Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-18
HALEY. IDAHO. FRIDAY. AUGUST Is, 1895.

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"J-nnie June," othe,w,se Mrs. CroIv !;
Isabel MaIIon. better known as BAh;"
unit Fannie Barrow, Mary Fiske,
and otf-rs too numerous to me enton-
all Of which illustrates the fact that
the woman in j ,urnaIism has come to
stay.
Not as high state Of literature, bu,
merely to subs'a"tiate my statement
that woman makes a successful re
porter, permit .ne to cite the case Of
Nellie BLY,. Here was "daup ht-r of
Eve" who. representing a Monmouth,
n. Y, 'urnAI, entered an insane
asylum i" the capacity Of patient,
after convincing Ave expert physi.
clans in that malsdy of her insanity !;
and after hei' G confined there for six
weeks, came out aud depicted the
horrors of the institution to the public
Subsequently the same lady made q
trip around the wotld In an ,ncal>
culahly short period of time. Now,
ask you candidly, what male reporter
IN this whole vast country could have
remained in durance that length OF
time and not become legitimate in.
mate for the want Of his customary
cocktail? Why. five minutes after
his incarceration he would have been
i"quir'ne Of hi. keeper what his pri>
vate opinion was Of the domestic.
policy Of the Peruvisns, mot neces.
-arily for publication" of course;
hut merely "as a guarantee of good
faith" etc, etc.
Let me tell you, in this the Mines
teenth Century, the woman j,urnais'
ID not "bIue stocking" She is
= H"'"C EoO0 AeIlo". anu taxes as
much interest in babies and bonne,s
AS she does in poll les. And becaus-
"f her professional duties she is
ns'ther unfit d nor un>uited for a
housewife and h-ltmate; par example,
,nyself-I can boil eggs.
OF course, it is automatic that the
woman Of Europe aud the eff-te E st
has the advantage Of her sisters of the
West, both in education and culture:
but il is written tha. "we'll get there
co use modernism, and when we
do. we'll do it with "ho,h feet"
Will you wieliers of the mighty pen
permit your memories to take you back
a few years? Why, such thing as u
woman in the precincts Of the sane
ium WAS unknown. But this is the
age of electricity and steam, aud TIE
eiisor who is unable to say tn his
devil: Give this assignment to Mis-
Jones, and tell her | wa, u co umn
for the morning, ard wan. it briph,
and snapoy," is poor Indeed, and to
be sympathiz-d with.
The woman in journalism must and
will be recognized. Why, it is
liberal education to attend meeting
of the Sorosis, which was orig,natro
by literary women; aud i. takes week,
to digest thesis written by any ont
of them. and-th- same can be SAID
OF the dinners given by the cluh.
which are 'par excellence" and tt.
M, US Of which prove tn. So same
women to also be gonrme,s.
Again, is there one Of you "lords
of creation" that can handle an irate
lik. woman. and senn the
same away rejoicing that lie or she
has had no satisfaction wta,eyer.9
But the woman CAN, aHd- she's
proud of it.
And now, in conclusion, psrmi
me to quote Tom Hood, aud sas to
you, my co-lahnrers:
T.ke her up tenderly;
Lift her with care
because she is, in the majority oi
cases. a h.eadwinn.r nohly striving
for the higher life, and your assistance;
and, b-sides-.he's liable to hyh,
back!
She is not a myth but a stern re,
atty; not A.etirg shadow, bu,
genuine composition of flesh, bio d
and pttscoats.
She is here, has brought her knit
ting, and come to sta.!