The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-12

appeared in Alabama and Tennessee publications. She began work for The News Immediately after leaving col- lege, acting first as editor for the State society news. later serving as telegraph editor. and ultimately becoming society editor.
 r While the disputants of the question of the potency of inheritance are wag- ing their arguments, the men and wo- men who have ability back of them are going right on doing a big share of the worlds work. The modest young woman who does the society reporting for The Mobile Register doesn't even allow her name at the head of her coll umns, but all of Mobile and many in Alabama know that Miss Nettie Chand- Ter is the personality behind the pen. She is very clever, as any req der of the fascinating narratiyes of the brilliant society events in the city by the bay may conclude for himself. Clever? Yes. of course. It's in her blood, and brain fiber. She's a grandd a ngll ter u Qf f. Daniel Chandler, one of the states greatest old time lawy sfse and sfhea grea trnisce of Judge Jehn A Campbell. of the United states Supreme Court Her parents were. the late John 4b. chand- Ter and Mrs. Nettie A. Chandler. Her sister, Miss MarysA. Chandler, assists her in ,her work.
 In addition to her work for The Reg ister. Miss Chandler has contributed to New York, papersr .
 This story is illustrated with the first picture she has ever allowed published, privilege obtained upon the plea of professional eourtesy. If she had been society girl in the days when the cub reporter did the society news she most certainly would have been in the beautiful and accomplished" class.
 The old saw, Whats bred in the bone comes out in the sdesh,' was typi- cally exempIfhed by the three dapgb- ters of EditorSEFfSbd q 0f sTii eS M6htgoiii- cry Journal. who took to the newspaper craft as natUFaHy~ess sparks. fly up- ward. Even before their school days were over these Young ladies evinced' , a pronounced taste for journalism and for the very pleasure of the work be- gan making contributions to their fath CTS paper. At one time the work was done in a composite manner. each add ing her criticism as well as creation to the result. Then a single nom de plume made up of the Christian name of each Lillian Winnemore Froe," represented the labor of the trio. At that time these young ladies were de- signated" as the Three Braces of Ala bama Journalism by Helen Pitkln of The Times Democrat. She said of them in her own inimitablc way: Their work Is always newsy and fresh just the sort of breezy screeds you would expect of talented youth before the tditaral conventions have blue penciled all the buoyancS and origin ality out of their matter. There is no 1 jealousy or selfishness fin their weekly labor. for one sister will stand by and for whatever the others say in print. and there is an impersonal flavor about the concrete expressions of all. With equal aptitude the three sisters write poetry and prose, and their col umns are interspersed with tid-bits of dainty poetic fancy and often earnest, soulful pleadings that are not less than inspirational.
 No one Is in a more favorable posi- tion to judge of the enterprise of these young ladies than Is one who has worked in the same field for another paper. It was a full days task to get to press with a good society news story in advance of them. This acknowl- edgement Is but just tribute, for in newspaper office this quality is of 1 prime consideration-new news. For the past year the work has devolved almost entirely upon Miss Whitman, the Lillian of the old triple alliance.
 Miss Rosalie Armitsead Higgins is ! the society editor of The Advertiser, and is evincing a great gift of journal istic enthusiasm, enterprise and fitness. 1 Despite the fact that 1t Is a we'll es- 1 tablishsd rule of The Advertiser not to print compliments In its columns about Its own force. this scribe defies the rules and declares unreservedly that her successor Is meeting the de- mands of her position with efficiency | and public satisfaction.
 To adequately cover the field of wo- man in Alabama journalism would re- qure series of articles rather than this one incomplete sketch.
 Looming large in letters of gold | should stand the names of the Misses Clay of Huntsville. those noble and gifted sisters who not only write their editorials but also set the type of their paper.
 rhe whole State is acquainted with the quality of work done by Mrs. J. NJ. de Cottes, for many years Society Editor nf The Advertiser. and now ed ltor of The Social World. weekly so- clety journal published in this city. Each and all of these women challenge the admiration of all who are familiar ! with the exacting nature of this class of work. It is the one vocation. per haps in which woman's work Is never done. Did the public but realize the patience the tact. the watchtulness l that the task involves perhaps 1t would