him. In the 
 cause of food decency, food purity, food honesty, he has accomplished more 
 than all the others put together. 
 
 He has been denounced as a crank and fanatic; he has been assailed 
 as a blackmailer and a liar; he has been prosecuted as a libeller; he has 
 been offered bribes; he has been told of attempts on his person. None of 
 these things has moved him, none has diminished his resolution to make 
 known the truth. He has lived to see much that he has labored for established. 
 Many of the men that accused him have been found guilty in the courts of 
 food frauds he exposed. None that has questioned his word before the bar 
 of justice has obtained a single judgment against him or The Globe. In 
 most cases that have gone to trial the verdict has been for the defendant. 
 
 But it has been less in the courts and with the laws that he has gained 
 his ends than by publicity. From the beginning he has held that the laws 
 and their administration fell short of affording adequate protection against 
 food frauds. His struggle has been rather to make known the facts, thereby 
 giving honest dealers and manufacturers who erred from ignorance a 
 chance to mend their ways, and at the same time educating the public to 
 look out for themselves. 
 
 In his first years of service most of his attention was devoted to 
 exposure of sheer corruption — the practice of selling tainted and diseased 
 meats, bad fish, spoiled eggs, injurious substitutes for natural products, 
 grossly adulterated foods, and the like. Dealers protested indignantly, 
 but their customers were not slow to profit by the exposures. Letters 
 poured in literally by thousands asking what was fit to eat and where It 
 could be got. 
 
 These inquiries led to the establishment in The Globe of the Pure 
 Food Directory, a device for handy reference wherein were listed articles 
 found by Mr. McCann to be up to his standards. They also led to a de- 
 parture in journalism. Impressed by the volume, character, and earnest- 
 ness of those seeking information. The Globe gave to Mr. McCann full 
 liberty to identify and praise good articles of food regardless of the pro- 
 fessional convention which excludes anything of this sort as open to 
 suspicion. In the old days newspapers took payment for "puffs" as they 
 take payment for advertising, and articles laudatory of merchandise fell 
 under the ban when this practice was abandoned. Into the hands of a 
 man as incorruptible as Mr. McCann The Globe had no hesitation In 
 putting the power to praise as well as to blame, aware as it was that its 
 readers really wanted to know what was safe and right and that their 
 demand for information had been evoked by Mr. McCann's work. 
 
 The first purpose was to list gratuitously what could pass muster. 
 But this plan was deemed Impracticable because of the misunderstandings 
 
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 62 
 
it would be likely to set afoot, and the directory of paid advertisements 
 was substituted as the best means of serving the public interest and the 
 trade. 
 
 Both have profited. Everything admitted to the directory has been 
 dependable in every respect, and not a few of the manufacturers who have 
 used it have found a demand for their goods that has materially increased 
 their trade. As one manufacturer put it, "You give us for $1,000 a better 
 return than we can get for $30,000 or $50,000 spent in ordinary advertis- 
 ing." But in this sense Mr. McCann is not exactly a business getter. For 
 every card he has admitted, and he has admitted a good many, he has re- 
 jected a score because the goods offered failed in some respect to meet 
 his requirements. Yet these requirements are not faddish. Any honest 
 producer can meet them and every honest producer should meet them. 
 Dishonest producers they shut out. 
 
 The work Mr. McCann was asked to do was for the public, without 
 thought at the beginning that it would increase the business of the paper. 
 For a time it turned business away. Those that suffered from his criticisms 
 withdrew their advertisements and used their influence to keep out other 
 advertisers. In the end, however, truth prevailed, as it generally does. 
 Readers of the paper, educated by Mr. McCann's articles, showed an 
 interest in good food that attracted to the paper more food advertising 
 than appeared in the other papers; those that disliked his methods and 
 honestly suspected his honesty learned that they had been mistaken, and the 
 plain rascals found there was no profit in trying to diminish his influence 
 by threats or cajoleries. 
 
 FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. 
 
 For more than a hundred years The Globe and Commercial Advertiser 
 has maintained a reputation for accurate reporting and sound criticism 
 of the financial and commercial markets. To this work it devotes a 
 relatively large amount of space, which is given up to essential records, 
 unprejudiced news, and intelligent comment on the markets* movements. 
 Under the management of S. P. West, financial editor of the paper for 
 more than twenty years, the department has become widely known for 
 correct reading of events bearing on security prices. The soundness of his 
 judgment has been vindicated on many important occasions, greatly to the 
 advantage of those who follow his articles. It has been said of Mr. West that 
 his analyses and forecasts of the financial markets have been more often 
 borne out by the events in the last half dozen years than those of any 
 writer on the subject in the last twenty-five years. He enjoys the advan- 
 tages of special training for his work, rare powers of insight, coolness 
 under pressure, and entire freedom to tell what he knows and believes 
 regardless of any interest but his readers'. The advertising columns of 
 the department are carefully scrutinized to keep them free from announce- 
 ments of fraudulent and doubtful concerns. Their recent gains are, there- 
 fore, significant of the esteem in which the paper is held by the financial 
 community : 
 
 Total Lines. Lines Gained. 
 
 1914 93,208 
 
 1915 179,658 86,450 
 
 1916 364,691 185,033 
 
 1917 393,608 28.817 
 
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REAL ESTATE. 
 
 New York is a cit.y in which everything pertaining to land values 
 is of importance to all its inhabitants. Tenants and householders, business 
 men and professional men — all are affected by the rise and fall of real 
 estate prices. For this reason the Commercial Advertiser and The Globe 
 have always maintained a real estate department devoted to the news of 
 sales of real property and buildings, mortgages, contemplated improve- 
 ments, and everything of interest in connection with these affairs. Con- 
 ducted by W. J. Brede, a man well qualified for his duties, it seeks not 
 to duplicate the extensive lists of completed transactions filed for record 
 too late in the afternoon for publication in evening newspapers and there- 
 fore to be found fresh only in the morning papers, but confines its atten- 
 tion to the real news, most of which is within its reach. In this field The 
 Globe enjoys an unequalled reputation for reliability and alertness fairly 
 matched by its Saturday reviews of market tendencies. 
 
 SCHOOL NEWS. 
 
 There is no service that gives The Globe more satisfaction than the 
 service it has been able to render to public education. For more than 
 twenty years it has devoted nearly a page every day to the activities of 
 the city's public school system, giving to the teachers, principals, parents 
 of children, and all others vitally interested full information as to what is 
 being done, what is proposed, and what may be taken up. This work 
 has been accomplished for the last sixteen years under the management of 
 Tristram W. Metcalfe, whose intimate knowledge of the subject has been 
 recognized b.y every one in authority. By members of the Mitchel admin- 
 istration and of its Board of Education he was frequently consulted as a 
 man familiar with every part of the school department. The present ad- 
 ministration has been equally ready to avail itself of his advice and has 
 offered him high office in the department. 
 
 The large amount of space required for so comprehensive a report as 
 Mr. Metcalfe's compels The Globe to limit the full publication to the second 
 edition of the paper. Despite this limitation, the edition containing all 
 the news of the schools is taken by substantially the whole teaching and 
 supervisory force. They take it because it is indispensable to intelligent 
 performance of their duties and progressive development in their pro- 
 fession. Most of the other papers have endeavored to secure a part of 
 this desirable following by imitating what The Globe does, but one after 
 another has abandoned the competition after short or long futile effort, 
 convinced apparently that there is no substitute for such service as The 
 Globe renders. 
 
 SPORTS. 
 
 The American boy and the American man have always loved sport, and 
 lately, for the good of the race, the American girl and the American 
 woman have caught the passion. It goes without sa.ying, therefore, that 
 an American newspaper without a fully appointed sporting page would be 
 like a human body without lungs. Equally obvious is the leadership of the 
 national game in any well-ordered sporting page. So The Globe, satisfied 
 with nothing inferior to the best that can be got for its readers, has main- 
 tained a corps of baseball writers capable of meeting the requirements 
 of the most exacting "fan." These writers are not mere jargonists. 
 
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Familiar with the language or dialect of the game, they use it to impart 
 raciness and vividness to their reports, not as a mask for lack of sense. 
 They are aware that what is wanted is the truth about the game, and 
 they make the getting of it their chief business. Thousands of enthusiasts 
 follow what they write with almost as much enjoyment as can be derived 
 from the spectacle of the game itself, because men like Sid Mercer and 
 Harry Schumacher know what is wanted and how to impart it. Their 
 reports during the active season of games, play by play, are on the street 
 almost simultaneously with the close of the game, more complete generally 
 than the reports in the morning newspapers of the day after, a feat of 
 modern journalism undreamed a few years ago. 
 
 Events of the turf and the prize ring are reported with similar regard 
 for the public demand by writers thoroughly trained for their work. The 
 Globe, aware of the abuses attendant on these sports, is aware also of 
 their legitimate functions and believes that what society permits by its 
 laws and their administration should be made known in all its proper 
 aspects. 
 
 Under the direction of Walter St. Denis, the whole field of sports, 
 amateur and professional, is covered intelligently and fully. Rowing and 
 football in their seasons receive ample attention; general athletics and 
 billiards are not neglected, and to golf, the pastime of every one at every 
 time, is accorded the fulness of treatment it deserves. 
 
 All big events are reported in a way commensurate with their im- 
 portance, the object of The Globe being to stimulate healthy sport and 
 recreation and to seirve its readers as competently in these fields as in 
 any pther. 
 
 FASHIONS. 
 
 Women's interest in what they wear is a phenomenon of human 
 nature no newspaper alive to all the news of the day can afford to ignore. 
 The Globe recognizes the extent of that interest, and has made no small 
 effort to satisfy it. Most fashion departments in newspapers are per- 
 functory, made up of sketches of little or no relevancy and articles written 
 without knowledge of the subject, intended merely as a label to notify ad- 
 vertisers that the subject is not overlooked. 
 
 The Globe, in its treatment of fashions, acts on the theory that the 
 women who like good clothes are entitled to as genuine service as the 
 men engrossed in business. It employs people who really know about the 
 fashions and how to tell about them. 
 
 Six years ago, while the French capital was still gay and the centre 
 of women's fashions, it sent a representative to Paris, commissioned to 
 establish relations with the houses there that have long been the originators 
 of new styles. At the same time it engaged an artist who had done their 
 work — for such houses as Worth, Paquin, Bernard, Drecoll, and Lewis — 
 to furnish for The Globe pictorial reproductions of their designs. 
 
 In October, 1912, The Globe published the first of its series of great 
 semi-annual fashion numbers. These issues attracted attention all over 
 the country and brought to their columns an amount of special advertising 
 of women's wear never before equalled in any American newspaper. 
 Since then The Globe has published daily a genuine style suggestion of 
 unusual interest and entire practicability. 
 
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 Palm Beach Frock of |Chaki Kool and Pussy Willow 
 
 Once upon a lime clothes for south- 
 ern wear were of materials which 
 mlffhl be classed as lingerie fabrics, 
 but with the rapid developmet^t oi 
 silk production in ihis country any 
 number of beautiful and interesting 
 
 chance Is there a disturbing nolo to 
 detract from Its charm Thus far 
 the models shown are developed in 
 lovely delicate colors, the shades one 
 sees In spring blossoms, with here 
 and there a most Intense note struck 
 In a hat of vivid geranium or orange. 
 Nothing could bo more fetching with 
 weaves have been developed which ^ white costume than a hat of brlL- 
 are at their best lu simple cosiumee ' iiant orange velvet faced with leghorn 
 for almost every hour of the day. ' »"" « small hi^h crowned narrow brim- 
 Silk IS no longer a luxjry— nowatJuye "ltd turban of American beauty silk 
 It mlrht almost bo called an jssentlal. , wuh a band vi ft-athcrs curled to re- 
 For all their .unsubsianUful look tber« • stmblo fur The frock Illustrated 
 are certain silk weaves whtoti possess might well be caJled the Hyacinth 
 wearing qualities equal to those of i ^^oi *< for the pale lavender of tho- 
 the stoutest cotton goods and ar« fou'i-J-^t'on of Pussy Willow Is the 
 remarkably beautiful In the bargain I co'or of those exquisite blooms. Over 
 With those two nuallties it Is no this is hung a tunic of white Khaki 
 wonder that they are so successful Kool *i«ld at waist by a narrow- string 
 One a-lwaye thinks the faahion oi I ^a«h Ttieru is a long separate panel 
 a present season more interesting 'n back made of Pussy Willow ancT 
 than those of tho preceding one. but, narrow hands of lavender flnlsh tb* 
 
 this y.mr the frocks designed for h'^m of the lunic 
 
 Palm Beach and other Rout'iern re- __—_—-— 
 
 Borts have a particularly appealing 
 quality There simplicity >9 artful to 
 a degree, for It is a simplicity whicn 
 makes every lino tell, and nover by I 
 
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The war interfered with The Globe's Paris connections, but, nnder 
 the supervision of Miss Helen Merrill Emery, the work has been continued 
 In this country by means of competent interpretation of the best models 
 made abroad and the creations of the leading specialty shops in New 
 York. 
 
 "THE TRUTH ABOUT MERCHANDISE." 
 
 Of no less interest to women than the styles of what they wear and 
 of greater value is the character of the materials used in their clothes. 
 The fashion writer tells them what manner of garment is to be worn; 
 the stuffs of which it should be composed, except as to appearance, the 
 fashion writer and the average woman knows little about. To make good 
 this deficiency The Globe has found room for a department entitled "The 
 Truth About Merchandise," wherein every shopper may gain the sort of 
 information essential to intelligent and economical buying. Conducted 
 by Mrs. Sara S. Adams, an expert of wide experience in the stores de- 
 voted to woman's apparel, this department affords the sort of guidance 
 that adds to the pleasures of shopping the solid satisfaction of getting 
 what you want and should have. Mrs. Adams knows at first hand all 
 about materials. She knows what is durable and attractive and what is 
 merely attractive. No one that follows her articles needs be imposed upon 
 because of ignorance. She tells the truth. But, more than that, she tells 
 how the genuine can be identified. She believes that the honest manu- 
 facturer and the honest merchant should be put and kept in touch with 
 women who want such goods as they deal in. Therefore she lays emphasis 
 on the value of the trade-mark for the customer as well as for the dealer. 
 She knows that trade-marked articles which survive the test of use can 
 be depended on. She knows what branded articles have stood this test, 
 and why they have stood it, and this knowledge she shares with her 
 readers. In short, Mrs. Adams supplies the real serviceable news about 
 the quality of wearing apparel as Mr. McCann supplies the real service' 
 able news about food. Those that she instructs buy with their eyes open 
 — high priced or low priced, they get what they want that they can afford 
 to pay for. 
 
 CHILDREN'S FEATURES. 
 
 The ordinary daily newspaper has little room for matters of special 
 interest to children. In this respect The Globe is again exceptional. 
 Through the wonderful Bedtime Stories of Mr. Burgess it has made Peter 
 Rabbit and the other denizens of the Green Forest dear to the hearts of 
 the little folks, so that thousands of New Yorkers are actually compelled 
 to read the stories to their children every evening or face a nursery 
 rumpus, thus focussing on The Globe every day the attention of the entire 
 family circle. 
 
 Upon the foundation of this child interest The Globe has organized 
 the largest children's club to be found in any city in the country — the 
 Bedtime Stories Club has more than 90,000 enrolled members, all of them 
 pledged to deeds of kindness to animals and to service to their playmates. 
 Great outings in the public parks, frequent special entertainments In 
 
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The Truth About Merchandise. 
 
 By BARA BWAIN ADAMS, 
 
 *'Women of Wealth Have Purchased by the Trade Mark for Years.*' 
 
 The day is approaching when the 
 averagre woman will no more think of 
 
 buying merchandise without a trade 
 mark than the exceptionally wealthy 
 woman of to-day wil buy a grown 
 that does not bear the label of some 
 exclusive (and expensive) designer. 
 The very rich woman docs not real- 
 ize perhaps that she has been one 
 of the most consistent adherents of 
 trade marks that the public has. Yet 
 her hats all must bear their little 
 satin la&el of "Madd,me So and So"; 
 and, she quite loses interest in a frock 
 that does not proclaim by its magic 
 mark that it comes from "Monsieur 
 the Designer"; in short, the wealthy 
 woman looks for the identification 
 mark of her purchasesi 
 
 However, the very wealthy wonian 
 forms a very small percentage of the 
 women of this country, but her the- 
 ories in much of her buying is sound; 
 and there is more and more a ten- 
 dency for women of all financial levels 
 to look for the identification mark. 
 
 Undermusllns are used by all wom- 
 en in all stations of life. They have 
 been a part of the feminine' world of 
 interest ever since our great-grand- 
 mothers made the lace itnth which to 
 deck their wedding trousseaux. In- 
 deed, so Impressed were they with the 
 idea of band-made, home-made un- 
 dermuslins that it required a revolu- 
 tion of things to start womankind to 
 buying ready-to-weEir underclothes. 
 
 But progress has marked the world 
 Math many changes, and the woman 
 who sat home all day patiently cook- 
 ing and sewing began to find outside 
 interests, and her hours for needle- 
 work became fewer and fewer. 
 
 Perhaps the first ready-to-weaV tin* 
 derclothes ever sold were sold to some 
 woman who was meeting an emer- 
 gency—an unexpected trip, an acci- 
 dent to her wardrobe, whatever It 
 was, forced her into buying ready-to- 
 wear Instead of hand-made under- 
 wear. At that far distant day she 
 may not have found ahythlng very 
 lovely, but she established a prece- 
 dent. Reports have it that the In- 
 dustry of roady-to-wear garments 
 was somewhat retarded by th© lack 
 of loveliness — but Its success had to 
 come. "Finely Made Undermusllns" 
 wae written In thfe books; women be- 
 gan to demand them, and, ergo, wom- 
 
 en got them! 
 
 Something less than ihalf a century 
 ago a merchant with ideas and ideals 
 began to make undermusllns. Com- 
 pared with the hand-made, home- 
 made garments, these were probably 
 very plain, but they met a demand 
 that was constantly increasing. 
 
 From the type of undermuslins 
 worn by the average woman half a 
 century ago these muslins developed 
 in styles and tjualitles as other wear- 
 ing apparel of women has developed, 
 and to-day women recognize the ad- 
 vantages of being able to ask for such 
 undermuslins as the Dove undermus- 
 lins. 
 
 I mention the Dove undermuslins 
 as an example of desirable, depend- 
 able merchandise that has proven the 
 value of a trade mark, that has 
 proven a mutual benefit to maker and 
 consumer. And the very significant 
 thing is ^hat while these uniorlhus-; 
 llns have been purchasable for almost 
 fifty years, It has only been in the 
 last few years that the public knew 
 how to identify them, for it is a re- 
 cent step that this progressive house 
 has taken in giving its public a 
 method of identifying its merchan- 
 dise. The label of the Doye as a reg- 
 istered trade mark was not used until 
 the present, the second, generation of 
 this fine business awoke to the fair- 
 ness and advantage of a trade mark. 
 
 ThA woman of to-day has little 
 time to spend testing out the worth 
 of one or more garments as she shops, 
 but the minute she sees the mark 
 that tells .her it is a quall^ she Is 
 already acquainted with, then she 
 saves time for herself and the dubiou«« 
 feeling she may have of her own abil- 
 ity to really judge quality . 
 
 Labels are all trade marks in a 
 sense, and whether It' is a label of 
 "Paquln" on an expensive frock, or 
 whether It is the label of "Dove" on 
 an undergarment they are expressing 
 the maker's desire to send you an 
 identified message from his produc- 
 tion. 
 
 Follow this admirable example of 
 your wealthier sister— know the labels 
 of the best makers and learn to look 
 for them and appreciate them as a 
 protection to your own pocketbook. 
 Trade-marked, standardized merchan- 
 dise Is an econ&my. — 
 
 Next 
 1918. 
 
 article, Wednesday, Dec. 11. 
 
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theatres, and extensive co-operative movements keep the children inter- 
 ested in their club association. 
 
 For the purpose of holding this interest as the children grow older 
 The Globe has secured new stories by Ralph Henry Barbour, the most 
 popular writer of stories for youngsters of the present generation, and 
 among the readers of these stories in its columns has organized the Ralph 
 Henry Barbour Club, with more than 15,000 members from twelve to six- 
 teen years of age. 
 
 These features and others addressed particularly to children give to 
 the paper a general reader interest in the thousands of homes it enters 
 unequalled perhaps by any paper in the country. 
 
