Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-05-24
DAILY PAPER RUN BY WOMEN.
La Fronde Has Become an Influence
In the French Capital.

for showing off their good clothes,
there is not one in ain France. \
! French literary lady told me that wo-
mems clubs, teas and receptions could
| not be n success in France because
Frenchwomen would never take the
trouble to dress for one another. In
America | believe women dress more
| for one another than they do for men,
| In France 1t is for men they plan out
ravishing hats and the artistic cos
| tunes that adorn their graceful fig
ures.
Nevertheless, though she has not a
woman's club, France has what no
other country possesses-a daily news
paper conducted entirely by women
and every employee of which, from Of
flee girl to editor in chief is a woman.
1t is La Fronde, which signifies a stone
thrown from a sling. La Fronde is
indeed stone hurled from sling into
the stagnant and bitter waters of
French fogyism. Few indeed are wo-
men journalists in France. Every large
paper has one woman fashion writer;
that is all. There are few bright eyed
there, quiet, self poised and business
like, making notes of meetings and of
whatever interests newspaper readers.
Outside the office Of La Fronde met
only one, at the opening of the Ameri-
can corn kitchen in the exposition.
She reported for two newspapers, do
ing the exposition for La Fronde and
general sporting and athletic news for
LIE Sport.
The owner of La Fronde is Nine.
Durand, who also writes political edi-
torials The paper is admitted even by
those opposed to the women to be one
Of the most ably written and edited
journals in Paris. Frenchwomen are
very gifted. a broad, general educa.
ton is all that is lacking to make them
magnificent. The managing editor Of
La Fronde is Nine. Fournier, beaut-
full young woman, not over 80, one
would say, with dark, brilliant eyes
and tail and very graceful figure.
She speaks exquisite French and under
stands also English. Mime. Fourier
begins her task In the afternoon and
works regularly till 3 o'clock in the
morning, when her paper goes to press.
She does not set herself up in Il state
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In the old Wav. bv hand. The tvneset-
ting on La Fronde is likewise all done
by hand. Moreover. II can scarcely he
believed in the STATES. hut II IS n fac,
that only two of the largest newspa.
pers in France have tvpesettine ma.
chimes That. too, not because the pro.
nriotors do NOT want tbom but hocorso
they dare NOT introduce tbcr II would
dnmoroIize French workman thov sov
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tion that oven now machina,v which