, 1879-03-06
G0ROSlS,


.yt,o FORT Cbtte.nondtnct Eoston Gusett<. ~
It sccms that there Is q split In tho, Soross
camp. One fncLion wants tic Club to remain a
sociAl club, rs waa originally intended the other
wants 1t to bu strong minded nnl political Mrs.
Croly, who lIas bccn It's President for u number
of years, is on the Bocia side. She docs not be-
1lcyc III womtn wearing short hair, and do not
think tilat she Is particularly anxIous TO vote.
Mrs. ltebccca Nurse. venerable lady who wears
her gray 'nir in puffs Is the leallcr OF the oppo-
stion. TllcEo is to bu oil election for President
In March, nn she Is tho ea,ida!u Of tile strong
minded. When aorosis was founded, some
eluvcn years ugo, It was an artle!o In its const-
tuition Tint thu subject OF wotncll's suffrage
should bu prohibited at its ,ncutlngs. Last
"Wednesday night the Club hrll Its regular MI.
nual Mccttngat Dclmonieo's, and. while tho ladies
and tlcfr gentlemen gucsts waru chatting lslerri-
ly, the ychernbla L0llD WGlsA wns s1lruilg UPON
them. manuscript ~ hand. Or. Weiss stepl,su
out to tlr ccntre nf the polished floor, md hu-
gan, tn Il *fnw nnu almost tinuthe voice, to
renA MI essay On "Wolnau,n Fortunately tlIero
weIo llo nre-Adalnsta women, or We wou,il l,uyu
hnd tliclr histories. LID begun with Eve, II
@ al,. nos ,nucl mistaken, ana irotn tliat sore!y
tempted wol'las came slowly down through tho
centuries until lw rcucted tho nineteenth.
ton't think tt,at my ono but few alttIn. near
lIln' knew whas he was talking about. IIlo
otlsrs a.e had lssenr until eyeu The retcnae Of
conversation with their netghbors, This only
break slnon THIS moitotony WAS Wien lie pausua
| 10 puzzle ont word III hfs cloae.Y-writtan
manuscript Then lss applause Of q grateful
andicnco rcsonNleu through the hafl; hut,
Mus! 1t Was doomed t0 disappointment. just
rs thuse present wesc about to trsI.I themselves
TO u qtl.ct nap, Airs. trcsl!cnt Croiy arnse
aud sata tt sl1o must call ts speaker to order
for cncroachng upon forbidden subject; that
the right of women to vote was not allowed to
1c discussed ut sososis reception. Or.
NeIss looked very n.tcll elubarEassei aud,
after bowling profoundly. Slipped acsoss thu
''1pptry 1luor until hu reaches! his chair. Mrs,
Lfoly assured him thnt sllo meant nothing per-
aot,"l, that tls rest OF bis putcr wns ntglly Tn.
tsstaln'l:S, a,,A hesged th4t he would resume
tue broken tkTcad The Dortor rather hung
ire anu did not seem inclined 10 rrsll,ne, until
Mrs. Nurse urosa u,ltl said tllut lIo was not
nit of order, aud That hc was tcadi,l: paper III
upcr u, woman tlat ,li.t nut declare her right
tu vote would hc lke applu.pi0 with tho Mpples
loft out, or words 10 tl!it ollcct. au the Doctor
resumed. toslcl.ll; lightly upnn tao forbidden
subject IN hfs peroraton. tlo dill not tcrl
comfortable, however, aud soon tonk hts leave.
| learned afterwards tlAt S1rs. Cruly knew nnth-
luz OF his address until l1e was Popped out upuh
hcr, ntid that 10 Was Invited to bslnE in tho
suffrage question by tho hlorse faction. felt
sorry for the old tlIan, but thnk tlNit Ars
Croly did her dutY.
, The room IN wnch tl'e sorosls held its reccn-
Lou was tho ballroom OF uclnonico's, mud 1lle
toof was rn'ltsled by contact with hundreds Ut
dancing pumps. II Ii mt surprising, tl.rlI, llut
Wnen the little German band nlNt playa the
company out to supper struck up II waltz tho
feet Of tho souug people refused to walk &C.
dasclY around tho room, but honpcd about tn
tllnu to the lllllsir. The lnost 6oros!s Of lilo
soros!ses WE'RE petriticA with asiontsllment
Airs. Croly shook her fan at tho offenders, but
" the rug-ltaarr was her own daughter, the
others Kept on, and for some twcutY minutes
tho wpll.lloWcrs were almost sna1c utzzy BY tl!e
"#aSt:" Alter supper, before the mothers ainl
young folks xot possession u lhs polished door
| agalu, aud bad luoEs fun then than they ever