 FAMILY MUSIC PAGE. 
 
 Mindful of its purpose to promote good causes, The Globe some three 
 years ago opened its pages to a new idea in daily journalism — the cultiva- 
 tion of a love of music. Under the enthusiastic direction of Charles D. 
 Isaacson this idea has been developed along unusual lines. Nothing 
 technical is attempted. The object is rather to encourage the natural 
 instinct for the concord of sweet sounds by making them familiar through 
 weekly concerts and to stimulate interest by articles dealing in simple 
 terms with the work of the composers and musicians. Mr. Isaacson is a 
 devotee whose zeal is infectious. He believes that the appetite for music 
 is innate; that love of music can be evoked by natural contact and the 
 simplest instruction, and that indulgence of the love of music is benefi- 
 cent beyond estimation. Every Thursday's Globe contains his depart- 
 ment devoted to information about music written for the lay mind, but 
 valuable also to musicians and composers. The concerts are given by a 
 club, composed of readers of the paper, which, beginning with a member- 
 ship of twenty-five, has now on its rolls the names of 5,000 persons. 
 
 AUTOMOBILES. 
 
 One of the first among the newspapers to recognize the news value 
 of information about horseless vehicles. The Commercial Advertiser and 
 The Globe have maintained practically since the automobile industry was 
 started a department devoted to automobile news. As early as 1899, in 
 the days when the street motor was still almost in its infancy, this paper 
 began to identify cars by name, setting an example in supplying defi- 
 nite and useful, rather than general and useless, information which even- 
 tually was adopted by most newspapers. So it was a pioneer in reporting 
 at length the earliest demonstrations of what automobiles could do, such 
 as the endurance tests of the Long Island Automobile Club in 1900 and 
 in 1901, the latter of which — a run from New York to Buffalo — was stopped 
 at Rochester by news of the death of President McKinley. Keeping always 
 in view the right of the reader to an accurate record, The Globe has not 
 opened its columns to mere puffery of its advertisers' cars, but has at- 
 tempted rather to supply definite particulars about the progress of the 
 industry and the development of improvements. The present manager 
 of the department, W. E. Severn, is familiar with all that has been ac- 
 complished. He knows what is really new and what is only sham nov- 
 
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 72 
 
elty. Readers of his columns get all the news about automobiles and 
 many practical hints as to the buying, maintenance, and use of them. 
 
 RELIGION AND CHURCHES. 
 
 The Globe's Saturday news of the churches reaches back to genera- 
 tions, beyond the memory of any one now living. For many years this 
 department has been relied upon by vast numbers of people who make up 
 the church congregations of the city, and it is continued now, despite great 
 pressure for newspaper space, in improved form because of its usefulness 
 to the community. Mrs. Laura C. Dunlap, the indefatigable manager, has 
 given many years of an active life to the labor it involves. She takes a 
 personal interest in the work of every clergyman and knows something 
 of what is undertaken by every religious organization. She guards zeal- 
 ously what she regards as the rights of the public who depend upon her 
 department for correct information and permits nothing to interfere with 
 the duty she lays upon herself to see that their wants are fully supplied. 
 Naturally, all the churches that advertise use the columns of The Globe 
 as they use those of few papers. 
 
 HEALTH. 
 
 Ignorance of the body is as general as is ignorance about food, and, 
 though most of us in a general way approve what is called the Chinese 
 idea of doctoring, which consists in keeping the body healthy rather than 
 in trying to restore it to health, few of us are at pains to live up to the 
 theory. In its column entitled "How to Keep Well" The Globe gives its 
 readers a chance to do so. Conducted by Dr. Andrew F. Currier, a well- 
 known general practitioner, its object is to furnish authoritative advice 
 about the treatment of petty ailments and the way to avoid serious illness. 
 Dr. Currier attempts no diagnoses that require personal examination and 
 no treatment a physician on the spot should give. He is not physician in 
 general to Globe readers in need of medical attention, but merely a 
 sympathetic physician, learned in sound medical science, who gives wise 
 counsel to those in need of it and information to all who desire to keep 
 well. The multitude of individual inquiries and letters of grateful appre- 
 ciation of his work that come to him testify to the need of the service he 
 renders. 
 
 BOOKS. 
 
 Convinced that mere book notices of the kind generally published are 
 of small value and no general interest, The Globe, in its Saturday issues, 
 supplies book lovers with three columns of book criticism of a quality as 
 rare among newspapers as it is welcome to their readers. Mrs. N. P. 
 Dawson, from whose pen they come, follows without deviation a simple 
 rule. For uninteresting books she has no space. With uninteresting 
 ideas about books, whatever the merit of the books, she has no patience. 
 Sne selects books to write about only because they are interesting, and 
 she publishes what she writes about them only when what she writes 
 seems interesting. Possessed of a fine gift of sympathetic appreciation, 
 she misses little of value in contemporaneous literature, a fact which has 
 given to her work a special charm and significance no reader of her 
 
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74 
 
columns can fail to notice. Large numbers of letters of grateful acknowl- 
 edgment afford convincing evidence that talent of the highest order is not 
 wasted in the service of journalism, and that intelligent New Yorkers are 
 not too busy to give attention to intelligent reviews of books worth reading. 
 
 THE THEATRES. 
 
 The drama, though fallen perhaps from its high pretensions as a 
 great art, has many votaries in New York, and The Globe has always 
 sought to promote their legitimate interests by critic-ism free from narrow 
 prejudice and sophisticated cant. The plays offered are treated as what 
 they are, and not as something very different from what they are, contrary 
 to the practice of much theatrical criticism of the day. What Globe 
 critics like of what they see and hear they tell about; what they dislike 
 tney tell about, too, subject only to the rule that they shall give a reason 
 tor the impression created. Competent to pass on the merits of plays and 
 acting, they are not possessed by the delusion that what pleases or dis- 
 pleases them must please or displease every one else with any pretension 
 to intelligence. Their sole aim is to express fairly an honest individual 
 opinion which may give some sort of clue to readers of the paper inter- 
 ested in the theatres. By this means The Globe has earned a reputation 
 tor reliable criticism of the theatres. The quality of vivacity to be found 
 in most of its reviews has not diminished the number of those who depend 
 on them. 
 
 MUSIC. 
 
 For music readers of The Globe have always shown a pronounced 
 londness, a fact which has given to the musical critic of the paper, Pitts 
 bauDorn, an unusual opportunity. How well he has availed himself of 
 It Is shown by much enthusiastic commendation of his efforts. A man of 
 cultivated taste and sound learning in his chosen field, he brings to his 
 work of appraisal an ever fresh enthusiasm for the best and for early 
 promise of excellence. Few writers on the subject have been able to win 
 such general approval of their judgments as he has won. Few exert as 
 powerful an influence. This is due probably to the fact that Mr. Sanborn 
 has never allowed a development of his critical faculties to deaden his 
 love of the beautiful; has never allowed emotion to stifle the demands of 
 reason. He knows with very full knowledge what delights him, and he is 
 able and willing to tell why he is delighted. If he speaks his mind with 
 equal candor about what he does not like, his readers have the satisfac- 
 tion of learning that no captious critic vents an idle spleen. 
 
 ART. 
 
 To pictorial art and sculpture The Globe pays the attention demanded 
 Dy their importance in a city of general culture. All the exhibitions are 
 reviewed in its columns, and the work of the artists in the studios is fully 
 reported. More liberal in its tendercies than some other papers, The 
 Globe has never been intolerant of heterodoxy in art. It has welcomed 
 originality of idea and made known to its readers everything new that 
 seemed worthy of encouragement. 
 
 75 
 
76 
 
BUSINESS SIDE OF THE PAPER, 
 
 In 1910, when the present management came into control, The Globe, 
 like nearly every other New York newspaper, sold advertising on the basis 
 of circulation representing copies printed. In August, 1911, The Globe en- 
 tered the lists in favor of net paid circulation, and in a page announce- 
 ment acknowledged that 138,000 circulation on the old basis only meant 
 107,000 net paid. 
 
 Every one predicted that such a statement would prove a catastrophe. 
 It did not. Rather it brought increased business. Most men prefer to do 
 business on the square — buying a fixed quantity for their dollars. But, 
 owing to the fact that other newspapers continued the old practice and 
 matched gross print against The Globe's net figures, The Globe's publisher 
 entered into the situation with powerful constructive force, and two years 
 later organized the Audit Bureau of Circulations, a national organization, 
 which now has over one thousand publisher members, who all sell space 
 on net paid basis. 
 
 The result of The Globe's effort in this direction was practically to 
 eliminate the old style circulation liar and put all advertising throughout 
 the country on a sound basis. To-day all but two of the newspaper 
 establishments in New York are members of the A, B. C, and their circu- 
 lation records are regularly audited once a year. 
 
 ADVERTISING THE ADVERTISER. 
 
 In 1912 The Globe started a series of short first page advertising talks 
 designed primarily to stimulate the interest and confidence of its readers 
 in the advertising which it printed. The matter attracted attenion of news- 
 papers in oher cities, who asked the privilege of printing the articles. 
 
 Within three months over 860 newspapers throughout the United 
 States and Canada were printing this material to help make their adver- 
 tising more profitable to their advertisers. That this campaign produced 
 great benefits to all business all over the country has been demonstrated 
 by the perpetuation of the movement in the Bureau of Advertising of the 
 American Newspaper Association, created at The Globe's suggestion for 
 the purpose, and which ever since has been a powerful influence in the 
 cause of advertising. 
 
 ADVERTISING CONTESTS. 
 
 In 1916, for the purpose of still further intensifying the interest of its 
 readers in its advertising. The Globe conducted a series of four great ad- 
 vertising contests for prizes which produced over 100,000 letters from 
 readers. These contests were as follows: 
 
 1. Advertising Reading Contest — "Which advertisement in The 
 Globe do .you like best? Give your reason why." 
 
 2. Advertising Style Contest— "What style of advertising ap- 
 pearing in The Globe do you like best, and why?" 
 
 3. Advertising Purchasing Contest — Prize for the best story 
 regarding a purchase made in response to an ad in The Globe. 
 
 4. Store Service Suggestions — Prize for the best suggestion re- 
 garding improved store service. 
 
 Competent committees of experts from the big stores and advertising 
 agencies awarded the prizes and were outspoken in their commendation of 
 
 77 
 
the intelligence of the thousands of people who took the trouble to study 
 advertising and give their views. 
 
 GRAPHIC SURVEY OF NEW YORK AND VICINITY. 
 
 In 1916 The Globe, for the purpose of enabling distant advertisers to 
 do business in New York on a satisfactory basis, at heavy expense made 
 a survey of leading dealers in all principal lines in New York and its 
 suburbs. Maps of each of the forty-odd shopping centres were prepared, 
 with dealers' store locations plainly marked by symbols related to lists of 
 dealers in each line carefully classified. 
 
 The survey covered New York, Jersey City, Hoboken, Yonkers, Mount 
 Vernon, New Rochelle, Montclair, and other suburbs. Two thousand copies 
 were printed and distributed among distant manufacturers desirous of 
 securing distribution throughout the metropolitan district. 
 
 The result was to bring much added business to New York to the 
 profit of the dealers and storekeepers in all lines. Manufacturers who 
 hesitated to go to the expense of securing dependable data have had them 
 supplied free of charge by The Globe and have entered the market with 
 ease and success. 
 
 RELATION WITH ADVERTISERS. 
 
 Probably no other newspaper in the country enjoys as close and satis- 
 factory relation with its advertisers as The Globe. A definite policy that 
 pressure from advertisers should not have the slightest influence on its 
 editorial attitude has been rigidly maintained, but The Globe has ever been 
 ready to co-operate to the limit to make advertising in its columns profitable 
 to its customers, recognizing that a pleased customer is a much better 
 asset than the few dollars which might be wrenched from the pocket of 
 one unskilled in advertising. 
 
 The Globe can show scores of unsolicited letters of thanks and appre- 
 ciation for service from advertisers. The Globe has probably put more 
 new advertisers on their feet in New York during the last five or six 
 years than all the other New York newspapers combined. 
 
 MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT. 
 
 The reader of a newspaper and the advertiser represented in it seldom 
 stop to consider the wonderful facilities required to provide their copy of 
 the paper for one or two cents a copy. To them the newspaper is some- 
 thing they just naturally expect and look forward to from day to day. 
 
 The Globe is printed from five huge sextuple presses, each capable of 
 producing 36,000 complete newspapers of eighteen pages an hour, or 
 180,000 an hour for the five. To set the type from which the paper is 
 printed there are thirty-four modern typesetting machines, each capable 
 of setting from ten to fifteen newspaper columns a day. 
 
 An afternoon newspaper made for quick distribution and consumption 
 spreads its editions over the ten or twelve hours of the day so as to give 
 ihe buyer at any of the 5,500 newsstands in the greater city the news at 
 different hours of the day when fresh from the wire. 
 
 78 
 
The cost of delivering The Globe to the newsstands and newsboys 
 approximates $1,000 a day. Every one of the 5,500 outlets is covered 
 effectively during each day, requiring a delivery system almost unequalled 
 in the city except by that of the postoffice. 
 
 Automobiles, wagons, and foot carriers take the papers as printed 
 fresh from the presses with a speed, regularity, and dependability that, 
 barring accidents, insure delivery to every buyer at the same moment 
 every day. 
 
 Globe readers are trained to look for and insist on the delivery to 
 them of the identical edition they are in the habit of buying every day. 
 The Globe's editions are plainly marked, and stand as a guarantee of the 
 freshness and lateness of the news contained in the paper. 
 
 There is practically no waste or duplication represented in The 
 Globe's circulation by its printing of six editions. Few people outside of a 
 limited number of advertisers buy more than one edition. Under union 
 rule a newspaper pays for labor for each eight hours, and multiplicity of 
 editions most economically utilizes this labor to get the greatest product 
 from the plant and to secure the most intelligent distribution to the public. 
 
 If The Globe were to print only a single edition in a day instead of 
 five or six it would require at least five more presses with the attendant 
 cost of crews and power to run them, which would materially increase 
 the overhead charges and cost of a line of advertising. 
 
 Under present manufacturing conditions, with print paper at over 
 $80 a ton, it costs over 2^^ cents per copy to manufacture a paper like 
 The Globe, of which the reader pays 1 2-5 cents and the advertiser 1.10 
 cents, which is about as fair and equitable a division as is possible. 
 
 CONCLUSION. 
 
 This statement has been prepared for the purpose of showing that the 
 upbuilding of an institutional newspaper like The Globe, constructed block 
 by block on a sound and permanent basis, involves much more careful 
 thought and hard work than those outside of the organization fully ap- 
 preciate. 
 
 The Globe stands for independence, for accuracy, for honesty, for 
 fearlessness, and for decency, and is made for the people who buy it every 
 day and have confidence in their newspaper. Any advertiser admitted to 
 its columns secures the implied indorsement of The Globe to its readers. 
 Its management does not knowingly accept or print any advertising of a 
 questionable character. 
 
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i6 PAGES OF GLOBE 
 DECEMBER 9, 1918 
 
 In keeping with the reproduction of the 
 American Minerva of December 9, 1793, and 
 the Commercial Advertiser of October 9, 
 1797, it is fitting that this book should con- 
 tain a reproduction of the main sheet of The 
 Globe as it appeared on its 125th Birthday, 
 December 9, 1918. 
 
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 RED" CROSS SIERRA BRINGS SrE-r-^'^i^FEWEXECUra) TTflNKSONB l^-^""^:^^^:^*:^;^" 
 Workers w„t«i l^JOUNDED^^p^^^S: IN U- S. ARMY OTlAlJYEr^-iv:j;^|r.3J\g:g^ 
 
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 :aEAstS4i9t — rjiat— 
 
 Kou May Choose Tomorrow 
 
 from m C«a«r<lHi •/ ,lto«l )M 
 
 High Class, Fiir Trimmed 
 
 Coats 
 
 aoMf OH iHt otmyp;^';;;^.'?,-^ TTliTt:!:' 
 
 
 
 
 JlUn CBUfCC CiWTEM 
 
 
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 iST^^':^'-- intheWcU" 
 
 ;^r;jLr-.jgj . SCOTT S £«>..,....<.,, 
 
 T^S^^IgiBSiONi SHI— 
 
 
 —Choice of the House. — , 
 
 Every Afternoon, i _ _ ^^ 
 Evening and "f ff.OO 
 Dinner Dress ' X V 
 
 In Our Entln Stoch | 
 
 Affulvlr tU.H lo P!M 
 
 Af^ncunciixf AfuitStr txfotitmr^ Bloutt Salt 
 
 OPPENHEIM.^LLmS&€ 
 
 *»th Str«t-Ncw York 
 For Tomorroir Tu€»iay 
 
 An Additional liM Ho 
 
 Attractive Blouses 
 
 Drtt»§ m4 r«iiorW MoAtU TtuM m lUtutrtl§4 
 
 DIMIiKll** ModcU •! OMrfvIt* Ctf* and Cr«p* tf« Chbt*. 
 il«4. Sraklrd an4 L«<« TrImmMl. 
 
 -'- 3.95 
 
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MM THE 
 
 ENEMY PAY 
 
 cuttnutiTOsirru 
 
 
 
 FRENCH CENSOR H^r"-™ 
 S]UL0NJ0B^6£i.tr 
 
 
 IT T .11 i / i -^yy iS : ; ' _ -■ ' . ^«g;SSS' f"klK <l<m.<i4 ih>i ilun 
 
 -JTSJU^ »» .^ |:^ ij y jZljTr ^ wSJp ? inoU lulncalo > diant>k 
 
 ^^^^^ .■"'"'^■"'"'^"■'"~ ^"^^"1,'^^'i 
 
 £:_Sr !Srt .TiISS -^ v.. >. : ... . CHILDS teuiunm can b< 
 
 Special Christmas Hosiery Sale 
 For Tuesday Only 
 
 J 2.400 (yrs Women sThreadSilkStockings 
 
 1.49^ 
 
 Full fashioned tnd fulfy remrorccd Every pair guaranteed and 
 jtamped »lih the Best & Co Iniprim. CorJoxan. Puttv New 
 Cray. Smoke. Cun-mctaL Broruc. Dari< Tan. Castle " 
 and White 
 
 L276 prs. Men's Thread Silk Socks 
 
 .48 
 
 Formtrly f^ 10 I tf 
 
 Jim th« OiristmM gift to be appfeois 
 plan silk half W. fully rcinlcrccd 
 
 n l?iiil rich cbicclafc ^vptvmmvr. ■* 
 
 Mnul PI-AKy mam i<i(r«Um ii ■ 
 
 
 December Sale of 
 
 Fur Coats & Separate Furs 
 
 Offering Iremendous saving opportunitlea 
 
 A temattoklf ca'ief^ of Capo, Ccmtt. Coettei qmf Dotmcnt of reat 
 AlaJfa Stcl. BroaJlan. iW.Viifc. Tmp, S<,i^el. Sailch Molt. & AColi/»b fj 
 M Retntrkable Rednctlona 
 
 ^-iirZ!, ,^ JSS^f 
 
 25O0 
 
 ""^ "^ "* ""^ ' " 29830 
 
 c^ 11 500: 
 
 (i* 10000, t:.-!-^'*'"^-^— 
 
 I s^po^u -jj-^-^^^j.^^^ 10.00 
 
 Fifth Avenue »i 35th .Street 
 Eaabltshtd 1879 
 jVoii A/eier Ptrv More at Best 
 
 IBcst&Co 
 
 Fffth A\cni»e at JSih Sueei 
 
 B«ginnlng Today— For Two Day» Only 
 
 i CHRISTMASGIFTSALE 
 Women's New Winter Coats 
 
 47.00 
 
 THREE HANDSOME 
 NEW MODELS with fur, 
 in genuine Bolivia, genuine 
 Silver-tip .Bolivia, Wool 
 Velour. and Silvertone 
 Velcur, Collars of Nutria. 
 SeaL or ringtail Opossum. 
 
 Alio the rich Dolman 
 illuitratwl, genuine Bo- 
 livi« without fur. 
 
