The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-11
SCRANTON W0MEH'S PAPER
Will Be Issued In This City on
May II.
NAN TO BE LEFT OUT or IT
To he Q Gigantic Issue aud VIII BE Gre.
ated Exclusively BY tho Gentler
Scx-Editorial and Other
Staffs Seiec ected.

A number of Scranton's best known
women have completed arrangements
for issuing on May IA a mammoth
newspaper. which. in its circulating,
business. editorial. news and other de-
partments. will be solely the work OF
women. 1t will consist of from "a to 30
pages, and the proceeds from It's sales
and advertising will be made the
nucleus of building fund for the
Young Women's Christian association.
The mechanical work will be done by
The Tribune. but otherwise the paper
will he wholly the business and liter
airy product of the women.
1t might be inferred from casual
thought that the scheme is purely an
advertisement. Such a view would be
incorrect, as the issue IL to be every
thing implied by the word ''newspa-
per-" Editorial and news staffs have
been organized; circulation, business
and advertising heads selected; special
topics assigned a corps Of writer's, and
all the preliminary arrangements made
for issuing the paper. 1t Is proposed
to circulate 10000 copies, and for such
a gigantic issue the advertising corps
anticipate little trouble in securing the
best grade Of advertisements at much
higher rates than are usually paid the
ordinary ually paper.
TITLE OF THE PAPER.
"Our Women's Newspaper, Scranton,
Pa" has been selected for a title. The
enterprise will be under the general
direction Of the Following executive
COMMITTEES: Mrs. II. NJ. Boies. Mrs. X.
Q. Powell, Mrs. c. ID. Simpson, Mrs.
f.. N. Willard. Mrs. ]. A. Price, Mrs.
William Conneli and Mrs. +. II. Ripple.
The editorial staff will consist
OF Miss Susan f. Dickinson.
Mrs c. L. Penman, Mrs. w.
ID. Kennedy. Mrs. II. j. Carr and
Mrs. L. NJ. Gates, who will have their
staffs of associate editors and report
ers. Miss Dickinson will be editor-in-
chief. and Mrs. Penman will have
charge of the local and telegraph work.
Mrs. I. r. Everhart, Mrs. ]. l.. Stelle
and Mrs. William Matthews are the
advertising managers.
The following will arrange for the
papers circulation: Mrs. Josephine
Koons, Mrs. l.. A. Watres, Mrs. Lem
uel Amerman and Mrs. l.. r. Stelle
Some of the special departments and
their writer's are as follows: Literary,
Mrs. Il. ]. Matthew's: historical, Miss
Kate Winton: religious. Miss S. c.
Krigbaum: philanthropy. Mrs. G.. ID.
Simpson and Mrs. f. l.. Fuller: music,
Mrs. G. Dubois Dimmick; art, Miss
Leah Heath; education, Misses Josie
Lees, Anna Chase and Nellie Sander
son: children's page, Miss Boardman;
tourists, Mrs. Buell.. In addition. there
will be athletic. household, Industrial
and other departments usually found
in the modern daily.
In creating the paper it will be made
what is suggested by its title: 1t will
be a paper for women as we'll as by
women. The reading matter and edi-
torials will be written with the object
of interesting women only. This will
be better understood by the following
list of some of the proposed features
of the paper:
SOME OF THE ARTICLES.
An article on library work by Mrs.
Carr. some unpublished poems by
''Stella of Lackawanna," fun reports
of what the women are doing in the
church and of all the philanthropies
and charities, spicy news OF society and
life in the city generally, favorite
recipes, the latest things in household
decoration. symposium on colleges
which Scranton girls attend, some ar
ticles Of historical value on the first
women of the city and Scranton's early
churches and schools, letters from
abroad by well-known Scranton wo-
men, Miss Stella Seymour, Mrs. Nc
Cartney (sister of Mrs. Moffatt.) Mrs.
Buell. and others: musical matters.
written by the city's lady teachers and
singers; bright children's page, fic-
ton, written by popular women au-
thors; physical culture and hygiene, by
lady physicians and teachers in gym
nasiums: industries for women.