The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-20

Horace Greeley admitted women writ- CTS to his editorial page. women like Margaret Fuller and Lucia Gilbert Cal. houn, and never since then have the editorials of the paper founded by Hor- ace Greeley been anything like SO good as they were when these ladies wrote share of them. In Chicago later Mrs. Margaret Sullivan made for herself a shining place as general editorial writ CT. Politics, economies, municipal af- fairs, all came alike to her, and she adorned all she touched.
 But the tide turned. Women editors, women reporters, gradually grew few CT on the>etaff of the great dailies. In
 New York today women have been crowded out of all the departments of the newspapers except the very narrow | and unsatisfactory one of fashion. cooking and making sport of the doing at women's clubs. Oh, yes! There Is one other, that of telling women what to do for blackheads and how to mas sage away wrinkles.
 Many men said frankly they did not want women in newspaper offices; 1t re- stricted their own freedom. Other men and get the good paying places in :our- nalism. and these latter worked even harder than the first class to drive woin- en out It was a case of professional rivalry. and the men were more aggres- sive than the women. Finally the girl reporters were allowed to remain only In posts that could not possibly be fill- ed by mon. How. for instance, could a man plan and technically describe ba- by's wardrobe3
 Well, if women could have been crowded out of journalism they deserv- ed thus to be crowded out. But the girls were not to be downad
 Moreover, the woman of today stands l by her own sex. and that Is the best part of the woman movement A sig \ nificant evidence of this corps spirit Is
 seen fin a scheme just inaugurated by \ the manager of the Lyceum club. an international organization of women | with headquarters in London. The members of the club are in large pro- portion authors of books and writers | for newspapers and periodicals. The ! executive officers of the Lyceum have | established an international syndicate
 for women writers belonging to the or | ganization. A committee will take | chage of contributions and dispose oi l them. The matter mostly wanted Is | short, snappy articles" and sketches oi l about a thousand words. Being inter. national in it's scope, the syndicate will
 cause to be translated into various Ian | guages the contributions accepted foi | publication. The Lyceum club has l branches in several countries. One branch is to be established in America next year. The pluckiest. most talent
 ed of the women whom 1t was attempted | to crowd off the band wagon of general | Journalism in many instances set about doing things on their own hook. There were one or two fields of journalism | they found to be not overcrowded. Ont 1 of these was that of the trade paper | naPtndt. calls already established, while otheri
 braveiy founded and successfully con ducted trade periodicals of their own. IT New York Mrs. Ada Crisp. clear head | ed woman and faoile writer, is at tht
 head of a new periodical in the interests of the grocer's trade. There, too. Mis- Florence Levy publishes fiourishinl
 art annual which she herself founded | Miss Levy, besides being an editor ant | publisher Is also an art critic ant | lecturer.
 The weekly society paper is another enterprise women have taken hold o and developed into something innnitel! broaded, higher and more useful thar apparently could have been built on tn. foundation. Hero woman is unrivaled In numerous instances ladies holding
 well paid places on the stan of dail!
 newspaper resigned to become editor'
 and proprietors of the so-called societ! Journal.
 In each of several American citie there Is already such transformed society Journal, and a woman is at th'
 head of It. notable example is pa per conducted by Mrs. Horny B. Bircl in Pittsburg. It Is a handsomely publi
 cation. and it's editorial notesl are full
 of woman's own wit and wisdom. Say
 one of these notes:
 There Is more truth than poetry il
 certain printed placards which hang 1T the workshop department of an eas end garage and which tersely read
 Keep Alive
 | Another: 'Tf you live in a town
 where anything is epidemic, keep coo
 and don't imagine you have caught 1t.
 Notably neat and handsome are thu
 society periodicals edited by women
 Mrs. Birch herself reads every line o her paper before 1t is published. |
 covers local topics of vital interest tC Pittsburg, but for which the daily newspaper has no room. She has re- markable ability as business woman
 and this 1t is which has made her jour nal so prosperous.
 Before taking her present. post Mrs
 Birch was for several years engaged fir