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Show 'S0CTIIE11N DAUGIHEIIS i Sketches and Portraits of Soma of tho j Bright and Witty Daughters of i tho Balmy South : HAVE TAKEN UP JOURNALISM Iu the Groit City of New York They ; Are Working Away as Though ; Tor Dear Life 1 M 'EV YORK, Feb. 21. -There aro many women who frequent fre-quent tho salons and press clubs and who are seen at all gatherings of the world of letters, who are popio.iny supposed to do journalistic jour-nalistic or literary work, tho whereabouts where-abouts of which is most vajitie and in-delinite. in-delinite. But many of tho working journalists and wrill'isof New York are i women, earnest, cons'.'ieutious laborers. I h ive herd set down some facts ahout ' some of these bright women who are fr.mithe south. up. Her eyes are brown, bright and nv tpousive. She speaks like nu Englishwoman, English-woman, thongli now and then you catch a slight southern accent. Bab w very fond of dogs, and her fox terrier, Chum, is a most pampered littlo beast. Hab's big room, in which sho receive her friends, is a fascinating jumble of artistic and womanly effects. Some timo ngo sho accepted the position of fashion i editor of The Ladies' Homo Journal, ami sho is ouo of tlio busiest writers in New York. Miss Mattio Sheridan is by all odds tho best society writer in New York. Sho lias a personal aequaintanco with and tlio cut re to tho houses of three-quarters j of tho Four Hundred. Sho claims tho j proud distinction of never having had j I a M.S. rejected. Many bright articles i from her pen havo appeared under tha ! Horn do plumes of "Littlo Miss MliflVt" i and "11. S. V. 1'." She thinks it a great mistake for writers to uso an assumed ; ' iKime. "If I had only signed my n.-uno I to tho reams and reams of stulf I havo; ; written I should bo quito famous," sho said not long since. Sho is tho youngest monilter of tho Now Y'ork journalistic guild, being 21 on her last birthday. Miss Sheridan is Kentucky girl, having been born and educated in Louisville. Her first liter- j nry work was done for Hearth and Homo when sho was 1 1. Then brilliant letters from summer resorts to The Chicago Tribuno followed. Her first New Y'ork work was done for Tho Graphic, with which paper she was connected for livo yearn. Slio is now under contract to Munsey's Weekly, and will receive $000 for two years' services. Miss Sheridan is an orphan, but sho is by no means alone in the world, for sho lias, 1 suppose, more friends than any other newspaper woman in New Y'ork. Kho is very blonde, with an exquisito complexion, great hazel eyes and a shower of the most wonderful curls, yol low as ripe wheat. Tho pretty name Viola Roseboro N oftm sit;n in Tho Century and other magazines, and one thinks it should be-long be-long to a pretty woman, and so it does, j Many jieoplo aro aisking, "Who is Viola j I lloseboro?" j i Sho is tho daughter of a Cumberland' 1 Presbyterian minister, and wjis born in j Pul i.ski, Tenn. Sho is a niece of Col. A. S. Collier, a well kuown lawyer of Nash- j vilK anil a cousin of ex Governor Marks, I : of Tennessee. This ambitious, young ! lady went upon tho stage, and was with j i Kate Claxton for three years, but beeom- j ! MARY E. UUYAN. Mrs. Mary E. Bryan has tho distinction of being tho best paid woman editor in New York, her salary lH'ing$I0,0OOayenr. She is under contract to Mr. George Munro to give him two serials annually, besides furnishing a short story to every number of bis Fashion Bazar. In addition she prepares short sketches and writes all the answers to correspondents. She is also a most clever versifier, and can dash off poems, rhymes aud skits at any notice. Mrs. Bryan is chainuan of lit-eraturo lit-eraturo in Sorosis and vice president of tho Woman's Pres club. She ha a cozy Mat in Sixty-first street distinguished for two thing's tho collection collec-tion of photographs of beautiful southern women and her "rebel corner." In one corner of her drawing room, on an easel, stand pictures of Jefferson Davis, Who was as a father to Mrs. Bryan, and Henry Grady, who was one of her dearest friends. These pictures are draped with wreaths of laurel and gray ontheru moss. However, Mrs. Bryan's comer only symbolizes sym-bolizes loyalty to her deal frieuds, not disloyalty to her country. Airs. Bryan did her first literary work on a small Louisiana paper during reconstruction re-construction times. Sho was next editor-in-chief, fashion writer, foreign correspondent, cor-respondent, poet and novelist for Tho Sunny South. She kept two serials running, run-ning, aud often while writing a chapter, for which thecompositors were waiting, was likely to be interrupted by a demand de-mand for an editorial on "cotton." Tho brave little woman pegged along for ten years in this drudgery; then her reward came in Monro's tempting offer. In appearance Mrs. Bryan is small, with eyes as black as sloi s, which twinkle twin-kle with fun or grow moist with sympathy, sym-pathy, as the lady's mood may be. Her hair is dark, and she pi issessesa fascinating fascinat-ing smili) and the soft, liquid accent of the south. Sho is most amiable Hiid sympathetic, and many a woman writer thanks .Mary Bryan for an extended hand of aid and encouragement. A few years ago a series of sketches appeared in The New York Star whicu at once attracted attention by tin ir puro Saxon, their picture-quo descriptions, their delicious impudence and clever audacity. 