Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-01-20
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Some Arc Ranked Among tks Nstab1ss ~
Paris--Their Work and Manners
The newspaper women Of France arc
comparatively few. They are constant
ly accused Of tctal lack Of the critical
faculty and of want of perception Of
the ridiculous. Furthermore. their ideas
on ethics and philosophy are said to BE-
'stale." Nevertheless 1t 10 true that
their contributions to magazines and pc
riodicals are impatiently awaited and
widely read, after which many Of the
masculine writer's 20 into mental con-
vulsions and tear their vocabularies In
tatters In trying to prove that these femi-
nine effusions were worse than worth
| lees.
The women who. In spite Of this, per-
sist In writing do not have sinecures.
Not long ago at celebrated criminal
trial woman journalist presented her
self at the court as the Judiciary reporter
OF leading morning newspaper In Paris.
The police are said to have been aghast
when Mime. Severine drew forth her pad
and pencil and demahasd admission TO
the press tables. The guards were some
what taken aback, and. with depiorar
BILE lack Of French chivalry, wanted to
turn her away. But, by wit or wiles Of
some sort. she gained her point and
cleared pathway for all women report
ers who shall come after her.
Mime. Edmond Adam IN another wom-
an journalist. perhaps the leading one in
Paris. She Is politician, author and
editor. She has been honored by the mu-
nicipality OF Paris In having her name
| given 10 one Of the streets Of the capital,
an honor rarely bestowed ON person
during hts lifetime. II isn't much Of q
street. to be sure. the Rue Juliette LAM
Der but 1t is young and may grow some
day. Under Napoleon Ill Mme. Adam
had 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 great
friend Of Garibaldi. At the close Of tho
Franco-P Prussian war shc Ind no one in
France TO particularly oppose, so she 80
lected Bismarck. Such phrases as these
have been attributed 10 her: Bismarck
and mer' Bismarck was TO have been
overthrown by mel' AT last the car
condescends TO follow my political viewsi''
She Ia 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-
iitical men, and the others are artists and
literary people. The dinners are usually
followed by receptions, which are at
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senators, diplomats and journalists.
There are. except on special occasions.
; few women.
} Mime. Severine is both more valiant
and more sentimental than Mime. Adam.
Seyerine. as she Is Familiarity called, il q
well known figure in Paris. She has
been nicknamed Mamzelle aavroche and
Jenny L'Ouvriere, and although sha is
much given to literary floods of tears.
she writes vigorously and well. She has
. her own particular conceptions OF good
and evil. 6everine imbibes her political
views from The Cri du Peuple The Voice
Of the People,. and Mime. Adam drinks
OF the fountain Of La Republique Fran.
caise, founded by Gambetta. Severine's
ambition IL TO secure the abolition oi
, capital punishment.
|. Mime. Yver Is curious figure In ths
i newspaper world. She frequents the
prefecture Of police, aud is remarkable
for her persistent praise of the poiics
and the justice they dispense. Good,
. in her mind, u represented by the prefeci
OF police, the detectives and the gen.
/ darmes, but never by the prisoners.
! Gyp is another woman Journalist, bal
her name--Mme. de Martel--is better
known In connection with novels on Pa
, risian high life and a. author Of few
, comedies. She Is q noted contributor
. In very light vein, to that lively publ
cation, La Vie Parisienne. Gyp Ia popu'
lar, and, besides being . writer Of great
talent. paints with success.
: Perhaps the most successful newspal
! per women in Paris are those who write
. about the thing they know best--fash
ions. But men are encroaohing some
: what upon this territory, and altogether
woman's place in French journalism 4
J not all that could be desired. New yori