The age-herald., 1901-08-25
How They Forge to the Front in Eastern and Northern Cities
]. HE WOMEN ON HOME PAPERS
Work of Mrs. j. M. dc Gates of Mont gomery Stands Out as an Ex. ample-Recent Articles On
 Types of Women"
BY ANNIE KENoRlck WALKER.

BY ANNIE kENDRick WALKER.
 It Is frequently said that the brightest newspaper men on the New York press ton on southern papers, and that this statement applies to the young Southern woman engaged in newspaper and lit- srary work In the North.
 ''IIe Is from the South. you know" or ..she is a Southern girl" is so frequently heard when the successful newspaper man or woman in New York Is discussed, and one begins to think that while the Northern and Eastern journals include so many of the south's brightest repre- sentatives that the Southern press might suffer In consequence.
 The successful career of the Southern A woman who pursues her literary work at the North never fails to excite admira- { tlon when the keen competition is con sldeTed and other conditions that cony front her in her desire for recognition, and she is regarded as nothing short of a heroine when she establishes herself at all firmly in the literary set of Gotham. Her Southern sister. who is equally am-
 
 to establish a place for herself in what ever line of literary work she has under taken, joins in the enthusiastic admira- tion expressed for the successful South ern woman in the North" and is apt to overlook the fact that she is herself fre- quently entitled to an equal degree of ad- miraton.
 It may be due to her own attitude in her generous recognition of the success J of her Southern sister in the North, that her own work and efforts are not more prominently brought forward But 1t is certain, that while she meets with appre- ciation and her success is a matter of pride to her friends, still there is an ab- sence of the halo that seems to surround the successful Southern woman whose fame is made in the North.
 I do not think 1t is the case of a prophet Is withous honor save in his own country for the Southern woman with talent and ambition Is fully appre- ciated without going North and she re- ceives every encouragement that is need ed to stimulate her in her work. But in the South her success seems to be aken more matter of course, and 1t Is gen. erally believed that in her work in the South she Is allowed more privileges and wider margin and is less handicapped >than Is the Southern woman in New York.
 The young newspaper woman. particu- Iarly who Is employed on a Southern pa per. Is believed to enjoy wide latitude and that she works according to her moods. If at any time she prefers hol iday to several hours at her desk it is supposed by many that she feels no compunction in taking it. and surprise Is frequently expressed that she Is at all ia 1far xxyfth ba dfqPi pi fpa n of the newspaper which she 'honors' by occasionally sending In copy"
 That she is a clever writer and retains her position by virtue of good work are matters sometimes passed oyer,, because she is in the hands of her friends, so to speak. and they see her in the same en7 vironment in which she has always lived. They seldom consider that no matter how charming her home environments may be, that they do not bear any rela- tion in the discipline of a newspaper of- flee when really the young woman who is conscientiously at work and Is ambi- fious to really accomplish something in newspaper work has no other desire but to be amenable to it's strict discipline. And while this Is not SIS severe as that governing the newspaper offices In New York and there is marked absence from that keen spirit of rivalry and fearful competition that we know characterizes the New York press. sdH to the southern woman on the Southern press there is a discipline severe enough and a competi- ton sufficiently keen to test her powers of endurance and to develop her capa- bilities for newspaper work. She may be s5isased with idyllic surroundings in her home. and the knowledge that she has a haven to which she turns when the daT,s work is ended strengthens her ca pacsay for work, but as far as her real rork Is concerned and the discipline she must undergo, she Is dependent upon her own resources and must be capable of tfinking and acting for herself. It is here where she has no advantage over the Southern newspaper woman in New York. The environment necessarily diff fers. but the newspaper of the South of- fers sufficient opportunity to prove what Southern women can accomplish In this field of work And where a Southern wo- man is notably successful and establishes