The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-27
SOUTHERN WOMEN
IN HE NEwsPAPER WORLD
 AND THEIR sUccEss
The Women on Home Papers-Work of Mrs. !. III. de Cottss of Mont gomery Stands Out as
 Bright Example.

Bright Example.
 l Annie Kendrick Walker in Birmingham l Age-Herald.
 If is freouently said that the bright est newspaper men on the New York press are those who first made tneir reputation on Southern papers, ana that this statemtnt applies to the young Souther, woman ereagcd in newspaper ad literary work in the North. | He is from the South, you know, or .'She is a Southern girl Is so fre- ouently 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 % many of the Souths brightest representatives that the Southern press might suffer In conse- | qcence.
 l The successful career of the Southern woman who pursues her literary work at the North never fails to excite ad- mira.ion when the keen competition Is considered and other conditions that confront ner in her desire for recogni- ticn. 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 | Il ing every effort to establish place for herself in whatever line of literary work she has undertaken, joins in the enthusiastic admiration expressed for | the successful Southern woman in the l North" and ts apt to overlook the fact that she Is herself frequently entitled to an equal degree of admiration. 'e ~ | It may be due to her own attitude In her generous recognition of the sue -H L. AA North. that her own work and efforts are not more prominently brought for ward. But it is certain, that while she meets with appreciatio tion and her suc- cess is a matter of pride to her friends, still there Is an absence of the halo that surrounds the successful Southern woman whose fame Is made in the North.
 do not think it Is the case of a "prohpet is without honor save in his own country" for the Southern woman with talen: and ambition is fully ap- preciated without going North. and she receives every encouragement that Is needed to stimulate her in her work. But in the South her success seeffls to be taken more as a matter of course, and 1t is generally believed that in her work in the South she is allowed more privileges and wider margin and is less | man in New York.
 The young newspaper woman, par ticularly who is employed on South ern paper. is believed to enjoy a wide latitude and that she works according to her moods. If at any time she pre- fers holiday to several hours at her desk 1t is supposed by many that she feels no compunction in taking it, and surprise is frequently expressed that | lohn la at An fa ,wytNk piine in the office of the newspaper which she ''honors" by occasionally sending in copy"
 That she is clever writer and re- tains her position by virtue of good work are matters sometimes passed over. because she is in the hands of her friends. so to speak, and they see her in the same environment 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 office, when really the young woman who is conscientiously at work and is ambitious to really accomplish some thing in newspaper work has no other desire but to be amenable to It's strict discipline. And while this is not as se- were as that governing the newspaper offices in New York, and there is a marked absence from that keen spirit of rivalry and fearful competition that we know characterizes the New York press, still to the Southern wo- man on the Southern press there is a discipline severe enough and a compe- tition sufficiently keen to test her pow CTS of endurance and to develop her capabilities for newspaper work. She may be blessed with idyllic surround ings in her home, and the knowledge that she has a haven to which she turns when the days work Is ended. strengthens her capacity for work, but as far as her real work is concerned and the discipline she must undergo. she Is dependent upon her uwn re- sources and must be capable of think ing and acting for herself. It Is here where she has no advantage over the Southern newspaper woman in New York. The environment necessarily differs, but the newspaper of the South offers sufficient opportunity to prove what Southern women can accomplish in this field of work. And where a Southern woman is notably successful and establishes for herself an enviable place on the Southern press, she de- serves to receive the recognition as distinguished as that which she so generously gives to her prototype in the North.
 | AHoilB tHe ClcNeT COutHeTH WTltcTb who are distinguishing themselves and the Southern press as well. and who are receiving the recognition due them, is Mrs. J. M. deCottes. the editor of the Woman's Department of The Montgom- cry Advertiser.
 Mrs. deCottes's work embraces, be- sides the usual topics dealing with the work of wC men. the society news as we'll and this latter feature may be said to cover as broad a field as that |, of the club and literary. both of which are included in the "Womans Depart ment."
 The social page Is considered (by the men) to be the only frivolous one in the paper. but let one attempt to con- duct 1t and it becomes a weighty prob lem. In the matter of club news it has