Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-04-12
MRS. sA1.11r Joy WHITE.


To Mrs Ssllie JOY White belongs the
distinction of being the first woman iourn
alist 10 have a position upon Boston news
paper. Little wonder, then, that the WON
en- who fell into line after her delight 10
look upon her as the mother Of them all.
Mrs White was born in Brattleboro, VI,
of American parents, descendants OF old
English families From her maternal
great grandfather down there have been
Journalists in The family Her grand un-
Gle. Nathan Sargent, who wrote under the
name of Oliver Oldschool, was the first
Washington correspondent, aud what more
natural than that his grand niece should
inherit the journalistic temperament
Sarah Elizabeth JOY, as Mrs. White was
duly christened, graduated from the Glen
wood school for girls at Brattleboro in lSO1
Upon the death Of her father, which occur
red shortly afterward, Miss JOY went 10
Boston where she entered Loring's widely
known circulating library. Here the young
girl was surrounded 10y books, papers and
magazines, aud had an opportunity to meet
the people Of name and fame, Tor whom
Ioring's was famous rendezvous. De
lightful friendships with books and authors
formed during the next four years, bore
generous fruit as time went on.
b inaugurate a suffrage campaign, and
Miss JOY, whose sympathies we're with the
movement, astounded the good editor OF
the Boston Post by Offering to accompany
the suffragists. as they went from place TO
place, 70 report the proceedings. Upon be
ing ask ed to do some work that evening, a.
test Of her repurtorial power. Miss JOY
naively said she could not, as she was
going ~ the theatre However, she was
assigned 10 report the suffrage campaign,
and moreover, when that was done, she
was given a position upon the Post, which
she held during the next four years. In
| 1874 Miss JOY was married 10 Mr. Henry
X White. "A musician of ability, pupil Of
Mme RudorsdprtI and at one time mem
Der uf her concert company shortly at
ter her marriage Mrs White returned to
her journalistic work, this time upon the
Boston Advertiser. She remained there
for ten years, until 1855, when she took
her present position upon the staff OF the
| Boston Herald.
In addition To- her widely varied uewspa
per work. Mr.. White is frequent CON
! tributor h. the magazines She has recent
! Is published. in book form. "a collection Of
articles upon Homemakng that has hal a
| hatteriug reception.
To anyone not IN the secret Of the eN-
cuse for it, Mrs 'Sallie' must seem an un-
| Nnrrantable liberty taken with the dign
| fled name Of Sarah, bestowed by Mrs
| Whites sponsors in baptism, but those not
| in the secret II it do not know how well
the name, A. It now stands. suits the round,
rosy woman who is JOY by name and joy
Gus by nature.
In the Whites charming home N Ash
croft. Mass. just out Of Boston, in the an
cient colonial mansion that j. more than
POO years old there are two lovely daugh
ters, aged ten aud twelve years, who are
growing into womanhood with the musical
and literary tastes Of father and mother.
and giving promise Of having something 10
say TO the world by and by.
Mrs White has been president of thu
New England Woman's Press association
since it was organized three years ago, and
there, as everywhere. one cannot, if she
would, escape the inspiration Of her IN
ceasing activity
Where there's a will there, way Is
n part Of Mrs Sallie Joy Whites philoso
ply, aud in her own life aud work lie the
proof not only Of what one can do who
makes the most Of the opportunities that
present themselves, but of what pluck and
perseverance can DO toward making the
opportunity outright