Morning journal and courier., 1894-03-17

cooking and fancy work, or to emancips l ton and Ibsenism. But hsve we just such paper in the United States, that is, one conducted entirely by womena Last month an experimental edition of the Bos | ton Post was issued, produced entirely by the work of women, and 1t was spoken of a the first paper known to have been so produced. Editors, reporters, corres- pondents, special writers, all were womer, and the big sheet of thirty-tw0 pages was an unqualified suc- cess. It made It's appearance on time, and from elsaders" to ''scars heads," all was complete, accurate and attractive. A much more elsborats piece of work 1t was, and probably of much more literary value thsn the little Egyptian journal, but, after all, it cannot claim to bs f'ths first known papsr produced entirely by women." But 1t has certainly emphasized the place women have gained in journalism, and demonstrated the fact that women have SO far possessed themselves of the field of newspaper work as to be able to fur nish from their number the full equip ment of the editorial force of a great daily paper. "This," az says tbe Commonwealth, ''means more than the ability to write prettily or well, to tell a story accurately, to describe 8 bonnet, or take down the a1kACb OA SuSbt6 dt n WcuulDk. lb mSauo that these women have trained themeelves to know what news is, to get news, to dis criminate as to its relative value, to pre- sent it in accurate and attractive form, and to maintain the balance and perspective essential to newspaper. It means that the women who have taken journalism as an occupation have acquired the knowl- edge of it's technical details. and have also gained the breadth of view and the sll- roundness, without which journal is @ failure"
 These women journalists were courteous, too. Inasmuch as most mems papers de- vote a column, or several columns, or even whole page, to matters supposed to be of special interest to womankind, 90 they gave @ page, and a very sensible one it was, to men in general, and to brother journalists in particular. Mrs. Worswick, the msnag- ing editor of that issue of the Post, be- ieves, however, that the same human in- terests are common to both men and wo- men, and that Ca segregated newspaper is not the ideal of this age when men and women labor together" She is entirely right, and segregation, if 1t amounted to anything, would be very objectionable, but no intelligent weman confines her reading to"the woman's page" although when 1t is not 8 mere tumble of society and dramatic notes, fashion and frippiness, she may find very much that is helpful and in- spiring there. The whole newspaper is for her as much as for her broth CT, and, like him, she selects the topics that interest her most and reads those wherever she finds them. The ideal woman's column, bringing together items from all over the world concerning the achievements of women, in any line of en- deavor, with helpful hints as to practical Ixs- -h- .1~ ture and art and education, and all else that's witty and wise, would be @ valuable feature of the most important journals, and would furnish reading not e bit too good even for men. And 1t would be no more segregated than the tslegraphic news is from local news, or editorials from sdver- tisementss
 hERITED RKBUKE.
 Mir. Davies, the English tenor who so charmed a New Haven audience on his first appearance in America, placed a num- bsr of people who occupied orchestra chairs at the Gounod society's matinee forever in his debt.
 Two people, who had with very bad taste selected that time and place for conversa- tion on general topics, were the cause of much annoyance to their neighbors. Their voices made sibilant accompaniment to the choruses, and when the solos, with their solemn and sacred words, were being rendered, their inharmonious tones be- came distinctly audible.
 The tenor, like every ore else in the vi- cinity, was disturbed. He looked sharply at the offenders with an expression that plainly asked, "Are these American man. ners" and again with e glance that plead ed, "Ob, for pity's sake, do keep stilll" At last, his patience quite exhausted, while the bssso was rendering one of his finest numbers, he uttered clearly though softly, Sh .h-h-h-hl"
 It svailed, and thereafter the silence was golden. The rebuks may have been morti- flying to the delinquents, but twenty people or more were delighted and in their hearts applauded him. But alasi that he should have been obliged to use such language to any one, or two, in a New Haven audience.
 HILARY.