The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-16
FRENCH WOMEN JOURNALISTS.
Some Are Ranked Among tho NotabIes of
Paris-Their Work and Manners,

Some Are Ranked Among tho NotabIes Of
Paris-Their Work and Manners.
The newspaper women of France are
comparatively few. They are constant
ly accused Of total lack of the critical
faculty and Of a want of perception of
the ridiculous. Furthermore, their ideas
on ethics and philosophy are said to be
"stale." Nevertheless it is true that
their contributions to magazines and pc
riodicals are impatiently awaited and
widely read, after which many of the
masculine writers go into mental con-
vulsions and tear their vocabularies in
tatters in trying to prove that these femi-
nine illusions were worse than worth
less.
The women who, in spite of this, per-
sist III writing do not have sinecures.
Not long ago at q celebrated criminal
trial woman journalist presented her.
self mt the court as the judiciary reporter
of n leading morning newspaper in Paris.
The police are said to have been aghast
when Mime. Severine drew forth her pad
and pencil and demanded admission to
the press tables. The guards were somo-
what taken aback, and, with deplora-
bio lack of French chivalry, wanted to
turn her away. But, by wit or wiles Of
some sort, She gained her point ana
cleared pathway for all women report
ers who shall come after her.
Nine. Edmond Adam is another wom-
am journalist, perhaps the leading one in
Paris. She is n politician, author and
editor. She has been honored by the mu.
nicipality of Paris in having her name
given to one of the streets of the capital,
an honor rarely bestowed on person
during his lifetime. 1t isn't much of q
street, TO be sure, the Rue Juliettc Lam.
Der but it is young and may grow some
| day. Under Napoleon Ill Mime. Adam
! had a salon in opposition to the imperial
/ government, and there she rcigncd. She
was young and handsome tLen, with soft,
pretty hair and bright blue eyes. She
was an intense republican and great
friend of Garibaldi. At the close of the
! Franco-Prussian war she had no ono in
France to particularly oppose, SO she Sc,
lected Bismarck. Such phrases rs these
have been attributed to her: "BismarcB
and me" Bismarck was to have been
overthrown by met" "At last the caal
condescends to follow my political views!'
She is good speaker and can talk on al.
most any subject. Her dinners are de
cidedly interesting. One-fourth of hei
guests are usually officers of the French
army, another fourth is composed of po
litical men, and the others are artists ant
literary people. The dinners arc usually
/ followed by receptions, which are al
tended by cabinet ministers, deputies
senators. diplomats and journalists
There are, except on special occasions
few women.
Nine. Severine is both more valiant
and more sentimental than Nine. Adam
Severine, as she is Familiarity called, is I
well known figure in Paris. She hat
been nicllnamed Mamzella Gavroche ant
Jenny L'Ouvriero, and although she j.
much given to literary floods of tears
she writes vigorously and well. She ha
her own particular conceptions of gooj
and evil. Severine i1ubibes her politica
views from The Cri Din Pcuple THE Noic,
Of the Peoplel, and Nine. Adam drn~I
of the fountain Of La Rcpublique Fran
caise, founded by Gambetta. Severiue'
ambition is to secure the abolition o
capital punishment.
Nine. Yyer is u curious figure in tn,
newspaper world. She frequents tn,
( prefecture Of police, and is remarkabl,
for her persistent praise of the police
and the justice they dispense. Good,
i'll her mind, is Represented by the prrfcct
VI police, the detectives and the gen
darmes, but never by the prisoners.