The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-25
THE LADIES' PAPER.
Saturdays Edition Of The Daily Leader,
Under the Management Of the Ladies
of the Presbyterian Church,
Grand Success.

To-day is simply "blue Monday" with
us, a. We settle back into the harness
after the genuine Journalistic feast IN
Saturday evenings edition OF The DAILY
LEADER, under the management Of the
ladies Of the Presbyterian church. ! But
our pride and satisfaction 10 not vt ex-
hausted, and we expect to emily the
ladies' edition Of THE DAILY L1ADER for
q great many years to GOMEZ
First Of all, We are proud OF the dis
tlnction accorded THE DAILY LEADER
in being chosen by the ladies a. the pa
per in which to show their journalistic
ability. This choice we interpret a. ar
indication OF the high position The
DAILY LEADER occupies in this commun-
ity. We have always regarded the
maxim, keep on the good side Of the
small boy valuable one, and our ef-
forts in the future will be directed to-
warn keeping The DAILY LEADER on
the good side of the ladies. / Again, the
opportunity wal given US to show what
could be done by THE DAILY LEADER
establishment, mechanically, in produc-
ing a newspaper il developed to its full
capacity. We have an establishment
second to none other Of the kind IN the
state; but, unfortunately, we think
sometimes, for the community, it is not
run to its full capacity. 1t is needless
for US to say why this is so.
< Saturday evenings issue OF THE DAILY
LEADER was up to full standard. With
very few exceptions, every business man
in Madison was represented in its bust
ness department., and the ladies realized
more money from this source than was
ever before realized from ten consecu.
tive issues Of the paper-and we are
heartily glad of it.k
But q genuine newspaper man Ga
newspaper man at hearty does not al
ways consider bow much money he is
going to make when he begins his days
work. 1t is journalistic excellence, and
a desire to thoroughly represent the
community in which he is employed, he
is most interested in; and in this respect
the ladies are worthy Of the admiration
of everybody who read their DAILY
LEADER Saturday evening. From page
one to page eight, every article and item
was written by the ladies, and every line
of proof was read by the excellent editor
in-chief. Only the type setting and
other necessary mechanical work was
done by US superior" male mon; and We
venture to say Saturday evenings edi-
tion Of The DAIRY LEADER will not be
surpassed for q good many years to
come.
~ The historian %sharpened the appetite
Of the reader with her course of old
time "reminiscences on the first page,
and closed with sound logic and advice
in the way of town building and getting
along in the world that ought to make
the croaker keep quiet for all time. The
closing paragraphs were balm to our
soul. We have written on the same SUBJ
ject thousands OF times, and have often
put ourself in the place Of the man who
told q lie o. many times that he finally
believed it himself; but now We can be-
gin anew, firm in the belief that we
have been telling the truth all the time.
Next we turn to the editorial page, and
here we find the head OF the body, all
other departments, of course, being men,
bers thereof. Our heart is in the intro
ductory article, headed Editorial" ard
We do follow the principle to the best of
our ability; but every once in awhile q
ifty-dollar sight draft is jsbbed into us,
aud another fellow sticks a ten-dollar
brad into US, and somebody else hits us
with q twenty-dollar debt on the sore
spot made BY the ffty.dollar sight draft,
and as q matter Of fact these knocks and
jabs are calculated to make the bravest
man timid. But this was not all the
editorial page contained. The business
man could not be else than pleased with
the articles, "speak we'll Of your town."
"patronize home institutions" etc.; and
altogether the editorial page would do
credit to q town many times larger
than Madison. We carefully read the
different departments, and decide that
nothing oar be spared.
|Nqual Suffrage! lent the ladies'
DAILY LEADER q practical demonstra-
ton OF what they could do in the field of
Journalism, and OF the interest they take
in public affairs-business and other
wise? Perhaps too many Of us have
been prone to look upon this subject as
q species OF 'crankism," "blue-stockinQ-
ISM" or something Of that sort. OF
course, being q male man, we don't like
to surrender all at onceNb but when the
time does come. there ara several ladies
In Madison whom The DAILY LEADER
would be proud to name for public Of
lice, and we are free to say that we firm
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