Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1910-11-11
SOUTHWESTERN EDITORS
TO MEET IN DEM|NG
Next Year the Southwestern
Editorial Association to
be our Guests
BOOSTER FOR COUNTRY
Fine Program viii be Pre-
pared for the Distin-
guished Visitors.

Deming will be the mecca Of the
brainy pencil and typewriter push
ers of the Southwest on the occasion
of the annual meeting next fall.
The exact time of the meeting will
be decided by the officers and adj
visory board, but we are going TO
commence right away to make II n
hummer. The association bylaws
say tentatively that the annual
meetings shall be held in FL Paso at
the time Of the exposition, but as
that particular Inv didn't iii the
Deming idea we had that part of
the code temporarily Abolished.
Editor viii 2. LaRbint, Of the
Las Cruces Citizen, il chiefly re-
sponsble for the gathering Of
scribes, as he has been boosting the
proposition vigorously for many
weeks.
In speaking of the proglNm the
III Paso Times said:
The second annual meeting of the
Southwestern Editorial association
was held at press headquarters on
the fair grounds yesterday at noon,
and while the attendance was not as
large as on the first meeting. the
quality was there.
Several good papers were read
and a strong, vigorous speech was
delivered by Editor Willard Il, Holt
of the Deming GRAPHIC.
Miss Ida NJ. Farrell, editor of the
San Marcial Standard, read n hG-
morous and entertaining paper on
the Advantages and Disadvantages
of Lady Editor" Miss Farrell is
one of the few who can gracefully
engage in shop talk" She said.
"Inasmuch as the great majority
of newspaper people here today may
never hope to become lady editors,
we take il that this paper is expect
ed rather to he entertaining than in.
struetive. 1t is amusing to the one
party and often embarrassing to the
other to have callers at our office
speak to us and then insist on doing
business with the proprietor, mean
while looking about the office for {
man. With the assistance of tw,
young apprentices who go to school
we do all our own mechanical worl
as we'll as editorial, so the stranger
who searches the Office for another
finally comes back to the starting
point and generally by that time ha
become quite lamb-like and read!
to eat out Of our hand.
Soon after our purchase of tn,
Standard nearly two years ago, N
FL Paso paper said editorially' Th
editor of the San Marcial STANDARD
is man of fine discrimination ant
good judgment. We answered b.
saying: 'lnasmuch as we are an oil
maid, or to use the modern term,
bachelor girl, this sounds II little pc
cuIiar when read by the home folks
However, the commendation is az
preciated.'
"One great disadvantage in bein
a lady editor is that you cant mi
with the business men of the tow
when they may be having glass q
beer together, or "A little polite,
discussion behind partially close
doors. You can see these men 4
their places of business or in you
office, but ut those times they a
ways remember they are talking
a newspaper representative and an
live reporter knows that many {
the best stories are picked up whe
one quietly drops into n crowd an
listens only listens.
Again, II we were OF that Sc
which may wear overalls and smol
cigarettes, we would be consult'
and treated like an equal and to
to be on deck when lines were beir
laid politically. As il is we cann
hope for honors in that line
In n small town lady is e
pected by manv to fuliill social oh
cations. And some cant see WI
YOU don't call on them in the