Newspaper Woman's Work

NEWSPAPER WOMAN'S WORK

It Is Remunerative and Rarely Monotonous In Large Cities.

"In addition to her news work the woman reporter probably does 'specials' for the Sunday edition," writes Elizabeth G. Jordan of "What It Means to Be a Newspaper Woman" in the January Ladies' home Journal. "There is no reason why her income should not be $35 or $40 a week at the end of the second year. After she has worked in New York five years she should be earning at least $50 a week.

"As to the brighter side of the picture it may be said that the reporter is in constant touch with interesting phases of life. However hard her work may be, it is rarely monotonous. Each day brings her into contact with different persons and with varying conditions. She meets the brightest men and women of this and other countries and makes friends of many of them. She has an unrivaled opportunity for the study of men, women and human nature. She is using her brains and making a name for herself among her associates. She has opportunities to do much good in a quiet way. If she has ideals--and as a rule she has--it is no harder to live up to them in her profession than in others. Of the so called 'perquisites' of the profession--passes and gifts--the less said the better. The best type of newspaper woman never accepts these."