Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-07
FEMALE MONEY MAKERS.
The Lucky Turns OF Nelly Bly,, Eliza
beth Bisland and Mrs. Frank Leslie.
Nelly BIy's $4,000 Contract-Mrs Leslie a,
5000 NIght-Mrs HankIns' Wonderful
Diamonds Parson Newman.
pecjal Correspondence of the Gazette.

| Special Correspondence of the Gazette.
New YORK, Sept 3. The field of woman g
| work steadily grows in New York, and there
are now twenty women working on the daily
papers where one worked ten years ago. Some
of the girls are having phen omensl success. and
I hear that Nellie BLY, has made her fortune
from her tour around the world. In the frs,
place she got good salary from the paper, and
her lecture tour brought her in Just $4,000. A
Brooklyn real estate man gave her lot in tina.
city, and she was presented with another lot in
Iron City, Tenn. These lots are worth at least
Sl5Ol, and SO her net profits up to date have been
at least s3 900. In addition to this TO- OlO copies
of her book have been issued and a second edi-
ton will be published Her reputation has
gone up like shot. and she has, am told, de-
cided to leave newspaper work, and has con-
tracted with N. L. Munroe TO write serial stories
of weekly installments for his story paper. She
is to get $40, 10 for the first year, and SIS 900
year for The next two years to come, and she has
at the same time the right to do some outside
work. This is big pay for, girl the age of
Nellie Bly,, and she will be the highest salRried
young woman in the United States.
Miss Elizabeth Risland, the other little girl
who went around the world, has also done well.
Her articles, beautifully illustrated, have been
published right along in the Cosmop olitan
Magazine, and they will be issued in book form
when completed. Miss Bisland has made
contract with the magazine to go abroad for
them and she is now ia England, writing an
article month. She N ade some very valu able
friends during her tour, and one OF these was a
noble lady, who has beautiful country es ale
not far from London. 1t is at this lady, house
that Miss Bisland Is stopping and she has had,
through her. the entree to the best English
society. She was present at the prince of
Wales garden party not long ago, and she is in
the very cream of the swim. She is, Judge,
not more tn an twenty-five years old, and is a
very pretty girl, and is one Of the most facile
writers OF her sex.
met Mrs. Frank Leslie st Mount McGregor
kIa thar 11r, he rn he hrrr-h
and as fresh as daisy. Her health has evil
IDENTIFY not suffered through her absence from
the Marquis de Louville. and she is all ready to
go in the lecture field, her Sc son for which
commences October u. She gets 500 night
clear, and I don't know but what she gets
percentage on the receipts over this amount.
United States than she is. and she can make a
bargain with the ordinary Yankee and beat him.
were worth nothing and had TO borrow big
pot OF money to carry them on. few years
ago they were bringing ner in $780,
900 year, and she sold Frank Les
lies Illustrated Newspaper to Mr.. Arken
for something between $500, 900 and si0l OOJ.
The paper was bringing in about 800 600 year
under her management, and she attended to
every part of the business herself She bought
her own paper, hired all her own employees,
passed upon editorial matters, and wrote both
stories and leading articles. She is now writing
e syndicate letter. for which she is very we'll
paid, but which she writes more to show that
che can write. than TO get the money for it.
When she contracted for the letter, she said;
''The people seem to think that am merely a
business woman, but want TO show them that
have some literary traits as well.'' She has
shown this, and she is now trying to show what
she can do the lecture plat
form. predict r.i FL on her a. s1c:
managed to keep so fresh and bright notwith-
standing the work and worries that were en-
tall ed upon her by her position, she replied,
care Of myself. As soon as l get up in the
morning jump into q cold bath, then give my
Ts..Ns
through q set OF gymnaltic exercises, which
keeps my sys tenn in thorough trim. live well;
get as much OF the good out OF life IS can, and
humanity Ars. Frank LeElie is q good
dresser. Her clothes become her and she has
some OF the finest diamonds in the United States.
Speaking OF diamonds, saw at the Grand
Onion garden party 81 Saratoga what Is said to
be the largest sisgle piece o; iewelry ever made