Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-10-21
FRENCH; WOMEN JOURNALISTS.
Some are Raatst! Among the Sotahles of
iac:s-I!,e:E. Work :ns! Manners.

i'a,:s-I!,e:E Work a;is! Manners.
The newspaper women Of France are
comparatively few. They are constant
ly accused OF q total lack Of the critical
faculty and OF a want OF perception Of
tie ridiculous Furtlvrnorc. their Ice, IS
OF ethics aud philosophy are said TO he
stale" Nevertheless it is true that
fi1eir contributions to magazines an! pc
:'iodsc;sl5 are ilnnat.enjly awaited aad
widely read. after which many OF tie
masculine writer's so into lnclt tai CON
WILSON'S ANA tear their yocabuiarl,s Ill
tGtIcTs il trying to prove that thrs7 feii-.-
nine illusions were worse than worth
less.
Tie women who, in spite Of t'sis, per
sist iii writing do not have sinecures.
t,ot long ago at Il celebrated criminal
trial Il HuElan journalist presented her
self at the court as the Judiciary reporter
of a la;t,iln5 morning ne Tspapcr IN Paris
The roiice are said to have been agt1;.st
when Mime. Savcri1le drew forth her pad
and pencil and demanded admission to
the press tables. I.lc guards We're soHsc-
what tax, II ;;baci,, and, with a leolor;.
bic lack of French cliivairy, wanted to
turn her away. But, by Wit or wiles Of
some sort, she gained her point and
cleared a pathway for al wonien report
ers who snail come after her.
Mime. Edmond Adam is another woll.-
IN jours.:siii:2, perhaps the leading in
Paris. She is a politician. author and
editor. She las been hono-etl by tne lnu-
nicipality of Per4s i'll having her name
given to o3e of the streets OF the capital.
an honor rarely bestowed On n person
tlarl.3, his lifetime. 1t isn't nucl Of
street. to be sure, the Rue Juiictte Lam
her but it is young aud may grow sonie
day. Under Napoleon LII M,Ee. Ata1n
had a salon III opposition to the Hnt-eriiI
goyernnIe.1t, and there Size reigncl. Size
was young aud handsome then. with soft,
pretty ilstil and bright blue eyes. Sic
was an intense republican and d great
friend OF G,liDaltii. AT the close of the
Franco i'rsissi:in war she ha | no one IL
France to ?, rtic,llarly oppose. 50 Sic Sc
!cct5G Bismarck. S1stn phrases us these
huye been attributed to her: ''DisIlarck
-
cyy..tti.rown 10y met" 'At last the car
conlescen,is to follow my olitical views:'
She i: g goo. speaker and can talk Gil al
most any subject. Her dinners are de-
cidedly interesting. One-fourth OF her
guests are usually officers ct the french
array, another fourth IS composed of po-
iiticil men, and the others are artists AID
literary people. TIE dinners are usually
followed hy receptions, which are at
tended by cabinet ministers, deputies,
senators, diplomats and journalists.
There are, except on special occasions,
few woIlel.
Nine. save1ine is both more valiant
and more sentimental! than Nine. Adam.
s5everine, as she is fanailiarly called is a
we'll known figure in Paris. She has
been nicknaned Ma.nzellc Gayroche and
Jenny L'Ouvfiere, and although she is
much giye1, TO literary foods OF tears.
she writes vigorously and we'll Sac has
her own particular conceptions Of good
and evil. Severine imbibes her polltical
views from The Cri du Peuple The oicc
of the People, and Nine. Adam drinks
of the fountain of La Repubiique Fran
caise, founded by Gambetta. Severine's
ambition is to secure the abolition Or
capital punishment.
Nine Yver is {. curious figure il the
newspaper world, She frcqUcnts th@
prefecture Of police, and is remark lble
for her persistent praise of the police
and the justice they dispense. Good
in her mind, is represented by the project
of police, lne detectives and the gen
darmes, but never by the prisoners.
C4yp is another wo1ran journalist, bat
her name-Mne. de Martel-is better
known in connection with novels on Pa
risian high life and as author of a few
comedies. She is a noted contributor.
in a very light vein, to that lively publ
cation, La Vie Par;sienne. Gyp is popu-
lar. and, besides being a. writer Of asrea!
talent, paints with success.
Perhaps the most successful neWspa-
ner women in Paris are those who write
about the thing they know best-fash
ions. But men are encroaching solnt
what upon this terrific or, and altogether
wonan's place ii French Journalism is
not all that could be desirel.-New YORK
s5rn.
81 tell my boy" said father. that
| don't care What Ching he takes UP,
bus rnot he does want to be able to do
whatever he undertakes to do better, if
possible. than anybody else"
The first secession flag raised in the
south was in SoutI, Carolina. The flag
staff is still standing fastened to the
gable end of storehouse at Skull Shoals