The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-09-23
FRENCH WOMEN JOURNALISTS.

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~Psris-Their Work and
The newspaper women OF France are
comparatively few. They are constant
~ accused Of q total lack OF b critical
faculty and Of Q 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
radicals are impatiently awaited and
widely read, after which many OF the
masculine writers 60 into mental con-
WILSON'S and tear their vocabularias IN
tatters in trying to prove that these fe;ni-
nine effusions were worse b worth
less.
The women who. in spite of this, per-
sist in writing do not have sinecures.
Not long at q celebrated criminal
trial a woman journalist presented her.
self at the court as the Judiciary reporter
Of a leading morning newspaper in Paris
The police are said to have been aStiast
when Nine. Severine drew forth her pad
and pencil and demanded admission to
the press tables. The guards were some
what taken aback, and, with a deplora-
BILE lack of French chivalry, wanted to
turn her away. But, by wit or wiles Of
some sort, she gained her point and
cleared a pathway for all women report
ers who shall come after her.
Nine. Edmond Adam is another
an journalist, perhaps the leading one i II
Paris. She is a 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 a person
during his lifetime. 1t isn't much of a
street, to be sure, the Rue Juliette Lam
Der but it is young and may grow some
day. Under Napoleon III Nine. Adam
had a salon in opposition to the imperial
government, and there she reigned. She
was young and handsome then. with soft,
pretty hair and bright blue eyes. She
was an intense republican and a great
friend Of Garibaldi. At the close OF the
Franco-Prussian wal she had no n in
France to particularly oppose, SO she Sc
lected Bismarck. Such phrases as these
nave been attributed to her: Bismarck
and mel" Bismarck was to have been
overthrown hV met AT last the czar
condescends to follow my political views"
She is a good speaker and can talk on al
most any subject. Her dinners are de-
cidedly interesting. One-fourth Of her
guests are usually officers of the French
army, another fourth is composed OF po-
litical men. and the others are artists and
literary people. The dinners are usually
followed by receptions, which are at
tended by cabinet ministers, deputies.
senator's. diplomats and journalists.
There are. except on special occasions.
Few women.
Mue. Severine is both more valiant
and more sentimental than Nine. Adam.
Severine, as she is familiarly called, is a
well known figure in Paris. She has
Deer nicknamed Mamzelle Gavroche aud
Jenny L'Ouvriere, and although she is
much given to literary floods Of tears.
she writes vigorously and well. She las
her own particular conceptions OF good
and evil. Severine imbibes her political
views from The Cri du Peuple The Voice
Of the People,, and Nine. Adam drinks
of the fountain of La Republique Fran.
caise, founded by Gamberta. Severine's
ambition is to secure the abolition oi
capital punishment.
Nine. Yver is a curious figure i'll th'
newspaper world. She frequents til.
prefecture Of police, aud is remarkabl,
for her persistent praise Of the police
and the justice they dispense. Good
in her mind, is represented by the project
Of police, the detectives aud the gel.
darmes, but never by the prisoners.
Gyp is another woman journalist, bdI
her name-Mme. de Martel-is bt.e,
known in connection with novels on Pa.
risian high life aud as author Of q few
comedies. She is a noted contributor
in a very light vein, to that lively publ
cation, La Vie Parisienne. Gyp is popu
lar, and, besides being . writer Of grea1
talent, paints with success.
Perhaps the most successful newspa
per women in Paris are those who writt
about tine thing they know best-tash
ions. But men are ~encroaching DIN
what upon this territory, and altogethe.
woman's place in French journalism i
not all that could be desired.--Sew Sori
Sun.