Story of Activity on Editorial Field

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 56, 22 March 1937, Page 14

Story of Activity on Editorial Field

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.— Tribute camc from all parts of the nation for Artbur Brisbane, editor and columnist, wbo passing took from American journalism one of its best known figures. Mr Brisbane 's passing elosed the suceessful career be began 53 years ago as a "cub" reporter on tbe New York Sun. He became America's highestpaid newspaper writer, drawing an annual salary of 260,000 dollars. President Boosevelt led in messages of appreciation and sympathy sent to tbe writer 's family. Mr Brisbane bad been associated tbrougb most of bis career witb William Randolph Hearst, botb in newspaper and rcal estate cnterprises. M. .-.'st eulogized bis long-tinio friend and associate as "tbe grcatest journalist of bis day." Mr Brisbane 's success in mirroriug facts or bis tbougbts suecessfully in simple and forceful phraseology made bis syndicated column, "To-day" in the daily papers and "This Week" in tbe weeklies, of wide appeal. A native of Buffalo, N. Y., be reccived bis newspaper- baptism at tbe age of 19. He left tbe New York Sun to become nuxuager editor of tbe New York World for seven years. Then, in 1897, be relinquisbed bis 15,000 ' dollars a year post on tbe World for an 8000-dollar-a-year job on Mr Hearst 's New York Journal to gain more freedom for expcrimenting witb bis journalistic ideas. Unrestricted, be scored immcdiate and sensational success. Within four montbs, under bis def t toueh, the Journal 's cireulation sbot up — and Mr Brisbane, far from suffering for bis salary cy.t in transfering from tbe World to tbe Journal, prospered witb it. By arrangement witb Mr Hearst, Mr Brisbane received a percentage for cach new reader be gained by bis sparkling methods. In Teeent years, since giving up bis last "official title" as publisher of tbe New York Daily Mirror, Mr I'rislvuilimited hiv field to ediltnicl v. ' . v. i fnr tbe I1, I