Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-21

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l turned me down. I'm In despair on iaag
I OF the golden HART Next morning he was
| fired. what shall ] dor he asked. IL
| have no money. How can get to Omaha
! Walk, l said You VIII be SOBER oy tue
/ FSr a week ali Main street snickered as
walked about for news, seh ,,S 10, ooy soi s
/ hair" The old ladies near by met az a
| certain house on Main street ana nishsy
ers, In the face of surmises and STORES
circulated by the gossips the rude JOKES
| OF customers, and the fear OF getting a
I new specimen of the drink trade life was
| humor
| But the town was full of bachelors and II
/ l left the house, n large company OF au-
mirers were always found hanging Win
| tender looks over the case where the siri
printer sat II there had been any sort Q,
an old codger sitting around , VINO wo sort
| of dignity would have been lent to the
| printing establishment He might nave ave
! been drunk and yellow with nicotine, put
| his presence would have satisfied Madam
Grundy and inspired feeling OF respect
| In the young bloods of the town. 30 W W
! protect the Ledger office, | was torcea 20
/ shut down on the employment OF laoy
printers, who served as mark Tor All
the smart Alexanders in the country.
Of the black art to be able % set up,
| PRINT anu iHdudBb my Ohh bohNA "NNAN
out the help of a printer.
Another problem that confronts the wo-
m nssa edtog is sna 'Sf fba same tme
take an active part in the social Ire Oh
her community"
| Here a woman meets the same crisis
cross, jim-jam, him-ham regard that she
meets among the gentlemen Of the profess
sion. The being does not live who can. in
our evolutionary state of society perform
the double function of the business man
and the. society woman. II she tries 1t
unusual species II she dresses well
and takes part in the social festivi-
ties the men call her silly and think she
Is bidding for attention II she attends
strictly to business the men are afraid OF
her. The women call her mannish and
to mix with the horrid men and lose their
feminine qualities, which consist in look
ing modest. puekering the lips wearing rims
CLING Delsarte, all of which make the only
true brand of the genuine lady.
II Even II there were no misunderstand-
ipgs. the newspaper woman cannot afford
to divide her energies II she would make
a success Of her work. Between two evils
she must choose the least and stick to
business. She cannot serve two masters.
The political boss is one of the first
, enemies to meet and overcome. or to be
his He laughs to himself at the idea of a
woman publisher and editor, and believes
that the only way to manage her Is TO
her a tyrant. The first move will be to get
her into the double corner. penned up by
she e cam ana no w ns I nte tSe king na roW
she escape the double corner she has reason
to thank the Lord for His mercies to her.
1t is always choosing between two masters,
In society, in business, in politics. No one
can serve God and the political bosses.
II you turn your earthly boss down you
will have to look 10 God for your pay II
! you obey Mammon you will be paid by
: Mammon II you obey God you will receive
realm-peace, a clear conscience and sound
sleep. But the politicians will call you
bug house and strike blow at your pocket
The first time wrote complimentary
notice Of candidate l said among other
things that he was a man of virile qualin-
cations. He had magnetic presence as
well as fine mental equipments.
me next week a woman came In with
an explanation. 'You say my husband is
magnetic What do you mean by the word
? magnetic?"
I picked up paper and said: my dear
MIS-. Flimham; for lack Of space | did not
| Will publish this. and ratified off long
lingo about his charming wife, who would
make a sensation In social circles at Lin
= coin;
l They say you are stuck on my husband, .
! she said, half inclined to be frank and
trust me. Then she told me the neighbors
had said great many unkind things about
the way | entertained the candidates and
After while I got tired Of compliments
ing ofticeseekers and fixing up explanations
lot wives ana goSSlpS, VINO always looked
with suspicion upon candidate sitting in
the front Office OF the Ledger. So l de-
termined to change my policy and criticise
every man who came up for Office. in or
; out OF my party. publicly stated that
only good and moral man would hence
forth get the support OF the Stuart Ledger
dropped party lines and put everything
! upon the basis of right and wrong. This
! proved more fatal than compliments for
the officeseeker. While the women only
passed uncomplimentary resolutions and
glances, the politicians combined to starve
4 the paper that would dare to express an
$ opinion without consulting the powers that
. be.
So the woman editor is always standing
E between the devil on one side and deer
o dirt on the other. There is one consolu.
ton left her. 1t is better to have a little
with right than great revenues with wrong
8 In truth. the Ledger editor is compelled
Y to say that from a worldly standpoint
! journalism for woman in the west is q
failure II she places principle above ex.
pedency. 1t will be still bigger failure
4 IL she counts expediencY first, for she VII
a be used as a catspaw, like a certain bril-
4 liant woman OF the Hawkeye state, who
z was paid big price for pulling chestnuts
and was banished in disgrace from the DO
lifical and social circles M "a nafr