 1^ & 0. D,-a N> Cr<«u 
 
 Yo\J Nttir Pay Mart, d litu tss^i3aai,^a^ 
 
RUSSIA'S APPEAL =i.^5?^-f^ ir^^ 
 AGAINST REDSf 3v?:l^iS;^:£v 
 
 WniON HAS 1" 
 SOLONS WORRIED" 
 
 H„ h,,te» :.;i:3cr^_^;:. fxif". 
 
 svtss SE-i^:;:^, 
 
 |^"~7,rHS:" ICKRISTMAS NOYEinES i TR££ THMMWGS 
 
 SKACKMAh A Ca 
 
 
 TEACH THE KIDDIES TO CHEIV 
 
 Chilcken fed on mushy, denatured foods fliaf 
 fE<piire little chewn^ are apt to have defec- 
 tive tetth and unhealthy gums.'^u cannot eat 
 
 Shredded Wheat 
 
 . without chewing it.The crispness of the shreds 
 of baked whole wiieat induce thorough majticat« 
 ion and that means good diMtion^you serve, 
 wheat food be sure it is whole wfieat in a crisp 
 dijjestible form —Shredded Wheat is the 
 whole wheat ready cooked and ready-fo- 
 serve. It requires no sugar -simply milk 
 andaLtllesalt • • « -• . • 
 
 Lord&laylor 
 
 Very Special Offerings in the 
 Men's Furnishing Section 
 
 trmj Iicm RepceMoM in Eicepilonit Value 
 
 1500 Pairs Men't 
 Silk Hair Hose 
 
 Stem Brothers 
 
 W«« rortgr-Mtcnd Slreel 
 
 Waal Fortr-dufJ StiMt 
 
 Patrons Who Shop in the Forenoon 
 
 During ihe renninine busy dayi before Chrutnm .will do so x-ith 
 iofinilcly more utisuctioD and much greater personal comiorL 
 
 Absolute Qearance, Tuesday, of Cut Lengths of 
 
 DRESS SILKS AND VELVETS 
 
 Formerly toU up U> tlOM a yari 
 
 at 45c to $4.50 a yard 
 
 'THERE nre ftrikmir >»l\iw in disconlinufd fofrifn aod Amtrican «in«, 
 ■*■ including nitlaiUc and fancy sjUcj, sattD«, crvpe*, dutfou, Uforj^Uea, 
 plain aod faoc>- \fUft3. \-elvrt«M and corduro)-!. 
 
 The Negligee Section 
 
 h thoulnt imtitti lUf uMcti 
 mn, iremajl «ouU tpprt(lml: 
 
 p;CI.l'i)I.N(: ~. mil iHMUi.-l ,.S>ili,«. ol 
 « Ckiltoo WIvft, 1li\nn *iiJCrn» d«Clu««« 
 
 SfSCUC fOK TttSDAY OaiTt 
 
 Corduroy Breakfast Coata 
 . at $6.95 "^ 
 
 Women's Service Boots 
 
 Ht£SC>T tXCELLEST \ XUCS 
 
 at $10.00 pair 
 
 l^J.\DE at C«<li. C.lt-k.i. "O • niol.t^ 
 
 Puttees of Soft Calf, lo match, 
 at $6.50 pair 
 
 The Upholstery Dept 
 
 A Sptclally Arranttd Salt »ill btluda 
 lountint futhlofu. TaW* Itunntn, 
 . tmbtoUtttd Scrwnj. f *l~»« tm- 
 inidt'itt oni Uct Boudoir Kovtl- 
 tm, •( JrriiltJ prtct rtrfucllao*. mlto 
 
 ImportedNoveftyLaceCurtains 
 
 °~"""" at $6.75 ' 
 
 Figured Curtain Madras,*! ^g^ 
 
 Glove Silk Underwear 
 
 $2.00 
 
 '"at$2'.25* 
 
 WtiMif'i Gtavt Silk Camltotn 
 
 at $1.95 
 
 Genuine Coral 
 
 NECKLACES 
 
 .r.7» 
 (ow prirra. 
 
 I> Inchc $2.95 
 
 2S Inchn $6.75 
 
 a Inclua 10.00 
 
 V, InchM 11.50 
 
 A Moit Exceptional Offering! 
 
 WOMEN'S VELVETEEN 
 SKIRTS 
 
 Frry Serilrtablt lloUdau CUIt 
 
 at $6.75 
 
 Unuffudly nmart modrls, mkdt of tk»i pil* tmlj 
 bock velvftWD, ID bUck. DJtv), broKQ aoclUup*. 
 
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P&RSHIN G ARMY CAS UALTIES. 
 
 
 
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 Wounded, lying in No Mjoi's 
 Land — feverish from thirst — a 
 stick of gum to him might have 
 been a matter of life and death 
 
 For him and 2,000,000 other* in France 
 155,945,000 ttickt of the A(iai» brand* of 
 cbevfing gum have been sent ovenea*. 
 
 Pleaie remember thi» the next time yoa 
 can't get your favorite brand of Adami gum. 
 If Adam* Black Jack i* miuing from the 
 counter, try Adam* California Fruit, Adam* 
 -Pepwn or Adam* Yucatan. To a boy in 
 No Man'* Land one *tick might have been 
 worth the price of an < 
 
 ADAMS 
 
 Pure Chewing Gum 
 
 AcUm* CKirlctt 
 Pepiin 
 
 A<S.n»SmSa> 
 
 AliERICAN CHICLE COUfANV 
 
 SEND A STICK IN EVERY LETTER TO YOUR SOLDIER' 6OY 
 
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THREE-YEAR SCHOOL BUILDING 
 
 BjnUBsaUtiMJMU 
 
 PROGRAMME TO BE PREPARED 2 ] t'J^i^-iZl'fUJx. „^„;C;.,'"'.r,'; Si' 
 
 
 
 it 
 
 
 
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 For the 
 
 Wash Day Supper 
 
 ?Sa5aB«'?K* Sr.r.'ri;?^vri 
 
 ^^^a£il^|t~Sl-^jfe I 
 
 BA. 
 
 9,624 Pieces of JUnXchjiorm^ 
 Glove Silk Underwear 
 
 /« Utt Than (Jiual and Much Lttt Than Eltwhrre 
 
 fxr 
 
 ... ^^™^",;'.L^.^'-■„^"". ■/*'•.'>. ,f™j'^ ^^j'l^jj' «'''?!"•'''« 
 
 •Pt* Moit ImporUnt Fatttar* of Ihlc Sale la Iha Fact thai 
 "Mardilonwa- Glo.e JUk VmU are Cut Three Inchea l/xiier 
 Than the A*er«cc Silk Teat Thia la an Index of Comfort. 
 Tha_ Name "MarchtoncaaT la aq Indei of Q a a 1 1 1 /. 
 
 Marchioness'* — -, "MarchioncM" 
 
 Glovt Silk Vesta Glorc Silk Vests 
 
 $1.94 - . $2.24 
 
 $1.94 
 
 $2.69 
 
 $2.49 
 
 SALB BealMS TVCSDAYt A. M. 
 
 Imported Linoleums 
 
 at Practically To-day '$ Cost to Ua 
 
 of Domestic Linoleums 
 
 A-apedil purchase— the entire cle«n.up of a Britiah tnaru- 
 faeturcr'a etock. A lii;iiie«1 choice, but the patterns repre- 
 sent art popular ones — in seme, guantjtiea are wy large. 
 
 Fitil pade Patqueliy. Sale Price $2.89 per K|. jd. 
 
 Firt rsJe Tile. ■■. - 2« pe. «,. )d. 
 
 PUnk lnla«). , ■ " . - 1.89 pet «). yi. 
 
 Granite ItilaiA • - .. . | .89^ (,,„,. yj 
 
 SOilE GOOD PATTKS\S f.V INLAW UNOLEVMS 
 
 ■re left frtxn the original carload advertiaed aome time ago. 
 
 The prices are as follows : 
 
 $1.79 to $2.24 
 
 j^eat S^mdise 
 
 r.iH rw Hm Ike 
 
 A collection of beautifully hruchad oars- 
 ilije of eiqulalte mialllr new on e«Hb(Hon 
 tnd aale In tha.F«ath4r Saetloo. 
 
 Sweeps and Fountain Effect*— 
 
 In Black and Natural Color. 
 Vtn. JI089. $1389. $1589, $21.89 up to $59 50 
 
 HI flo lor thrttim,. 
 It amil farta(ail/llh 
 
 ^ 
 
 1,200 Pairs of Women's 
 Duplex Chamois Lisle Gloves 
 
 ll»v gimo frally keep the bandi .....i A^ « /V 
 
 \oc oely that iut ihe, look .,11 T-o { 1 1 Q 
 
 'la.p Uyle, hall pique .e»,i, lOund <on.e.,. ▼ I I ^V 
 doukle d.a».baek Buck. bea>ei. gia; A»A«/. 
 
 Holiday Suggestions 
 
 Scrim & Marquisette Bed Sets 
 i:!.^jr7;..7' $6.74 «o $12.49 :-S',"l 
 
 «n4 Lr.1/ Anliqu, 
 
 A Special PurchoiC and Sale of 
 
 Sterling Silver tableware 
 
 Priced Coniideiably Leu TSan Prevrnl 
 Piicea on Silver oi EUgual Weighl. 
 
 A coi.osi.li. ur.sir.y niru ar.fr.i.t:i> ki>ok posseasinga 
 
 rlchneis and dignity often lacking in silverware of mora ornate design. 
 
 In ita patrician aimplicity there is alto a practical appeal, for ail- 
 
 verware of thia type la very serviceable and very easily kept clean. 
 
 At, y ih Faleui,v $••• > Pica Wnli .Ifatt an I4nl Cfl. 
 
 n Kar... "lllS 
 
 Sa^, L.dk> 
 
 SALE of NEW NECKWEAR 
 
 59c 
 
 have »ld at 
 »4c to JI.49 
 
 98c 
 
 Sunila. to nKkwear we " 
 
 have old at 
 
 11.59 to $2.49 
 
 An UnusuaUr Large Variety of Taitaful Style* to 
 Please AU Tastes and to Suit All Pfevallinf Fashions. 
 
 AtQSr— Very simple and 
 
 Af Mo —Organdie Seta, 
 ■**' trimmed and hand 
 
 , pleated lace col 
 
 SALS Btcrys tvesday 
 
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 a.-ca-r-airs 
 
 TiiiJris'rastI 
 
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 While he jnayeJ 
 
 N h;« diary. Sir Walter Scott nytaii that hia t>e*t 
 thoughts came to bim during the thevlng hour, 
 just after he awoke. Even to bla gmtest pros- 
 perity, the famous atithor of 'Marmlon" always performed 
 
 bftbH." Aod this lormbla, liniplo country eenU«man tued a ivm 
 idad hu am— thai ok) tuna mod«J whoK perfect tialaoa 
 t of jour own hand-a loot. >■««" blailt thai cao ttt 
 oly o/w— tba ^^/l^~ahavinc ani;l« AU that Sootfa 
 
 (uanled, detachabW bla<Sa of t 
 
 nmsnicizD 
 
 A TSea/ Bayjr^made Safe 
 
 iU«>Mu'f>ac>^« i' 5 aiaOM a> «0 aa>« 
 
 DURHAM-DUPLEX_^RAZOR CQ 
 
 -^Pr^^ 
 
 We Work With Santa Claus 
 On Chrutmat Eve 
 
 Orieatil 
 
 Timely Suggettiona for Chrutmat 
 
 i&-?Sl-=* rrS^ivSr CRATONOIA 
 
 ^OWPfiRTmWT&SOHS 
 3rd A^. & 121«t St. 
 
 
 

 J>^ Millinery Sale ^ 
 
 TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY A THlTtSDAY 
 
 Cxctfitional I 
 
 SMART HATS 
 •5 . »7.50 . '10.00 
 
 5tt cWmic al 40t{ ^tw) 
 
 QPPFNHEiN.(gLLiNS&€ 
 
 Fullon Slreet, Brooklyn 
 
 An Important Coat Sale Tuesday 
 
 Women'! and Klswa' 
 
 Handsome Fur Collar Coats 
 
 Ertnntlj Low Priced 
 
 Smart mcdsis of Pom Pom or Velour with col- 
 U™ 0* Skunk OposEum, Sealioe or Raccoon. 
 Plain tailored coats also. Lined thraout-S^cdai 
 
 Stnnrlnir models of Veloor Cloth, Silvortone I 
 «r'.'otherm3teri3ls.inachoicer&ri5eof colore, J 8" f\f\ 
 trimmed ««Ih coiUr of Hudson Seal (dr«J 40.UU 
 ncikrat>. Silk lined thnioat 
 
 Great Sale of Belg ian Glassware ('t Ht- ) 
 
 The Ver)' Extraordinary Sale 
 of Blouses— Continues! 
 
 Beaiute of An 'Acadtnt, Secured to Retail at 
 
 ^^- .„. $3.95 
 
 Genuine Cowhide 
 
 Traveling Bags 
 
 At a Great Saving 
 
 Dainty Brassieres Make 
 Welcome Gifts 
 
 At in> pnct Irtm II lo »S 
 llj« ClMBr" " 
 
 Gift 
 Handkerchiefs 
 
 •hewing B*Tiiet.iX 
 
 27 Superb Fur Garments 
 of Individualized Type 
 
 To Be Closed Out Al AJcanlageoui Reductions 
 
 Ec^tm Mink Holnkin Taupt futrja 
 tlm 6eat Sijuirret Caracal 
 
 ;**" Now $325 to $1,550 
 
 500 Umbrellas at $2.50 
 
 For Men and Women 
 u Upe edK, beaatiful & 
 
 flrf Fellout! 
 Bolt AtHiut A SUeriitf Sltd? 
 
 CIMBCLS kM 
 
 ^M8 Steering Sleds 
 
 ?1.45 and 
 $1.95 
 
 Genuine Alpaca 
 Wool Scarf 
 -lU- $4.50 
 
 Russian Tunic .^ ^ 
 
 Dress of Satin - ^ 
 
 lUt ll«n Vtr> CQ!!; 
 
 Great Christmas Sale 
 
 
 Women's Silk Stockings 
 
 .41 C/njlma Ci/li 
 
 Women's Silk Gloves, $1.35 pr. 
 
 An rfal fk>>e lo «« .hen uni»i a smU. 
 
 For Milady's Desk 
 
 :«<«r> 5«r-«n oncn ac:«t«M »« S«i »] Did 
 
 L-iL-S-r^ 
 
 
 The New Kind of Housefurnishing Store 
 Originator of New Ideas, Has Become a 
 Great Christmas Store— 50,000 Sensible Gifts 
 
 Chriatmai Shoppinf In Our New Kind of HouKfurnishing Store if a pleaji 
 
 
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 sBrttUtK New Jerweg ant Long Ittmd CiuUmtn Ptnet to CIMBSIS (da rrtn Md J 
 
BOXERS TO BE FROM CYCLING TO BASEBALL 
 
 LINED LP FOU .^^V ^iJ^ 
 
 BENEFIT WORK .l^"*} 
 
 fitf Ripley UITLE TRADE 
 iTAUiTOSTlR 
 — , L BASEBALLFANS 
 
 COi -^Di^S wokkI tS 
 
 AmCt ifcOUAPCS wmCXtAWA L . ^. ' "^ 'S. ^ 
 
 
 
 r^'^er RIDERS "CROSS;' . 
 :".:i^-- EXPERT FOOER : 
 
 
 
 
 
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 How to Keep Well 
 
 LADIES! DARKEN 
 YOUR CRAY HAIR 
 
 'i?!a?.l 
 
 1. AUman & do. 
 
 Ano her Special Sale of 
 MEN'S NECKWEAR 
 
 (particularly desirable for holiday Klvln^) 
 wilt take place to-morrow (Tuesday) 
 
 The prices quoted mn cKtraordlnTMy low for th* 
 
 qualitict offered, every Sc«rf being of 
 
 thli »«A*on*t making. 
 
 FOUR-IN-HAND SCARFS 
 
 <nul< o< fin •llki of lh« richot qualllln (chtofly 
 
 Jjrrc^ LEA>PERRINS i" 
 
 i. Altmatt $: (Ho. 
 
 MADISON AVENUe- FIFTH AVENUE. NEW YORK 
 
 The Remaining Stock of 
 Iifiported Evening Scarfs 
 
 (comprlklng beaded and spangled cffecU ol 
 
 uaiuual beauty) 
 has been nibjectcd to drastic price revrslons: 
 as a jasult ol which extraor dina ry v alues 
 will b« obUlnable. commence 
 (Tueaday), In Scarfs r«luced K> 
 
 W.50, $11.75 & $13.J 
 
 (Women's Neckwear. First Floor) 
 
 A.Tuesday Safe of 
 
 Celluloid Toilet Sets 
 
 price el 
 S13.7S per 
 
 , Mirror. Cloth Bmfh, 
 
 A Sale of 
 Chiffon Velvet Hand Bags 
 
 Leather Goods Department, will afford an 
 
 while z'lts at less than usual prices. 
 
 Pouch Basa. lined with colored silk and 
 flr.:shed with tassel: with Inside frame 
 pocket and a mirror; In black, ruvy. taupe, 
 brown and purple . . ■ . $2.90 
 
 Pouch Baga, lined with colorad silk and 
 finished with tassel; with coin purse, mirror 
 afid engravad metal Iramc; in black, brown, 
 taupe and purple SXTS 
 
 Shirred One-plec* B«jt«, lined with col. 
 
 ror; In black, brown. Uupe and purple. $4.75 
 
 At the utme time a aelectlofi of 
 
 Travel Qoods 
 
 (ol black enamel duck) will be offered at 
 special prices: comprising 
 
 Women'a Hat Boxei 
 
 .$1.85 each 
 
 (Thi« l» an unaurpaaaej value) 
 
 FOUR-IN-HAND SCARFS 
 
 $11.15 each 
 FOUR-IN-HAND SCARFS 
 
 In a great diversity of smart designs ( 
 
 60c. each 
 In addition to the above 
 
 Men's All-silk Knitted Mufflers 
 and Reefers 
 
 at $4.50 each 
 
 which la much leas than the actual worth. 
 (Thla Sale will b« held on the Firat Floor) 
 
 A Sale of 
 Men's Bath Robes and House Coats 
 
 AT SPECIAL PRICES 
 
 wni also be held to-morroU' (Tuesday) 
 
 Intereiting Value* will be offered In 
 
 MEN'S BLA^fKET BATH ROBES 
 
 Special at $6.25 
 MEN'S HOUSE COATS 
 
 SpMlal at $6.25 
 (ThU Sale will be held on the Sluth Floor) 
 
 91 
 
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. 
 
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 '.\?j^^s?d^§M 
 
 '^^^d 
 
 PAINTINGS 
 
 x;s5-.i«esi?«a'-':rz.^" — ,=r:.- "■ sculpture! 
 
 r'£=rS2r:::'=r" r :.^:~£KS*SSi!?\:" ^e scout i^w 
 
 yrjya'.c:;'^"'... . r.^: ~«ia~«';^j£| in practice." 
 
 
 
 McCutchcon's 
 
 Christmas Suggestions n 
 
 
 I amuau ounnc. 
 
 
 r_ta.rir.;rrr-r- 
 
 Stern Brothers 
 
 W»«4»iia Street (il<i«i.f 
 
 W»t 43r<l Stnct 
 
 TOY ANIMALS 
 
 A COMPLETKMfnaffcricof Ivild nnd domc-ilic nnim 
 ** made of One pluslv viiiif are Ihf soft "Kuddltso 
 Kind." others arc niounlol on wheels. 
 
 All Mmt Irom IW Small fof al Mc 
 to a larf* fU^ant al Ti J« 
 
 Plush Cols with voice, }I.2S A 3.00 
 
 Plush Dogs wilh voice. $1.00, ZOO to S.OO 
 
 Hush Dogs on wheels, '»I.2S. Z7S to 1 1.7J 
 Plush Bears. Jointed limba. >l.00,Z00to 6.00 
 
 Bears on Wheels. $3.25, 4.7S hi 75.00 
 
 Plusli Elephants. »2.00, 3JIS to 75.00 
 
 Mechanical Animah, $2.00 to 10.00 
 
 
 lb Anoaa, Mlh and Ud Straata 
 
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Will New York Have a JOYFE CHRISTMAS? See WANAMAKER'S 
 
 For the Answer 
 
IkNatioiialCilT 
 CoBpanjr 
 
 FiiNA^CIAL l^-^:! V5-^'!^*%^!!^r '*^^^ CURBWAgg 
 
 
 
 
 
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 COPPERS" 
 
 1 cvitplM. »d HI—IT tmt 
 
 • <n ban inr »>ibllifci< 
 
 C< Py W 70DXr-0Ml Dday 
 
 lONCS « BAKES 
 
 FORNEWPIAN HAPPENWGSIN ^5^i^^ 
 IN STOa SALES REALTY WORLD ^^ii^-; 
 
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 THE COTTOH UnKT. 
 
