| Show JENNIE JUNE DEAD Famous Club Woman and nd Journalist Passes Away Mrs Jennie June Croly Crony Journalist and organizer ot of clubs club II died yesterday at her home In New York Tork after an nn illness duo to weakness of or tho the heart hearl lasting since the th early part of ot November In 1886 before any on other othar woman oman had lied entered the Weld field ot of Journalism writ writIng writIng Ing mg under the th name of at Jennie June she gained a pine on tho the staff Mart of ot Noahs Sunday Times She became a It special writer on an fashions anti was all the first to undertake the syndicating system now so generally In use useIn useIn In 1837 1857 she ehe began to supply tho the lead lend leadIng leading Ing papers paper ot of the country with fashion and womans woman gossip letter and In this way her nom de plume Jennie June became A household word At that time there were no depart departments departments ments for Cor women on the newspapers and she ahe made the field neld for tor herself her elC elCHer Her tier nut first work was Ill on the tho Demorest publications and she was the editor ot of Demorest magazine for tor years yearn She was WitH at ono one time hub IU ll editor of the lie Messenger was on tin th taft of or Ito Ihl dully dally Times and Of If tutu thu dally n 1 contributor to th the Democratic New York Petit curves of ot the tho Now New Dolln and edited tho iho ho fashion departments of ot Magazine Mu n Frank brank Weakly Leslie s II Monthly and Included with her wOI of or tine the edi edl editorial page of ot the Weekly Times tho the dramatic DUll and editorship e mid aim mida IMI a I special womans department S Mho Bho w was regular New Ne York correspondent of tho the American tor tal or fifteen year and ten for a it syndicate of from twenty to 10 u il ato journals Jo for over oer thirty years Jane Cunningham Crony Croly was widely ly n known In ht America und amid Kurop l ns nil the founder of ot the first amid most famous fantes womans club III In this country Mo Sn roil of ut N New w York She film was Its JI first Brat and u Rf forward n nI I president nt for ten tell years Shim BM was wan long longtin Ion IonI I tin the Jet best known club and woman In III tho the United States and 1111 tho thin most malt fertile In III Ideas Mm Mrs IIII ruty nas nl T years old On her birthday the tho i dull club of Not NI York whose rs cull call hethe he the Ihl mother malliN of ut clubs gave her soy OV i ml She not only 1111 bi l but was wan president of ot U It for tor twelve was 1111 mado the HIP cry ry president ot ut the Now York Fedea of ot clubs She Pho was IS also at tho tiro thine ot of her hll death Ileath president of at ho the Press club In III per Mrs WAS WA I a 1 de lIe ld l l surprise to those who formed n opinion of ot her bar from ot of her ark She Bho Willi slight blight of barely med md nn mn height with the voice unit and lust lost timid instiller in 11 residing over a it 1 public she ahe i t began In III n ing way WilY ap 11 n though groping for h her r words and she as no II Invariably ti up III with a phrase phase Ih or a 1 point so 00 apropos so HO concisely cly put and with such Buch dry humor tint that It carried c the Ile crowd crowll with wilt a n storm of ur r Jennie June was WOR tho the reverse of ot up Ui but Iut site she was at progressive to I Ithe the t imaginable degree A womans woman who wits was for Cor woman I and Ii a nl an first last ant antall all tho the time line Mrs 1011 Croly watt Willi born In 11 Market Thur borough Ingland D Des Deo o 19 1811 lot Scotch Broich h parentage her het father b being n 1 Unitarian preacher tier liar hue hus bent band this llev lle D O 0 3 Crony Croly Crol d 1111 d many mall yours years ago and left lell the Iho rearing raring and educating of at throe three to lotus the frail busy bUHY Hula woman which partly ac sc for lot this the vast vant amount of oC work this lea one on woman nu Chicago |
