The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-05
ABOUT WOMEN.

Sun employed Miss Annie Ballard as Q
regular reporter, and she gave such
satit faction az to win the honor oil
active membership in the Press Cub,
a favor not since accorded to any Of
her sex. She is now in Ceylon, and
she is minus a successor, although
there are one or two other women EN-.
ployed as writers for the Sun, none Of
whom have ever attained the die,inc.
ton Of being enrolled among the ally
news-gatherers, without whom the
people Of New York could not relish
their matulinal Mocha.
Miss MORGAN, who makes esitle
market reporting ia the New York
Tribune a specially, is tall, 1.-THE, mus
cular aud graceful SIS a fawn her
dress, adapted to her duties, is short
aad substantial, combining utility and
comfort, but not sacrificing the attri.
butes Of her sex in its construction,
Her softly waving fair brown hair iH
usually brushed back from her deli
cately veined temples and confined in
a net low on her neck. Her hands
are strongly, delicately nervous in
their clasp, and her voice might have
charmed the mad king who loysd his
Cordelia for the gentle qualities Ct
that organ.
TIE New York Tribune employs the
wife of a well-known exit ancier, ex.
politician and ex-lawyer to Gull the
petals of %rose-colored gossip pervading
the fashionable society OF the metIopo'
lie, but on no account does this repre-
sentative exceed the bounds OF special
duty, and she would resent, al mortsl
~offense, any intimation Of rep~ortorial
work. The World gives some space to
the work of the ladies ON toilet topics,
and an occasional "stickful" is squeezed
into its columns that savors OF news
from the pen Of a woman, but there
are none of the sex regularly enrolled
on the staff for daily assignment to re-
poriorial duty.
The New York Star has four salaried
women on its staff and two who con
tribute to space, but none Of these are
regarded as reporters who may be as.
signed to the daily routine OF varied
labor allotted TO the men. One woman
writes sketches, another devotes her
time to society aud fashion notes in q
general way, and they all contribute
news that a womau'stac and delicacy
may CLEAN, but they regard themselves
as Journalists, aud quite coincide with
tie view that Mr.. Dorsheimer ex-
presses: "Women are not fitted for
night work and long tiamps out OF
town at a moments notice"
WoaAE's JOURNAL: A curious side
light is thrown on the rapid but noise
less progress which the woman snf-
frage movement is making, by the
fact that "Grabam" miss F. G.
French), our able Washington correG-
pondent, in revising her statement of
1882, on woman's legal rightsin school
questions in the different States and
Territories, has had to mark changes
for the better in the laws of Iowa,
Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Ne
braska, New Hampshire, New York,
Rhode Island, Vermont, Nevada and
Dakota and Washington Territories.
Thus 1t turns out that eleven States
and Territories have moved in this
ma ter and improved their laws within
the two years 1883 and 1884.
The New York Morning Journal has
two women on its staff, one of whom
furnishes the stories and the other the
society and fashion gossip, but they
are never assigned u promiscuous
duty as are the men. The Telegram
accepts the services OF a number Of
women, who contribute matter relat-
ing to society and fashion, but "space"
is their allotment, and none of them
have the right If staff privileges. The
Pot, Commercial Advertiser and all OF
the Sunday papers employ the pens Of
women in certain departments, and all
of the weeklies find them more or less
available in editorial work, yet one
and all of the managing editors of the
dailies agree that women are constitu-
tionally unfit for the arduous duties
that devolye upon the successful re-
porter.
QUEEN CHRISTINA of Spain proves to
be a veritable Maria Theresa. Since
the death of the King, and since che
has been able 30 far TO subdue her
poignant grief, every one has observed
the complete change that has taken
place in her. The lively and pleasant
woman, as is evident to all, has given
place to the serious, active and atten-
tive regent. She sees men Of all parties,
discusses their principles with them,
and defends their arguments against
her Ministers, go as to know the pros
aud o "A Of every policy. She is con-
versant with foreign policy aud knows
tue leanings, mistakes and capabilities
of all European statesmen. She speaks
Spanish and three or four other lam
guages with fuency and correctness,
and writes well in German, French
and Spanish. She is displaying, in
short. great ruling power, is rapidly
winning popularity, has gained the
affections of the respectable members
Of her family, and is on the best OF
terms with Queen Isabella. She con-
verses with officers on military mat
tiers with a certain timidity, which
renders more striking her correct
Judgment.
Miss Cora A. .BENNEsoN OF Quincy,
Ill a graduate of the law school of
Michigan University, started three
years ago from San Francisco, with a
lady friend, for a trip around the
world, Although these ladies' travelled
alone through countries on the verge
of war and pestilence, they suffered
no rudeness, but met with kindness
and attention on every hand. Miss
Benneson is now giving Converse
tions on Foreign Travel" which are
said to be exceedingly interesting.
She tells how she travelled in the Sc
dan chairs of China, penetrated the
sacred cities and temples OF India, en-
joyed dromedary-back exercis g in the
Soudan within sight of the artillery
flashes OF the British squares, rode on
horseback across Palestine from Jeru-
to Damascus, traversed the
heart Of the Greek Peloponnesus, and
visited with Schliemann his excava-
tons, explored the fords OF the Nor
wegian shore in a coasting vessel, saw
Russian life in st. Petersburg and Mos
COW aud footed it through SWitzer-
land fba Enolioh Toka niafVict anil