woman who arrives late because she is tired, and blandly offers to "make
up the time at night;" the woman who says, "I forgot to do so and so, I'm
_so_ sorry," and stands like a spoiled child smilingly expectant of
forgiveness; and other women of a similar kind.

A vast number of women engaged in journalism, I verily believe, secretly
regard it as a delightful game. The tremendous seriousness of it they
completely miss. On no other assumption can the attitude of many women-
journalists towards their work be explained. Therefore, my final words to
the outside contributor, as I leave her on the threshold of an office, are
these: Journalism is not a game, and in journalism there are no excuses.