The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-10-24
WOMAN IN THE FIELD AS
PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS
Chicago Tribune.)


The furore that has recently been
created in New York newspaper circles
over the fact that a number of up
to-date. energetic women are about to
bring out a daily all their own
brings the woman newspaper PUBLISH
er with a bound into the glare OF pup
lie notice.
New Workers have not gotten used TO
the idea, as several other smaller CIT
les have been forced to, and therefore
they scott without knowing with what
they have to deal
If these narrow minded men would
look beyond their noses they would see
that the fair Gothamites have an in
centive to their project not far from
their own state.
Cambridge, Mass, is noted for many
things. but Of late its principal at
traction is the property from which
the New York women probably de-
rived their inspiration in the newspa-
per world.
1t is a newspaper run exclusively by
women, with women editors, wo-
man business manager, women COM
positors, and ''newsgirls' selling it up
on the streets.
1t is called the Cambridge Press and
made its appearance a short time
ago.
At first Cambridge people looked up
on it as a big joke. Men smiled sig
nificantlv. nice" women turned up
their noses and the Wiseacres scored
but soon the sentiment turned. Wo-
men, as newsgathereTs. did not prove
so dismal a failure as many predicted,
and with each issue the Press en-
tertained and sparkled more and more.
The Press, which is issued every
Wednesday. has for its board of edi-
tors the following four prominent Cam
bridge women:
Miss Alice Spencer Geddes, editor and
manager: Mrs. Estelle J. Norton, as
Eistant editor and manager; Miss Bes-
sic F. G. Brainard, associate editor,
and Miss Cornelia c. Gowen, advertis-
ing manager.
The paper is devoted to local news.
"Scare headlines stretch from column
to colmun. just as they do in the big
dailies, and, together with well Sc
lected photographs, produce an i'm
preston of journalistic enterprise.
With these attractions the Press is
booming at a great rate, and is CIV
ing its rival the Cambridge Chronicle,
desperate competition.
1t is a fight between man and wo
man, and Cambridge is watching the
outcome with interest. The odd things
about it is that the Chronicle formerly
owned the Press, having purchased it
from its first owners when they sold
out after an honorable career which
had extended over many years.
A plucky woman in the west accom-
plished some time ago what these east
ern women are doing now, and she did
1t single-handed
The St Croix Valley Standard, in
Wisconsin, bears on its editorial page
the name of Mrs. Carrie Fulsom Cole,
a name that has won no small fame
since she began to run her newspaper
about a year ago.
Success Comes Within a Year.
She had been forced, through re-
verses of fortune, to earn her own
living. and as she had a natural love
for newspaper work she turned to that
as her refuge.
Going quietly to work, she aston
ished the people of st. CroiX Falls by
bringing out the Standard, a sheet we'll
printed and up to date in every par
ticular, which she owns and edits.
1t has a circulation of several thou
sand. and its popularity has increased
steadily since its appearance.
A prominent society woman Of Rapid
City :. D., who holds a high place
among women newspaper editors in
the United States, is Alice r. Gossage.
The Rapid City Daily Journal is the
paper that appears under her direct
supervision.
Takes Up Husbands Work.
Her husband was publisher of the
Journal, and many time he found his
wife's clever brain and ciearsightedness
an immense help in his work.
He was far from strong, and finally,
little by little. the energetic woman
took the management into her own
hands. Now she is bushes manager
as well as editor, and, in fact, the
whole paper is under her supervis-
ion.
Since Birdie NIeeks-B Baker. less than
year ago took charge of the Bar
berton (O0 Republican, a spublisher.
editor. reporter, advertising solicitor.
collector and business manager, occa-
sionally taking hand at the press, re-
markable changes have taken place.
Avoids Debts and Bad Accounts.
She began by changing the paner's
name to the Barberton Tribune.
though the politics remained I'M
changed. In less than a year. bv tact
ana persistent effort, she has added
TO Its files several thousand dollars,
worth OF signed advertising contracts
one-half of which are from Rarba,,,
tons own merchants. who were never
known to advertise to any extent he
fore.
Here are some Of Mrs. Bakers busi-
ness methods, together with the re-
suits:
There are absolutely no dead ads and
no bad accounts. Everything is con-
Quoted on a cash basis. The Tribune
is free from mortgages and debt. The
woman editor proclaims it a Barber
ton paper for Barberton people, and
therefore protects the merchants by