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 ICMMMCHMrllK 
 
 
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 [9MI0MlGtfTFR0UC 
 
 
 raa"«T . tr >r'^ fKHicKERBocKER 
 
 
 
 itTii'ii uT.jj;-.-/.-: 
 
 
 
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 ■GONDOLIERS 
 
 HAS YOUR RENT 
 
 BEXN RAISED! 
 
 Building WiU Start 
 
 85 Separate Lots 
 
 TuutMj.tlictwAu I7tk,uiii 
 
 
 CLASSiri KB 
 
 BosTONrtruo -«=~-- 
 
 PROVIDENCE j^\ .":._. 
 
 
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The Tyranny o( the Riebteoiu. 
 
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 DOROTHY DIXS DAILY TALK 
 
 , .. ^. VICKY VAN j^: ^^a i plg^j: 
 
 
 
 
 SavM You niomy «n i^iir 
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TRIBUTES FROM NEWSPAPERS 
 AND ADVERTISERS 
 
 Selected from the Kind Words of Commendation 
 
 from Men Prominent in All Walks of Life 
 
 Regarding the Globe. 
 
 THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION. 
 
 Atlanta, Ga. 
 
 It is a unique distinction to be the oldest existing continuously daily 
 newspaper in America. The history of The Globe is not only a history of 
 the city of New York, but practically of the life of the republic. Some of 
 Amcirica's most eminent journalists have been identified with The Globe. 
 Very cordial congratulations upon this notable event, and with the hope 
 that I may be able to extend similar greetings in The Globe's 150th anni- 
 versary. — Clark Howell. 
 
 CINCINNATI TIMES-STAR. 
 
 Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 
 The unprecedented record of 125 years' service to the public is an 
 achievement of which not only you but the entire newspaper profession 
 may be proud. A publication could attain such a mark of distinction only 
 through living up fully to the demands of the various periods through which 
 its activities have passed. Through the generations The Globe and its pre- 
 decessors must have served their public exceedingly well to have survived 
 the changing times and conditions. No newspaper could do more than 
 that. Service is the ultimate aim, and you have served. — Joseph Garretson, 
 Managing Editor, Cincinnati Times-Star. 
 
 BALTIMORE AMERICAN. 
 
 Baltimore, Md. 
 
 The Baltimore American, which on Aug. 20 of this year passed its 
 145th birthday, salutes The Globe on its 125th anniversary. Such old 
 fellows must always be good friends and thus help each other to renew 
 their youth and gain more vigor each year of their lives. Records made 
 by such newspapers as The Globe and the American form an important 
 part of the history of this nation and of the world. I have known and read 
 The Globe for many years and count it one of the best and most attractive 
 afternoon newspapers of the country. A newspaper like The Globe, which 
 hews true to the line, maintains an honest independence, upholds the right 
 and denounces the wrong, is bound to succeed and to win the esteem of 
 the community in which it is published. — Felix Agnus, Publisher Baltimore 
 American and Baltimore Star. 
 
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COLLIN ARMSTRONG 
 
 IKCOB.P ORATED 
 
 General Advertising Agents 
 
 1463 Broad-vvray, at 42^<^ Street 
 New York 
 
 TKLTtPHON'E BRVAXT I'<07 
 
 COLi.iN Armstrong. President 
 
 Dec. 7 
 19 18 
 
 Mr. Jason Rogere, 
 Publisher, THE rTLOBE. 
 73 Dey Street, 
 Kew York. 
 
 Dear I.Ir. Rogerut 
 
 Cordial Birthaay Greetings ^o 
 THE OLOBS. 170 wonder it has scored a century 
 and a quarter of usefulness with such an a- 
 bundance of red blood and brains in its 
 sjratem. These insure many "happy returns of 
 the day", for TK3 GLOBE is not old excei^t in 
 point of years^ but right in its prime." 
 
 True to its record and characta 
 it is now doing most coramdndahle work in ad- 
 vancing the Btandlng and quality of advertis- 
 ing; a raovenent that the raercenary raay suggest 
 is largely selfish. But it is not. it is for 
 the benefit of THE GLOBE'S readers and patrons. 
 You are to be congratulated in this respect 
 and deserve the gratitude of publishers and 
 advertising interests generally for your en- 
 lightened and energetic efforts to spread the 
 gospel of better advertising throughout the 
 country. 
 
 Yours sincerely, 
 
 president, COLLIU ^iRKSTROTT??, INC 
 
AOVERTISINGL 
 
 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
 
 December second 
 19 18 
 
 MR. JASON ROGERS, Publisher, 
 
 The Globe, 
 
 New York, N. T. 
 
 My dear Mr. Rogers: 
 
 •I note that The Globe is to 
 celebrate its one hundred and twenty-fifth 
 birthday on Deciember 9th, and I waiit to offer it 
 my Congratulations and felicitations. 
 
 I am a constant and steady 
 reader of The Globe and admire greatly its broad 
 and oomprehensive editorial treatment of publio 
 4uestions^ together with Its presentation of 
 local and general news. The Globe is not only 
 a credit to New York City but the the Natioa. 
 I wish it many more years of success. 
 
 Sincerely yours, 
 
 ^i\M^fk^ 
 
 Fp/l 
 
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Walter Thompson Company 
 
 ADVERTISING 
 
 ESTABUSHEO 1864 
 NEW YORK -CHICAGO • BOSTON • DETROIT • CINCINNATI • LONDON 
 
 NEW YORK 
 
 244 MADISON AVENUE 
 
 December 5, 1918 
 
 Mr, Jason Holers, Publisher. 
 The Globe, 
 New York City. 
 
 My dear Mr. Rogers: 
 
 It is a very fine thing to be 
 able to celebrate one hundred and twenty five 
 years of service to New York newspaper readers* 
 
 The Globe has made a fine record 
 for leadership in the standardizing of news- 
 paper practices. It deserves a great deal of 
 the credit for the high plane which newspaper 
 advertising has reached, both as the interests 
 of the advertiser and as those of the public 
 are concerned. 
 
 If this one hundred and twenty 
 fifth anniversary can be said to be a measure 
 of the Globe's past usefulness, we trust that 
 it will also prove an index of future useful- 
 ness, not only in point of character, but also 
 in point of time. 
 
 . ^ Please accept our hea 
 wishes. 
 
 Since 
 
 100 
 
WM. H.RANKIN COMPANY 
 
 Formtrty mahin advertising company 
 
 A.<ixj e riisirxg 
 
 60 Mad i BOD Avenue 
 NEW YORK 
 
 Deoember 2, 1918. 
 
 Mr. Jaaon Bogera, 
 Publisher, 
 The Globe, 
 Hew York City. 
 
 My dear Ur. Rogers i , 
 
 Hhat a birthday the Globe celebrate6~born In the year when George 
 Waehington stepped from the 4>residential ohairl Its life keeps step 
 with the nation's life! 
 
 But aren't your figures a little modestT It seems to me that 
 actually the Globe and its friends should celebrate on December 9 the 
 39,125th birthday of the Globe. Beoause, in reality, the Globe has a 
 new birthday on each day in the week and there have been something like 
 39,126 weekdays since the year 1793^ Each day, as it is born anew from 
 the presses, it has a birthday which is celebrated in more than 200,000 
 homes. That's the only kind of birthday worth having. And you've got 
 that kind. 
 
 I notice too that your advertising patronage has grown so that the 
 Globe now loads the evening field in New York, giving you even more than 
 the usual rights to rejoice at this particular time. This is due 1 think 
 to the splendid work the Globe has done for belter food for the people 
 under the direction of Mr. Alfred McCann. 
 
 For yourself, personally, let me say that you have done never to be 
 forgotten work in the interests of More and Better Advertising. Best of 
 all, you have not confined your work to New York but you have generously 
 made it national in character, so thot each good newspaper and all good 
 advertising men have been inspired to do business in a broader way, along 
 higher levels. 
 
 The results of your recent work in behalf of more cordial relations 
 between the nev/spapers and the advertising a^^enciee are gratifying to you 
 and I know tloat they are a source of pleasure to your friends, among whom 
 this agency is proud to be counted. 
 
 Congratulating the Globe and its publishers on its 39,125th birthday 
 and wishing it many hundreds of thousands more, I am 
 
 Your friend 
 
 Chairman, Newspaper Di^i:^ion, 
 yyj^p Ij) American Association of Advertising Agencies, 
 
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 The H.K.N^C^nn Company 
 (^ov€r»tisjng 
 
 61 Broai>"vva-y 
 
 NE^wyORK 
 
 MAC K AOCO 
 
 December 17th, 1918. 
 
 Wr. Jason Rogers, Publisher, 
 
 The Globe, 
 
 73 Dey Street, New York, 
 
 Dear lAr, Rogers :- 
 
 This is just a line to congratulate you on the 125th 
 Birthday Number of the New York Globe. 
 
 I not only enjoyed reading it, but the information con- 
 tained therein was so interesting that I am having it 
 placed in our permanent file. 
 
 The fact that the Globe really did this themselves, 
 and did not attempt to persuade advertisers into buy- 
 ing extra space in this special number, is a fact that 
 appeals to me particularly also. 
 
 I want to congratulate you both on what you did and the 
 way you 'did it. 
 
 Sincerely yours, 
 
 HKM-K 
 
 ^^^i^^-^ 
 
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FEDERAL ADVERTISING AGENCYi^ 
 
 SIX EAST THIRTY- NINTH STREET 
 NEW YORK CITY 
 
 TELEPHONE ^^ CHICAGO 
 
 VANDERBILT-4770 ||g ^O NMICHIGAN AVE- 
 
 Dooeober 5thj 1916 
 
 Mr. Jasor Rogers. 
 Secretary 
 
 ^ow Ycork Globe, 
 New York City. 
 
 My dear Rogers 
 
 It is a rare privilege to carry on to its 126th year, an institution 
 which links the present day with !?oah Webster. You are to be congrat- 
 ulated, not only on what you have done — of which a^^y man may well be 
 proud — but pai*tic\ilarly on the Globe's dependability to accurately 
 record and interpret the tendencies of these truly history-making times 
 
 When the Globe* 8 200th birthday arrives, your files of these present 
 days will possess wonderful historic interest. Then posterity will 
 benefit by the careful, painstaking and thoroughly adequate methods of 
 your handling of the news when it is news. 
 
 It is also my belief that your editorial pagos will stand the same 
 exacting test, and it is cy hope that the Globe of that day vill be 
 in the hands of men who will so ably guard its ideals and be 
 as. aggressive i" their expression as you are today. 
 
 Sincerely youre, /^ 
 
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The Erickson Gompany 
 
 381 Fourth Avenue New York City 
 
 Mr. Jason Rogers 
 The New York Globe' 
 New York City. 
 
 December 3, 1918 
 
 My dear Mr. Rogera: 
 
 Permit ire to congratulate the management of the 
 New York Globe upon reaching its 125th Birthday. 
 
 This is a ripe old age and "looking backward" should 
 present nothing but cause for satisfaction. 
 
 The Globe has always represented the best in American 
 journalism. It is clean, straight and thoroughly 
 reliable. 
 
 I hope it will continue for many years longer to pre- 
 sent to the people of New York the news as it should 
 be prepared and printed. 
 
 Yours 
 
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The 
 C, IRONMONGSH 
 
 ,^^ ADVSiRTISXNG AGENCY Adv^rtllaa 
 
 ADvHmsoc ro. >i>ko .... ma.CBMlmu 
 
 "**•««* »S MADISON ATENUE a«lTtc« 
 
 NEW YORK 
 
 Dec«Bb«r 3, 1918. 
 
 Mr« JftBon Rogers, 
 
 Publisher.Olobet 
 
 73 Dey St., New York. 
 
 Wy dear Mr. Rogers: 
 
 Greetings from en Advertising 
 Agency to the newspaper whose broadainded fair- 
 ness is recognized throughout my profession! 
 Greetings from an Aisiericfen citiien to the news- 
 paper whose sterling Americanism never could be 
 questioned, whose work has bssn highly constructive 
 and inspiring to those of us who deal uith youi 
 Greetings personally to you and your staff I 
 
 Years ago the Globe was orily a news- 
 paper. Today it is an institution, reflecting the 
 hopes and ideals of its readers but yet leading 
 those readers to better citlgenehip* 
 
 Though old in ye^irs tha Globe is 
 young in spirit. Here's to another 125 years of 
 increasing prosperity. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 105 
 
W. Sc J. SLOAISTE 
 
 riFTH AVEKUE & 47T» STREET 
 NEW YORK 
 
 December 3, 1918 • 
 
 A^r, Jason Rogers, 
 
 The Globe, 
 
 73 Dey Streeft, City. 
 
 My dear Mr, Rogers: 
 
 On behalf of W, A J. Sloane, 
 
 established e event y*five<»y ears ago, I teUce 
 
 pleasure in extending hearty greetings on the 
 
 One hundred and twenty fifth Anniversary of the 
 
 Globe, 
 
 With beet mshes for its future, 
 
 truly yours, 
 
 President, 
 
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^^?n^/ulz^/ie/z^^lee^ 
 
 KUHN, LOEB A CO. 
 
 ^/'4L^!!Ll!_yj?^ 
 
 Jaeon Rogers, Esq., Publisher, 
 
 "The Globe" , 
 
 73 Ley Street, City, 
 My dear Sir: - 
 
 Acknowledging receipt of your conmuni cation 
 of Hovember 30, it interests me very much to leam 
 that the Hew York Globe celebrates its l£6th birthday 
 on the ninth of December. 
 
 I am glad you have made this opportunity for 
 me to express my interest in your Paper, which has 
 done 80 much for all claseres^of the citizenry of Uew 
 lork, and to wish your Paper the bright future which 
 is no doubt vouchsafed under the continuance of good 
 and high-class management, such as it has long possess- 
 ed. 
 
 Pal'thfully yours. 
 
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^Ij* €i^s: ^ai«mal|Bmtfe. 
 
 NEW YORK 
 
 ALBERT H. WIGGIN 
 
 Ch«irm«nofth« Board of Directors DeCenib©r 5, 1918 < 
 
 My dear Mr. Rogers: 
 
 Please accept my oongratulationB 
 upon this anniversary of the beginning of The 
 Globe's long career of usefulness. To have served 
 the public of a great city faithfully for one hun- 
 dred and twenty-five years is a record to be 
 reviewed with pride. The Globe has added to this, 
 during recent years, a progress which has consistently 
 broadened and deepened its service to the community. 
 As a result its friends look to it for still greater 
 achievements in the problems of the days now before 
 us. 
 
 Yours sincerely, ^ 
 
 ^-/z^/L.^-7 /^^<^ 
 
 Jason Rogers, Esq., Publisher, 
 The Globe, 
 
 ITew Yerk City. 
 
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 jTranhlin Pinion L Co. 
 
 A Store of^ Individual Shops 
 Fifth Avenue.37'i> and 38'1> Sts., 
 
 JVewJorA, Deoeaber 3, 1918. 
 
 I.Ir. Jason Rogers, 
 Publisher, The Globe, 
 73 Dey Street, 
 Hew York City. 
 
 r.^ doar Ivlr. Rogers: 
 
 Please accept my felicitations for 
 The Globe on its 125th Birthday. 
 
 You should feel proud of the growth 
 and progress that The Globe has made , and I hope 
 that it will continue to wield its power in help- 
 ing to form public opinion in the future, as It has 
 in the past. 
 
 admired. 
 
 Its policy is one that I have alv/ays 
 Very triily yours. 
 
 <^ 
 
 'td.yLyi^/^^^ 
 
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ftvhle Address 
 
 Walerii\ai\]s Ideal Foui\taii\^^ei\^ 
 
 Chc^CR (Tomer" ^/^/ ^}i.o*tdu>€ryu^. 
 
 /' J} Waterman i\,.t 4- 
 
 719-A 
 
 December 6, 1918, 
 
 Mr. Jason Rogers, 
 
 75-83 Dey Street, New York. 
 
 My Dear Mr. Rogers :- 
 
 Having learned that you are to celebrate the 
 125th anniversary of The Globe on Monday, December. 9th, I* am tak- 
 ing advantage of this opportunity to write and send hearty and 
 cordial congratulations, not only to you personally, but also to 
 the members of your staff. 
 
 Having been almost constantly anadjoining neighbor of 
 ^our paper, the personnel of our entire organization has been 
 greatly benefited and largely influenced by the news in your col- 
 umns, and especially by the fearless editorials* Perhaps in our 
 daily work few of us realize how much we really owe the newspaper 
 we rebd for guidance and informttlon on all current matters. 
 
 The splendid principle of service and publie duty that 
 has for the past quarter of a century, to our knowledge, actuated 
 and directed the policy of The Globe, is vindicated by the years 
 of its existence, and gives assurance of the future unselfish 
 policy of your excellent paper. 
 
 /gain extending- to you cordial bitthday greetings end 
 congrctulptions, I remain, 
 
 Tours very sii^e^ely. 
 
 110 
 
F.II.BEK^T5TTBIS€1TIT Cofie^sy 
 
 ^JLINFFACTURERS OF 
 
 BISCUIT SP£€I^\I/riES 
 
 r "Dea. 3rd, 19ie, 
 
 ITew York Globe, 
 
 Mr* jaso^i Rogers, Publisher, 
 
 73 Dey Street, 
 
 Hew York City. 
 
 Dear Sir;- 
 
 The occasion of the alobe^s 125th 
 Anniversary, seems appropriate for us to convey 
 a word of appreciation of the kind of a paper the 
 Globe is, and the kind oC people who make it what 
 it is. 
 
 We admire the olobe as a newspaper 
 for its sincere, earnest and purposeful enthusiasm. 
 
 \7e admire the Globe as' an advertis- 
 ing medium, because we have p.sed its advertising 
 columns continuously and profitably for some six 
 years. We began with one inch ads., and this year 
 we have used full .pages 
 
 We believe in the kind of service 
 you give ji-our readers. 'Je believe in the l:ind of 
 cooperation you render advertisers. Y/e believe 
 in the kind of men whose honesty, ability and 
 energy have made it possible for the Globe to 
 celebrate a happy and prosperous 125th Birthday. 
 
 'Therefore, we congratulate you andl 
 wish you well. 
 
 Yours, very truly, 
 
 F. H. BHKIT]^ 
 
 FHB.MT. 
 
 i^^^heatswotth 
 
 Golden IN Food Value \A/liCclLbWUtLlZ Real Whole Wheat Products 
 
 DE MARK DEI 
 111 
 
^hc JHontrcalftav 
 
 November 2^th, 191^. 
 
 Mr. Jason Rogers, 
 "Hew York Glol^e", 
 73 Day Street, 
 NEW YORK CITY. 
 
 Bear Mr. Rogers :- 
 
 Allow me to- congratulate 
 you on the 125th anniversary of the foundation 
 of the "New York Globe". It is indeed no 
 small accomplishment to have maintained at a 
 high level, through all the vicissitudes of a 
 century and a quarter, a 'business so subject 
 to external iortune as is a big daily newspaper. 
 I can only say that "The Globe" of to-day is 
 quite worthy of its great tradition. 
 
 Yours truly. 
 
 J'/fi/il;t4^^L^ 
 
 mr Mo>in»A. MTiO frii i.i»uiNu Co . U\n\t%u 
 
 112 
 
HARTFORO.CONN. 
 
 ^" =«"'"""'"'"''*'=<'• NOV. 29, 1918 
 
 To The Globe and Commercial Advertiser; 
 
 Greetings on its 125th birthday, it 
 Has had a long and honorable career, and in 
 spite of its years is more chipper and of 
 greater value to the coiminity than in the 
 days of its youth. The Hartford Times boasts 
 its 102 years, during seventy-seven of which 
 it has appeared six days a week, but The 
 Commercial Advertiser, predecessor of The 
 Globe, had very nearly reached its majority 
 ^en the first nuj^iber of The Weekly Times 
 was issued* 
 
 The newspapers in the united states 
 that can trace their ancestry back to the 
 eighteenth century are comparatively few 
 and are to be congratulated; none is more 
 husky, even though hoary, than The Globe. 
 It is among the most highly esteemed of the 
 daily arrivals to our exchange table. The 
 Hartford Times expects to be on hand to 
 extend greetings when The Globe reaches its 
 250th» 
 
 Fraternally yours. 
 
