The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-17
THE WOMAN CAUSE.
It Has Received n Terrible Blow In Chi
cnRo.

Prom ne Chicago TNispn.
Tho Worlds Fnir Board OF LADY Mama
gors" adjourned sine do Saturday. Only four
voted against il, but the number would have
| been ten times greater had It not been for the
| gentle but irresistible pressure brought to
bear on tho members by thor President and
| tho Treasury officials at Washington. Other
wise tho Board OF Ladies' would have stayed
here at 50 per dion until every cent OF the APP
preparation was consumed, and would have
felt that tho Bonrd was false to Its duty IL IL
adjourned day so1ner ~
watching with nstonlshment and alarm the
Ion ed notions about feminine decorum he was
shocked by the immense lack OF observance
courtesies Of lie which marked. SO many OF
tho lady managers meetings. When he saw
eoS1snton s S eopisd SO ishiE SS %e
SsSsmPsI Bsss 5 Sss Hs dd
not see that tho Board was doing any good for
the Worlds Exposition-that It was doing any
he fSlt 4 his duty to STOP the sur suppIes, and
back home where they came from. -, ,
Had the msmbers Of tfs Lady B99rd i been i
and be gone. Eeins ladies'. he adopted more
Diplomatic methods for their disEsrssi n.
auditors, andtcomI tr0iiers. and set them to en-
treating. begging, and threatening; so ,hat INC
officials on whom their superior devoyed bis
some s%n oi ime but e douStfa whether they
could have persuaded Col: Couzins and the
the the manasins skiii Of the talented FEesidens
r ment She @a Hss byaSer fSan Mr. Ssrsie
he ta dla Ht and did ff i IN better FORM ''
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free on launch and eondoIasi; They wore con.
the ' Women Of Chicago. on whom they looked
down, with undseuised or laborio,psly con;
patronage. They had the, selection OF certain
D DSm5S as e m.1 And eS thosa
women is to purify. and elevate politics"
wraselea erer their pstponase WITH more We.
hemence and bitterness than men politicians
sons as n to who ha Ress oes
not altogether suited for the kitchen and quite
hS sns the qhaRss to M
brought to bear on them they have been forced
to adjourn and SURRENDER the So per day and
deadhead privileges. The thing to be regretted
is that they did not do so sooner. Tho under
standing, was that they were representative
women. the flower OF their communities. which
would seem to be a mistake. for the women
have been sterner critics of the proc eedings OF
the Board than the men have The latter have
laughed. the former have blushed.
1t Is certai that the conduct Of the Board
ns % Ss Of sans %
women to take an active part in the manage
ment Of great public undertakings. The
cause Of female suffrage and female political
control Of affairs has not been promoted in the
which woman was to lend to American poll:
purely feminine Board. where presumptive-
"; no one would have shrieked or scolded. or
thing harsher than II beg your pardon On
Of malice. hatred. and all uncharitableness.
Therefore. 1t L. we'll that the Board has ad-
journed and that the members have gone
home to scold in private. instead Of public.
cpients. the bad temper they have been ex-
pending on one another in some Of their pub
lilo m aatinR9.