Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-17
AREHAxRABLE WOMAN.
Mss hIay n'|rgan, the stock Reporter
% TIE New YORK Itmes

fos'- FON, AND TEE SUCCESS sag BAs
n sdIkVED IN THEIR PASSION FOR HoRsEs-
low SHE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE KING OF
ITALY-PERsOHAL APPEARANCR OF THE
LADY.
Nee York Correspondence Of tie CHICAGO Tribunal
III = woman Is rtted for anv special kind nj
business, possessing at the same time the requi-
lite amount of perseverance, moral COURAGE
and physical strength. necessary for its accom-
plshmeBt, she is a. sure of success as a man.
l Unfortunately, these conditions seldom exist in
one person, and, as a result, we see the great
msiority OF women passing a lifetime in work
ing Tor others at starvation wages. There are
women IN New York who have made comfort
s6le fortunes a. doctors Of medicine, founders
OF schools, ana keepers of boarding houses. A
lew have succeeded as authors, and writers for
the press many keep shops, and occasion ally
one is met with who shoes horses, mana ses p
livery stable, or runs lsger-beer sal. BON, a
bakery, or laundry. On the stage, and in the
opera and cOnceTu-roOm, women sh are the
hOnOrs equally with men, for Nstur has en-
dOwed the sexes alike. SO, TOO, in me school
room. women are as successful as UIan, and if
they would give their attention to -Art,-study-
Ing painting, engraving, and ssulptuTe-as
1ndustriously IS men do, there il 0thing to pre-
vent them from becoming as Successful and
renowned. All the world insists upOp Ia gOod
work, and 1t never stops to ask questions about
the sex OF the worker. There is to day one
remarkable and successful woman in York
who occupies
UNIQUE POSITION,
ara whose wonderful story s well worth the
telling, If only as an Illustration OF what can bs
uChe IA u" nero OF occupation, when one
makes up her mind to IL. Some four or five
y aIs ago there landed in the city of New York
81 iTlsh woman, a lady by birth and ed uc alton.
who bad been tossed about the world a good
deal, had seen much of life, and experienced
many viciSsitudes of fortune. She had num-
Der OF letters of introduction in her pocket to
various gentlemen in New York; among Others,
the late Henry j. Raymond and Horace Gree
ley, and Mr. Leonard Jerome. She came to
America to get living, having been attracted
10 this country by the accounts she had heard of
4 N TrTwa Nhn IL
sions produced by such American gentlemen as
she had met The ideal OF the great and model
republic was, that all the people were educated,
polite, and generous; that individuals were esti-
mated at their moral and intellectual value; and
that the laws were models of perfection ALWAYS
enforced, and never burdeDsOme. Taking one
OF her letters Of introduction to MIR. Horace
Greeley, she had characteristic but decidedly
Improbable interview with the PHILOSOPHER,
who appeared in her eyes TO be anything but a
nom his chair, hardly locke at the person pre-
Senting the letter, neglected to offer her a seat
and continued writing a Tribune editorial, while
he held short and remarkable conversation
" u her. After receiving few replies a. short
as bis questions, he told her she had better
60 TO RAISING MUSHROOMS
i9I the Ne" \ ork market! And he suggested
Jersey, If one could be found, would be a good
place TO try the experiment! This philosophy
was OF piece with the then stereOtyped phrase,
"GO west, young man." In other words Mr.
Greeley 8 way Of helping people was to tell them
to help themselves. He did Conclude TO vrite a
brief note OF Introduction 10 Susan Il. Anthony
who was then 10 be found at the WOman's Bu-
reau, On 231 street, near the Academy of De
sign. In due time the note was presented when
a very spicy interview took place. Miss Antho-
ny wished 10 know what brought the aDDlicant
TO America. She said the streets of New YORK
were full OF Irish and other women who hal
nothing 20 do, and il was pity TO swell the tide
she could give no encouragement, and only in
CulEed in a scOlding at the presumption OF so
many Europeans coming to America.