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OAIUY. SUNDAY. TWICE-A-weCK 
 
 ::fipAk^^I;//aJ^ ^««- ^^' i^ie, 
 
 jason Rogers, !niblisher, 
 
 The rrlobe, 
 
 Kew York, r. Y, 
 
 Bear tir. Rogers • 
 
 Congratulations are certainly due 
 She Globe on reaching its 125th birthday, 
 
 It is a wonderful accomplishinent for 
 a daily newspaper at such an age to possess ajl 
 the energy and initiative of youth. 
 
 For this, newspaper men must all recog- 
 nize that The Globe is indebted to you. 
 
 I sincerely hope that -125 years from now 
 The Globe will be going As strong, as it is today. 
 
 Sincerely yours, 
 .^^"^^^^^V^^S^-^t^VPubl i Bher , 
 
 •>^c/d-49. the s?ozes:uk-review. 
 
 114 
 
TIIK liUI.Uni IIKHAJLD 
 
 AC WEPSS P«E3 AND GEN MGR Dut-UTH. MINNESOTA 
 
 ■Dfioember 2, 1918. 
 
 ?Ir. Jason Rogers, Publisher, 
 The niobo, 
 73 Dey St., 
 Ke\? York* 
 N. Y. 
 
 Viy dear Mr. RO^rs: 
 
 I take great pleasure in seizing 
 upon the occasion of the 1^5th birthday of The Tlobe 
 to hail it as one of the raarvels of the modern 
 newspa^jer world. As an assembler and distributor, ; 
 of news, its enter|)ri3e, fairness and discrimination 
 mark -it as an exemplar of the finest traditions of 
 American journalism. As a beatei* of new paths of 
 journalistic service it has few peers and none surpasses 
 it. As a voice 'for vigorous righteousness in public _ 
 life it has be cone a power in the land. As a spokesman 
 for the highest ideals in government it has made itself 
 an outstanding factor in community and country. 
 
 We venerate it for its hoary age, 
 but we rejoice in its splendid strength and its 
 boundless enthusiasm, its enterprise and originality 
 and daring. These are attributes of youth; for thou^ 
 The Olobe as an historical institution is old -bolder 
 than all but a- few newspapers in America — The aiote 
 of today is but. a youth; and i am glad to declare that I 
 hold that its shining record of real achievements is 
 the product of the genius and thought and toil of jason 
 Rogere, one of the most energetic, fertile-minded ani 
 resourceful newspaper publishers in Ameriaa. 
 
 Very sincerely yours, 
 AC^-D Publisher Herald. 
 
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MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU QF CIRCULATIONS 
 
 GENERAL OFFICE 
 
 Sprinifiria Illinois. 
 
 December &,1918v 
 
 liT. Jason Rogers, 
 Pul^llsber The Globe, 
 73 Dey Street, 
 New York City 
 
 Uy dear friend Rogers:- 
 
 Accept congratulations for yourself and the 
 Globe on the one hundred and twenty-flf tb birthday of 
 this wonderful newspaper. 
 
 The Globe may be old In years, but it is 
 yoxxng in spirit and in enterprise. It is fortunate that 
 in the first quarter of its second centenary it has 
 fallen into the hands of such a live and enterprising 
 publisher as guides its destinies at the present time. 
 Bidding you God speed, I remain 
 
 Yours ver^ respectfully. 
 
 Publisher Illinois State Register 
 
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Houston, TtXAS, Decanter 2, I9I8 
 
 Mr. Jason Eogers, Publisher* 
 The Globe, 
 
 New York, N. Y. 
 M7 dear Mr. Hogere: 
 
 You and the Globe have my heartiest congratulations on your 
 approaching birthday. 
 
 The Globe Is old, but It Is young In its activities and In 
 Its enthusiastic advocacy of the right. You have always been to the fore- 
 front In everything for the betterment of our country and Its people. Hhe 
 Globe has been en Ideal exponent of high class afternoon Joumallsin and we, 
 of the same fraternity, look to you constantly for Inspiration and guidance, 
 
 May you always continue to be our proper guide and mentor 
 May your youthfulness and usefulness increase with age and may you live 
 always 
 
 Yours sincerely, 
 
 presideni 
 
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 rj^wV^P^VtlVo.*" (J hi» inttrn (Il)lt<i.>i-(irt». TMj PAPCBTMAteoeSHOMi- 
 
 'Clje Jlltica ©bsertJcr 
 
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 f AILY ^inCULATION OVER 20 00» 
 
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 lltir.i. ^'. ^?. 
 
 rov e^iibe r twenty-n : he 
 19 16 
 
 Mr. Jason Rogers, 
 
 The r^lobe, ^lew Yor^c. 
 Dear !^« P.ofcer^: 
 
 Pleaso accept sincere congratulations 
 on the vigor of The Globe as it 'swings past. its 
 one hundred and twenty-itifth mile post. 
 
 It is an encourageqient and example to all 
 .m'ernbers of ,the nev^spajer world who are trying to 
 conduct theirtusiness on sane, conservative and 
 practical linear 
 
 The pioneer work done by The (^-lobo in 
 reducing newspaper publishing to practical and 
 as nearly as possible exact lines, will benefit 
 the entire newspaper craft for years to come. 
 During these years may The Globe continue on its 
 beacon lighting way. 
 
 Yours very sincerely, 
 
 (^$^-..^^^^ ^^^^, 
 
 118 
 
MIDDLETOWN TIMES-PRESS 
 
 DAILY AND SEMI-WEEKLY 
 
 STIVERS PRINTING COMPANY 
 
 PUBLISHERS 
 
 MIDDLETOWN. ORANGE COUNTY. NEW YORK 
 
 TELEPHONES: BUSINESS DEPT.-NO. 1 • EDITORIAL DEPT.-No. 101 
 
 JOHN O. STIVERS. PRESIOCNT-EOITOR M. A. STIVERS. SCCRETARV 
 
 H. H. KNICKERBOCKER. MANAGER THEO. D MILLS. TREASURER 
 
 Deoenber 
 Fifth, 
 19 18. 
 
 Mr* Jason Rogers^ Publisher, 
 
 The GLOBE, 
 
 73-ft3 Dey Street, 
 
 New Yoiic City. 
 
 My dear Mr. Rogers J 
 
 It laast be a great deal of satisfaction to you and your 
 co-workers on "The Globe" to look forward to the celebration 
 on December 9th next, of the one hundred and twenty^fifth 
 anniversary of that nost commendable publication, and to 
 know you have^ through tireless energy and thoughtful, 
 conscientious and efficient management for a number of years, 
 been directly responsible for the great national suocess now 
 universally recognized to have been acliieved by your newspaper, 
 
 I desire to be among the many of your friends and admirers 
 in the newspaper fraternity to extend you moGt hearty 
 congratulations on this unusual occasion, and express the 
 wish that you may be spared for many yerrs more of the 
 helpful service you have rendered "The Globe" readers and 
 newspaper men generally. 
 
 Faithfully yours. 
 
 HHK/MBR 
 
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csTABusttco lees 
 
 / C X>MNSON. V.ci-lk>c*JTat 
 
 THE CHAHANOOGA NEWSCO.PUBLISHERS 
 
 ;^ THE CHATTANOOGA NEWS 
 
 Nov,, 30, 1918, 
 
 Mr, Jason Rogers, 
 
 Tiie Globe, 
 
 New York City, li. Y. 
 
 Dear Sir:- 
 
 The Globe is one of our oldest of newspapers in years 
 
 and the youngest and most vigorous in its characteristics. It is 
 
 an inspiration to ©very American newspaper man. You have already shown 
 
 that you can do both, so it is hardly necessary to say to you, in the 
 
 language of old Rip, "Llay you live long and prospor." 
 
 Yours very tnily. 
 
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^OMN D. PL.UMMER PuauiMSf 
 
 The Springfield Union 
 
 UNION NEWSPAPER CO 
 
 PUBU*HSO ALL DA> 
 
 Springfield Mass 
 
 Dec. 4, I9ia 
 
 Jason Rogers, 
 
 c/o The Globe, 
 83 Dey St. , 
 
 New York City. 
 
 Dear Mr» Rogers: 
 
 I note that on December 9th The Globe will 
 celebrate it's one hundred and tv/enty fifth anniversary, 
 and I wish to extend to you n::^' hearty congratulations 
 on your connection with a paper, which possesses not 
 only tir;e merit of age, but which has kept abreast of 
 the times ir all those things which go to make- up the 
 modern newspaper. 
 
 I have been very much interested to watch 
 the steady growth of The Globe under your management, 
 as to the amount of business carried, but what is even 
 more important your success in giving to the public a 
 newspaper of such high quality and standing. 
 
 We are approaching a period in this country 
 when the newspaper conducted on the lines you have set 
 for The Globe can do much toward enableing American to 
 ■do its part in the uplift of humanity. The people of 
 Ue'BT, York are fortunate in possessing a newspaper which 
 embodies so nearly all those principals and ideals, 
 which go to produce a higher standard of civilation 
 and citizenship. 
 
 JDP-M 
 
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 eSTASLISMEO I 
 
 THE FARGO FORUM 
 
 PuSLiSMED EVERv EVE"«'r«o EXCEPT SuNOAV 
 
 KOKIM PIBLISHI.NG COMPANY 
 
 FARGO, NORTH Dakota 
 
 Cdcaniber 2. 1918. 
 
 ^Jr. Jason Rogers, 
 
 Pxibllsher "Das Glo\5e," 
 
 New York, IT.Y.. 
 J.ly Dear Mr. EoKera:- 
 
 Flrst let me congratulate the "Globe" on having eo actively 
 reached such a splendid old age. It Is always gratifying to be in a 
 class by one's self, but it is a great honor to be the oldest newspaper 
 in the United States in point of continuous publication. 
 
 And Jr want to congratulate you 210 re particularly on what you 
 have done, and are doing, to tnake the Globe so vigorous and youthful in 
 spite of its age. And your work is not confined to the Globe alone. 
 You are giving generously of your newspaper talent and energy toward 
 making every newspaper more useful in its field, and more profitable 
 to the business office. 
 
 I hope you may live to be at least as old as the Globe vrill 
 be on Decmber 9th. 
 
 Yours fraternally, 
 
 'Tlii^r^.^ 
 
 Publisher The Fargo Forum. \ 
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 INLAND DAILY PRESS ASWXriATION THE JOURNAL-NEWS H«WYORK.K.Y. 
 
 AUDIT BURSAU O^ CincuLATION* 
 
 Raoix«.Wm> Not. 30, 1918 
 
 Mr. Jason Rogers, 
 
 o/o The Globe, 
 
 New York City 
 
 Dear Slr:- 
 
 We understand that on Monday, December 9th, 
 the Nev; York Globe will be 125 years old ae a daily 
 newspaper. This oextainly will be a wonderful epooh 
 for you and those associated with your publication, and 
 we feel at this time that a short tribute from us will 
 be most appropriate. 
 
 Your publication has oome to our desk from 
 time to time, and the writer has always been greatly 
 interested in it. More than that he has followed your 
 advocacy of certain reforms and principles in the news- 
 paper world with a great deal of interest. At all times 
 you have been animated by a purpose to place the level 
 of the newspaper and everything connected with it on the 
 highest plane. You have been foremost 'in sounding its 
 merits as a medium for the advertiser to get the greatest 
 amount of value. 
 
 The writer knows of several occasions when you 
 have unselfishly given of your time and money to further 
 things of interest to the newspaper fraternity. I therefore 
 trust that this occasion will be a memorable one for you 
 and that "The Globe" will continue to gain in prestige. 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 THE JOURNAL PJIIHTING COMPANY 
 
 Per 
 
 Sed.-Treas, 
 
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 S YRAC u s E , New ^^^>)puK?i>/" 
 
 Foveraber 30, 1918^.^^ 
 
 Mr. jason ROfjers, Publisher, 
 The Olobe, 
 New York City. 
 
 Uy dear Mr. Rogers: 
 
 \7nQii the public reviews the record of the 
 New York Qlobe for the past one hundred twenty-five 
 years, I wonder if it will find anj' period marking 
 progress as much as is evidenced by your rise in the 
 past ten years. 
 
 During that interval i, myself, have fre- 
 quently seen The '^lobe and admired its general makeup, 
 ana the splendid advertising x)atronage which it has 
 carried in such large volume. 
 
 Despite the necessity for conservation, 
 The r;iobe today is a thoroly inter^^sting nev/spa^jer 
 from front cover to back page, and I congratulate you 
 upon your splendid achievement. 
 
 I a,i also acquainted with the spirit of co- 
 operation which evidences the feeling of The Globe 
 towards thn newspaper industry, and i am one who I3 
 especially appreciative for the conservation plana 
 which you, Mr. Rogers, helped to bring into the news- 
 paper field when the newsprint situation was running 
 eway from the publishers. 
 
 May The ^-iobe continue to have years and 
 years of aucress. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 jdb/h 
 
 i^^y^:W.-t*4^ 
 
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THE KVININa JOORNAC 
 ASSOCIATION 
 
 THE 
 
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 J09CFH A OZAR. ^UBi. 
 WALTER M OCAR. T«m« 
 
 RNAL 
 
 JOURNAL SQUARE. JERSEY CITY. N. J. 
 
 December 2d. lOU, 
 
 Mr. Jason Rogers, Publisher, 
 Tha Globe-, 
 
 New York City. 
 
 illy dear lir, Rogers;- * 
 
 In extending the felicitation of The Jersey Journal 
 
 upon the 125th anniversary of the New York Globe, I bespeak its 
 
 continued prosperity. The success .which this newspaper has 
 
 enjoyed during the past eight years, reflects the intimate 
 
 newspaper knovaedge and business acumen of its publisher and 
 
 needless to say, so long as the same guiding hand is at the 
 
 helm, its future succer.s is assured. 
 
 Yours sincerely, 
 
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 1 Bvauu 0» T«t A. N. 
 
 Mr* Jason Rogers, 
 The Qlobe, 
 73-83 Dey Street, 
 New York City, 
 
 A Daily Newspaper Which Co-Operates With tU Advertistn 
 
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 GAZETTE PRINTING s COM PANfY 
 
 GENERAL PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS 
 
 [200-204 CAST MII.WAUKEI »T. 
 JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN KOV, 3^1918. 
 
 Doar Ur. Kogers: 
 
 I am plftesed to learn through your letter of 
 the 25th, that you are taking on so much dlginlty as Is In- 
 dicated by the 125th anlvereary. 
 
 It Is certain that the power end standlhg of 
 the Olobe has been axigmented and Increased through the un- 
 tiring and refreshing effort of the present management. It 
 Is no easy task for a Newspaper Publisher to make a distinct 
 place for his publication In New York City these days without 
 he has some well defined plan of action and reallt has a vision 
 for future growth. The place In the hearts of people which 
 the Olobe has assumed would Indicate that the P-abllshers have 
 the right conception and I wish to congratulate you at this 
 time on your success and am sure many an Ipland publisher over 
 the country will Join In that same thought. 
 
 Yours very tmly, 
 0A2ETTE -l^^Tlia 
 
 MOR. 
 
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 or cmCULATIONS 
 
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 AND 
 
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 Tiecember 3. 1918 
 
 The New York Globe, 
 
 73 T»ey street, 
 
 New York, N. Y. 
 
 fi«ntlemen;- 
 
 It has Just come to my attention that the Globe 
 will celebrate its One Hundred and Twenty-fifth anniversary 
 as a daily newspaper on "Hecember 9, and I deeire to extend 
 congratulations to the owners and publisher upon the paper's 
 splendid record of service to the public, I say SERVICE, 
 because the Globe has stood out as an exponent of real service 
 since its foundation at the birth time of our republic. 
 
 The great service of the Globe since its reorgaji* 
 ization in 1904 is especially clear in the minds of newspaper 
 men and the public generally, and I feel no hesitancy in saying 
 that the present commanding position of the Globe in the metropdis 
 of the nation is due largely to the extraordinary initiative and 
 energy of its publisher, Jason Bogers, As Victor Lawson made 
 the rhicago "Pally News, W. L. McLean, the Philadelphia Bulletin 
 and the late Col. Nelson, the Kansas City Star, so, in my opinion, 
 has the Globe been placed in its present enviable position as a 
 leading newspaper of New York and the country by Jason Rogers, 
 
 Not only has the Globe experienced the benefits of 
 Mr. Rogers's wonderful work, but the newspapers throughout America 
 have felt his influence for advancement. Practically every great 
 and useful service organization now working in the country for 
 the newspapers can trace its inception to Mr, Rogers, Therefore, 
 in congratulating the Globe upon reaching the 125th milestone in 
 its useful career, I wish to make expression of appreciation of 
 the service of Jason Rogers to the publishing business. May he be 
 spared many years to continue his work. 
 
 Cordially 
 
 Jjn.R 
 
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9(hria J.JPaxhm Otify TaJmeoh Mtmbtr Audit 
 
 Vureau of Circulaliom 
 
 INCORPOKATIO 
 
 Pn&acaf(, SCentnckg 
 
 Uove-ibor the . w9th", '19}^, 
 
 !ir. jasou Rogers, 
 publisher, Tho GXo^e, 
 New Y-ori: Cityt 
 
 yy dear !a. EOgerst- 
 
 I an glad it is The Globe that Is 125 years old,. 
 or yoiing- and not you' 
 
 To no, what you have done.- with The TJobe Is an" 
 Inspiration to every thinking, a-nbitious neiwspaper publisher in the 
 country. 
 
 I honestly think that you have done more to eletat© 
 the profession, have worked harder for the fraternity as a body, and are 
 more keenly^ and enthusiaatically interosted in newspaper publishing as 
 it affects the newBpa^:^ers of the whole country than any nan with whose 
 work- I am -in any measure familiar,* and I watch and studj' them all* 
 
 And, knowing this, lcno\^ng what youvhaVe do:ne In a 
 great 'degree for the^navepapers of the country in general you are doing 
 in a-.Btill\:jreater degree in ITew yor--, it is no occasion for surprise tc 
 note the esteem tn which you are held in your imoediate conmunity, 
 
 I hope you will have many, many moro years to devote 
 to Th<J''jGlol}0 ^d the kindred work you so lo-e. 
 
 2ordi;Kl.y an 
 
 CorcUisriy and sincerely, 
 
 BJPiFB. C-^^esident 
 
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JTtRNATIONAL NEWS SCRVICt FCAtUNta tTIIICTLV INDt^lNDtNT IN ^OUTIC^ 
 
 UNCXCE LLtD STATE News sen Vict. PULL ASSOCIATCOPRCSS. AND PniVATlltAftlOWINt FROM W ASHINOTON, 0' 0. 
 
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 C B. JEFfRESS. Scc><CTA«v-T. 
 
 ^v^etiBbata IBatly '^tufs 
 
 'NOW LEADING THEM ALL IN NORTH CAROLINA" 
 
 MeMBCRS A. e. C. AND A. N. P. A. 
 
 GREENSBORO. N. C. 
 
 November 29, 1918 
 
 jason Rogers 
 publisher 
 The ^^rlobe 
 ITew York City 
 
 Dear Iir» Hogers: 
 
 It is with^'pleasure that 
 I note that the Hew York Clobe will celebrate 
 its 125th anniversary on Monday, Dec* 9th^ 
 The (llobe under your management has been a very 
 constructive force in newspaper building* It 
 has followed new paths with courage and the re- 
 sults have apparently Justified your faith. 
 
 The press of the country 
 owes a great deal, td you and to the Hew York 
 Globe for the progressive methods aj^)plied to 
 present day production of newspapers, you 
 have shown the press for one thing how to develop 
 business on a business basis and how to conduct 
 nev/Bpapers on an economical basis v/ithout the 
 sacrifice of those things that are necessary 
 to a successful newspaper. 
 
 \vith success. 
 
 May your future be crowned 
 
 yours very truly, 
 anEBTSBORO DAILY HETTS 
 
 EB Jt LK' 
 
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MEMBERS OP THE UCAOINO NEWS^APU 
 
 ASSOCIATED PRESS f,F NORTHERN UTAH, 
 
 ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED DAiUy. 
 
