A PARISIAN EDITOR
Rochefort is conducting his paper, ; ; L'ihtransigeaut, successfully, but he dbvotes I little attention to it. Mont of his time'he , spends in artists' Btudios, at the or- in the company of hie friends!. He never plays curds in public, and has a horror of gambling. After dinner, at about nine o'clock, he goes to his study at tie top of his houso to write his' daily article. The study is a sombre, and ecantily-furnisbed room. But adjoining it is an artist's studio, where M. Itoehefort has placed bis famous Persian ambassador's bed, a splendid piece of artistic furniture. Tu3 editor contemplates this, and then, if it fails to inspire him with a topic, ho turns to the window and gazes out upon a landscape of roofd and c!iimuoy-tops. When at last ho finds a topic he writes rapidly and easily, on large sheets of paper, aud within an hour sends the finished article to the printing office. At midnight he goes to correct the proofs, sees the paper made ready for the press, and then goes home and to bed, to give no thought to his profession until late the next evening. I
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6823, 29 September 1883, Page 2 (Supplement)
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