New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-06
NEWSpAPER YORK FOR WOMEN.

MRS WEIGH DISCUSSES ITS HEALTHFULNEss
BEFORE THE SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
Saratoga Springs n. ". Sept 3 (Speciao.-The
American Social Science Association met to-day as
a Department Of Health One OF the most IN
teresting of the many able papers read was by
Mrs Margaret H. WEIGH Of New-York. sister OF
ex-District- Attorney T. f. Hamilton. Of Saratoga
Springs The title Of 1t was rs Newspaper WORK
q Healthfu Occupation for Women!
Mrs Welch said that occupation FOR women
newspaper work no longer an EXPERIMENT.
Woman in newspaper work however. so iar as
her physical capacity 10 endure IL Is cohcefHeu,
was still enc TO a considerable extent. she couiu
recall with two minutes thinking a dozen newspa-
per women who were struggling with some io'"'
Of nervous exhaustion directly consequent upo"
their newspaper duties. She coud thlhh ol io"'
or five more who are out of that and all WORK.
completely broken down, with the story Oh 'H''
recovery uncertain and two other women "hoh
she had known. bright. gracious, lovely lay III u''
timely graves because Of their iapor III he"sp"p'
offices With these In mind the reply quickly SUE
gested itself that the work was not hea''Hiu' '"'
killing. .
ness tho recollection Of a dozen other women OF
the craft who in perfect health ana cviuenuy
at no odds with their occupation Mrs neu.o.
Harding Davis Mrs. Lucia X RunKie Mrs' MAJ
garet Sullivan in full physical visor alter over
twenty-fve years of newspaper work; MISS N'u!
Morgan died at the end OF long ana spiehi'u
newspaper career. but not. that Mrs. Weich hau
ever hsard, because of 1t. and there was d ione i
of other women who were In unimpa'teu "e''"
with ten and fifteen years service III he"Sp"p
offices 10 their credit. When these facts prese""
themselves, the first opinion was re'ei'V'' W
came a decided yes"
Mrs Welch said that there were PAGES i" ''e
newspaper world that were well WITHIN the pr! s'.'
resources of any woman In normal health. Hpeo'a
critical work that could be done with some degree
ing weekly work-these were not wearing OF 'hoi"-
selves Women who filed them however, 100 often
united with them a difficult home NE; the care Vi
children or OF the sick: the need for an apso'oi"s
economy or perhaps n busy social or ph'ai''i'op'o
exstence-some necessary or assumed STRAIN upon
time and energy that permitted scant leisure io'
rest and kept life at continuous high tension ""e"
these women went under as they oi'eh "''' "e'
newspaper work miseadlngiy pronounced '"e
only cause for It, ~
The inability to endure such complex pressure
was not a significant confession OF sex-weah.iess
She said that men did not always stand the STRAIN
Of carving domestic cares down 10 'he o'n'e anu
business worries back TO the nome again "i'"ou'
giving way. over and over again II was saiu Vi
man who died suddenly went insane that ne had
trouhles outside his business which precpi-
tated his downfall and the reason was accepted as
good and sufficient. That men, however heId 1ut
tboyght " Mrs WEIGH to the fac, that the business
instinct was sort OF a Win their influence
to create in men a natural GraV'auoh 'o""iu ou''
's The regular work done at desk with the rest
of the staff and subject to the conditions OF PHI
newspaper office was often. almost usually d9he AT
serious cost TO woman's health me stup,u vi
ambitious woman might not he wrecked but IN pro,
portion as woman had the quick RESPONSIVENESS
and the energy that made the sueceSsin ,n
succumb. This should not be 50. In some respects
work was eH k1eW ses of cor could she
mand fair salary while learning tns wern ir
regular. indeed but they are, apt to be regularly
Irregular and 1t was not difficult to ADJUST on
TO- work was never monotonous however. feat
ure that should make it especially accep'ao'e 10
Two serious handicaps of woman's own making making
improper dressing ana ,, ny Tor
the opportunities that were before mem. As ~
the future of this work for ana wa no
future promising in the way Of S SEGA ana
adyentIresses in the profession had made 1t lttie
difflcult Just now for the good average ne%spatsi
,ntroSnction Of every cultured lady into the ranks
raised the level. and dignity and appreciation fo'-
Of me cSa4msn 0R Rs saSe
say PTs were also reaR BY 5Snn
" W1 Hommuncabe Diseases" and by DR. Granger
Of Br9nxyle on he s1 Of Exacs IN 'T Dleas
Heredity was the subject en Of an pTofess6S
BY DR. nk Pe'e OF Cornell TnS nve fyf&nS made
=, nov, ON the present aspect OF the silver prob
lem The following officers were elected to1n pTT 1s,
Sscanresident II l.. Wayand. Of Philadelphia;
vice-presidents Francis Wayland OF New Haven
Daniel G Gilman Of Baltimore; William ! Har,,
ris "a rroll D. Wright Mrs Caroline H. Dali. and
John Eaton Of Washington; Mrs John r. Lodge
" " bike Of Auburndae; Charles PEABODY DOT,
man u Eaton Henry Willard and n. folDrooK
r man ~ %ew"York; Henry Il. Baker Of Lansing.
and Holland Of St Louis general secr xnsGn
Tpneins Stokes of New-York. Eugene smith; OF
NewtYork was elected member OF the I;2ard ot
ithaca and Homer Foulke of New-fork' was SUD-
stituted for W. d. Foulke,