 P A BUREAU OF ADVERTlSINtt ^ .*^P SUNDAY. 
 
 The Ogden Examiner 
 
 J. U. ELDREDGE. Jr.. Manager 
 
 OGDEN. UTAH 
 
 Bee. 1. 1918. 
 
 IV, Jason Rogers, 
 The Globe, 
 Eew York- City. 
 
 Dear :.:r. Rosers: A8 the.ti:r.e approaches when The '^•loce 
 will pass that anniversary narking it as having recorded 125 years 
 of llf». In America and the world, there" comes the feeling to me that 
 your publication is one of those which deserves special commendation 
 for its high standard. 
 
 In news room and business office of The Ogden Examiner, Ths 
 Olobe is held. as a paper setting the proper ideas as to developtient of 
 that united Interest between readers, advertisers, editors and publisher 
 ^ich assures success of each and every issue. ''.Tiile primarily a news- 
 paper for news, the strength of its editorial coluins shows that careful 
 balance of publication adjustment; its special features, as you have 
 realized, have been thoroughly admired by this paper; its advertising 
 service is of the highest type. 
 
 Most p:ipera published miles away, delayed in transit and 
 preceded by previous publication of telegraph and cable news In local 
 .papers are uninteresting — that is not true of The clobe. 
 
 Yours aincerel;/. 
 
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PITTSBURGH PRESS. 
 
 Pittsburgh, Pa. 
 
 Colonel Hershman joins me in extending to you congratulations and 
 very best wishes on your 125th birthday. While The Globe is possibly the 
 oldest existing continuously published daily newspaper in the country, ad- 
 vertising is still in its infancy, and to-day business secures more sales 
 force through newspaper advertising than from any other source in the 
 world. We wish you many more years of health, happiness, and prosperity. 
 — A. C. Milholland, Vice-President and Advertising Manager. 
 
 THE DETROIT NEWS. 
 
 Detroit, Mich. 
 
 Congratulations and best wishes in anticipation of your Dec. 9 celebra- 
 tion. — H. S. Scott, General Manager. 
 
 ASBURY PARK PRESS. 
 
 Asbury Park, N. J. 
 
 I note that Noah Webster's child, of which you are guardian (The 
 Globe, not the dictionary), is to celebrate its 125th anniversary on Monday, 
 Dec. 9. Congratulations! Congratulations to The Globe and to the men 
 and women who have kept it youthful. The Globe has individuality, a 
 sufficient reason for its existence apart from its daily purveying of news 
 and views. It is a complete newspaper, appealing to every member of the 
 family. It is honest, fearless, decent. It entertains, it amuses, it instructs. 
 It has the confidence of the public. It guides public opinion. It is a cork- 
 ing good newspaper. Carry on! — J. Lyle Kinmonth. 
 
 SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS. 
 
 Savannah, Ga. 
 
 Some newspapers, because they are not good, die young. The better 
 they are the longer they live. Which is by way of preface to congratulat- 
 ing the New York Globe on reaching the age of 125 very busy and most 
 successful years. Dec. 9 is not a good time for a small boy or a little girl 
 to have a birthday because it comes too close to Thanksgiving and Christ- 
 mas, but it is a good birthday for a newspaper, and The Globe chose wisely 
 when it selected a day to be born. The results prove it. The Savannah 
 Morning News, a youngster of sixty-eight, looks up to the great age of 
 the still youthful Globe and wishes it many happy returns. It is worth 
 something in the finer things of life, to the people of a newspaper, to 
 know that for a century and a quarter of another century it has been 
 assisting Old Mother Civilization in her efforts at self-improvement. No- 
 body can even estimate how great that service has been and how far its 
 good influence has gone through the world. At any rate, it has been good 
 and its influence has gone far, and the Morning News hopes The Globe 
 has finished up one span of 125 years merely to start right out on another. 
 — F. G. Bell, President and Manager. 
 
 NASHVILLE BANNER. 
 
 Nashville, Tenn. 
 
 You are making a good newspaper, have done so honestLy, and been 
 eminently successful in the doing of it. No one should ask or wish for 
 more. Hearty congratulations. — E. B. Stahlman, President. 
 
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THE BULLETIN, 
 
 San Francisco, Cal. 
 
 My heartiest congratulations on your 125th birthday. For years I 
 have regarded The Globe as one of the most valuable newspapers in the 
 whole country. Its stand on the pure food question has been fearless, 
 unique, and highly commendable, and its effective campaign against fish 
 and meat profiteers has won deserved praise from all appreciative people. 
 — Bailey Millard, Managing Editor, the Bulletin. 
 
 DAYTON NEWS. 
 
 Dayton, Ohio. 
 
 We felicitate The Globe upon reaching its 125th birthday and having 
 attained an eminence in the newspaper world that is due it as a result of 
 adhering to traditional and fundamental policies that make better people, 
 better homes, and consequently a better country in which to live. — O. Har- 
 rington, Business Manager. 
 
 THE KALAMAZOO GAZETTE. 
 
 Kalamazoo, Mich. 
 
 As publisher of the oldest daily paper in the State of Michigan I ex- 
 tend greetings and congratulations to The Globe. Its existence of a century 
 and a quarter can but encourage and inspire it to renewed zeal in main- 
 taining and increasing its successful continuation in the field it has occupied 
 in the substantial estimation of the reading and buying public of the great 
 metropolis. That it has grown and prospered in these strenuous and most 
 exacting times speaks volumes for the magnificent patriotic and broad 
 spirit displayed by its present management. May its long years of succeBs- 
 fulness be but footprints upon the sands of time in its treatment of the 
 great problems that now confront it, and its policies and principles be 
 based upon the solid rock of right and justice. — F. F. Rowe. 
 
 THE BURLINGTON HAWKEY E. 
 
 Burlington, Iowa. 
 
 The Hawkeye extends its hearty congratulations to the New York 
 Globe on its one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary. The Burlington 
 Hawkeye itself is beginning to experience the wisdom of a ripe old age, 
 as it will celebrate its eightieth birthday next June, although it was of 
 course established as a weekly newspaper. The Globe is to be congrat- 
 ulated for its vigor and clearsightedness in all that stands for the progress 
 of the United States in the long years of Its useful career. — W. B. South- 
 well, Publisher. 
 
 THE BOSTON HERALD. 
 
 Boston, Mass, 
 
 I am offering you my congratulations on approaching the 125th birth- 
 day of the New York Globe as a daily newspaper. That is a long, long 
 newspaper trail, and doubtless covers many vicissitudes. What changes 
 have taken place in the character of newspapers in that time! In the 
 words of Rip Van Winkle, "May you live long and prosper!" — J. H. HIggins, 
 Treasurer and General Manager. 
 
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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN. 
 
 Asheville, N. C. 
 
 Accept my congratulations and best wishes on the approaching anniver- 
 sary of The Globe. The Globe is stronger and more useful to the com- 
 munity than ever before in its long career. The Globe is old in years 
 but young in spirit to perform great services for the city of New York and 
 the nation at large. — Robert S. Jones, President and Treasurer. 
 
 YOUNGSTOWN TELEGRAM. 
 
 Youngstown, Ohio. 
 
 I wish to congratulate you heartily on The Globe's 125th birthday. It 
 is certainly a splendid record of long life and achievement, of which .you 
 have justly to be proud. The Globe is a splendid newspaper, and I con- 
 gratulate you on its present virility and prosperity, as well as upon the 
 unique birthday which it celebrates. — Samuel G. McClure, Publisher. 
 
 THE CHICAGO DAILY JOURNAL. 
 
 Chicago, 111. 
 
 The Chicago Daily Journal, oldest daily newspaper in the entire north- 
 west, extends congratulations and best wishes to The Globe. — John C. 
 Eastman. 
 
 THE ALTOONA TRIBUNE. 
 
 Altoona, Pa. 
 
 I have read with interest of the approaching 125th anniversary of the 
 New York Globe on Dec. 9, 1918. It is indeed an auspicious occasion in the 
 life of a great newspaper, a long record of achievement for the public good. 
 As an admiring reader of your paper I send my heaxtiest congratulations 
 and best wishes for many more anniversaries. — Henry W. Shoemaker, 
 Publisher. 
 
 THE EVENING JOURNAL. 
 
 Richmond, Va. 
 
 If there is anything that an American truly venerates it is ages-old 
 structures, reflecting the art and emotions of a bygone period; which is 
 why the destruction of the famous cathedrals of Belgium and northern 
 France so enraged him. Our own country is not especially rich in hoary 
 antiquities, save out on the Pacific coast — where the Franciscan fathers 
 set up their lares and penates twenty-five years before the Minerva-Com- 
 mercial Advertiser put out its first issue — and down here in Virginia in 
 the vicinity of Jamestown. The old-established paper is like an old friend 
 — tried and proved and loved. I would not intimate that its huskiness and 
 general "sassiness" are due to second childhood, but ratheir to the fact that 
 it has found the fountain of youth. My best wishes for another century of 
 usefulness and prosperity. — S. T. Clover. 
 
 MERIDEN MORNING RECORD. 
 
 Meriden, Conn. 
 
 I congratulate The Globe upon its many years of success, its all around 
 uprightness, and its fidelity to the highest principles of journalism. You 
 have made The Globe a newspaper that has commended itself to our best 
 citizenship, and it deserves the place it has won in the homes of the peo- 
 ple generally. The Globe faces a very bright future. — T. E. Smith. 
 
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THE BALTIMORE NEWS. 
 
 Baltimore, Md. 
 
 To have lived 125 years, either individually or institutionally, is, in the 
 language of Stevenson, to have served. The only possible excuse for so 
 long a life is long and faithful service. The best of institutions go on for- 
 ever; and to keep the light burning they must of necessity go on. Only 
 those institutions into which the germ of decay enters, like the old world 
 autocracies — they alone wither. Sincerest congratulations on so long and 
 honorable a record. — Stuart Oliver, General Manager. 
 
 BUFFALO EVENING NEWS. 
 
 Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 I certainly want to congratulate you on the approaching birthday of 
 the New York Globe, which, I understand, will have completed its 125 
 years as a daily newspaper on Dec. 9. This is a wonderful record, which 
 I believe far exceeds the record of any daily publication. Although The 
 Globe has been in existence all these years, I have only been familiar with 
 it part of that time, but have noted its rapid strides in circulation within 
 the last few years. I wish you many more years of succeiB. — W. P. Good- 
 speed, Business Manager. 
 
 THE EVENING STAR. 
 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 My warmest congratulations on the fact that The Globe's 125th birth- 
 day finds it in daily increasing strength and prosperity. — Frank B. Noyes. 
 
 THE BOSTON POST. 
 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
 Kindly pea*mit the Boston Post to extend to the New York Globe its 
 greetings and congratulations on the attainment of its 125th birthday. The 
 Boston Post, which is only eighty-seven years of age, feels like a youngster 
 when it contemplates the New York Globe's 125 years. May you flourish 
 long to serve your great New York public. — Edwin A. Crozier, Editor and 
 Publisher. 
 
 THE NEWS-LEADER. 
 
 Richmond, Va. 
 
 A century and a quarter is a long time, even for a newspaper, to live 
 and serve. But not even 125 years of ordinary service can equal the four 
 crowded years of splendid achievements of the American press in quicken- 
 ing that spirit for liberty, for freedom, for sound thinking, and, above all, 
 for courage that has shown neither faltering in adversity nor revenge 
 in victory. I do not know how great or how difficult are the tasks that 
 lie ahead, but I do know that democracy cannot solve them without a free 
 and courageous press, and in meeting these obligations of patriotism I see 
 for you another century and a quarter of distinguished services. Believe 
 me, with every good wish. — John Stewart Bryan, Publisher. 
 
 THE MANSFIELD NEWS. 
 
 Mansfield, Ohio. 
 
 Congratulations. One hundred and twenty-five years of usefulness. 
 What a span of years The Globe has seen. While its age is of Interest 
 and importance, its present intelligence, aggressive management, its high 
 
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newspaper standard, its splendid ideals, its usefulness, its recognized re- 
 liability and integrity are of most vital public concern. — E. B. Gappellerr, 
 President and General Manager. 
 
 THE PITTSBURGH GAZETTE-TIMES. 
 PITTSBURGH CHRONICLE-TELEGRAPH. 
 
 Pittsburgh, Pa, 
 
 Along about 1786, or some 132 years ago, when Pittsburgh was clean, 
 the Pittsburgh Gazette started out as a newspaper. It followed the ex- 
 ample of an old friend in Augusta, the Augusta Chronicle, which entered 
 into existence one year previous. Both of these papers have been in con- 
 tinuous publication since that date. Another playmate of the Pittsburgh 
 Gazette was the Constitution of the United States, although two years 
 younger. Some years later, seven to be exact, the New York Globe ap- 
 peared on the horizon and the Pittsburgh Gazette can well remember 
 bouncing this infant on its knee and now that they have both arrived at 
 the age of discretion, still young in mind and spirit, the Pittsburgh Ga- 
 zette-Times, as the name now stands, wishes me to express the heartiest 
 congratulations to the New York Globe on the occasion of its 125th birth- 
 day. May the prosperity and progress which has been The Globe's, espe- 
 cially in the last few years, continue in an ever increasing amount for 
 another 125 years and thereafter until the south goes Republican, which 
 I believe is the date set for the millennium. — George S. Oliver, President. 
 
 THE FREMONT TRIBUNE. 
 
 Fremont, Neb. 
 
 It gives me great pleasure to felicitate The Globe upon the occasion 
 of its 125th anniversary. The fact that the publication has endured the 
 fierce competition of metropolitan journalism for a century and a quarter, 
 and is now the oldest daily publication in the United States, is of itself 
 pretty good proof that it has always filled a want. That its illustrious 
 founder builded better than he knew is evidenced by the pronounced suc- 
 cess of the paper to-day under its present management. I hope it may 
 live always, and increase in power and wisdom with its age. — Ross L. 
 Hammond, Editoir. 
 
 NATIONAL CITY BANK. 
 
 I offer my sincere congratulations to "The Globe and Commercial Ad- 
 vertiser" upon reaching its 125th anniversary. The National City Bank 
 prides itself upon being one of the old institutions of New York City, but 
 "The Commercial Advertiser" recorded its birth, and had then been here 
 for twenty years when the City Bank was organized. One of the great 
 cities of the world has grown up about us, and "The Commercial Adver- 
 tiser" or "Globe," as we now know it best, has been a faithful exponent 
 of its life and ambitions. It is an example of a newspaper which is con- 
 structive and educational, rather than sensational in its policies, enjoying 
 a large circulation. A wider and greater career is now opening before 
 New York City. Let us all resolve to help make it a model great city, 
 and in this work I prophesy for you an influential part.— P. A. Vanderlip,' 
 President. 
 
 THE NEW ORLEANS ITEM. 
 
 New Orleans, La. 
 
 It is a great thing to have lived long, as The Globe has done. It Is a 
 better thing to have lived as well as The Globe has done. There is no 
 line that I recall at this writing in which The Globe has not served faith- 
 fully, in accordance with the best newspaper standards. There are many 
 in which it has served brilliantly. — James M. Thompson, Publisher. 
 
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THE RALEIGH TIMES. 
 
 Raleigh, N. C. 
 
 No wonder the oldest daily newspaper in America continues to grow. 
 Handling the pure food situation has attracted more attention to The 
 Globe from outside readers probably than anything else it has ever done. 
 It is certainly a pleasure to see this old publication continue to expand. — 
 John A. Park, Publisher. 
 
 THE BOSTON HERALD. 
 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
 Beyond saying that I regard The Globe as one of the best evening 
 newspapers in the country, and in many ways a journalistic model for all 
 of us having evening editions, I can be no more original than to extend 
 you my warmest congratulations and best wishes. — Robert L. O'Brien, 
 Editor. 
 
 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. 
 
 Omaha^ Neb. 
 
 An opportunity to congratulate an American newspaper — and The 
 Globe is emphatically a typical American newspaper — completing a career 
 of 125 years, comes seldom. The Bee, with its forty-seven years of past, 
 looks up to The Globe as a child to its teacher. The Globe has succeeded 
 pre-eminently in the achievement of keeping a youthful and forward spirit 
 with accumulating age, which I am sure it will continue to do under Its 
 present management. — Victor Rosewater, Editor and Publisher. 
 
 TIMES-PICAYUNE. 
 
 New Orleans, La. 
 
 The fact that a newspaper has lived 125 years tells a wonderful story. 
 To live at all a newspaper must serve its community. 
 
 I congratulate The Globe, and I congratulate also the men who have 
 the privilege of being a part of such a splendid institution. — D. D. Moore, 
 Editor. 
 
 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH. 
 
 Harrisburg, Pa. 
 
 From the tripod of a newspaper eighty-seven years old we tender our 
 felicitations and best wishes for an unending succession of birthdays for 
 The Globe and of many years of usefulness for the men and women re- 
 sponsible for its virility and increasing influence among the newspapers of 
 the country. — E. J. Stackpole, President. 
 
 THE EVENING DAY. 
 
 New London, Conn. 
 
 Some newspapers the older they get the younger they look and feel. 
 The New York Evening Globe claims to be the oldest daily newspaper in 
 America. Judging from its present day activities it is one of the most 
 youthful and most sprightly. In many ways it has set a pace few can 
 follow. — Theodore Bodenwein, Editor. 
 
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MARTINSBVRG JOURNAL. 
 
 Martinsburg, W. Va. 
 
 The Globe is to be congratulated upon having completed a century 
 and a quarter of service to the American people. From what I have read 
 of the early history of American journalism and what I know of The 
 Globe to-day it is plain that it has always been a champion of what is 
 best for the people. — Max von Schlegell, Editor and Publisher. 
 
 THE DALLAS NEWS. 
 
 Dallas, Texas. 
 
 (Congratulations on this important event In American newspaper his- 
 tory are decidedly in order, and we hasten to offer them coupled with the 
 expression of hope that The Globe still has before it many more than 125 
 years of good service to the public. — Director of Telegraph and News 
 Departments. 
 
 THE TIMES. 
 
 Hamilton, Canada. 
 
 It is a special pleasure for me to have the opportunity and privilege of 
 congratulating The Globe on the celebration of its 125th anniversary. In 
 these days of newspaper vicissitudes it is (refreshing to come across a news- 
 paper that has flourished for a century and a quarter. This achievement 
 in newspaperdom could only be reached by wise and fearless policy com- 
 bined with rare business acumen and ability. — John M. Eastwood, Vice- 
 President. 
 
 SYRACUSE JOURNAL. 
 
 Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 We are surprised to learn that The Globe is 125 years old. Your ex- 
 cellent newspaper carries its years well, and nobody would suspect from 
 its appearance that it was so old. The real truth is that although the 
 years roll on and generations come and go newspapers keep ever young. 
 The Syracuse Journal will be eighty years old next March, and we are 
 sure that it is as young and active and as useful as it ever was at any time 
 in its history. May The Globe live long and prosper. — H. D. Burrill, 
 Publisher. 
 
 LOS ANGELES EVENING EXPRESS. 
 
 Los Angeles, Cal. 
 
 Unlike most human institutions, the New York Globe gathers strength 
 with the years, and on its 125th birthday adds the vigor and brave opti- 
 mism of youth to the wisdom and ripe experience of age. The Ink of the 
 signatures of the fathers was still fresh on the Constitution and Washing- 
 ton had but fairly entered on his troubled second term when Noah Webster 
 founded The Globe's journalistic ancestor, Minerva. Thus The Globe 
 traces its lineage fairly back in an unbroken line to 1793, but is as different 
 in spirit and purpose as in name and style from the journal Webster 
 founded. It is an independent newspaper that tirelessly seeks the oppor- 
 tunity of service to the great body of common people. Therefore I rejoice 
 in its growth, in its influence, and in its prosperity. — Edwin T. Earl, 
 Proprietor. 
 
 137 
 
ITHACA JOURNAL. 
 
 Ithaca, N. Y. 
 
 From every newspaper office will go hearty congratulations to the 
 New York Globe on its 125th anniversary. 
 
 Although The Globe has enjoyed the confidence and support of the 
 public for many years, it has under its present management reached the 
 highest point in its success. — Frank E. Gannet, Editor. 
 
 THE DAILY ARGUS. 
 
 Mount Vernon, N. Y. 
 
