Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-08-06

Aolher-lnieresh1s Information Of Various Sorts
The newspaper women OF France are
comparatively few. They are con-
stantly accused Of a total lack OF the
critical faculty and OF want OF per-
ceptlon OF the ridiculous. Further
more, their ideas on ethics and phil
Osophy are said 70 be stale" Never
theless, IL is true that their cOntribu-
tiOns 70 magazines and periodicals are
impatiently awaited and widely read.
After which many Of the masculine
writer's 60 into mental commissions ana
tear their vOcabUIAries into tatters In
trying TO prove that these feminine
illusions were worse than worthless.
The women who, IN spite Of this, per-
sist I'M writing do not have slDecureS.
Not long ago, at celebrated criminal
trlal. a woman journalist presented her
self at the court as the judiciary re-
porter OF a leading morning newspaper
in Paris. The police are said to nave
been sghast when Nine. Severine drew
forth her pad and pencil, and demanded
admission 70 the press tables. Inc
guards we're somewhat taken aoack,
and. with a deplOrabie ZACH Of French
ehivalry, waited TO turn her away.
But. By wit or wiles Of some sort, she
gained her point and cleared pathway
for all women reporters WHO shaII come
after her.
Nine. Edmond Adam is another wo-
man journalist, perhaps the leading one
IN Paris. She is politician, author,
and editor. She has been honored by
the municipality Of Paris 10 having her
name given 10 one of the streets OF the
CAPITAL. an honor rarely bestowed on
nersoo during his lifetime. 1t iSn't
nDcb of a street, 20 DO snre, the Rue
JpIiette I.amber, but It is young, and
NAV grow some day. Under Napoleon
III Nine. Adam had q salon Ia OppOSl-
tion 10 the Imperial government. and
there she reigned. She was young and
handsome they, with soft, pretty
hair and bright blue eyes. She was an
intense republican and great
friend Of Garlbaldi. AT the close or
the Franco Prussian war she had no one
60 France 70 particularly oppose, so she
Releetsd Bismarck. Such phrases as
these have been attributed TO her;
s.Blsmarck and ne" Bismarck was
20 have been ovsrthroWn by mel" AT
last the Car condescends 70 follow my
polltical yieWsl" She Is a good speak
er. and can talk on almost any subject.
Her dinners are decidedly interesting.
Oae-fourth Of her guests are usually Of
Hcsrs OF the French army, another
fourth is composed Of political men, and
the others are artists and literary
peopls. The dinners are usually fol-
lowed By receptions, which are attended
by Cabinet Ministers, Deputies, Sena-
tors. diplomats and journalists. There
are, except on special occasions, few
women.
Nine. Seyerlne Is both more valiant
and more sentimental than Mme. Adam.
Severine, as she is familiarity called, is
a well-known figure in Paris. She has
been nicknamed "MamZelle Gavroche"
and Jenny LOuvrisre," and although
she Is much given 20 literary floods Of
tears, she writes. vigorously and well.
- --f @a-TfriCdrar COncep-
evil. SeVerine i'm
cal views from the Cri
le Voice OF the People,, and
N drinks OF the fountain OF
SDliOllQuC EIuHCUtocs 4uuuu6u U1
nbetta. Severine's ambition Is to
secure the abolition Of capital punish
ment.
Nine. Yver Is a curious figure In the
paper world. She freQuents the
Prefecture Of Police, and is remarkable
for her persistent praise Of the police
and the justice they dispense. Good,
I'm her mind, Is represented by the Pre-
feet OF Police, the detectives, and the
gendarmes, but never by the prisoners.
''Gyp' is another woman journalist,
but her name, Nine. de Martel, Is better
known In connection with novels on
Partisan high life and as author Of
few comedies. She is a noted contriou-
tor, In a very light vein, 70 that lively
publication, La We PGrtSiepne Gyp
is popular, and, besides being q writer
OF great talent, paints With success.
Perhaps the most successful neWspa-
per women in Paris are those who write
ABOUT the thing they know best-iash-
ions. But men are encroaching some
what upon the territory, and, altogether,
womau's place in French journalism is
not all that could be desired.