Not having great amount of ready cash on
hanf, and meeting with no encouragement from
the champions of human prOgTe s n the Me-
trOIO Is OF the New World our heroine returned
% tie Stevens House, at the lower end of
Broadway, and engaged TO do the chamber
WORK on enc floor. While thus employed SJe
net one OF her fathers former seryan s who
Was at work in the same hotel. He trea-cd her
with great respect aud kindness. Taking her
letter OF Introduction TO Mr.. Leonard jerome,
he received her with much politeness saviDy
that he knew her well by reputation 10 Paris
and an introduction was unnecessary. He would
90 al ne could for her, and sending 8 note IN
Mr. MantOn Marble, OF the World that genf1e-
man at once sent the lady to Saratoga ID
WRITE AN ACCOUNT or THE HORsE-EACRs
LOT Els paper. This novel work fer woman 70
90 wac well executed, and also well paid for.
But there was 60 vacancy on the staff of the
ard permanent position was desiraI lie, Mr.
Henry j; Ray mond had suddenly died
lew days before she OF whom 1 write had ar
rived IN the country. Nothing dauuted, how
ever, when other resources failed, she climbed
to the editorial rooms Of the Times, and met
the hon. John BigelOW, editor OF the new life
OF rankin, who Was at that time filling Mr.
RaymC ends place. AS one OF the letters Dre-
sented TO him was from the Hon. Geo p. Mar-h.
Ar. Is geloS received the lady kindly. and after
a short conversation, offered her the situation
STOCK REPORTER FOR THE TIMES
10 lis surprise, lt was immediately accented,
and b; been hlled by Miss Mildly Morgan, the
ady IN question, from that day until this! A.
she p ssed through the editorial rooms OF the
m n 4ina lis
sub edit Us say TO his chief: .sWhat have Won
doneY' ooh! she'll not hold the place a week
was n T. Biyelow's reply. But Miss Morgan il
made Of different stuff from most women and
he ~ S not only filed her novel position ac-
cepts bly, to the present time, but she is reck-
oned one OF the best reporters in her line OF
sp- ctful admiration of all the stOck-deaIer.
butchers, droyers, ard railway men of her ac-
Usintance. She hiss seen great changes in the |
4 mes once, too,-most ofthose connected with
u az journal at her advent having left il. Mr.. |
5. ). Canant and Mr.. Sinclair are now with
Harpers Weekly; MIR. Bigelow's place is filled
Nj. Jennings; Major Williams, the promo
{ OF poor children's excursions long one of the
Times editors, is with the new Republican
paper; and Col Carr is with the Mail Miss
Morgan has been fortunate in having the stead
fast friendship Of MIR. George Jones, the pub
Usher OF the Times, and in securing the respect
OF all the m5n en- ploysd on that paper
When Miss Morgan commenced this business
OF ; ock reporting in New York city, she met
" tn much opposition from the men in the cat
tle-y ards AT Weehawken, Communipaw, ami the |
strCk-ysrds in the upper part OF the city. She
also had to encounter the illwil of other stock
reporters, and agricultural editors, so-called |
But. as the truth dawned upon them that she
ne ther could be bought nor sold in the interests
Of any clique OF stock dealers; that she was As
int lhgenJ as honest, and as indOmitable ana
perseveriBg as New York reporter needs to be: |
that she was lady who would report the exact |
condition OF the cattle, sheep, hog, and horse |
"though the heavens fell, they be-
gar TO respect her, and in a short time made her
paIh among hem
as PLEASANT As POSSIBLE.
One VITO has never visited the stock-varIs in /
New Jersey and the neighborhood OF New York |
CITY, can form 10 idea OF the horrible condition
they ere IN most of the year. The rain, snow, |
ice, mud and filth, are enough TO dismay most /
men, but, when are noted the fearful copdi- |
ions In which tens of thousands OF poor cattle |
and sheep are driven into these places suffer |
og all the pangs of heDger, thirst, fright, and |
Tat gue-in the summer, red-hOt with heat. in |
the winter frozen With the cDld-it ever will he 1
set that such places can have poor attractions 1
Tor women. Miss Morgan is as much a lover of |
the lower animals as Nr. Bergh, and she A. /
)nF did what she could 10 prevent these cruel /
ties. Since she began her labors in this direc |
ton great improvement has taken place. No |
ma ter how bitterly cold the day might be in 4
MID winter, or how deep the mud in spring, the |
ady reporter of the Times WAS always ~ her /
post. She personally visited the cattle DausaD6 4