The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-14
Letter 10 The Editor
aI Lityss.Fy y.Fy women sf Alabana.

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 r1,.L Litrrary Women sf Al.bama.
 Editor The Adverfiser:
 ,h ons whose business it is to sti,dv erst,,rs 1ns ,ss public. to tabble in it. formed on current nnatfsts r fes5p can- ,n- sStraineq to thank Mrs. Minnie Reese Efienardson. fos formerly of Montgomery. Alabama that she presented reeentIy n paper read before tie Dixie Club Gn in Ts Tss Adrsrt;snsSr STs snS rsgrsd.esd by you
 have little doubt tbdesnay tbsd sn,S,a ., ,h... great facts of Alabama surprised tn ne neateIs oI Mrs. Rich rdson and my one regret is that she doubtless in the most important Ipsersrv s0me oerso9a os Tn our state. This is a natural omis- sion ss' Mrs. Richardson was not ex- peI.ea hr, to cover the entire ground in
 However. | am sorry that four of our foremost women writer's were not RE1 Rrs osiore the New ,,s Ysrk ssssmbiIy. assembly was. not mentioned. Hefe is a woman. distinguished above all other women of Alabama in literary achievement sns sns ,is tne. only Alabama woman- country--upon whom a University has conferred the degree d Doctor of LIteratgrs; i.Tss Mas;, She Is tls author of of ns unusual HP ssfsensts ss0rsal asd Seaun povs diction and style. She also wrote "John Gildart," an epic of ths war between mary merit, that the staid Londo Times was moved to pronounce 1t one of the most superior poems of. modern nrosss,o5s timss As bs writer Mrs Ruin is variably glad to print and pay for the products of her Typewriter.
 Reference Is made several times by to Mrs the stste of te gres 'eryTs ow but she fails to itcldde Mrs. Marie Bankhead Owen. thu talented wife of syccessss Dr; owsn' ip h her cssgory of Alabama judgment. is the mast Interesting and consequently the mdst successful writ CT of short stories the State has pro this because my judEment is supported by editors. of the great magazines which are ready topay we'll for what sKer MTs owsn MTs. oven Irites; Moreover, a literary work thal gives great prom ise of success thkt will demand for her a 'nSns in the literary world.
 Miss iNimmo Greeie. of Montgomery. in list of otherl Miss Greene has done more serious literary work and an sure larte number of Ala th psaha students retard her as among '"S Ioremtst women writers r,t,a s Ehheld Jqner.. of Talladega Sna3 wn3' IS 1evoting Ter life to teaching a,- aaL ana dumb khildren. has been. stncS as sne was little girl, writer pr child.lks storRs that sink to the iheaIt' Mrs. Richardson does not SHmow Sra,.s tnis she may get the information tsJt . euItofs or many magazines- Joiner writes
 Miss zitella Cooke. an Alabama wo- man, wno ranks high with the liter ary s.ry cut or Bostsn.. is the author of
 Snerokee Hose. a noble poem that Has HSaas neen widely lead and commended. ohS ls an essaylst of extraordinary ability and professional writer of note. oi
 For superiority pf diction and ercen- tional superiority of thought Miss May Harris, of Robinson Springs. en. Joys high rank in literature Her manuscript goes to the hest class nj magazines and I doubt if much of it IS reflected It is my great pleasure to read her prodhcts in these naga- zines now and then.
 Tn the spirit If utmost cordiality paper. let me say to Mrs. Richardsan that this humble follower of the daily doings of America. with no desire to pose as a literary arbiter would place bile. first: Mrs. N E. HRHf ynRnfsn. H Aa of Mobile, second: Miss Mary Johnson third; Mrs, Thomas M. Owen of Mont ggsGnery, ggomery, fourth and Miss Nimro category of Alabalna's present day wo. men writers. If Mrs. Richardson de- Slres Io pursue the subject she would place Miss :Enfleld Joiner. of Tallad.s- ga. sixth. Mrs. Fennoiosa, of Mobile seventh; Miss ZfteIla Cooke. eighth; Miss May Harris. of Robinson Springs. ninth; Miss Martha YounS. Of Greens. boro, tenth and Mrs, Julia Nicely Finch of Birmingham, eleventh.
 Mrs. Pyrnells did write q book of great merit but she did not show any rarticulnr vsrsatil.ty and vas not pro. life. Mrs. BelIarAv is properly piaced as an exceptionally gifted Alabama women but both Mrs. Pyrnell and Mrs Bellamy are dead. .-.. .. - Miss Ethel ArmGs Of Birminghan and Miss Anna Johnson of Talladega have done superior work in writing superior to the work of some per sons given a place by Mrs. Richard son.
 Mrs. Richardson. I am writing merely that the splendid list provided by Mrs Richardson may be completed. I think and am sure others agree with mt that the women to whom I have re ferred are entitled to a place wher we speak of our Alabama literary folk. Bruce Kennedy
 Montgomery. May 1s.