The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-07-21

by individuals and clubs, one can form
no estimate, for one keeps hearing of
something new every time she speaks to
any one, and these details, as well as
those on the programmes, are being ig-
nored very generally by the press.
81 Ignored by the Press.
In fact. on the whole the council can
scarcely be said to be receiving much
attention from the press. Two or three
important newspapers are giving good
reports, but OH the very condensed order.
unless they were publishing blanket
sheets they could scarcely do much more,
for to attempt to tell anything about the
papers would be like trying to dip up
the Atlantic ocean with tablespoon.
The programmes in the aggregate have
been cleverly likened by an American
woman to u niagara of talk" and even
We!l-seasoned convention reporter
would hesitate to attempt to stem it even
III the effort to rescue some precious bit,
and they have not been few.
The matter of languages Is one of the
most interesting. in connection with, the
programmes: The exercises, it was an
nounced in planning for the programmes,
would be restricted to English and
French. The representation of the leu
tonic and Scandinavian-sp speaking peoples
is large, but of all that group whom l
have heard, not one spoke French nor
spoke English badly and not one French
woman whom [ have heard spoke Eng
llsh at all; The one exception to the
have spoken English was a Russian
woman. In making this statement l
have f12 left out of consideration Madame
Shen, the Chinese woman, who speaks
through an interpreter. The interesting
part of this bi-lingual affair is that it
seems to cause no Inconvenience, for, If
one may. judge by the faces and ap-
plause, the points of the French dis
courses are lost upon but few and when
audience would listen to an abstract re-
peated in English there has invariably
been an emphatic NO.
The long-drdwii-oht programme of
Tuesday evening that caused so much
annoyance has not been initiated and the
conduct of the sectional meeting has been
admirable In that respect. The chair
man and stewards have evidently been
given very strict instructions about hold
ing to- the time strictly and the bell has
rung inexorably on the second. Few
have tried to take any latitude and the
audiences, though often much interested
and evidently anxious to hear the con-
clusion, have not turned down their
thumbs for an extension, except one
case that l have seen. The Journalists
meeting in the professional section was
one of the most popular so far, and by
misrepresentation Mrs. Ida Hustled Har-
per had prepared for fifteen-minute pa
per instead of the assigned. ten, but
brought it to a close at the proper time,
although at most interesting point.
She was called back by persistent APP
plause and asked to 60 on. After a
bright, practical discussion of the train
ing and qualifications demanded for the
profession she discussed wages some
what, but went on to say that the con-
sideration which should outweigh all
opportunity of helping other women, and
she earnestly entreated all who had
ever so small a part in journalistic work
to remember that their motto should be
"Noblesse oblige" and that this was es-
pecially due to the women who as pio-
neers and perhaps fanatics had broken
down the barriers which makes lucrative
and pleasant positions of trust. RESPONSE
bility and opportunity, possible to, the
young women of today. This principle
will not only make a good newspaper
woman, but a broad, helpful and honora-
BILE woman in the other relations of life.
Americans Take Houors.
: The American women certainly car
ilcu oA luc AOuUiS VI ILLS JOURNALISTIC
meeting in the speeches of Mrs. Harper
and Mrs. Cynthia Westover Alden of the
New York Tribune, who spoke on the OPP
portunities afforded by the profession.
and she gave d round. unvarnished tale
Of it's advantages and disadvantages, and
agreed with, Mrs. Harper that its finan-
cial rewards were not the only ones to be
considered. Mrs. Willoughby Cumming
Of the. Toronto Globe spoke for the. Cana
dian women, and paper written BY
Frau Lima Morganstern, the noted re-
former and woman editor OF Germany,
was read. Holland, Russia, Great Brit
ain and france were also heard from.
The prof essional section Is very popu-
lar and the meeting on the 1rana on on