The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1901-08-25

1t is well pleasing to note the increas-
! ing number Of women going into news
paper work in the smaller cities of the
! Union. The daily papers in many Of
these smaller cities have really more
genuine originality and scope than the
great, many blanketed sheets, for all
their fuss and feathers. On the jour-
nal OF the small inland city there Is
! more Americanism of sentiment, con-
sequently less prejudice against wo-
mems occupying responsible places,
than can be found in centers like New
York and Chicago. Aspiring young
women begin to find this out, and are
knocking at the door of Journalism In
towns where it will be opened to them.
1t is pleasing, too, to note that many
Of these young women are college grad
yates, trained to write good English
and to use their brains to think. To
those who serve their apprenticeship
faithfully in the country towns, If later
they desire to hazard their fortunes in
one Of the great cities, the way will
open. Portraits and sketches Of the
Misses Louise and Georgia BoyntOn.
respectively editor in chief and busi-
ness manager of a paper in Perth Am
boy, N. j., have been widely published.
The young ladies are both Vassar grad
yates. The paper was a weekly when
they bought it. They changed it into
q successful daily. In Titusville, Pa,
a young lady-Miss Mary Lee-is city
editor of a daily paper. She first duly
worked her time as a general reporter,
which is the natural road to newspaper
promotion. Miss Lee watches every
item Of her local department till the
paper goes to press at 2 in the morning.
Many time 1t is necessary for her to
go out at night and get hurried news
story, which the nervy. brainy young
woman does without the least hesita-
ton and in perfect security.
A summer woods camp for girls has
been suggested, where they may live in
freedom and enjoy physical sports at
will Yes, but they will have a lot
more fun to take fathers and brothers
along-their own brothers, also some
other girls brothers.
The woman who tolls like a slave
and obeys like a slave will be rewarded
like a slave.
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A queer thing happened lately at
Atlantic City. Miss Elsie Bernard, a
strong and expert swimmer, was in the
water OF the pier. She was perform
ing various water exploits, in one of
which she threw up her hands. The life
saver. who Is always present to watch
the swimmers, thought this motion of
Miss Bernard was a signal for help.
He snatched a bWoy, and threw It to-
ward her with such force that be threw
himself along with 1t, and down he
went into the sea, head first. He
struck so hard that he was stunned
and sank instantly. As quickly Miss
Bernard, the magnificent girl swim
mer, dived after him. She did not 4
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dived again. The second time she
reached him, grasped him powerfully 4
and brought him to the surface. There /
others relieved her Of her burden and I
quickly restored the half drowned man.
Thus a girl swimmer saved the life
saver.
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The acting secretary Of the Boston
Democratic committee is a woman,
Miss Mary Meyer. She has been en-
ployed in the Democratic headquarters
13 years and knows more Of the details
of the Office than any man does. In
election times she has worked 48 hours
without stopping. Yet probably not
more than one in ten of all the men
who know of her capability would be
willing she should vote.
New York state and Norway are
abreast Of each other In their stage of
development on the woman question.
Each gives suffrage to property owning
women on propositions to raise money
Elizabeth R. Hoy is examiner in
Latin for the New York board of state
She was appointed to her
place through the state civil service
Women, live outdoors all you can;
get all the physical health and strength
you can. Your brains and character
'orce will develop In proportion, and
7ou viii be surprised at what you
AN do.
Mrs. Blank was a sweet, womanly,
little woman. who made lace and en-
studied the fashion of her
towns, adored her husband and leaned
lpon him and twined around him quite
n the manner the novelists paint. OF
Ter husbands real life, of his business
Iffairs. she knew no more than a blind
Iitten. The husband died suddenly. |
His gentle, childish wife is being |
obbed right and left and losing, as {
asst as time can trot, the money that I
ught to support her abundantly, all {
through being a sweet, ideal. leaning
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