The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-02
WOMEN IN NEWSPAPER WORK
Mrs. Logan Lectures Before the In
ternationa1 Press Union.

! The International Press Union. a so.
ciety composed of literary women-work-
ers. which has been In annual meeting
| during the past few days at the Riggs
House finished its work last night and
! adjourned.
( At the closing session last night Mrs.
olive Logan delivered a lecture on rs a
I Newspaper Office the Place for a Grip
( In speaking on the question. Mrs Logan
SAID:
I There are no elevators in the house
1 of success. You have to climb step by
step to the very top. You want to get to
the top because Daniel Webster said.
there is always room at the top. To
Charles A Dana is due the compliment
of first having given employment to wo-
men writers. | have never in all my ex-
perience Of many years heard dis
respectful remark made by an editor or
reporter in my presence. People say the
free and easy atmosphere of a newspaper
Office endangers the morals of a girl
These people don't know what they are
talking about; there are no free and easy
times in a newspaper office. it is all hard
work and that all the time. The great
ni. iority of editors and reporters to lay
are morally good men and of a spctless
Office not he the place for grip"
Mrs. Ida Eusted Harper, in discussing
Mrs. Losans lecture endorsed her views
ard advised the women writer's to get
away from the woman's page and enter
into all fields OF journalistic work Mrs.
Isabel Worrell Ball. in speaking on the
subject. said: when woman does
thing she ought to do it right The
trouble in the East seems to be that the
girls can't get beyond their conservatism
and look at life az it is. 1 have never felt
that work in newspaper office is con-
Eliminating, as so many mothers and sis
tiers seem to think. 1t is only contaminat-
ing to those who in their natures are re-
ceptive to contamination. Communicating
influences are larger in the departments
of the Government than anywhere else.
with no exception There Is nothing
harder than the life OF a Government
clerk. The very first money ever earned
was herding cattle, being in the saddle
on my pony sometimes for days.
Newspaper work is the highest type OF
literature, as it brings out the best that
is in person at moments notice"
Mrs. Cynthia Westover Alden. of the
Ladies Home Journal" said: ''Unfor-
tunately ] have no sister or daughter; If
| had would advise her to enter jour-
nalistic career.
The afternoon session which was called
to order at O'Clock by Mrs. Mary S.
Lockwood, was devoted to the reading Of
the reports of the officers and election of
officers for the ensuing year, resulting as
follows: President, Mrs. Mary S. Lock-
wood Vice President. Mrs. Ellen S. Crom-
well; Recording Secretary. Mrs. Mary NJ.
North: Corresponding Secretary, Miss
Frances G. French; Treasurer Mrs. Han
nah q. Sperry; Auditor. Mrs. Ruth NJ. G..
Pealer: Librarian. Mrs. Clara 3. Colby:
Vice observation-disclosures. Mrs. Cynthia
Westover Alden, New York; Mrs Lucy A
Leggett. Detroit: Mrs. Kathleen Blake Cole
man, Toronto; Nine. Marie Martin. Paris,
France; Nine Hulda Lundin, Stockholm;
Mrs. Agnes Smith Lewis. Cambridge,
England; Mrs Florence O. McClelland
Illinois; Mrs. Emeline b. Wells. Utah;
Mrs. John l.. Mcneil, Colorado; Mrs
William King, Atlanta, and Frau Lena
Morgenstern, Berlin. Germany.
The place of the next biennial meeting
was left for decision in the hands of the
board A..A
A resolution of sympathy on account of
the death of her son-in-law was extended
te Mrs. Belva Lockwood by a rising vote.
Mrs. Cynthia Westover Alden. President
of the International Sunshine Society,
which has a membership of over 100 GO
gave Very interesting sketch of the
origin, the history. the object and meth
DDS of this organization. She said the OBJ
Ject of the society is to ineite it's mem
bers TO the performance of Kind and help
ful deeds. and TO thus bring the sunshine
of happiness into the greatest possible
number of hearts and homes.
Eleven States were represented at the |
meeting by about fifty delegates.