The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-25
NEWSPAPER QUEENS
SOCIETY LADIES TAKE CHARGE OF
THE SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER .
They Get Out the CAriafmas Issue-
Mrs. #. NJ. P.xlcy vyRs Managing
Editor.Mrs. Q. A. spreciSeIs Second
in Command.

San Francisco, Dec. 24-Thfs city was
on Its good behavior today in honor OF
the society ladies who are getting out
the Christmas Examiner There were no
big fires, murders, shipwreeks or other
casualties calitng for unusual exertions
to secure the news
Mr.. w. R. Hearst, in order to aid the
women of San Francisco to establish and
maintain a ward for incurables at the
Children's lhosrital. has turned his entire
newspaper plant over to the society wo-
men OF San Francisco, and has given
them carte blanche to run the paper for
one day, as they please. The Examiner s
regular staff of men was given a vaca-
ton today, and in their places yorng,
ted Society buds did, the water front,
police, the city hall, the courts, the races,
and every other detail that falls to the
lot of an ordinary reporter. besides work
ing up special stories. There were 50
many applications for the various posi-
lions, that two young women were sent
out on each assignment. For the ro1g hsr
sort of work, such as the water 'front.'
technical knowledge, male escorts were
provided for the young ladies. The new
reportortal staff of the Examiner was re-
.ceived everywhere with mingled polite
entered into the work with great entllus-
iasm and their main object in NE seemsd
to be to scoop" the other newspapers in
town.
Mrs. F. NJ. Pixley, did not appear at the
Office until / O'Clock. and the telegraph
editor, Mrs. W. H. Mills, with her as
sistants, Mrs. Judge Sack and Miss
duty early. The city editor, however,
Mrs. J. Downey Harvey, was one Of the
first arrivals, and her assistant. Mss
Emily Hager, was also early at the scene
of duty.
Reporters were not the only members
of the staff who were sent out. In the
art room Mrs. John F. Merrill. the chief
in charge, with Miss Williamson and
of her assistants. dispatched no less than
eight members of her staff in various d.
rectious in quest of pictures.
In other departments those in charge
were equally busy. Mrs. C. A. Spreckeis
had the. post OF second in command. or
news editor, her only official superior be
ing Mrs. F. M. PiXley, the managing edi-
tor. Mrs. George Lent was the society
t1ards of Mrs. Francis Noble. Mrs. Ra-
rrfe Schwerin and Miss Laura MeRins-
try.
At the copy readers desk sat Mrs. DR..
ever specimens of penmanship might
come her way and the dramatic editor
was Mrs Geraldine Bonner.
Among the members of Mrs Harvey
stan OF reporters WIRE MSS INesIle ~
life, Mrs. Tobin, Mrs. w S. barnes
Miss Julia Croker, Miss Kate Clement
Mrs. E. B. Dimona, Miss Minnie Hougn-
ton, Miss Kenna and others.
At the business Office Of the paper the
ladies were also in charge and accord
ing to report made records which the
regular clerks and attaches will find II
rather inconvenient TO compete with.
The entire proceeds from the Xmas IS
sue of the Examiner, Including advertse-
rnen'ts, papers sold and everything, will
be turned over to the Children's hospital
It is estimated that this edition of the
Examiner will net the hosrftal between
five and six thousand dollars.