The Osceola times., 1882-01-14
LADY JOURNALISTS.
Five ofthe Most Conspicuous of Them-The
Way They Write and Act.


1t would be difficult to name five more
earnest, intelligent, and high minded
women than "Grace Greenwood" Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe Jennie June" Mr..
Mary Clemmer Ames and Louise Chan
dler MouIton. They are all journalists
and authors, ard have all eXCelled as
such. Indeed there is hardly a home Of
intelligent persons in this country where
some Of them are not known by their
writings or their public utterances from
the platform.
Grace Greenwood Mrs. /. X. Lip.
pincott), is a great grand daughter OF
jonathan Edwards; and a kinswoman of
Aaron Burr, to whom she is said 10 bear
strong resemblance. She was born in
Rompey, Onondaga county, New York,
in 1924. As girl she WAS distinguished
as a romp. Horseback riding was her
delight. She would catch a spirited
horse and, putting him to full va lop,
would. without saddle or bride. emulate
the feats of all the CircIs riders she had
ever seen. That spirited and breezy
poem, "The Horseback Ride was com.
posed in the saddle. and is a fair exam
pie of Grace Greenwood's style. The
splendid health and knowledge and love
nf nature acquired in her girlhood has
never been lost by her long residence in
cities and her connection with fashion
able society. She was educated at Miss
Wizards school at Rochester and while
there began to write fresh and graceful
articles for the newspapers, under her
nom de plume which is now familiar to
all who read the New York Times For
many years after her marriage she de-
voted herself almost exclusively to writ
ing for the young. Her juvenile stories,
sketches and poems have since been col
lected in book form. Most OF her books
are made mp of short articles originally
contributed to the Times, the Tribune and
other newspapers. Mrs. Lippincott at
is experimenting the education Of her
only child. She is favorably known as
a reader and lecturer.
Mrs. JULIA Ward Howe is a strong ad-
vocate of woman's suffrage. She is fifty
six years old, native Of New York
City; has bright auburn hair, tlorid
complexion and peculiarly mobile and
expressive face, set off by dark sad eyes.
Her father was a man Of wealth and cul-
ture and early perceiving signs ofgenius
in his talented young daughter gave
her every advantage for improving her
literary and artistic tastes. Like many
of her temperament, she abhorred
mathematics, but delighted in music and
philosophy. She acquired the German
and Italian languages with perfect ease,
and Goethe and Schiller became her
divinities. She was an avowed atheist
until her twentieth year, when her re-
ligious views were changed by the death
of her father and brother. of whom she
was exceedingly fond She devoted the
next two years of her life to an atten
tive study of the Bible. but still fell
short of the strict Puritan orthodoxy tor
which she had been trained. At twenty
three she married Samuel G. Howe, Of
Boston, and sailed Immediately for
Europe. Here she was received merely
as the wife of the New Bayard," who
had aided Greece so effectively in her
struggles for independence. To the
courted and accomplished belle Of liter.
ary circles al home this was trying ex-
perience. When Mr. Howe became the
editor of the Commonwealth in 1851 her
career as a Journalist began. She wrote
editorials, poetry, stories and witty para
graphs, and otherwise gave life and tone
| to tho paper. About this time she wrote
her first book, Passion Flowers She
invited and defed the critics, and it If
| probable that few books were so over
| praised aud over-bamed as was this
crude effort Of young writer. Her
next book, "Words for the Hour" was
publi-hed two years later. In 1859 Mrs.
Howe and her husband accompanied
Theodore Parker to Cuba, for the restor
alton of his failing health. While there
she wrote "A Trip 10 Cuba" During
the late civil war she was strongly in.
terested in the cause of the North, and
work ed, lectured and wrote in aid oftha
Federal Government. Her Marching
On" sung to the John Brown ah@r''-,
became ths battle hy,"n oi uue hpuolc.
Her stirring Appeal TO Womanbood
Throughout the World" is pra"''"'""ed
the ahlest I,sas.. manifesto ever written.
II has been translated into French, Ger
man, Italian and Swedish 10y women's
pen. Mrs. Howe is at present one Of
the editors OF the lI0mdH's Journal In
winter she resides in Boston, and in
summer "retires TO a nook among the
mountains. to which none but friends
with the password are admitted She
isruled and idoized by her children, To
whom she is a most devoted and loving
mother.
"Jennie Iune,n Jennie Cunningham
Crolyl, is the daughter Of Mr.. Canning
ham. noted English Unitarian. She
came to this country when very young
and has so thoroughly identified herself
with the aims and work Of intelligent
American women that many Of her init
mate friends would be surprised II told
that she is not a native of this country
She received her uom de plume when She
was twelve years o d. from a friend who
used to say that she was the Juniest
child" he ever met She il a blonde of
medium height and slender physique,
and so quiet and gentle in her manner
that no one would suspect her of being
one of the representative strong mind
ed women Of the age. and president OF
the famous SOrosis Club. Like Mrs.
Howe, her career as a journalist began
with her marriage, Her husband IL Mr..
David G. Cr0lv. at one time editor oithe
DdIU Graphic, to the columns of which
she frequently contributed. For twelve
wears she WAS the fashion editress OF the
UorId. of which Mr. Croly was managing
editor, and during eight wears Of that
neriod she also wrote for the Times, be
sides corresponding with various publ
cations in the south and west. Mrs.
Crolv was the first to popular
ize American fashions, and many
of the sensible and comforta.
Bile garments, thick soles, and loose cor
sets, worn by many Of our fashionable
women, have been literally forced into
favor by the point Of her pen. She is
one of the editors of Demorest's Monthly
Maqasine. on which she does much strong
and sensible writing The most import
an of Mrs. Croly's literary productions
are: The Physical Lie of Women" ="