The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

OI ilIe now, ana so Sne turned ner eyes to. the other land, where he dwelt, and in ten days was laid at his side. Then came the most tender and loving message from Jennie June; she was getting old now. An, it would not be long before she. too, would lay down the weary burden. And so, after a while, her pen grew tired; the old fire was gone; she ceased to write; all her contemporaries were gone; she was feeling old; she want ed rest, and her name disappeared from the columns of The Picayune.
 Today all these tender memories come back with the announcement of her death. In her passing one of the most eminent and earnest women of America has passed from the ranks; but her place will be supplied. The young, strong, earnest women whom she trained are all around: the work that she began in be- half of her sex will not die with her.; but 1t will be well for all who follow m her path to remember the tenderness. the sympathy, the tact, tho perfect wo- manliness of Jennie June.
 Mrs. Jennie Cunningham Croly, better known by her pen name of Jenny June, was the pioneer woman journalist. She was born in Market-Harbrough, Leices- tershire, England. on December l9, lSSl. Her father was Unitarian minister, de- scended from Scotch ancestors, who left Scotland with James l and settled Tn England. Her mother belonged to an old country family. Her father, Rev. Joseph Howes Cunningham, brought his family
 
 years old. He had made himself ex- tremely unpopular by his pronounced views on temperance, and feeling ran 80 high that his house was mobbed ana ms children assaulted on the way to school.
 Jennie was a precocious child, and in- herited her fathers traits of character. She early developed literary trend Her first production that was published ap- peared in The New York Tribune At an early age she took position on The New York Sunday Dispatch, at salary oL >o a week, and soon after accepted So 2 week from The New York Times. That position she held for five years. joing general work in the line of items TOT women readers. She became 8 corres- pondent for The New Orleans Delta ana The Richmond Wing, an editorial writer on The Democratic Review, ana 9 regu- lar contributor to The Round Table Tn 1856 she invented the duplicate system or correspondence, and became one or the editors and dramatic critics for The New York Sunday Times She was Womsn s.i, of remarkable activity. and wonderful resource. She became editor oI tpe Iasn- | ion department of Frank LesIie,s MeRga,s aga zine, and wrote fashions for lGrahRm Magazine. She aided in startinsi Mms. | Demorests Mirror of Fashions, wnlcI | she wrote entirely for four years, anu which subsequently became Demorest Illustrated Magazine. She edited IL 10. | twenty-seven years and also started ana controlled other minor publications TOT l the same house. She introduced many novelties in New York journalism. Early | in fife she became the wife of David c. | CroIy, then city editor of The New York | Herald, on which paper she did mucr | work. In 1880 her husband became man | aging editor of The New York World | just started. and she took charge or tne department relating to women, and ran | 1t until 1872. During eight years or thal | time she did similar work for The NeW | York Times. When The Daily Graphl' was started in New York, MT. Croly De. came editor, and Mrs. Croly trans1erreo her services to that journal. She core
 sponded for many papers in the Soutn | and up to recent years continued serve some of them. ,,... | In 1868 Mrs. Croly- with Fanny Fern | Alice and Phoebe Cary, Mrs CharIotI B. Wiibour. Kate Field, Mrs. Henry M | Field Mrs Botta. and other women started Sorosis with twelve charter mem | hers. Mrs, Croly served fourteen year | as President She was among those cal ing the Woman's Congress h ltn's,n in 1856. and again in 1863. In lSof sn'
 bought a half interest in Godeys Lady
 RooE and served as It's editor. Thei
 she resigned, and started The Cycle
 which was later consolidated wltn th
 Horne Magazine, of which Mrs. Croly pc | came editor. She was chosen, fresiuen
 of The Women's Endowment Cattle con : panv. organized by Mrs. Newby, with
 of inc New York Academy of Science
 the Goethe Club and the Association 10 10 | tha Advancement of the Medical Educa
 tIon of Women. Some of her pubilshe
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 1ses). For Better ,Srrt Or Worss Ilss5-ss i'''' Mrs. CroIy's family consists of one so
 and one daughter Her home was Tn
 canter of attraction for authors, artists
 actors and all cultured persons Tn