Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-04-15
EDITORS SOCIETY
HEARSCOLUMN|ST
Change in Women's Inter-
ests Are Discussed by
Alice Hughes.

Beauty, social ease and style have
superseded children, church and
kitchen in the interests Of women,
Miss Alice Hughes, columnist OF the
New York American, said today In an
address prepared for delivery before
the fifteenth annual convention Of
the American Society Of Newspaper
Editors.
Miss Hughes shared the discussion
Of Glamour Treatment" with Walter
M. Harrison Of the Oklahoma City
Oklahoman and Times.
Just as men seek adventure, 20
women covet glamour" she said. 1T is
not merely synonym for romance.
1t Is romance with big dose Of wish
ful1llment. So much that is miracu-
lous in the world has come to pass
that women no longer recognize the
limitations Of the spirit OF the flesh"
Tells of Survey.
Miss Hughes first told of survey
among college girls showing they be-
ieve women's pages in newspapers
lack appeal to human emotions She
quoted Anna Steese Richardson as
saying three years ago that the three
things which most interest women are
bridge, knitting and radio. I'm 1887,
Mrs. Richardson says it is, first, re-
)uvenation Of face and body; second,
pleasure and sports; third, bridge;
fourth, culture and civic affairs"
The editors convened at pm. in
Nf- No{;
Club. After greeting from President
Richard o. Gridley of the club, they
heard their own president. Editor
Marvin H. Creager of the Milwaukee
journal deliver his annual address.
Creager told his colleagues that
Standardization is inimical to the very
life OF the press. 1t nevertheless has
its nose under our tentfaps. Standard
lied features have tended to make
newspaper offices into assembly plants
rather than real producers. But the
nose Is getting longer.
Talk by Creager.
There now comes a demand that
editorial workers shall conform to CO..
tain tests imposed by membership in
national organization and that none
be employed or remain employed ex-
cept members of that organization.
Happily, this demand is being gen.
orally withstood. In so far as these
demands relate to better pay and work.
ing conditions, there can be no QUA
rel with them" Newspapers, he said,
should pay literally for the best brain,
energy and ability, and they have not
all done So"
The editors tonight will hold their
annual -the-record interview with
President Roosevelt at the White
House. The time is $50 O'Clock.
AS another feature of today's pro-
gram, Lawrence w. Murphy, president
of the American Association of Schools
and Departments of Journalism, traced
the spread of journalism instruction
since schools were established less than
80 years ago.
Notes Schools Progress.
THE best schools" said his prepared
address, which have never given
degree to a man on the basis of less
than four full years of university study,
have made progress which deserves
full measure of encouragement from
leaders in the profession"
Murphy is director of the College Of
Journalism at the University of ILL.,
nos
The society will continue in con-
vention through Saturday afternoon,
with a host of outstanding journalists
and leaders in business and Govern
ment on the program.
The final speaker this afternoon was
to be Vernon Nash on THE Walter
Williams Memorial Journalism Foun-
dation."
Tonlorrow's speakers will include H.
L. Mencken, Edison K. Bixby of the
Springfield (Mo) News-Leader Chair
man Mariner S. Eccles of the Federal
Reserve Board, Managing Editor John
Martin OF Time Magazine and DR..
George Gallup, director of the Ameri-
can Institute of Public Opinion.