New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-04
ApIrcKy SOUTHERN MAIDEN.

THE EDITOR OF " TIE HURRICANE AGE HE LEN
TRAVELLING ALONE FROM CHARLESTON TO ST.
CURE SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR HER PAPER.
eyes the object of my visit to New-iork is TO
increase the ciicuiation Of my paper business be-
fore pleasure, you KNOW :, .
The speaker was a little figure wearing light
gray Mister that almost reached TO the hem OF hcr
short dress. Her blue eyes danced beneath lhe I'm
of jaunty Derby lat; her round chcehs were OI
the pale hue peculiar to southern D in.nIy
and her light brown hair lcIl loosely
over her shoulders. Delicate spiral bracelets en-
circled her wrists. Her cards, bundle OF when
she held her hand, bore the following inscription:
Eva T.. BrittOn. cdItress and pr"pIlctress OF me
Hurricane, Charleston, 5. G." Unlike most on heF
SEX she set speculation to her axe at rest by say
her conversation was like that OF u woman I"Ice
her ag He p,rrconc che cont;nnc0 "is four-pare
paper, with touI columns on page 1t not STORY
paper, understand, bur Is devoted to general Hcia
lure. You find in It's columns anecdotes, personal
items, notes. theatrical crluclsms' Tor We now ana
then have good company at Charleston, ana snort
stories l have been editing the paper 1or aoOui
six months as a professional. For year ana
S%at&r called TSk The on Home cc My Sa paper Is
lished twice month which is often enough for the
price OF tho subscriptOn-,only so cents year. No,
am not 9frad to travel alone Mhy it, II IS slpe
tor calls out the station where YOU
wish 70 get off, yCp Simply get off, Anybody dYSig
90 to the best hotel. for there an sure TO meet
only proper people, you know. / arrived IN New
York Wednesday night, and am staying at the Park
Avenue Hotel. In the evening when return 10 my
hotel | have the papers brought to ne and do my
literary wOrk-unless should 20 out TO tue inca
tire.
II have inst come from Boston, where met with
very good success indeed. You see here some OF
my subscribers lopenlng her memorandum noOKh
among whom are Governor Long, Speaker Moves
Adjutant General Berry, Charles Endlcott, Law
renee Barrett, who took ten COPIES Blanche RooSe-
Welt James Hardy the actor, and Ii. /. hIdGer
well known banker of Boston"
At this point in the conversation the young
editress drew two photographs from package and
inquired if it could easily be told whose portraits
they were. When assured that they were good ones
Of herself she replied that one OF them she did not
like very much. The eyes were partly closed;
I'm fact" she remark. e look as though |
was dreaming, or thinking what | was
going to write for my next editorial article"
The speaker clasped her tiny hands and puckefcd
her lips into smile she said this. Shc criticised
the other picture by saying that she Thought II
fattered her a little. ~
The Hurricane is designed to please the children,
is it notP ,..u..,.u,.
IT is for all classes of readers. | very seldom Try TO
find subscribers among women. They always refer
me to their husbands. You know how 1t IS. :.
"You suggest going to some Of the large stores
Well you see can get the proprietor of store. but
that is only one. The clerks-l don't like to ask
them. Many Of them are Young men, ana domt
Others are married men, who have large families 70
support don't think 1t Is right to ask them; do
you By far the best place "I,wd ioF Of INC me T."
There can get thirty or forty around
me- and talk to them all as easily as to
one The trade boards and exchanges are goodhelds;
Sometimes the president of the Board will go around
With me and say: Fifty cents all round, boys
and to use slang phrase, they chip in When
was at Wallacks Theatre, "Wednesday night, lcli
INV subscrpton-b0o at the bOX-oiLcc, aud several
names were added to the list" .
The young Journalist said that she would re-
main in New-York week or more after
not remain at that city long, she was very tired
having been travelling for about three months. and
wished to get home for few weeks rest. The next
| time she went Oh a trip she would probably take
her sister, who was sixteen years old. with her, "a
she had once promised her the pleasure OF journey
When she babe the reporter goodbye she sad she
| she was going to visit the Stock Exchange, ant
afterward the Produce Exchange.