 It is with pleasure that I note that The Globe will attain its 125th 
 anniversary, Dec. 9. The remarkable progress made by The Globe in the 
 past ten years is worthy of a high place in metropolitan journalism. With 
 best wishes for the future prosperity of The Globe, I beg to remain, F. A. 
 Merriam, Vice-President and Treasurer. 
 
 DANBURY EVENING NEWS. 
 
 The New York Globe, which has the distinction of being the only 
 newspaper in the United States issued continuously as an evening paper 
 for a period of 125 years, is observing the 125th anniversary of its birth. 
 Clean, wholesome, and ably edited. The Globe has always maintained a 
 standard that does credit to the memory of its illustrious founder, Noah 
 Webster, and at the age of a century and a quarter it is yet youthful and 
 active and no less entertaining than at any time in its career. 
 
 HUDSON OBSERVER. 
 
 Hoboken, N. J. 
 
 With a superb record of over a century behind it and the splendid 
 growth of the New York Globe in the last decade, the outlook for this 
 newspaper is as big and as lasting as its title implies. With sincere con- 
 gratulations on the 125th anniversary of the New York Globe, I am, G. A. 
 Seide, Publisher. 
 
 CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER. 
 
 Cleveland, Ohio. 
 
 For an individual or a newspaper a 125th birthday Is an event indeed. 
 The Cleveland Plain Dealer extends to the New York Globe its sincere 
 beat wishes for many returns of the occasion, as The Globe reaches the 
 century and a quarter post, Dec. 9. There seems to be something para- 
 doxical in the increasing years of a newspaper. While years add weight, 
 dignity, and influence in matters of state and nation, they also seem to 
 bring to the newspaper added virility and progressiveness. — Elbert H. 
 Baker, President and General Manager. 
 
 THE DAILY NEWS. 
 
 Batavia, N. Y. 
 
 It is a pleasure to know that a newspaper can exist for 125 years, and 
 at the end of that period be more prosperous and more entertaining than 
 it ever was before. The Globe is recognized among publishers and In 
 the business world as an excellent example of modem newspaper making, 
 and has the best wishes of Its contemporaries and a large clientele for 
 continued success. — G. S. Griswold, Publisher. 
 
 138 
 
SIOUX CITY TRIBUNE. 
 
 Sioux City, Iowa. 
 
 As there are no gray-haired men west of the Missouri River, except in 
 Denver, where there was "a boom and a bust" some years back, to be 
 125 years old and virile is cause of wonderment. Yet there is a daily 
 newspaper of continuous publication in New York that old — The Globe. It 
 is not only 125 years old, but is in the full tide of usefulness. It appears 
 as prosperous as a youth spending his heritage. This is not to say that 
 it riots in the bright lights along Broadway, but merely in its editorial and 
 business management. — John C. 
 
 VICAR'S OFFICE, ST. PAUL'S CHAPEL, 
 TRINITY PARISH. 
 
 Permit me to congratulate The Globe upon its 125th birthday. Along 
 with Trinity Church and St. Paul's Chapel, it has managed to hold its 
 place in this old part of downtown New York, west of Broadway. We 
 have seen, in our brief lives, this whole neighborhood change more than 
 once; and throughout the century and a quarter, now past, there have 
 been many changes. God has some great work for things to do which 
 change not and remain unshaken. Trusting there may be many more 
 years of usefulness for The Globe and Commercial Advertiser on Globe 
 Square, believe me your very much interested neighbor and sympathizer, 
 Joseph P. McComas, the Vicar of St. Paul's Chapel. 
 
 TRINITY PARISH, CHAPEL OF THE INTERCESSION. 
 
 Please accept my sincerest congratulations upon your birthday. I 
 wish you many happy returns. You certainly show your age less than any 
 person I have ever known. — M. H. Gates. 
 
 WEST END PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 "A hoary head is a crown of glory when it is found in the way of 
 righteousness," saith the old Book. Therefore a spirit of justifiable satis- 
 faction must pervade the officers of The Globe upon the occasion of Its 
 125th anniversary. As a long-time reader I congratulate you upon a notable 
 achievement in journalism. In my opinion the chief danger threatening 
 our national life is an unwholesome press. It is called "yellow" to indicate 
 badly faded color, or worse, the presence of jaundice. It would be hard 
 to determine exactly where responsibility should rest for this deplorable 
 condition, but it is refreshing to find a paper of such standing as The 
 Globe courageous enough to dedicate itself to the cause of righteousness 
 and to the task of promoting a higher order of journalism — and making a 
 success of the venture. — A. Edwin Keigwin, D. D., Pastor. 
 
 CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH. 
 
 Heartiest congratulations on the 125th birthday of The Globe! I wish 
 you to feel that this w^ord of greeting is not perfunctory, but is heartfelt. 
 The Globe has been a splendid force for enlightenment and righteousness in 
 New York and the nation for these 125 years, and as a minister of religion 
 it is especially gratifying to me to see the large and intelligent part which 
 The Globe plays in the religious life of the community. The fact that you 
 give so much of your valuable space to news from the churches puts the 
 religious community under a debt of gratitude to The Globe. 
 
 Again, I offer heartiest congratulations to The Globe, as it stands 
 with the other great papers of our country to shape the ideals and moral 
 life of the people, and begins what we hope will be another 125 years of 
 increasing usefulness and power. — John Roach Straton, D. D., Minister. 
 
 139 
 
WEST SIDE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. 
 
 318 West Fifty-seventh Street. 
 
 We feel that The Globe is a really great paper; an excellent advertis- 
 ing medium; a real newspaper, and that its special features all make for 
 the best things in American journalism. Trusting that The Globe will live 
 another hundred and twenty-five years to season the public mind with 
 the same type of news and service which it has rendered up to the present. 
 — Samuel W. Grafflin, Religious Work Director. 
 
 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK. 
 
 Office of the Chaplain. 
 
 I desire to congratulate The Globe very heartily on Its 125th birthday, 
 and to wish it "Many happy returns." Congratulations are deserved not 
 only because of the long and splendid record, but also because of the stand 
 taken by The Globe during the crisis of the great war. In particular the 
 editorials have been characterized by vigorous patriotism, sanity, and 
 vision. May The Globe continue to prosper. — Raymond C. Knox. 
 
 ROBERT H. INGERSOLL & BRO. 
 
 I am pleased to congratulate The Globe on reaching so ripe a majority, 
 and so successfully. A truly successful newspaper like The Globe deserves 
 commendation and to be supported, and especially is this true when that 
 paper adds to its progressiveness the quality of sincerity and desire for 
 really better service. Wishing you continued success. — C. H. IngersoU. 
 
 CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 I am glad to send you my congratulations upon a century and a quarter 
 of honorable and constructive journalism. The Globe is a daily visitor in 
 my home and I value greatly its sanity, cleanness, and trustworthy newsl- 
 ness. — Wilton Merle-Smith, D. D., Pastor. 
 
 /. W. BARBER ADVERTISING AGENCY. 
 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
 In sending my hearty greeting to The Globe on its 125th birthday I 
 cannot give the reasons why the celebration must be of peculiar Interest 
 to Its many friends other than by noting the fact, which I saw In a state- 
 ment of tho evening newspapers recently Issued, that for the first nine 
 months of this year The Globe has led in volume of advertising, and for the 
 entire year of 1917 exceeded by one only, and that a small lead. Still you 
 will permit me to be one of that vast array of friends in joining In heartiest 
 good wishes for the future of The Globe. — J. W. Barber. 
 
 FEDERAL ADVERTISING AGENCY. 
 
 Please accept my sincerely good wishes and cordial congratulations to 
 you in behalf of The Globe on Its 125th birthday. May its days and years 
 of Influence be multiplied, for certainly its influence is always toward the 
 national good. Many happ.y returns to The Globe and its staff. — Federal 
 Advertising Agency, Inc., by Robert Tinsman, President. 
 
 THE RICHARD A. FOLEY ADVERTISING AGENCY. 
 
 A good reputation is a fine thing to have, but It Is not of much use 
 unless it Is constantly revitalized. That's the way with a good newspaper. 
 Newspapers' reputations last a long while. But when they become monu- 
 
 140 
 
ments they suggest death. What Noah Webster began in 1793 as The 
 Minerva, and what has been The Globe since 1904, undoubtedly has pos- 
 sessed, on the whole, a pretty good reputation. If the folks who are in- 
 spiriting The Globe to-day had been satisfied to maintain that reputation 
 they would have had a "pretty good newspaper." But I have learned that 
 "pretty good" things are removed from dead mediocrity by a very narrow 
 margin. What makes The Globe valuable to advertisers is that it looks 
 to to-morrow instead of yesterday. — Richard A. Foley, President. 
 
 WILLIAM H. RANKIN COMPANY. 
 
 Chicago* III. 
 
 Allow me to felicitate and congratulate The Globe and all the splendid 
 people who contribute their time and thought and labor to make it the 
 excellent Journal that it is, upon its 125th birthday. A newspaper that was 
 founded by Noah Webster certainly was endowed with principles and Ideals 
 worthy of being maintained — and they have been maintained. My birthday 
 wish for The Globe is long life, good health, and good cheer, and great pros- 
 perity.— Wilbur D. Nesbit, Vice-President. 
 
 141 
 
PERSONNEL OF THE GLOBE 
 DECEMBER 9, 1918 
 
 AS a fitting conclusion to this little book commemorating the 
 Globe's 125th Birthday, it has been thought well to print 
 a full list of the paper's personnel on that day, showing the 
 years of service of each employee. 
 
 Over 600 names appear on the Globe office pay roll each week. 
 Of these the names H. J. Wright, editor of The Globe; Charles D. 
 Losee, assistant business manager, and L. J. Wright, of the editorial 
 department, with thirty-four years each to their credit, lead. 
 
 The man or woman who buys The Globe on the street does not 
 realize that for two cents per copy he or she is getting the joint 
 product of as many efficient and purposeful workers as are repre- 
 sented on this list. 
 
 The Globe can be no better or more sincere in its public service 
 than are those who make it, and The Globe is proud of their high 
 spirit of loyalty. 
 
 143 
 
EXECUTIVES. 
 
 Years. 
 
 H. J. WRIGHT, Editor 34 
 
 JASON ROGERS, Publisher 25 
 
 ALLAN DAWSON, Leading Editorial \\riter 15 
 
 EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Years. 
 
 F. B. TAINTOR, Manag^ing- Editor 16 
 
 GEORGE T. HUGHES, City Editor 7 
 
 Years, 
 
 L. J. Wright 34 
 
 W. A. Gramer 25 
 
 Percy T. Ayers 22 
 
 J. B. Lander 22 
 
 S. P. West 211/^ 
 
 Robert E. Moran 21 
 
 J. H. Pearsall 20 
 
 Tristram W. Metcalfe 16 
 
 Edward R. Caldwell 15 
 
 Harold F. Dana 15 
 
 Mrs. Allan Dawson 15 
 
 Walter St. Denis 15 
 
 John Pitts Sanborn IS^/^ 
 
 Sid Mercer 13 
 
 W. S. Flitcraf t 12V2 
 
 John Snure 10 
 
 John T. Cooper 10 
 
 William J. Brede 9 
 
 Dan Lyons 9 
 
 Eugene E. Early 8 
 
 J. H. Masden 7 
 
 Harry F. Guest 7 
 
 Arthur D. La Hines 7 
 
 David A. Carson 6 
 
 Mrs. L. C. Dunlap 6 
 
 Alfred W. McCann 6 
 
 Miriam Teichner 5 
 
 Dr. A. F. Currier 5 
 
 William J. Whiting 5 
 
 Viola C. Lay ton 5 
 
 Years. 
 
 Helen Merrill Emery 3 
 
 W. D. Evans 3 
 
 R. K. Trevor 3 
 
 C. D. Isaacson 3 
 
 S. Jay Kaufman 3 
 
 H. J. Schumacher 
 
 H. B. Martin 
 
 William Gomber 
 
 Rose Koechler 
 
 Herbert J. Seligman 
 
 3 
 
 Sara Swain Adams... 
 Dominick Di Palma. 
 
 R. H. McCaw 
 
 H. I. Phillips 
 
 William J. Burns... 
 Mrs. A. D. La Hines. 
 
 Miss A. Smith 
 
 J. Woodburn 
 
 M. Entler 
 
 G. M. Janvrin 
 
 Judson C. Welliver.. 
 
 A. D. H. Smith 
 
 H. Devree 
 
 J. R. Fliesler 
 
 E. M. Moore 
 
 A. N. Plummer 
 
 H. T. White 
 
 W. H. Bennett 
 
 . ... 2 
 
 2 
 
 .... V/i 
 
 Less Than 
 One Year. 
 
 144 
 
BUSINESS OFFICE. 
 
 Years. 
 
 ARTHUR B. CHIVERS, Business Manager 4 
 
 CHARLES D. LOSEE, Assistant Business Manaig-er 34 
 
 JAMES TOLE, Assistant Business Manager 7 
 
 Years. 
 
 Maurice S. Hanway 20 
 
 Juliette P. Karr 18 
 
 S. Vermilyea 18 
 
 F. C. Holloway 13 
 
 Lillian M. Walsh 13 
 
 Ella Baker 8 
 
 James F. Free 8 
 
 J. Weisinger 7 
 
 James A. McKie 6 
 
 Arthur Beck 5 
 
 William Nelson 5 
 
 Joseph Finder 5 
 
 L. Van Dyke 4 
 
 Frank Brennan 3 
 
 William C. Mierendorff 3 
 
 Mamie Nydick 3 
 
 R. J. Baker 3 
 
 Ed. J. Flanagan 3 
 
 Gus Luckman 3 
 
 Sidney Polacsek 2 
 
 Max Baker .' . 2 
 
 Years. 
 
 William Hoefler 2 
 
 McKay Donkin 2 
 
 Irving Nydick 1 
 
 Bernard Turner 1 
 
 Albert A, Schwartz.. 
 
 O. P"'ricalora 
 
 Agnes M. Pereira 
 
 Paul Yukov 
 
 Bertha Davids 
 
 George R. Curren 
 
 William Bender 
 
 Frank Neczko 
 
 Adolph Schneidkrout 
 
 H. Benjamin 
 
 A. Kudish 
 
 J. McDermott 
 
 M. Piccinelli 
 
 Forrest Stuart , 
 
 Less Than 
 One Year. 
 
 ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT. 
 W. McK. BARBOUR, Advertising Director 
 
 Years, 
 11 
 
 7 
 
 41/2 
 21/2 
 
 S. W. De Beer 
 
 B. Mossel 
 
 F.' C. Reed 
 
 I. D. Rosenberg 
 
 Neil V. Kearney 
 
 Charlotte Ott 2 
 
 J. W. Hunter 2 
 
 R. W. Toulmin 1% 
 
 J. J. Vogel 1 
 
 W. E. Severn 1 
 
 Richard S. Wood 1 
 
 Years. 
 
 .... 1 
 
 Le.ss Than 
 One Year. 
 
 A. S. King 
 
 Henry McAllister . 
 Pauline S. Morgan, 
 Mildred Morris . . . 
 E. B. Reminigton. 
 H. Seidenbaum . . . 
 Joseph M. Soloh . . 
 
 Mae McQuade 
 
 W. Abbott 
 
 145 
 
COMPOSING ROOM. 
 
 L. M. HOWE, Superintendent 
 
 R. BALMAIN, Foreman 
 
 T. M. WATSON, Night Foreman 
 
 Years. 
 
 E. C. Bell 27 
 
 T. P. Boylan 27 
 
 F. Bruce 27 
 
 F. H. Conningham 27 
 
 P. Fleming: 27 
 
 W. C. Foster 27 
 
 R. B. Mason 27 
 
 D. McC. Mitchell 27 
 
 B. U. Richards 27 
 
 J. N. Piatt 26 
 
 F. Power 25 
 
 H. R. Bailey 24 
 
 J. Duncan 24 
 
 J. Junker 24 
 
 J. H. Burke 23 
 
 M. L. Frescoln 23 
 
 J. Martin 23 
 
 W. N. Hibson 21 
 
 G. B. Allen 20 
 
 J. J. Nenningrer 19 
 
 C. G. Armitag-e 18 
 
 W. J. Courtney 15 
 
 J. F. Fleury 15 
 
 L. Arenberg- 14 
 
 F. G. Fass 14 
 
 D. M. Jones 14 
 
 C. McGowan 14 
 
 M. L. McLeod 14 
 
 C. E. Schultz 14 
 
 J. R. Spence 14 
 
 H. L. Bayer 12 
 
 A. E. McGowan 12 
 
 R. J. Barrett 11 
 
 D. F. Dodge 11 
 
 A. J. Hanle 11 
 
 W. Kohlman 11 
 
 J. Wall 11 
 
 T. I. Cathcart 10 
 
 Frank Hayden 9 
 
 Louis Seijas 8 
 
 G. O. Passuth 8 
 
 Years. 
 , 20 
 . 26 
 4 
 
 Charles Prohme 8 
 
 F. W. Willard 8 
 
 S. J. Gregory 7 
 
 F. J. Hubbard 7 
 
 J. A, Leahy 7 
 
 Ira F. Patterson 7 
 
 C. A. Sullivan 7 
 
 J. J. Walkam 7 
 
 A. J. Fitzpatrick 7 
 
 W. Askane 6 
 
 G. Graham 6 
 
 J. P. Riley 5 
 
 R. S. Stebbins 5 
 
 Edna Sturzer 5 
 
 V. J. Lawler 4 
 
 J. P. B. Donnelly 4 
 
 H. Heil 4 
 
 George McNeil 4 
 
 H. SGbiff 4 
 
 F. A. Merchant 3 
 
 B. Kramer 3 
 
 M. Rosenwald 8 
 
 E. Wagner 3 
 
 J. Grabathy 2 
 
 W. H. Ballinger 
 
 P. Crowley 
 
 J. A. Greiner 
 
 M. Murray 
 
 Louis Wissler 
 
 Ph. Bramnick . 
 Eugene Golden 
 W, D. Grimes. , 
 T. W. Johns... 
 
 M. Kruse 
 
 M. Levinson . . . 
 E. J. Madden.. 
 M. Passinant . . 
 
 E. Tines 
 
 S. O. Trefrey. . 
 J. Werner 
 
 IjCSs Than 
 One Year. 
 
 146 
 
STEREOTYPE DEPARTMENT. 
 
 YearB. 
 
 R. J. CASSIDY, Foreman 13 
 
 F. F. RUSSELL, Assistant Foreman [[[ 9 
 
 Years. 
 
 W. H. Jahne 23 
 
 W. B. Driscoll 18 
 
 W. F. Eldred 16 
 
 J. F. Cassidy 10 
 
 J. L. Farley 10 
 
 G. J. Eck 8 
 
 J. S. Haubroe 7 
 
 A. Mitchell 7 
 
 D. C. Igroe 6 
 
 A. Purvis 6 
 
 Years. 
 
 C. Schott 6 
 
 H. A. Barnes 5 
 
 F. Johnstone 5 
 
 W. Meadows 3 
 
 E. Kent 1 
 
 T. McCormack l 
 
 Less Than 
 One Year. 
 
 W. Mumford 
 R. Parker ... 
 
 PRESS ROOM. 
 
 DAVID C. RUTH, Foreman 
 
 CHARLES B. WINNACOTT, Assistant Foreman. 
 
 James Donovan 
 
 Philip Leath 
 
 James V. Powers 
 
 Andrew Grosso 
 
 Lawrence Shanahan 
 
 Joseph Sheedy 16 
 
 Engrene M. Dailey 15 
 
 James Guinavan 15 
 
 Hugo Jacobson 15 
 
 Herbert Winnacott 15 
 
 Joseph Donovan 14 
 
 Andrew Fowler 12 
 
 Thomas Radice 12 
 
 John Clinton 10 
 
 Israel Kelenson 10 
 
 John P. Jackson 9 
 
 Robert Monahan 9 
 
 Frederick Cahn 8 
 
 Alexander G. Hayes 8 
 
 Gustave C. Flaiig* 7 
 
 Edward Corrigan 6 
 
 Lawrence Kelleher 6 
 
 Edward McFarlane 6 
 
 27 
 
 Joseph W. McGinniss 6 
 
 Alexander R. Mushet 6 
 
 James Healy 6 
 
 Arthur Laimbeer 5 
 
 G. Stein 5 
 
 Daniel Grosso 3 
 
 Walter Lyons 3 
 
 Thomas McCrei&ht 3 
 
 Frank Finneran 2 
 
 Charles Burrell 
 
 John Buttler 
 
 James J. Hyland 
 
 John Kelly 
 
 Thomas J. McClane 
 
 Daniel O'Brien 
 
 Walter Shields 
 
 Michael Twomey 
 
 Herman Burdorf 
 Frederick Dennin 
 
 L. Olman 
 
 John Slevin 
 
 Ralph Brundag-e 
 
 Less Than 
 One Year. 
 
