The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-02-05
Confessions Of JuIIette Lee.

Confessions of JuIlette Lee.
The Dallas Express corner for
Women today celebrates Its first
Readers of the Dallas Express. II may
be of some interest to our readers TO
know just how this special service for
women began. About one year and a
half ago, a group of women were In
the company of the President of the
board of directors of the Express and
the conversation drifted to the Dallas
Express. He was relating some plans
for improvement in the paper and his
desire to make the Dallas Express SER
vice the very best Of its kind One
lady remarked that she found little
of interest to her In the paper and
suggested something special for wom-
en-, something of interest 10 her class.
He replied, II am perfectly willing TO
add space for you women If l can
find a woman to do the work. .
YOqF S to spG IKE " f Hs ssS
err. GO to work and let us see what
you can d."
This idea fingered in my heart and
mind for about six months before
set myself seriously to work. One
bright morning I reported to the of
flee of the manager OF the. Express
and told him what the President had
said and outlined my plans for the
work. He told me to bring the mat
ter in. I choose for the name Depart
nent for Women"
There were FIVE snb-heads, a short
article by the Conductor; Good Times
lesson IL " in GIVES civic club e notes. espS Social
Activities and Tested Recipes. The
last named column was at first run
by Miss Lucille Williams. Domestic
Science teacher i'm the Dallas High
School, to whom am Indebted for the
excellent start and many helpful sug-
gestions. We opened the Department
for Women" and ran for the month
Of February at the monthly meeting
Of the board of directors the Presi-
dent called attention to the new de-
partment and the board voted to con-
tinue this new service. So, we became
part of the Dallas Express force.
For more than six months Depart
ment was run as originally planned,
but at that time the Express faced
serious paper shortage and we were
asked to cut down our department.
sometimes II became necessary to
at other times 1t was left out alto
gether but never has an omission
been the fault of your Conductor. The
matter has always been in the office
and on time. When the paper situa-
ton grew less acute we opened up
anew with the heading 1.-THE Dallas
Express Corner For Women" We
were given a definite place In the
Il CpFHtT On lnt tullOIidl pas
an honor which proves the success of
the work and your interest.
Why did you use the name "Ju-
liette Lee? Well when the depart
ment was opened, the Conductor was
inexperienced and there was a tim
idity concerning its worth and sue
cess. then too, we recognized the fact
that often the unknown creates more
interest than the known and famil-
| lar. The non-de-plume was made ur
from the names of my little daughters
Esther Juliet and Mary Lee. The Con-
one youn lady told her that she felt
quite sure Julliette Lee was a white
woman. Many of us still cling to the
| idea that worth and initiative are
only found in the white skin.
The work Of this Department Is not
| intended to be local. but our column
| is opened to all women readers every
where, we favor no select few. II that
seems to be the fact, ii is because we
have not been able to interest other
women to accept our service. We
would welcome club notes from clubs
anywhere in the state so that club
life might be stimulated by publicity
| and completion. With grateful
acknowledgment for the many words
of encouragement which have reach
ed the department. a few of which
we are publishing below. we start out
| for another years service trusting
| that much good may be accomplish
ed though this special service.
Sincerely yours.
MRS. A. H. DYSON