The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-04
WOMEN AS JOURNALISTS,
Convention of the Pacific
Coast Women'S Press
Association.
An Interesting Programme at Gold
en- Gate Hall-ReceptIon and
Excursions.

1.-The broad-minded men in journalism
will not only open the gate for the en-
trance OF woman into the field, but will go
out into the lane where she is toiling and
lead her along the rough road. The men
who look askance at her and question her
ability are neither ornamental nor useful
in the profession" Mrs. Emma SeckIe
Marshall, once editor of the Los Angeles
Citizen and newspaper woman of four
teen years experience, made this state
ment at the convention of the Pacific
Coast Women's Press Association. She
made it in the course of clever paper on
Women in Journalism" and showed a
thorough familiarity with it.
At the executive session held in the
morning the business transacted was con-
fined TO the submission and adoption of
reports from various officers and commit
tees. The afternoon was devoted 10 lit
erary and musical programme.
Mrs. Ada Van Pelt, the president, gave
an address of welcome, in which she laid
great stress upon the Importance and bene-
fits of organizations composed of women.
She regarded them as the nuclei of perma-
nent good. She INDUCED in some gentle
sarcasm at the expense of 'kindhearted,
chivalrous man" and said the new woman
labeled. She thought man regarded
woman much as he did electricity in so far
as she required certain restrictions or she
might become dangerous.
Said the speaker: "Give woman a wider
track and she will run all right" She said
the new woman was quite old-fashioned
enough to love her husband and would
make better helpmeet when her horizon
was widened.
Mrs Frances Fuller Victor's paper on
''Fiction-Past and Present" was read by
Mrs. Matherson. The writer, who was
STYLED by the president ''The Historian of
the Western Slope" traced the evolution of
the novel from Old Testament times when
she said, the stories of Esther and Ruth
and Naomi represented the novel in the
bellies lettres of that age to the era of the
yellow Aster" and "Dodo." Miss Flor
ence Burney, whose works would now be
pronounced insipid, was the phone er
woman novelist, and she was rewarded by
being made the keeper OF the Queen of
Englands wardrobe.
Mrs. Ella NJ. Sexton read an original
tribute in verse to the memory of Father
Serra founder OF some of the California
missions.
Mrs Elizabeth Dohrman gave an enter
tanning reading in negro dialect-"Stock-
toms Dusky Philosophy"
Charles A. Murdoch was introduced by
Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper as an Ideal man."
and read review of what he considered
the greatest books of the year, for he did
not regard any of the literary productions
of the past twelve months as great, hence
the title "Great Books of the Year. was a
missioner. He gave brief survey of re-
cent biographical, historical, religious,
political economic works, and dwelt at
some length upon latest works of fiction.
The paper was scholarly and entertaining.
There will be business meeting at 10
A. NJ. and literary programme at P NJ.
to-day at Golden Gate Commandery Hall.
There will be reception at the Occidental
Hotel this evening. The association will
go to Belvedere tomorrow, leaving at II
A. NJ. On Friday its members will be the
guests of Colonel Forsyth on the Govern
ment steamer Mcdowell for trip around
the bay. The steamer will leave at $50
A. NJ. AT the same hour on the following
day the association will leave for an outing
at Mill Valley.
The election of officers will take place at
this mornings session.