The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-27
'PLUCKY GIRL EDITORS.
THREE SISTERS MAZE LITELF TINEe
IN a MISSOURI TOWN.

Their once HAS Beon wrecked. They Have
Ireen shot at, and Their Horse Wns Pota
uoned. but They Kept on Editing. and Have
Never Missed an issue or skipped q Cog"
From the Boston Journal.
In tho little town of Maryvillc, No. three
young women publish a daily newspaper. TheiR
names are Perl, Lulu, and Zoe Griffin. They
arc tho daughters of a newspaper man, and have
been trained to tho business from tho time they
were little girls.
They do all tho work connected with tho ptH-
LEGATION of tho paper. The eldest, Miss Pfa
Griffin. is not yet % years old. Perl writes |ae
heavy editorials, when thorc are any t9the
written, collects most OF the local news, sotcis
advertising, and collects the bills. Her lister
Zoe assists as u reporter, Keeps the b~ook5 hclps
sot type. and makes UP the forms. Mif LnlN
Griffin is the editor of the Weekly -procote'
which Is also published by these Young women
and when she has time sots type ON tFA daily On
These are the only two papers in me lniteo
States which arc managed exclusivck hy Elfhdsss
and outside OF the office, and keep ~ papers on
O paying basis In competition withionr other
bort their moth mother in good ID Stylg have a conr
Portable home, and enjoy the ceYt nSn So aha r ~
f Dsfiy & aes tns FIG e the p SSTs daily IF 9 ssrySirsSi in The
Fourth Congress district outsidt OF 81. JoselD.
The girls have hid some lsy' II, oT Sova m,n.
aged to hold their own againd he most violent
and bitter opposition and prGa1diGc: u,o. N.
type destroyed, their family horse has hce3
poisoned by enemies, and nnre sq,neooHS hreaS
attempted to kill her mother mt the same time.
The girls came un smiling, however, after cyTTy
have never missed an issue nor skipped q cog"
In 1890 the DaIy .itete'r and tho " rcEth das
rocdte wadcd, into tho local camnaisn ana mans
Democratic ticket, lid during the heat of the
somPi hssRt t1 NTH ai It Ssstsin Roman 1nSG %s'Gq II = sst,
who stirred up W most intense bitterness
against them. ndheeordin to the young We;
The ftesic,e anf Adrocdtc also made 4 vigor.
election res,iitGY in a clean and decided victory
for the young Yomen.
the Office ~ bGh papers was broken into; tho
presses ", re trokcn, racks tipped over. and the
forms on which the daily had been run ofs were
completely destroyed, nothing being left but tho
chases.
ton not to be downed. and managed 10 pick IN
enough ype that had been strcwn over the
floors to -et up three or four columns OF matter,
and the Daily Rericr was issued ON time Nom
ffbe eiris kent up their warfare on their emo.
| mics. and a month later tho office was again
wrecked. Miss Lulu Griffin worked until mid
night getting out the H'rckiy -idrocnfc. She
left the office with her mother. after locking the
door behind her. leaving everything in good
order. There were six forms Of type, on the i'm.
| I1U5lIR SlOHC, wv bCllB iuAlN Wy Va hhN
type, which was intended for a special advertis"
ing edition.
morning they found the office door wide open
I and everything gone. The wreckers did not stop
type and other materials away, and then ran a
chisel into the cylinder of the press. so that 10
The girls moved their office into another
building, scraped up a little type, and set up the
psP p c For "a \ Press sstt thsS took q oSon roller a Srf from Sood 2
box, put weights on each side, rolled II slowly
ackward and forward over the forms, and in
that way managed to print a pretty fair sort OF
newspaper. They used this sugar cane press for
several weeks until their cylinder press had been
repaired. -,
The type taken from the office on this raid
was afterward discovered by some boys at the
young women had the water purnpcd out and
recovered most OF their property; but much OF
it was in such condition that It could not be used.
One day in the following August the Griffin
sisters and their mother were ont driving in q
two-seated surrey drawn by a fayorite family
the family was much attached TO II. During the
course OF their drive they stopped 10 listen TO e
street concert. when some one in the crowd
threw acid upon the horse and tried to make 10
the barn. Thirty. minutes later the horse died
from a dose OF poison.
raiici. The young women locked the office door
at u o'clock and went home, During the night
the imposing stones. and thrown into the street.
The young women had, no trouble until the
next spring. when. April 20, an attempt was
made to assassinate the family. At y o clock in
The morning OF that day some unknown person
tearing out the whole of the upper window sash
and the bullets lodging in the ceiling. Miss
Griffin's bed was covered with broken glass and
her face was cut in several places. Almost al
the same moment "A shot was fired into another
room, where Mrs. Griffin. the mother. of The
young woman. was sleeping. but the aim was
too low and the bullets did no harm.
Before going 10 Maryville ;he Griffin girls ran
n little weekly paper ut Skidmorc, Mo. One
night, just before going TO press, the office acci-
d~rntnlly caught fire. and was totally destroyed,
together with all OF its material. Miss Perl
Griffin made "A railroad journey Of thirty miles
to n neighhoring town. got enough material To
set up her paper. returned home. and the Skid.
more Herald was on the street that evening,
only a few hours late.
The people OF Maryville have stood by these
courageous Young women in q substantial man.
ner. and have not only encouraged them by good
words but helped them financially and given
them liberal patronage.