 147 
 
CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Years, 
 
 S. P. BOOTH, Superintendent 17 
 
 J. STOLZ, Assistant Superintendent 11 
 
 Years. | 
 
 G. Hanrahan 32 
 
 J. Hanrahan 28 
 
 P. O'Neill 26 
 
 J. Schweers 25 
 
 J. Rindler 25 
 
 D. Richardson 24 
 
 William Pettelreau 16 
 
 F. L. Wheeler 15V2 
 
 William Adams 15 
 
 J. Axelrod 15 
 
 A. Babcock 15 
 
 H. Feldman 15 
 
 H. Hecht 15 
 
 William O'Neill 15 
 
 J. Powers 15 
 
 N. Turbin 15 
 
 T. Bartomeo 14 
 
 T. Burke 14 
 
 H. Fisher 14 
 
 P. Frascello 14 
 
 J. Hig-g-ins 14 
 
 J. McAdams 14 
 
 William Meyers 14 
 
 A. Picard 14 
 
 B. Rabinowitz 14 
 
 N. Singer 14 
 
 J. Meatcheam 13 
 
 S. Murray 13 
 
 B, C. Acker 12 
 
 G. Dodd 12 
 
 K. Dyer 11 
 
 B. Weiss IOV2 
 
 S. Novich 10 
 
 Frank Peif er 10 
 
 M. Salvia 10 
 
 F. Brill 9 
 
 A. Gardella 9 
 
 E. Geiger 9 
 
 R. Livingston 9 
 
 M. McAloon 9 
 
 J. Tyrell 9 
 
 L. Feinswog- 8^/^ 
 
 L. Bernstein 8 
 
 J. Carger 8 
 
 M. Sullivan IVo 
 
 R. Malcolm 7 
 
 R. Semer 7 
 
 S. Slenoff 7 
 
 J. Valiando 7 
 
 J. Angelo 6 
 
 M. Levy 6 
 
 E. Ritchie 6 
 
 J. McGovern 6 
 
 W. A. Flanagan 6 
 
 M. Ginsberg 6 
 
 I. Rosenbaum 6 
 
 M. Spear 6 
 
 B. Bensky 6 
 
 D. Schifrin 6 
 
 D. Gloss 5 
 
 B. Mansfield 5 
 
 B. Scovullo 5 
 
 H. Weiss 5 
 
 B. Watkins 5 
 
 J. O'Donnell 5 
 
 W. Coester 5 
 
 S. Grunin 5 
 
 L. Bartomeo 5 
 
 J. Kenny 4 
 
 Years. 
 
 S. Wiener 4 
 
 E. Propper 4 
 
 W. Savage 4 
 
 William Asania 4 
 
 S. Viatrick 4 
 
 I. Charatz 4 
 
 P. Overberg- 4 
 
 J. Bavasi 4 
 
 I. Silverstein 4 
 
 S. Chuchith 4 
 
 A. E. Hurlburt 3 
 
 B. Kane 3 
 
 T. W. Danby 3 
 
 S. Baronofsky 3 
 
 R. Rocco 3 
 
 A. Frederico 3 
 
 C. Frederico 3 
 
 H. Sunshine 3 
 
 S. Lewis 3 
 
 C. Pernot 3 
 
 T. Valiando 3 
 
 S. Mansfield 3 
 
 C. Parisio 3 
 
 I. Markowitz 3 
 
 J. Fahey 3 
 
 M. Lorman 3 
 
 William Price 3 
 
 P. Grosso 3 
 
 H. Mattus 3 
 
 J. Schwartz 3 
 
 F. Ravitz 3 
 
 J. Kiefer 3 
 
 H. Cavilira 3 
 
 J. Janowski 3 
 
 J. L. Rocco 3 
 
 E. Staub 3 
 
 C. Benson 3 
 
 Queen City News Company... 3 
 
 J. Sohmidt 3 
 
 I. Levy 3 
 
 H. Seidel 2^^ 
 
 L. Sie&el 2% 
 
 F. Coleman 2% 
 
 A. Parascondolo 2 
 
 F. Mirro 2 
 
 A. Blackmore 2 
 
 Ed. Horan 2 
 
 J. Lynch 2 
 
 J. Splenditto 2 
 
 W. Mclntyre 2 
 
 B. Jetto 2 
 
 C. Pettenello 2 
 
 F. Gander 2 
 
 A. Pratileo 2 
 
 C. Weinberg- 2 
 
 J. Rubin 2 
 
 William Bergrer 2 
 
 G. Wayland 2 
 
 N. Costos 2 
 
 M. Moskowitz 2 
 
 B. I. Levy 2 
 
 J. Foley 2 
 
 R. Mallory 2 
 
 D. Cook 1% 
 
 J. De Cania 1% 
 
 Reilly Bros 1% 
 
 M. Petit 1% 
 
 T. P. Zazzaro 1% 
 
 ('. Albany 1% 
 
 148 
 
CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT— (Continued), 
 
 H. Grossman . . , 
 A. Hiigigins 
 
 E. Dorly 
 
 W. H. Plumley.. 
 T. D. Quinlan... 
 Leroy Meade . . 
 M. Murphy 
 
 D. Charatz 
 
 L. Hoffman 
 
 J. Mari 
 
 P, Miragrlia 
 
 A. Craigr 
 
 M. Stelzer 
 
 A. Noreg-ia 
 
 M. Brainstein . . 
 
 F, Burns 
 
 S. Epstein 
 
 H. Krakower . . . 
 
 F. Colucci 
 
 N. Harnett 
 
 B. Cohen 
 
 M. Norcott 
 
 I. Goldstein 
 
 E. Perkel 
 
 J. Rosario 
 
 I. Gerber 
 
 Ragin & Richter. 
 
 M. Graves 
 
 E. Mercier 
 
 J. McFarlane . . . 
 
 N. Tanklor 
 
 J. Belawsky . . . . 
 
 G. Tanker 
 
 G. Delz 
 
 D. Kemps 
 
 M. Markese 
 
 S. Rosenbaum . . . 
 M. McCauley . . . 
 
 E. Vaug-hn 
 
 A. Schlesing-er . . 
 
 J. Hodes 
 
 J. Lubin 
 
 A, Vig'iletto . . . 
 
 I. Weiss 
 
 L. Nig-ro 
 
 A. Newman . . . 
 M. Fleishman 
 P. Shipman ... 
 J. Rosenbluth . 
 J. Marshall — 
 
 L. Giosio 
 
 H. Thanhauser 
 C. O'Keefe .... 
 C. Carluccia . . . 
 
 C. Troy 
 
 A. Weissman . . 
 
 S. Levine 
 
 S. Shapiro 
 
 J. Caruta 
 
 T. Dandrean . . 
 
 T. Sisti 
 
 G. Bair 
 
 M. Drexler 
 
 William Hecht 
 W. "Von Bevern 
 
 J. Paul 
 
 W. Notley 
 
 A. Feldt 
 
 H. Breslin 
 
 W. Weyraruch 
 S. Peterson — 
 
 Years. 
 
 % 
 
 V2 
 
 Less Than 
 One Year. 
 
 R. Sumners 
 
 S. Ginsberg: 
 
 J. Muhbriner 
 
 E. Fahnie 
 
 M. Kaplan 
 
 H. Rosenbaum 
 
 Ed. Siegel 
 
 J. Lee 
 
 J. Warshaw 
 
 J. Batemarco 
 
 Charles Powers 
 
 P. Mullin 
 
 H. Silver 
 
 D. Scavone 
 
 E. Loughlin 
 
 J. Bizz 
 
 C. Sullivan 
 
 P. Venlea 
 
 C. Mitchell 
 
 Joseph Croner 
 
 G. Gutt 
 
 H. Frumkin 
 
 J. Berdick 
 
 I. Goldin 
 
 C. A. Lowe 
 
 H. Levenberg- 
 
 A. F. Weissback 
 
 S. S. Sankin 
 
 S. Warshawsky 
 
 William Britton 
 
 N. Newman 
 
 H. Mole & Bro 
 
 L. C. Deer 
 
 F. Levy 
 
 C. Baylis 
 
 A. Hollinquist 
 
 Otto Frichs 
 
 J. Botti 
 
 T. Steo 
 
 L. Goldfarb 
 
 M. Goldman 
 
 I. Menkes 
 
 L. Solop 
 
 E. Castellano 
 
 Lamansky & Buzkin. 
 
 B. Levy 
 
 J. Werblow 
 
 J, De Ang-el 
 
 T. F. Madden 
 
 A. Savese 
 
 J. Pitman 
 
 L. Elderman 
 
 G. Klinge 
 
 I. Perlmutter 
 
 L. John 
 
 L. Paulery 
 
 T. Dozet 
 
 D. Sutherland 
 
 J. R. Gross 
 
 J. Herman 
 
 C. Palmiter 
 
 R. Chavillett 
 
 G. Brinkerhoff 
 
 R. Ascerno 
 
 S. Levine 
 
 S. Topper 
 
 I. Kasutsky 
 
 M. Tubis 
 
 D. Lucia 
 
 J. Sohletter 
 
 J. Satin 
 
 L. Ezckowitz 
 
 G, Marchio 
 
 IjPhb Than 
 One Year. 
 
 149 
 
THIS ADVERTISEMENT WON FIRST PRIZE— $1000— IN THE 
 GLOBE'S ADVERTISING AGENTS' COMPETITION 
 
 What advertisers think of a newspaper 
 is more interesting then uhat the paper 
 thinks of itself. And when such thought 
 happens to be expressed in terms of 
 dollars sperU for advertising space — 
 there can he no queUion of its sincerity. 
 
 16 of New York's Leading Retail Stores 
 
 they are: M3ed a largc^ volume of advert is- 
 
 AitmoH & C0. ing in the New York GLOBE 
 
 Ameld, Censiablt d Co a • t /^ l • 
 
 g^^ c« during, the past five years than in 
 
 BiecmintdcU Bros. any Other New York paper. 
 
 BmwU TtiUr & Co. 
 
 J. M. Giddint & Co. Why did these leading stores 
 
 Use More Advertising in 
 the GLOBE? 
 
 lord & TayU» 
 R. H. Uacy & Co. 
 OfptiOuim & CelUni 
 FroHkUn Sinum & Co. 
 3l»m Bros. 
 
 suwart & Co. There is only otic possible answer 
 
 Worth 
 
 To be the choice of one or two such 
 Arewd buyers of advertising space would 
 be a compliment to any paper, even 
 though inconclusive as to that paper's 
 leadership. But to be c)wi(n by sixteen 
 tueh merchants— Surely That Is Proof 
 Positive! 
 
 ^ 
 
 Writ^ tot tects and figuna that UU why THE GLOBE 
 often the beat opportunity for reaching the one-tenth 
 0/ NEW YORK'S people with money to buy goods. 
 
 Afflcna't Oldest and Most Vihle Daily Evening Newspaper 
 
 734S3 Dcy Street 
 
 NEW YORK ' PUBLISHER 
 
 <3<a-4urv-^t^7*''*-*'^ 
 
 (This advertisement prepared by C. W. Page & Co., of Richmond, Va., does not 
 necessarily represent the estimate of The Globe by that agency, but rather their 
 view regarding The Globe's strongest appeal as an advertising medium.) 
 
 150 
 
THIS ADVERTISEMENT WON $100 IN THE GLOBE'S $1000 
 ADVERTISING AGENTS COMPETITION 
 
 
 l^ewYork? 
 
 ^ which New\brk*S 
 
 nOR there are many New Yorks open to the advertiser in search of tic\ 
 r markets. There is roof-garden New York and fireside New York— Ne\ 
 York- of the brownstone and New York of the curbstone. No smgit 
 abel will fit the big Metropolis— no single newspaper can ser\-e its man^ 
 narkets. The Globe certainly makes no claim to do so, but The Globe doc 
 each a worthwhile market— and a steady market— year in and year out 
 
 n The New York of The Globe we see an alert New York— rather younc 
 n spirit— progressive in politics, business, ideas of life in general— willing 
 try new things and to buy new things; Substantial— yes. Well-balancec 
 —yes. But no mossback— it knows the feel of the ticker tape and the 
 landle of the brassie. It doesn't reckon time from the blizzard. -'wher 
 Roscoe Conkling died." 
 
 Mor is the reader of The Globe a faddist or destructionist. The New Yorl 
 )f the soap-box is not the New York of the home, and The Globe is built t( 
 ippeal to the home. It is there the market lies. There sits the board o 
 purchasing agents— for the majority of products. Naturally The Globe ha 
 pecially provided for the interests of the home and the woman in tiie heme 
 \bove all. The Globe is, first and last, a 7icu's/)aper— and not a "featur 
 lewspaper." It is best described as a real newspaper with features., 
 
 V.fred W McCann's pure food s:;ction has wTought A glance at ihe finanrial page of The Globe re\cal 
 vondtrs in food reform. AdulteraUon of foods hat l^he cornpleUrness_ ot Ihis d»parlmenl. A gain c 
 .een minimized by his fearless attacks, and honest "^T^,^,"^, ".?f v".,,.'^'''^ advertising m thre 
 ealcrs have prorued acvordinglv. ■'"'' ^iieiis ui vaiue. 
 
 Among the rest, iuis enough to name 'Tho Tiut 
 >icar;y .t page a day for twenty year, has been About Merchandise." Dr. Cranes article, ih 
 e.oted to school news. Almost every teacher in health column. Wait Mason, Wet)ster's cartoon 
 he Metropolis reads The Globe— no negligible Burgess's bed-lime stories, music, sport and a rea 
 n.irkel, as the .department stores know. fashion page. 
 
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 Bomvit Teller 
 
 Cimbels 
 
 Hcam 
 
 Lord & Taylor 
 
 McCrccry 
 
 It is significant that sixteen of New York's leading 
 retail shops have totalled more advertising in The Globe 
 during 1918 than in any other paper— significant be- 
 cause their check-up on reader-responsiveness is the 
 most accurate possible. Here are the shops and here 
 is the record in agate linesr 
 
 Vnr 1914 Year 1919 Vtir I9ia Year 1917 Yur 1919 
 
 il^iiniiiilinii 
 
 Macy 
 Oppcnheint & 
 
 Collins 
 Franklin Simon 
 Stern 
 Stewart 
 Wancnnakcr 
 Cidding 
 
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 The Newlfork Globe 
 
 Member Audit Bureau of Circulations 
 
 JASON ROGERS, Publisher 
 
 CirculaUon 180.000 
 
 (This advertisement prepared by the H. K. McCann Co. of New York, N. ¥., 
 does not necessarily represent the estimate of The Globe by that agency, but 
 rather their view regarding The Globe's strongest appeal as an advertising 
 medium.) 
 
 151 
 
THIS ADVERTISEMENT WON $100 IN THE GLOBE'S $1000 
 ADVERTISING AGENTS' COMPETITION 
 
 180,000 NEW YORK FAMILIES 
 
 And This Chart Shows You How to Reach Them! 
 
 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 
 
 i9ia 
 
 AGiOt UKU 
 
 GLOBE 2566J47 
 SUN Srszo.tsa 
 
 i,^ JOURNAL 2.I65.4A3 
 
 -S- WORLD 2.OO0.I74 
 
 MAIL l.7»0.»T« 
 
 TEUXaiAM 1.316. 5<'« 
 
 NO MORMmc OR SU^aMy PAPEB HAS EVER EXCEEDED L4t0.698 UMU 
 
 Eipert* on merchandising will tell you that you will 
 do well to watch how the successful department stores plan 
 their advertising campaigns. The department stores use 
 advertising to an extent reached by few concerns in other 
 lines of business: therefore, having made an exhaustive 
 study of advertising mediums for years, no business con- 
 cern is better qualified to judge of ihe relative merits of 
 those mediums. Sentiment "cuts no ice" with the de- 
 partment stores, in their selection. They place their ad- 
 vertising on the sirinly business basis of. "How well does 
 this medium pay?" 
 
 The chart above shows the amount ol advertising, m 
 agate lines, used by sixteen of the largest retail stores in 
 New York Cily. during the past five years, in the evening 
 newspapers of New York Cily. These sixteen big stores, 
 during the past four years, have awarded almost exactly 
 TWO- THIRDS of their advertising to the evening news- 
 papers and ONE-THIRD to the morning and Sunday 
 newspapers combined. (53.000.000 lines as compared 
 with 28.000.000 lines.) The morning newspaper leading 
 its morning competitors in the amount of this advertising 
 was only on a level with the lowest of the seven allernoon 
 newspapers; and the Sunday newspaper which led its 
 Sunday competitors ranked sixth on the list when com- 
 pared with the evening newspapers 
 
 Draw your own conclusions as to what New York news- 
 paper will bring you the best returns. 
 
 The 180,000 families which read The Globe daily arc 
 lamilies with purchasing power. An advertisi-ment m 
 
 The Globe is like a personal message to them, because they 
 have learned to rely so thoroughly upon The Globes trust- 
 T^'rI!!S' c'^h ^" ^^tiser. you may not care whether 
 The Globe is three years old or fifty years old. so long as 
 It bnngs results. But the reader, of The Oobe 
 realize that it is li5 years old-the oldest evS 
 newspaper m Amenca-and to them The Globe is gospil 
 Uue They are justified m that belief. The Gk$)e is 
 peculiarly a newspaper for intelligent families-for men of 
 business and women who are home-makers. It ne«r 
 prints yellow news or unverified rumors. It prints the 
 real news of the world. It carries regular "(Stores " 
 written by experts, of special interest to each member of 
 the family-father, mother, and children. It is not « 
 paper tossed aside after a glance at the headlines It 1* 
 ir^d In the home, by every member of the family 
 That IS why It stands first, m the opinion of those shrewd 
 judges of zd/ertising nwdiums. the department sior*^ 
 among all New York newspapers. "^P^"^^"' ^'o^fs. 
 
 The Globe has alway. letfln tafeituardlnt both the 
 advertiser and the buying public. Its campaigns against 
 fraudulent advertisements, on the one hand. La afains 
 misleading statements of arculation. on the otheF ar, 
 tamous. Seven years ago The Globe organized the Audi? 
 Bureau of Circulation, which has now a membenJup of 
 
 l^^l^:^fT"' "T ^'"""^ S'*'^- practically elm^^^na? 
 mg the old style c^culatwn lar More recently. 77 news- 
 papers have joined The CJlobe in pledging thCTiselve^Vo 
 coK„x-rato with advertising agenc,« by allow^TX, s 
 sions to ih.. agencies on foreign bunmess Unk^T iL 
 name of the local advertiser. 
 
 The Globe mviies the national advertiser to study the purchasing power of the 180 (W) fatnii;^ ,„i^ 
 
 fnerds m New York City The Gloh<. has probably put more "ewKt.sU on ?Kih??«t?n New^<^dun^ 
 
 la ii five Of SIX years than all the other New ^ ork newspapers combined. "** ^°^ <'"""K the 
 
 THE NEW YORK GLOBE 
 
 JASON ROGERS, Publisher 
 
 (This advertisement prepared by the W. H. Rankin Co., of Chicago, 111., does 
 not necessarily represent the estimate of The Globe by that agency, but rather 
 their view regarding The Globe's strongest appeal as an advertising medium.) 
 
 152 
 
THIS ADVERTISEMENT WON $100 IN THE GLOBE'S $1000 
 ADVERTISING AGENTS' COMPETITION 
 
 (This advertisement prepared by Danielson & Son, Providence, R. I., does not 
 necessarily represent the estisiate of The Globe by that agency, but rather their 
 view regarding The Globe's strongest appeal as an advertising medium.) 
 
 153 
 
THIS ADVERTISEMENT WON $100 IN THE GLOBE'S $1000 
 ADVERTISING AGENTS' COMPETITION 
 
 (This advertisement prepared by Martin V. Kelly Co., Inc.. of Toledo, Ohio, does 
 not necessarily represent the estimate of The Globe by that agency, but rather their 
 view regarding The Globe's strongest appeal as an advertising medium.) 
 
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