New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-27
FROM PHILOSOPHY TO PIE
Newspaper Woman Tells of
Finding a Speciality.
ADVISES COLLEGE TRAINING
Mrs. John Holland Kincaid
Talks to Normal Students
on Journalism.

Mrs. John Holland Kincaid, newspaper
woman for twenty years, told the stu
dents al Normal College yesterday that a
woman must he very industrious. very
/ faithful and that she must give more than
man would in the same place IN Order
20 get anything like the chance on a news.
paper that the editor would give man.
! Mrs Kincaid said college training was
desira bic though no: an indlspensa Ole
prepaTation for newspaper career.
II don't mean FOR the writing she eN-
plaiued Writing is a heaven-0orn gift.
| Develop vour own style and be simple.
! then you'll be all right. But the cohese
training is valuable for the information
YOU gain which is very necessary II you
are 10 he an editorial writer Then 100
more and more are newspaper men com
| ing from college ranks. ana II II Wen io'
the newspaper woman TO he able To meet
them on their own ground-to know she
has had all the advantages they have.
AN editor will almost always give
college graduate hearing. tie nho"s
that size mas a trained mind. If a woman
wants book review nr for instanc". ne l.
much more likely to let her have II II she
can tell him she's college woman.
In tho course of her talk. when was on
Journalism as Vocation for the 'oi'eee
Woman" Mrs kincaid told the o'a'
oowned girls who filled the Normal 'o'-
loco chanel the qualities a woman must
,.,.so.e vho would enter newspaper me
Tho. we're perfect health. strong nerves
St.I
undying enthusiasm
..'rho health YOU must have Sh' so"
"rvcn strong women break down u'u"'
the strain of this most strenuous p'
! lesson ,.,,,.
"Tha high IDEALS are difficult TO keep
,,nctim.s they get knocked ""t '"' q"
ru,e I'm, generally in the end N"' can
hold nm to hem /, Is imperative L" Keep
e1va~s high ideal of honor and truth
,ou,,, p.5nle must knov ihat they can
trust ypu. that is a large part 81 your
good vill.
"your enthusiasm you mast Keep
ovc- every assignment with the "'S'
that is in YOU \ reporter may inc veg!
roxi dav after doing something oS w
s,r, ON something 80 small as -
ibrmillat.nc. hut no matt"r-lh' 'hinH
70 ca cheer(ully. and do II FOR AL u Is
worth
For most women the door INT" news
,opo, work * through society rep'runH'
From that there are many branches WI"
which ei-.u the ability. woman NAY
70 Eut tho drawbacks j. the feeling una
van can GO only 30 far. There ar" many
things open 10 men In "r through
p.wsrapsr career that arr n"' open 70
women
NV alvice 10 crl emnarklns on
rev spaper career is. choose a specially
u mavn't be the specially YOU want u"
ch.o.o-it mas be chosen FOR YOU. bur
,ta, woman with n specially is better OF
than tho one with NJ.
There ~ a woman In Now York who Is
Getting tlG n week a. fashion editor 70
she set out. ten years ago. 10 write edi-
TOTALS on art
There is another woman who Is get
ting 5000 This woman spent years IN
the East studying oriental philosophy
She came to Ncw York and asked an
editor FOR job.
What do you know he asked
" Oriental philosophy
'Hrmph" he said. Learn how 70 make
& Cd pie and IN give YOU n job.
- viii she assured him She took n
course in cooking. and to-day that
woman is earning hey fat living as an au-
ihor.ty IN that ART"