Mrs. E. J. Nicholson

The -vromen of the scrath are becoming j most active in literary work. Mrs. E. J. Kicholson, the owner of the New Orleans Picayune and its editorial chief , combines in a remarkable way the qualities of a genuino poet and of a successful business woman. She was Miss Eliza Poitevent,the daughter of an old Huguenot f amily, and her cliildhood was pent i on the Pearl river, from which she has I taken the rather romantic pseudonym of "Pearl Ri vers. " Wliile still a young girl, she joined the staff of The Picayune as literary editor, shortly afterward marrying the owner, Colonel Holbrook. Finding herself at his death in possession of a politica! paper heavily burdened with doljt, she has succeeded in bringiug i it to a firm place aniong the newspapera : of the country. Her marriage to Mr. Nicholson, who is the business manager j of The Picayune, has given her leisure j f or literary work and f or brilliant social i