The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-14

a solemn state function. he saw while
driving home somo dirty little boys
making mud pies. Mamma" said he.
please let me get down from the car
riags and make mud pies q little while,
am % tired Of being . king"
The Scranton women, 0ls.s my ssui'
Amt this o funny caperf
With tsusoled hair and pen IN air.
They're maxim Of paper.
Don't ask for stews. creams or raGouts
Mado by their fingers taper;
Unless you'M take them served with Ink.
They're maxim Of paper.
Mrs. Osgood, OF Maine. president of
the first federation Of Women's clubs,
tells that years ago when In her hus-
staff appeared, he would tell her to
run away, as her presence disturbed
them;" adding. II am happy to have
lived to see the day when women have
place in the newspaper world with
out disturbing the men,"
This millenial state Of things. though
doubtless true of the larger centers,
has not yet obtained In Scranton,
where. to most women. q newspaper
establishment is q mysterious and un-
canny place. and we have watched our
plOIleeI,S III lulS llelu thlhD blChluSoh
and Mrs. Penman) so in and out with
interest not unmixed with ave. for who
has not read Of the impatience. to use no
stronger word, of editors as a class:
how the Office would be blue with lam
guage quite unfit for Photographic i'm.
mortality, when some unlucky wight
CHANGED to incur their displeasure by
want of directness, an irrelevant
question or an ill-timed suggestion; and
yet these two women have apparent
ly bearded the lion in his den, though.
Of course, we can only conjecture how
near they get to the sanctum-sanc-
forum.
Apropos Of edltors directness. we had
terest of some enterprise. and contrary
to our expectations. were received by
the editor-in-chief, who waved us to
q seat, drew O. pad toward him, picked
up q pencil and fixed his keen, blue eyes
| upon US with come-to- the point ex-
preston which drove our little speech
entirely from our mind. and. for the
first time In our lives we felt sure we
| were going not only to stammer but
to actually stutter. Somehow. before
we had fairly begun to unfold our
| scheme, 1t had been ventilated. defined,
| put down In black and white. we were
bowed out Of the office and reached
the sidewalk trying to pull ourselves
| together ana think how Il all hap
pensd.
But tbs editor Ii not tho only bette
noir. He has Q familiar Of whom we
! were taught to speak with bated
breath. The manager Of The Tribune
did once upon a time offer to chain this
satanic parsonage IL we wished to visit
the building. but the gnashing Of teeth
10 q blood ourdling sound-a sort Of
music with which we did not wish to
burden our memory. What will be
done with him when the women, who,
by instinct and inheritance, are his
foes take possession? For they are to
be enthroned for q day: privileged to
penetrate these mysteries. open up the
gruesome places and fraternize with the
powers that be; unless. indeed. there
latter follow the examples of their
brothers Of the quill. who. under the
maddening strain Of similar expert
ence, betook themselves and their pads
to beer saloons. livery stables and other
places whore the women dare not fol-
low.
Alasi The first announcement Of the
woman's paper said: THE women OF
the city are going to issue a model pa
per, showing everybody how 1t should
be done;" thus putting us in a corner al
the outset, since before the mental
eye Of the reader arose q band Of strong
minded females with oraniums rising
to a cone at the back, chins we'll up
and mouths compressed, grim resolu.
ton and proud satisfaction in svery
line.
So. we start out by dlsclaiming any
intention Of the kind. We are not 60
ing to assume superiority. teach any
lessons or pay any grudges. No
even to answer the perennial Joke!
about mother-in-1aw, house cleaning
overdrawn bank accounts. ignorance II
regard to checks, Eve and the apple
ETC., which have so long helped to salts
fy the craze for antiquities, and abou
which we feel much as did the girl II
recent story, who. on being asked
why she allowed man to hold he
hand, replied: ut didn't hurt her ant
1t seemed to give him pleasure" Jus
here we would say, however. II anyon,
questions our knowledge Of the checl
business by sending Us a few signet
for the Young Women's Christian as
ISOLATION, we will demonstrate our abil
ity not only to endorse, but II desired
to I'LL them In with neatness and dis
} patch.
We would like to reassure our friends
placate our enemies, and most Difficult
Of all, disarm our critics. most Of WHOM
have fixed and definite ideas Of "wo
mans sphere"
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