Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-29

tAll lleInS OF Social interest Will bc 6inNhA1
noted in these columns II sent to Mrs.
George G. Ball, Nineteenth street, between
Tenth and Eleventh avenues. South High
lands. Telephone 9SS)
In all parts of Christendom today palm
branches are waving and hozannas are
sung to Him who centuries ago rode in
triumph through the streets of Jerusa-
lem! Once again Is heard the cry that
rang out above the noise and din of the
multitude, BLESSED be the king that
cometh in the name of the Lord: Peace
in heaven and glory in the highest"
While the king, far back in the long gone
ages, rode upon a colt, "whereon never
man had sat-" scribes and Pharisees,
publieans and sinners, heard the shouts
of joy which proclaimed his royalty, and
for one brief day they saw men honor
and glorify Him. For SO years the Christ
had lived his humble life amid the hills
and valleys of Judea, and had taught the
simple truths of His divine gospel upon
the sea of Gallilee and beside the placid
waters of Palestines lakes, He went in
and out among the people day by day,
his life an ever present sermon. But to-
day, on this Palm Sunday, He is king!
Men cast their garments down before
Him and wave green branches in the
great procession which follows where He
leads. But where does He lead? Is it
up to farther heights of earthly glory?
To throne of pomp and power? VIII
He reward His followers with places and
influence and raise them to official sta
ton when He establishes a temporal
kingdom? MOI ere the shades of night
creep over the verdant hillsides of Pales-
tine, ere the shadows cover the valleys
and plains, ere the waves of the lakes
sweetly sleep beneath the twinkling stars
and the rays of the full moon make sill
yer paths on Tiberius' sea the voices
which shouted the cry of triumph will be
hushed; the palm branches will be with
cred; the colt returned to his master, and
our Lord, well nigh alone, will go for
ward to meet His doom. He will abide
tonight in the Mount of Olives, while the
multitude which did Him honor for
few short hours calmly sleep in Jeru-
salem. The Scribes and Pharisees will
again plot against His life and will win
to their service the avaricious Judas.
Jesus begins His march today to Calvary,
upon the summit of which He will die On
Good Friday an ignominous death. All
the Christian world will be with Him
through the darkness and gloom of this
holy week and with Him will enter upon
the glory and brightness of the Easter
tide!
Every woman who Is addicted to news
paper reading naturally turns to the
Womans department of every journal.
And everyone who does this must be I'M
pressed with the difference which exists
between THESE departments OtHCl
portions of the papers. This difference
is not by any means in favor of the aver
age woman's department, sad to relate.
The majority of the matter presented
for the edfication of women by women
is distressingly inferior to that prepared
by men for men Now, what causes this?
Is 1t because the women in charge of wo-
mems columns are inferior, or do they
reckon their readers as such? Certainly
the latter explanation would be grave
H., into
who are constant newspaper readers. 1t
is this condition, this miserably weak ag-
gregation of much diluted opinions and
topics in columns devoted to FEMININE
interests, that have brought this portion
of a newspaper into ridicule and disre-
pute with most men and many brainy wo-
men, The average woman's page has
tendency towards the sugar plums and
bon-bons of literature Cd, and they are
very apt to produce violent attacks or
mental dyspepsia with us all Men have
fallen into the habit of not reading what
women write, because they expect them
to write nothing worth the reading. 1t
is time for an alteration of this matter.
OF course it will be yet many years be-
fore men realize that many women THINK
and express themselves with tongue ana
pen as satisfactorily, as clearly and as
forcefully as the majority OF the sterner
sex Allowances must be made for TINS
form of ignorance and / am tempted to
believe it is perhaps largely due to ocea-
sonal glimpses of woman's columns. IL
is time for the departments devoted
to the needs and interests OF women 10
be edited with the same intelhgent COM
prehension of the questions of the day
as any other part of daily journal.
The women of today are active, progress
sive human beings, many of them prainy
and brilliant, and their minds desire
stronger food than long EDITORIALS on pI-
cycle riding and imported gowns. Now
both of these things, bicycles and gowns,
are very well in their way and are not TO
be despised or overlooked but certain II
is that women are demanding more OF
women than columns of stuff about them,
when the world is teeming with questions
that knock at the door of every man ana
woman's intelligence. one reason tnat
women are not advancing more rapidly
in journalism is that the standard OF wo-
mans work has been SO low. Men expect
nothing from us but frothy contributions,
without substaneS and with only tran
sient, unsatisfying beauty. Men expect
from us the flowers of rhetoric, but
none of the strong, wholesome Irult' tne
eating of which gives renewed force ana
Increased mental strength. The women
of today are equal to the questions OF
today, and there is no reason that the
department of a newspaper edited by
woman should be the unsatisfying thing
that it lis in so many cases.
This recent editorial from the Atlanta
Constitution Is very encouraging TO
women with newspaper tendencies.
"The Constitution is glad to see the an
nouncement that the LAGRANGE Repor-
ter, one of the ablest and best OF the
Georgia weekly newspapers. will be con-
tinued under the personal management
of Mrs. Eleanor Galloway, the widow of
the late proprietor.
ut is becoming quite popular for ladies
to hold the business management OF
newspaper property. notable example
of the successful management of Geor-
gia newspaper is that furnished by Mrs,
Marie Louise Myrick. The Americas
Times Recorder, under her management.
keeps pace with the most advanced
newspapers of the state and there is no
doubt that, under charge pf Mrs. Gallo
way the LAGRANGE Reporter will obtain
a position even in advance of that 1t has
always occupied. Another newspaper
conducted by woman is the Rome Geor-
gian. whose efficient head is Mrs. Beulah
s. Moseley
Journalism is work especially adapt
ed to women and their participation in
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