The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-11
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
MRS. BIDDULPH MARTIN SHE
WILL FOUND SCHOOLS.

- Resumed-Her Solution of Social
p,oblems-A Woman Preacher-It is
necessary to Kick = Canoeing for
women.
(Copvri1ht.l
Nrw YORK, May 10.-Victoria Wood
Ill Martin is an interesting woman. After
ting her one understands better her pic
.,resoue career in New York half a genera
.on ago. Put her anywhere she would have
-,rer over men and women.
She is quite slender. of medium height,
18th short hair fiecked with gray. As she
.ntars a room your first movement is one of
.nrnrise at finding her SO small. You real
;za that. half consciously, you expected her
to be striking.
Her face is the face of an enthusiast,
strongly marked, and yet not one which
would, if you saw it in repose, command
,,our attention. When she speaks it becomes
animated, expressive and, at times, to a
marked degree, winning.
She dresses very simply, without jewels.
She talks quietly. without trying to pro-
drce an effect. and yet she must have the
c;ft of oratory. She impresses you as a
woman very much in earnest. and who be-
Geyes in herself thoroughly; a generous
eeotist, if that phrase conveys a meaning.
She has conquered a position in England,
so al least one would judge from the April
number of the London Charity Record,
which speaks of ''the talented American
lady whose noble and devoted life has
secured for her the unbounded respect and
esteem of the whole civilized world" She
has come back to New York to conquer a
nosition here. Considering how she went
and how she returns after thirteen years the
situation is dramatic. One cannot say she
has not splendid courage.
Her husband, Mr.. John Biddulph Martin,
is a London banker, who calls her his dear
little wife," and who is apparently nearing
50. He has a fine, straightforward face,
partially overgrown by a full beard. He is
interested in the Angio-American debenture
company, and may start banks i'll New
York and Chicago. Zula Maud Woodruff,
Mrs. Martins daughter, has grown up a
pretty girl with wavy hair and beautiful
forehead. She is devoted to her mother,
and Yields clever pen in support of her
theories Lady Cook, nee Claf1in, is with
her sister, preparing for trip across the
continent.
The parlor of the house in West Seventieth
street which Mrs. Martin has taken is fur
nished tremendously in gray-green and
crimson, with here an ebony chair and there
couch heaped with cushions. Evidences
Of refined taste and plenty of money with
which it may be gratified abound. One of
the most conspicuous ornaments is an old
newspaper caricature, handsomely framed
and resting on an easel. Across the top
runs the legend, How to Manage Balky
Team" The team is a four-in-hand of bulls
aud bears with the faces of Vanderbilt, Fisk,
Gould, etc., and seated aloft, holding whip
and reins, are two hoop-skirted jehus.
While you are examining this souvenir of
the first firm of woman stock brokers,
"How old are your asks Mrs. Martin, with
frank directness.
There, you see, can't talk with you as
if you could remember us in the hight of
our activity. When we came to New York
a woman couldn't get meal in a restaurant
unless she had a man TO escort her. Now
see the changes. l am compiling all the
things the press used to say about us"-and
she picks up the rough proof of bulky vol
ume. ''Here we are trying to vote. l was
the first woman, you know, who offered a
ballot at the polls. Here is the nomination
for the Presidency" The leaves futter
open at this point at an antique comic pic
ture OF mass meeting addressed by ges-
ticulating female "Here is something not
so pleasant" The illustration shows the
sensational arrest Of somebody in q very
large chignon. "Why, the things we were
reviIed and sent to prison for advocating
are topics for discussion now in every draw
ing ROOM"
"In what direction do you think the
greatest advance has been madeE
"In the opening of money making occu-
pations to women. Formerly, a woman
had no resource but to sell that which to
her is most sacred-her maternity. The
woman who sells herself in the slums for 6
is doing nothing worse, morally, than the
woman who sells herself in the church for
el00, 900. The woman who gets the poorer
price needs the most help and sympathy
There is no other difference. The remedy
in both cases is the multiplication of honor
able ways of earning a living"
Report says that you are going to lecture
on Marriage"
81 have had large sums offered me to do
so, but / am not sure that my health will
permit the exertion. If lecture the pro-
ceeds will go to the schools wish to found
for girls. L do not care to make money; I
have plenty, and when | die cannot take a
penny with me. 1t is rather my concern
and my husbands to make good use of what
we have"
IF you found school in New York,
how will it differ from those established
already?
II hope to open schools not only in New
York, but in Chicago and in several of the
cities of the country. | have not
come back to America because had any
need to do SO or any purpose of my own, but
do you see that? She pointed through
the open door to the Stars and Stripes and
the Union Jack draped together on one side
OF the hall. "Mr. Martin couldn't leave
home without his colors, but l love my own
land and want no monument for myself
but the one 1 can build by helping forward
the education of its girls. Mr.. Martin is
with me in my projects. He says:
Wherever you lead, little wife, l will fol-
low My plans for the schools are not
formed, but they will be educational.
II hope to re-establish Woodruff do CIaf-
had so much to do with precipitating the
Tilton- Beecher lawsuit 'But this time it
will treat of social questions from a purely
scientific standpoint. Shortly before he
died had a letter from John Stuart Mill,
In which he said, the difference between
you and other reformers is that you begin
at the foundation That is what we shall
do in our paper"
will you tell me what is the foundationw
TIE foundation is the mission of the
We have people devoting their lives to de-
veloDing beautiful orchids We have agri-
cultural fairs competing to breed the finest
horses and cattle and offering prizes for SO
DONG. But to waste moments reflection
over the perfecting of so miserable crea-
tule as man is impossible, the discussion is
vulgar