The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-02-22
NEWSPAPER WOMEN.
Some of the More Prominent In
Paris.
Correspondence of the Press.l


PARIS, Feb. S.-Women as news gath.
erers in Paris are a foreign innova-
ton. Of the many invaders vino have
helped to bring about the democracy of
France, perhaps they are not the least
factor. May not the much quoted apho-
rism Of Victor Hugo, "The Nineteenth
century is women's century," have been
inspired by the women correspondents
who sought his salon? Certain, it's rare
to find one of the craft who does not
treasure the friendship of the great poet
as one of the most flattering recompenses
of their varied calling. Now, as in the
time of Nine. de Stael, many of the
brightest, ablest contributors to the
Partisan press are women. Their iden-
tity is concealed under pseudonyms, and
after the manner of their masculine COM
petitors, they rarely venture beyond the
subjects of which they have made espe-
cial study. The political writer would
no more assume to discuss art, music or
literature than the fashion gossiper to
advance scientific theories. The standard
of journalism in Paris is quite apart
from that of England or the United
States. The first requisite is literary
merit. Men and women meet on COM
mon ground and are recompensed &C
cordingly. To have achieved notoriety
in any other field, happily, is not a
requisite to journalistic or literary recog-
milton in France. The first and greatest
woman journalist was Nine. Emile, who
flourished between lS39-4S, when jour
nalism of the old school achieved its
greatest luster. OF later day is Nine.
Adam (Juliette Lambert), of La Nouvelle
Revue. This journal, while less serious
than The Revue DIES Deux Mondes, is the
medium through which younger writers
are gaining recognition, and it scintillates
with much talent of great promise
Nine. Adam is one of the most intel
lectual and brilliant conversationalists at
the French capital.
Powerful in its way is The Nouvelle
Revue International, which has for its
editress once famous beauty, Nine. de
Rute, whose daughter married this win
ter Spanish grandee of colossal fortune.
Its editress is woman of the world, con
sequently woman with a history A
granddaughter of Julian Bonaparte, her
father was British minister to Greece.
She is the widow of three husbands.
French, Italian and Spanish, and wittily
declares that to woman with such ped
igree death has no terrors." Her second
husband was prime minister to Italy. She
has charmingly smooth style and has
written many plays, which have been
produced in her own theatre. Versatile.
eccentric, every salos has its anecdote of
shis clever woman. Found weeping over
The Paris directory one day, she was
asked the cause of her tears. Il have
found the name of one man who has not
been in love with me-" said this passe
enchantress.
"Etincelle" is the pseudonym Of Baron
ass Double, who has written many years
for The Figaro Her Notes of a Society
Man,, published in this greatest of
French journals. was long thought to
have been written by man. Brilliant
critiques from the pen of Judith Gautier.
daughter of Theophile Gautier: Nine. Al
phonse Daudet and Nine Mary REYNOLDS
(Gil Blas) appear regularly in the leading