1 don't suppose there was a woman in town who was not delighted with "Bab's Babblings" so thoroughly characteristic were they of woman's tastes and inclinations. "Bab's" idetiti- j VIOLA ROSFPOHO. j ing dissatisfied with tho life abandoned ; it for literature. Her first work was for ; ; Tho Graphic, and her articles were marked by simplicity and grace. In the centennial number of The Century ap- i peared a pathetic story, "A Jest of i Fate," which elicited commendation j ! from such men as T. W. Higginson and ! ; Brander Matthews. ; Miss Roseboro is not a dialectic writer, ; but depicts scenes of southern life with 1 gnat delicacy of touch aud beautiful ; simplicity. One of the best is "Tho ; Last Marchbauks," which was also pub- ' lished iu Tho Century. Miss Roseboro. ; . as can readily bo seen from the aeeom- j psmying cut, is a very pretty woman. 1 Her eyes aro dark gray, her eyebrows : ; almost meet, and sho has a veritable ; j Cupid's bow of a mouth. Miss Roseboro j i lives with Helen Ainsley Smith, j One of the most beautiful southern ; women who have made a distinct and mi- , I questioned success in New Y'ork jour- j j ualism is Miss Elizabeth Bislaml, who i made the tour around the world in com- j ! petition. Mis.s Bisland comes from an intellect- j nal New Orleans family. Tho family j met with reverses through the war, and j M iss Bisland went upon the staff of Tho ! New Orleans Times-Democrat. Four i ! yen's ago she came to New Y'ork and ; plunged into journalism. Miss Bisland j would not do night woilf, lived quietly I and waited for her hour, which camo I when Tho Cosmopolitan Magazine sent j her abroad. Sho is a graceful and statu- j j esquo brunette, and is considered a ro- : i markably handsome woman. It a mi- ! i derstood that sho will pass much of her ; i time in London in the future. Her serv- ies belong exclusively to Tho Cosmo- 1 j politan. Her sister, Margaret Bisland, I I in doing good work for Tho Illustrated j ; American. The Woman's club, of New j ! Orleans, was founded by Miss Bisland, j ; and has grown from a modest beginning i ; to a powerful organization numbering . ! 3(K) persons. j j Emma Moffeft Tyng is a well known j contributor to Harper's Bazar, Art i Interchange and The Housewife. She is j the wife of .Thomtis Tyng, son of Dr. j Stephen II. Tyng, of St. George's church. Mrs. Tyng is the author of a romance of Mexico of Maximilian's time, entitled "Crown Jewels," which is shortly to be reprinted. Mrs. Tyng is exceedingly felicitous in her work upon art topics and interior decorations. She is the daintiest, most womanly little lady imaginable, with soft brown hair, pleasant, beaming eyes, and also possessing that sweet southern accent of speech. She is very popular iu the Woman's Press club, and will undoubt- i edly be its next president. j If space permitted 1 could name a j 'half dozen other southern women who, though not so well known as those whom 1 have described, aro yet. doing good and telling work iu journalism and Uterature : -- j.! k. - f -"V Vv- . . ti ts.v V - l't" h JVa If A "-v " ' J MKS. ISAtllX MAt.EON. ty was for .limn? imm kijj.t a profound secret, but now ail the world knows that tho Sphinx of the New Y'ork press is a pretty, stylish, brilliant young womanMrs. wom-anMrs. Isabel Mallon. Mrs. Mallon was a Baltimore girl, and wdieti very young contracted a most romantic marriage with an Irish gentleman. gentle-man. After his death she found it necessary neces-sary to set to work, and "took her pen in hand" with what signal success we all know. Men admire Bab awfully, and women are devoted to her. Bab was a relK'l, and I do not believe she is yet reconstructed. She is fond of the Confederate colors, but especially is she devoted to red. Being born of Quaker parentage, sho says that the yearning for red is like tho hankering for forbidden for-bidden fruit, and Bab, iu a scarlet bonnet bon-net and red facings to her stylish coat, is a charming sight. Bab's hair is blonde, of that peculiar ehado you see upon children's heads. It i its not bleached, uor is she one bit maile |