The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-04-12
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
The Weeks DOingS at tha Ma
tienal Capital


The elevator boy nt the Riggs drew long
kleh, whether ofsoTrow or relief THIS world wall
never know. ss the last batch Of -he Council
departed. Almost $50. beside tie regular pa
tronage Of the hotel, il is q wonder the poor
fellow is not ghost.
Those were the snartest women 1 ever
came across" said be, sinking into the chair
outside that had not been honored 10y his pa
tronaFe for 10 DAYS. There was not a single
one Of them that learned the hooT where her
room was located. during the whole time o.
her stay. Je-whillikers, but they re smart; and
] should think they would make boss hands
IS repeaters at elections. too, Judging from the
way they repeated their trips IN and down
that elevator"
A few OF the many 70 whom TBE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE has not vet paid Its respects VIII De
found duly recorded as follows
Mrs J. Z. Croly Jennie Juae) IS veteran
fD female Journalism. though no one would
iudge from her appearance that she vas vet-
Gran I'D years: and the ripple OF laughter was
not unminnied with establishment when she
jnn0ceHtiy gave her age away IN one OF her
speeches mixing herself oGt at least ten good
wears older han her looks warrant
Her first published article was printed ID ne
New York Tribune when Dana was It's man
aging editor. and women were to newspaper
dom unknown, and to her efforts as q pioneer
they owe much.
SOr8ss, ana its second President. The word
she explained. Is derived from the Greek, and
means an aggregation, c! thought purpose inter
est etc. Igs q ject 10 help each other growth
and eniovuent. but religion, politics and WON
81 suffrage hare been tgb50ed sBGJeCt OF discus
sion, although tlEee CT Isle original lucorpOra-
tors aud 90 members including is present
President u. Louise Thomas, represented It
il the International Council.
Mrs Ashton Dixie on account Of her con
nections In England, has been 3 somewhat
noticeable Squire IN this convention. though she
Is 8 woman who would be distinguished Tor
her own sake anywhere. With tail, 1.-THE,
slender figure, her gowns were mETTels o. styie
and good .sstl and her face fuH Of bright
ness, the expression OF which Was almost ssucy
as shesat on the platform Oh ladies DAY, sketch
ing fraehand. the portraits other colleagues.
Der father Thomas EustGCe Smith. WAS q
member OF Parliament. and her husband also,
who WIS brother Of Sir Charles Dixie, Since
the death0f her husband, in 1883, she has given
the most Of her time to the cause OF Woman
Sufraza encouraged by Professor and Mrs,
Fawceit the blind member aad his bTalny wife.
hrs Dikes mission has been TO tho UneBiTan-
chised men uf her country also and In work
inc with this class her speeches have always
C5unseled law aud order, and she has been
credited with preventing riots and soothing
the heat OF those disturbed times IL Trafalgar
Square
She is the proprietress Of the Weekly De
patel, London paper devoted to female radi-
calism. and is constantly working for her paper,
as well as lecturiBg fer the cause
Mrs. Mary Seymour Howell is a lady who
has the blues: Of blue blood coursing through
her veins. Her father who is a first cousin Of
ex-Gov. Seymour. Of New York is descended
from che Earl Of Hartford on one side aud
the famous Jane Seymour on the other; and
her mother IS of & greater nobility stiA, as
she is q cousin of Salmon p. Chase; and when
Mrs Howell was a little girl she and Kate
Chase took turns frightening the chIIdiess
home Of the only other uncle IN New York.
Mrs Howell Is tall and Well-forme3, and bag
g very pleasant face. She is modest % . fault
and her OWL want Of self-sst6sm leads her
sudience astr2y as she steps forward with half
hesitation and begins IN the most unpreten-
tious way what always proves one Of the very
best lectures Of the lot.
ia her OWE STATE she has earned the title OF
Qaeen OF the Woman Suffrage Lobbyists, be
csuse she was the frs woman 20 induce women
% visit the Legislature 70 work for suffrage
bills which they had before that body. She
kcrseif has been very successful having spoken