South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-01
WIFE OF PLYMOUTH
EDITOR TO ASSUME
DUTIES AT CAPITAL
Mrs. BOYS Named Woman :
Publicity Editor for g. o.
p. National Committee.

"yvoman's Publicity Editor for
The Republican Rational Commit
tee" Is the task For which Florence
R4ddlck Boys. wife OF Samuel +.
Boys. editor 81 the Plymouth Daily
Pilot. has been appointed by the
Republican Nndonal Committee dur
ing this campaign. During the ear
ly married life OF BOYS. from 1925
90 1902. he was a young South Bend
attorney. but he lure OF newspspa
work soon drew him into that field.
where both he and his wife rghtful-
IS belonged. Her new office Is a
recently created place on The com
nsib,ss FOR Whioh Chairman John T.
Adams and Sec'y George 3. Look
wood felt there was distinct need
Mrs. Boys was called % Washing
ton last week 20 confer about ac-
cepting the place and at that time
arrangements were made for her 20
do the work. Her headquarters dur
ing the campaign will be in the Nun
sey Building In Washington and her
work viii be 20 put out the publicity
matter directed specially 20 the wo-
men or the country.
Fitted For Work.
Mrs Florence Ridack Boys "a
peculiarly fitted for this work by
birth. education. and experience. She
comes OF a family IN whose veins
runs printers ink. Among them arr
numbered editors and writers
Her mother won wide reputa ton
IN Minnesota for her poetry con-
tributions 10 local papers. She was
the niece OF Ezra Cornell. the found
er OF Cornell university
Both her father and mother wers
graduates OF Albion College. Albion
Mich. where ne was Salutatorian
of his class and she was Glass Poet.
TVenty-six years later history re
peated itself. for Mr.. Boys became
salutstOrian OF his class and Mrs
Boys became Class Poet.
Mrs. Boys father Is a Method is;
minister who has done some news
paper work. Her brother IS Con
gressmsn Carl w. Riddick or Mon
ana who knew nothing OF her cal
10 Washington. however. as ne is
In his native state busily pushing
his campaign for nomination 20 the
senate.
When her husband became an ed
flor % gave her that outlet she need
ed for a more steady production of
writing During cOf-ege days she
had been an editor OF the college
paper and in the years that followed
she had done some work for differ
ent magazines. For 20 years Mrs.
Boys has written various things for
her husbands paper. Her woman {
page or the Pilot became such a no
table success that It has been syn
dicated 10 other journals through
out the country and IS read by over
million women daily.
Talented I'm Politics.
During the campaign Of 1920 she
wrote a booklet giving reasons FOR
women joining the Republican party
Il was thought OF very highly by
members or the National Commute,
and described by one of them a.
she best piece OF political literature
put out by a woman in 90 years.
Mrs. Boy also contributed frequent
articles 10 the National Republican
and her display Of talent along po-
htical lines On believed TO have been
that which caused her appointment
by the committee.
Her CHIEF attention, however. has
been conferred on her family Of five
children. The writing has beer
merely incidental Mrs Boy Is rich
In the experience which comes TO q
mother.