The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-22
PRINT SCANDALS
FOR WOMEN ONLY
Melville e. Stone Makes As
tonishing Assertion at the
Press Parliament.

ST. LOUIS, May 21.-The press par
liament today finished it's work and
adjourned. A movement to make a
permanent organization of the parlia-
ment was left in the hands of COM
mittee which is to report at some later
time. This committee is composed of
David r. Francis, president of the Lou
isiana Purchase exposition; Walter B.
Stevens, secretary of the exposition;
Capt. Henry King, chairman, and
Charles w. Knapp, vice chairman of
the executive committee Of the press
parliament; Sir Hugh GiIzean Reid,
president of the parliament; H. Won
sKuppfer, of the Berlin Anzeiger, and
the commissioner to the foreign press,
Walter Williams.
-. Before the press session of the bien-
nial convention of the General Fedora
tion of WOmen's Clubs was called to
order today in the German government
pavilion at the worlds fair grounds
Miss Florence Hayward, chairman of
the press committee, announced that
the general federation would decorate
the marble bust of Emperor William,
which stands in the main corridor of
the second floor with a wreath in rec
ognitiOn of the courtesy of the German
government in allowing the use of its
building for the meeting of the fed
Grafton After this was done Mrs.
Dimies T. S. Denison, president of the
federation, called the session to order
Doesn't Like "Women's Column"
"The Woman's Column" was the sub
ject of an address by Miss Lavinia
Egan, of Louisiana, a member of the
Worlds fair board of lady managers.
She said that the "woman's column"
in the average newspaper is filled with
''plaudits and platitudes and pie crust
and pudding"
mo woman" continued Miss Egan,
'is fit for the ballot or for equal rights
with men as long as she permits
woman's column of the accepted type.
Clear 1T of receipts and frivOlitieS and
let it express the woman's point Of
view"
Melville E. Stone spoke on the in
fluence of women on the newspaper.
He said that not a line of scandal
would be printed in an American news
paper were it not for the women.
mo large metropolitan newspaper
can live without the support of Wom-
en-" he continued. Newspapers today
are edited for women and not for men.
If the women of the General Federation
of Women's Clubs will set their faces
against scandal the Objectionable in
journalism will disappear Women
have a joint responsibility with the
editors as to the class of news con-
tained in the columns of the metro
politan dailies."
Jap and Russian Speak.
In the press parliament addresses
were made by Kanesaburo Miyamatsu.
of Japan, who gave history Of Japa-
nese journalism and said that it's great
drawback at the present time was the
complex character of the letters used.
He hoped and believed that the time
was not far distant when the papers of
Japan would use the same type as
those of America.
L. N. Rubinoff, of st. Petersburg,
made a bright and witty address that
brought forth much laughter and ap
plause. Coming down to the serious
question of journalism, he declared that
the newspapers IN Russia were not
given the opportunity they should have
and this was shown in the lack of in
telligence among the people at large.
I'VE have just as good battleShips
as anybody" he said, "and our soldiers
are as brave as any soldiers in the
world, but I think they might be better
used if our people were better edu-
Gated"
;. The czar of Russia, he said, was
kind, honorable and progressive man.
2 WIiO was QOlIlS his UTMOST TO push Oh
a large element in the Russian nation
that was not in touch with the spirit
of modern progress.
George FTangoudis, of Athens, told
of newspaper work in Greece; S. S.
Kelly, of Budapest, described conditions
in Austro-Hungary; Martin Van
Raalte, of The Hague, told of Dutch
papers, small in size and powerful in
influence.
The entertainment on the part of the
Louisiana Purchase exposition to the
distinguished foreign journalists at
tending the press parliament closed to-
night in the west pavilion on cascade
hill with banquet. 1t was the first
use of the structure for such a pur-
pose. Joseph A. Graham, of the ST.
Louis Republic, acted as POSTMASTER
The opening address of the day in
the parliament was that of M. Med.
Bodkin. of the Dublin Qreland) Jour
nal. Other addresses We're those of
Gustaf Gullberg, of Stockholm, Swe-
den; Kanesakuro Miyamatsu. Tokyo,
Japan; S. Szkely, Budapest; Fritz Rot
tier, Brussels: Crosby S. Noyes,
Washington, d. c., and Martin Won
Raalte, of The Hague.
Tennesseeans Don't Want Miles.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn, May 21.-The
Tennessee Prohibitionists placed them