Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-01

| man. 0ne has written plays, stories ana
sketches without number, covering all classes
| and every cline In the society OF this re-
| rlarlnble woman one is content to be silent
| and listen. as she gldes from one subject to
| another. and handles each In the mastery
| way that suggests no Improvement to the
hearers mind.
| Mrs Gertrude Garrison is regularly en-
| pIoyed by one of the leading journals OF New
York and aside from this she contributes
| TO magaziues and 8 number of the weeklies
| as well as supplying various syndicates with
| letters.
| Miss Virginia Tarbel, strictly speaking,
| would not come under the head Of journal
lists. but her contributions in the way OF
realistic sketches which have appeared in The
Daily Graphic, have made her far famed.
She refuses to accept salaried position, but
takes pleasure in feeling she can do 50 at her
own sweet will, and command no mean sum.
Mrs. F. G. Bowman has long been the musi-
cal critic of The New York Sun. She is a COM
plete master of the detailed requirements OF
this difficult berth and, while honest criti-
cisn is her aim she strives never to offend or
needlessly wound either professional or anna
teur. and is loath to discourage debutante il
she finds any material in her that is praise
worthy.
Miss Louise Glenn sometimes spoken of as
"The Ecclesastic,' is the religious editor Of
The New York Herald Barnes notes or
Clarks commentaries are useless when she is
present. for the Bible and its many books are
to her like her A C.
The initials "K. Y. F." cover the identity
of Mrs. Crandall. who is on the staff of The
New York Herald and who, aside from occa-
sionally contributing to the columns OF The
Journal, has written some clever syndicate
letters. Mrs Crandall is an ambitious worker
and loves her profession. whose only rival in
her thoughts is her baby boy.
Mrs Gertrude Franklin Anterior has been
criticised for free writing; and being an ex-
trenely sensitive being, admits that being
slaughtered by the press helps the author,
but adds with true feeling, How it hurts
the woman!n Mrs Atherton is young and
pretty, with dark, expressive eyes and coal
black eyebrows and lashes, which form
striking contrast to her colorless face. Her
head Is small but shapely, and is covered
with blonde hair, more on the silver than
on the golden tress order She is perfect
night ow4, and does most of her writing while
burning the midnight oil. She sleeps late,
in the afternoon, where her friends flock to
feast upon her wit and pleasantries.
Every one is interested and curious about
''Nellie Bly," Miss Cochrane), the fearless
little woman who dared probe the testers
Of New York city institutions, and reveal
what she found there; who dared to presume
a member of the legislature could be bought,
and prove by Offering price that he was
laaf ba IS ha Sf n,
server would tax with concocting schemes to
upset the future of men, disturb the city
housekeeping and puzzle the medical faculty
of New York-yet all this she has DONE
Miss Bly, is below the medium height, with
a slender, girlish figure; she has light brown
hair, colorless skin, inclined to be sallow;
large, expressive gray eyes and mouth de-
noting great determination. She has a neat
fiat in the upper part of the city, which her
family share with her The softest spot in
this dauntaess womans heart is for her 5-year-
old niece, fairy like little thing.
The New York World, of which Miss BLY,
is staff member, has really been veloci-
pede to her, and no doubt with her faculty
of making the most of her advantages, she
will ride to fame upon vehicle of such vast
dimensions The paper furnishes her with
skeletons, leaving her quick brain to devise
how they are to be clothed, and good advice
and the careful editing of her articles does
the rest. Her conception of how to master
situations is amazing.
Mrs. Fanny 3. Merrill is also staff writer
of The New York World, and for some time
had charge Of and edited the children's page
of that sheet. She seems to be especially
adapted for this class OF work
A. I. WOOD.