The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-25
IDEAS OF WOMEN
ABOUT NEWSPAPERS
What They Would and Would
Not Have In a Nice Ladyilke
Paper for the Home

There are two women on this paper
who want to buy 1.-THE only thing
we lack is d hacker. q looked up
Backer in the book, but he doesn't seem
to have telephone.) We would take
this paper and save it's life, but the
mean, horrid things won't let us have
s il. We have lots of good will, crowds
of things to say and perfectly lovely
policy. What more is needed in a
newspaper? We would. of course, turn
{ it into a woman's paper; that is, every
, thing would be covered from a feminine
standpoint.
The spaper itself would be good to
look at and so different 1t would be
printed or that stylish rough paper
with violet ink, and the edges would be
pinked. When the paper would go to
our subscribers ii would be tied with
pink ribbon; not wrapped round with
that coarse broad paper like butcher S
package. And it would not be delivered
at a horrid vulgar hour, before anybody
was up, but left at the door after the
streets We're we'll aired. The newsboys
would be girls-(Carley would be the
boss of the newsgirls.)
We should entirely eliminate the
market page. It's only about stock
yards and other hOrrid things which re-
fined persons care nothing for. The
sports would have to go, too Chat is
the old SpOrtS) might have a eenty-
teenty corner about golf and tennis,
and occasionally if there was gentle
fistic encounter at which saSsiety gen
tlemen were present, we would mention
it. OF course we have motives of econ
omy in all this; it would be so much
cheaper this way. Between us, and one
or two lady reporters, we would write
everything ourselves. There would be
mans page edited by the undersign-
ed, and wouldn't the women catch it
crn nnI dnx Il
be fashion for men on that page; a
cuff or collar, or the last new things
in paintings.
Then we would have departments; a
column for DR.. Ohage, where he could
smoke up comfortably in the corner;
another by DIR. Fulton in which he
might sputter about the awfulness of
everything; and yet another devoted to
Forty Years Hence" when the new
capitol will be done and people will be
riding in the union depot car Other
possibilities would be covered.
We would never worry one moment
about circulation; that's the trouble
with so many newspapers. they fuss so
much about circulation. We think our
paper would be read if we had no cir
culation at all; we'd keep the circula-
tion manager because he's so pleasant
to have round.
The advertising would come to us:
all the nice stores which would desire
to go in, because the paper would be
read by all the women-they would
want to read the mans page-and they
like nice clean sheet.
We should make a speciality of stu
auons wanted Chey are already hav-
ing boom), but no personalities
would be allowed If healthy farmer
in Montana would like to meet a lady
who can cook; object matrimony-he
would have to tell about il in some
other paper. For our paper is going
to be a perfect lady.
Another thing that would make our
newspaper popular is that we would
tell the truth about everything-and
everybody. That's the difficulty with
newspapers run by men, it's that pol
icy which makes all the trouble. Our
policy would be to tell the truth and
do right. How could we fail?
We would expect to work very hard
and work everyone else very hard.
We're going without spring hats now
just to get used to it.
There would be nothing about So
ciety in our paper. There is nothing
new to be told about it and the really
interesting things never get in. Be
sides it is covered by the Razoo.
Our great economy would be in
composition. The things that are hap
pening all the time we would leave
standing. What's the use of setting
them up every day? Among the items
that would stand are:
The Commercial club held a meet
ing.
Mayor Smith has gone shooting
DR.. Ohage appeared before the coun-
Gil last night in the interests of the
smoke ordinance
Warren Upham lectured last night
on FOSSILS"
There is a movement for an audi
tOrium on foot.
There is talk about a public library.
The artists painting pictures for the
new capitol say they cannot be hur-
ried.
Gottschalk says he is innocent
There was man run over by an au-
tomobile yesterday.
Colder, then warmer and variable
winds.