Show HIJ i i te 1 IS A SMART ART WOMAN MISS HORACE GREELEY PERRY AND HER WORK falts edit one ot at the headla Z papa of and finds time for good go deeds deed on the me somewhat of a R politician HAVE been a newspaper man all my life said horace greeley perry recently and my connection with the press pres s of the conn try dates from my christening M y father was a warm admirer of horace greeley and he insisted upon my bearing the name of the greatest american edit editor or I 1 suppose I 1 am the only girl in the world who la Is named for the late editor of the new york tribune miss horace greeley perry la Is young and pretty and the proprietor and editor of the st peter journal of st peter minn she is the only woman in the state who edits a paper and she is also the youngest member of her profession in minnesota she says that she has risen from the ranks having started as a newa girl selling papers on the street at 12 years of age she began setting type later doing job work until she took charge of the paper she now owns under her able administration the journal secured the county printing contract after a monopoly for 21 years politically this young woman is a democrat miss perry is intensely interested in prison reform work and is a member of the HORACE GREELEY PERRY state prisoners association she visits the prison and is a friend of the youngers the famous outlaws regularly paying them a visit every ever month cole C younger edits the prison mirror and in a late number he paid the following tribute to his friend the state editorial association may well feel proud of its noble little littie daughter who has so bravely assumed the responsibilities of a newspaper career and who we fain believe is destined to inscribe in letters of gold upon our count rys history the honored name of horace greeley perry |