The morning call., 1893-05-28
MlLICENT w. SfiINN.
WRITER AND EDITOR WHOSE NAME Is
WIDELY KNOWN HER MAGAZINE
A&u lDT-C TToyAr WORK

WRITER AND EDITOR WHOSE NAME Is
WIDELY KNOWN - HER MAGAZINE
AND EDUCATIONAL WORK.
Milicent w. Shinn is a writer and editor of
whom California may justly b. proud. She is
native daughter in the truest sense of the word,
one not only born and educated in the state,
bu one also who has performed the work that
entities her to a name 10 California and for the
beu eft Of California literature.
Miss Shinn first saw the light OF day in Wash
iDgtou Township, Alameda County. Her birth
place was a farm. and she Is proud of the fact
that on both sides of the family she traces her
descent from farmers.
81 have not heard OF an ancestor who was not
an agficulturist." she Is in the habit OF remark.
ing when speaking OF the colonial Quakers from
whom she Is descended.
I he little country girl went through Oakland
High School and then matrieulated al the State
University. While at college she gained her
first experience of her present profession by
editing some Varsity papers.
No idea of devoting herself to edforshlp and
literary work seems TO have entered her mind
at rtlst time, however, for on obtaining her de-
gree OF B. A she quietly undertook the charge
OF school.
After Miss Shnn had been ''school ma'am''
for one or two years it happened that the Cali
fornian Magazine was suddenly left without an
i
thought himself of the young lady who had 50
ably edited the Varsity papers, aud Miss Shnn
was asked 10 become the temporary editor Of
the Californian.
She accepted the offer and managed the
magazine so successfully that Mr. Carmany
| decided TO persuade her to retain the position
permanently.
At That lime the old Overland had been sus-
pended. but it still etaned its rights 10 its legal
existence. Mr.. Carmany offered TO consolidate
the Overland with the Californian, on condi-
tion that Miss Shinn would remaiE as editor
She accepted be offer and the successful man
nrr in which she has edited the paper has be-
come part OF the history of the States liteTa-
ture-
Miss Shinn sometimes treats her friends to
some interesting and amusing accounts of he
experiences as an editor. She is we'll ac-
quainted with the young lady who demands to
be shown royal road TO fame as an authoress,
and who fiatly refuses to realize the necessity
| of good education beforehand. For Tins am
bilious girl, as 10 youths OF the same ilk, Miss
| Shinn invariably prescribes a dose of good
| solid study.
In the course Of the EDITORS ten years ex-
| perience this prescription has only once been
| followed and the girl who followed Il by taking
university course is ibe only one OF all the
| signing aspirants who is on The road to success
as an au lioress.
| There has been vast change in the manu-
| scripts received by Miss Shinn during the years
that she has edited the magazine, a change that
! speaks volumes for the improved education OF
| The State.
! Formerly many of the manuscripts sent in for
! pefusai were crudey iliterate Al present
| there are few that do not attain TO good Eng
! lish while bad spelling and bad punctuation
| are seldrm met with.
! Although Miss Shinn's editorials and literary
! occupations leave her no time for teaching
she still keeps up her interest IN education.
Lately she has been engaged in some scientific