Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-09-02
WOMAN ~ JOURNALISM ;

Mrs Ada Merritt, ii The Idaho Re
corder, Published in Salmon Gity,
was preseai al The meeting al thc
Idaho Press Association ia kelehum.
and was on the program inr an adj
dress. Mrs. Merritt il the lady Who.
several years ago, took hold 81 the Re
corsier. after IL had experienced many
failures. She resurrected il from q
state Of "innocuous desuetude," dis.
carded the patent side and has made
ii one 81 the solid papers Of the state.
Captain Jas. Gum, with few happy
remarks, introduced Mrs Merritt, SAYS
the Keystone. SHE advanced very
gracefully and at the close of the ap
piause which greeted her the fair Lady
OF tho Faber favored the audience By
reading in her delicious style paper
entitled, woman in Journalism" II
called forth much applause. Follow,
ing is the address;
FsLLow scRiHEs Laptss AND Gxxrlssgs:-I fee
In similar position "a the man who attending
his sifes funeral and vas told thst he would he eN
ptetsd 10 ride TO the cemetery 10 the carriage
aith hts mother itiiaw. lie said he'd do IL bftt II
taos away the plea@rie Of the whole thing for him
When our worthy secretary, Brother Lockwood
asked me 10 speak 10 yau, | naturally asked t'wha
shal. I speak abanty' and he responded, "speAs
about a minute"
bcg, nv friends that you viii treat me with sim
liar consideration 10 that ~ the Denver eongrexA
ton Ia early days, when they posted the notice
Please don't shoot the orgAnst, he's doing the best
he knows how"
Apropoa Of the Woman in journalism. on which
subject have been asked 10 speak. She u a new
departure and 80 far has demonstrated the fact tina
notwithstanding she dcnicsl the privilege Of scar
Ing the bfuratci garments Of the family, she haa
Iobs risen 10 the emergency, all obstacles
and taught her brothers ~hat the rial reading o
originality means.
Woman Ia naturally intuitye, and by her quiel
perceptions. backed by mental acualen is ahIs /,
draw correct conclusions, which. with little intellec
tnality combined with her inherent curiosity make
her clever reporter, bright IRragTapheF an.
later. poverty stili cries unt She has been kmoWi
| 10 become editor bat this Is only in extren
cases Thus find women like Mrs Frank Leslie
who has risen to the pinnEcle Of her profession an
had such superiority Of coin Of the realm that sh
enabled 10 purchase an English husband with
/ thfee-ply nobility trade mark attached thereon
Jennie June. otherwise Mrs, Crly, isabel M4llou
better known rs ''llah,' Aunt Fanny Harrow, Mar
/ Fiske and others too numerous TO msrtion, all q
which illustrates the fact that woman Ia Journalism
] has cntnr 10 stay.
/ Not a. a hieh state Of literature. bat merely /
substantiate Wy statement that woman makes snS
cessfl reporter, permit ta eitu the Of Nelli
1 lily. Hers daughter ~ Eve" who represent
4 Ing mammoth Na~ York journal, entered an IL
sane asylum in the capacity Of patient, after con
siucng Ave expert physicians IN that maady Of he
insanity, and after being confined there Tor stu week
came out and dipirei the horrors 81 the insltGtio
\ 70 the pnhlic. subsequently the same lady made
trip around the world Ia all intellectually short perio
/ Of time. Now, ask you canddly, what male Z,
| porter In this whole vast country could have .,
mained Endurance that length ~ time and not b,
come legitimate inmate Tor the want Of his eust'
| mary cocktail Why Ave minutes after his incaree
| alton he would have been inauiring ~ his keeps
what his private opinion sa@ OF the domestic pole
of the pcrutians, mot necessarily for publication
Of course, but merely ~ guarantee u good faith
etc.
Let me tell you in this, the 10th century, m
woman journalist 10 not blue stocking she is
genuine good fellow and takes az much interest
| babies and bonneta as she does politics. and b
cause Of her profession, duties she is neither ~
fitted ttnstitcd Tor housewife and helpnatr, Il
example mvself 4 boil eggp OF course 1t IL a,
imotic that the 81 Europe and tho effcte ca,
has the advantage Of her sisters of the west, both
education and culture, but 1t Is written that 1--WE
get there and . u.s. modernism, shen We d'
We do 1t with both feet
win you wielters OF the mighty pen permit you
memories g. take you back few years. Why, sue
thing ~ a woman in the precincts Of the sanctui
| was unknown, but this u the age Of electricity an
steam, and the e,iitor who Is unable TO say to h
her want a column for the morning and want
bright and snappy, IL poor indeed, and is tn be syu
pathixet. with
The woman In Journalism must and will be reoo.
niZed. Why, IL " liberal eslueation to attend
meeting OF thu SoFosis. which originated by lite
ary women. and u takes weeks 70 digest thes
Astttcn BY anN one Of them, and the
said OF the dinners given by this club, which al
par excellence, the menus Of which prove the
same women 10 be also guurments tEournaysl
Again, " there one Of you LORDS OF Creation
that can handle iFate Subscriber ike woman a.
send the same away rejoicing that he or she has b.
no satisfaction sha.urer9 Hut the can, At
she " proud Of IL.
And nov, In conclusion, permit me to quote To
Hood and say 10 son, ms so laborers
| Take her MP tendeTy.
| Iifi hef sith care
because she Is IN the majority OF cases bread vii
usr nobt striving tor the higher life and needs tor
assistance, and, besi,io3, shes liable n fight hae
she Is not myth. but a stern Tu4ity; not hectiu
shadow. hut a genuine composition Of flesh hIoo
and pestluoats. She Is here, brought her knittin
And cpnle To stay.