Newspaper Women

The Michigan Woraan's Press Association will hold its fifth annual meeting in Newberry Hall in this city June 5, 6 and 7. Some of the brightest women of Michigan, women who have become famous by the productions of their pen, are members of the organization. Gertrude Buck, the brightest young lady in the U. of M. and one of the most graceful and versatile writers in the land, is an active member of the Michigan Woman's Press Association. Among others who are deserving of mention are : E. Cora DePuy, the novelist, who enjoys an envious reputation in the literary world, whose short stories are highly interesting and are greatly in demand by publishers of story papers and magazines ; Emma E. Bower, the ready speaker, who can discourse at length on most any subject, a woman of considerable business ability, who can do more work at a desk than any woman in this or any other state; Mrs. M. K. Buck and Mrs. Ada Iddings Gale, whose poetical productions compare favorably with the best poems of thepre3ent day ; Belle M. Perry, of Charlotte, whose articles are subjects of interest to women, and are reprinted in nearly all of the papers in the country ; Mrs. May S. Knaggs, the editorial writer, who never comes out second best in editorial discussions on social or political topics of the day ; Florence M. Brooks, of Jackson, who can write as good a discription of anybody or anything as the best reporter on the Detroit News or the Chicago ínter Ocean; Mrs. Kate B. Ford and Mary E. Childs, whose novelettes are the delight of hundreds of tb. ousands of readers of newspapers and magazines ; Mrs. Gertrude Spraguo, who knows as much about the "running" of a country news paper as anybody anywhere, a woman who can write local news, editorials, and manage a country newspaper with success : Mrs. Ina ï. Jones, a journalist of ability: Winefreda Gale, of Albion, the noted reader and elocutionist; Carrie M. Jackson, of Milford, who has made a study of job printing and who can teil how a job should be "set," what quality of paper, color and grade of ink should be used, as well as an expert printer in the employ of Rand McNally & Co., of Chicago: Agnes L. d'Arcambal, Mrs. L. H. Stone and Mrs. M. E. C. Bates, who are newspaper women in the highest sense of the word and who allow nobody to think for them. The most difnc.ilt work in a newspaper office is to write appropriate head lines for articles in daily newspapers. Mrs. Kate E. Ward excells in this kind oí' work. A proofreader on a metropolitan daily is, like a general, supposed to know everything. If "copy" is written unintelligibly and the intelligent compositor is unable to decipher parts of it, the proof-reader must know and usually does know how the copy reads. Mary Stewart Myrta B. Castle is a proof-reader who can flll any position on any newspaper or magazine anywhere. Ethlyn Clough, the editor of the spicy Brooldyn Exponent, knows how to eanvass for advertising, how to write an ad. and how to get pay for it. She is business. Mrs. A. E. Bartlett, of Detroit, is second to none as an afler dinner-speaker. She can think on her fee!-. She never takes no for an answer, aiid can debate at length. The Association has ehosen her to respond to the Mayor's address. Mrs. Kate E. Ward, of Lansing, has read the Journal and Iïepuhlican so much that she can write a saucy editorial herself when the occasion demands it. Everybody knows that condensed cream and saucy editorials are manufactured at Lansing. Mrs. Ward comes from Lansing and knows Kowley and the liepublican man well. Aristine Anderson and Sarah J. LaTour know how to preside at large gatherings and like E. Cora DePuy, of this city, knows all there is to know about parliamentary rulings. They are good writers and good speakers. We have endeavored to enumérate some of the women of brains who wil come from all parts of Michigan to the Athens next week. They are some of the ablest writers in the newspaper world of Michigan. They glory in the work of their chosen profession. They are women who believe that the press is the civilizer of the world and who delight in doing their part in the ranks of this great general of the modern world. They are of that band of noble women, who, when life's work is o'er, delight in looking back at a life well pent and silently saying to themselves, 'I beheve that the world is better for my having Hved." The Register, in conjunction with he press of the city and in conjunction with our citizens, extends the hand of welcome to the noble and able women of' the press, who will next week honor us with their presence.