Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-11-10
WOMEN JOURNALISTS.
DO THEY TEND TO LOWER THE
DIGNITY OF THE CALLING1

IHnrIS!-A toOu w ora Intius
Those who look upon the present condi-
ton Of the press with unalloyed satsfac
ton, and who consistently maintain in the
face Of anything in the way of proof or evil
dcucc that the influence of women in jour
nalisn. rs in everything else, is necessarily
Il good one, will probably regard the situa-
ton from the optimistic point OF view only.
Those, however, who prize that vigor
| and viriltv of sentiment and writing which
charactcrizcs the best masculine pens; who
! dcplore the personalities, gossip and fem
mime tone which find so prominent place
in many of the papers; who value style
and scholarship and humor all of which
stand chance of being neglected, IL not
| lost, will see reason for regret that so
/ much of the literature of the day is writ
! ten by women. Nowhere, in the opinion
/ Of the present writer, can this dctcriOrat-
| ing and dciuoraliAing influence be seen to
| better advantage than in the society pa
pcrs which, however, it is only just to say,
are as much read by men rs by women.
There are u large number Of so called
| high class society periodicals, the greater
| part of which consists of the vulgarest
! gossip and personalities about the CONVEX
| sation, mode of life and movement of per
! sons who are in no sense OF the word pub
/ IlC.' VINO nave ulSllDgulNilttl iHcIIlSelfcS
i'm no legitimate way. and often in no way
at all outside existing, and whose "smart-
ness" or fastncss or money alone makes
them the object of this publishing little
tatte While, however, good portion Of
| this literature is as harmless as it is stu
| pid, the same cannot he said of the very
latest development Of feminine enterprise
| in the press which seems likely to have
| nouriehing existence before it.
This takes the form of n Gladys letter"
and is written ostcnsibly by lady of fash
ion whose fr,tncss not only goes to the
verge Of disrcputability, but some way be-
yond it. She purports to give an account
Of her week $ doings, which generally
include visits to music halls and other
places not usually considered classic ground
| for decent women. Somewhere or other
there is one "Charlie" or "Jack" in tow,
| and his accommodating husband invaria-
bly, figures in the description so rs to give
the thing presumably an air of proprietv.
Let any impartial person pcruse some Of
this bare fippant, worthless stuff now be
coming 50 general and ask himself whether
it can have anything but a vicious effect
on the braincsa young persons Gt is to he
supposed they are young who read 1T
| every week.
But even if these society papers are left
one who has an intimate acquaintance
with current newspaper literature that
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