New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-23
spEcrAToRs ~ THE GALLERY

Miss Frances. % cincinnati. I)i. Emily ldri'f or
south Norwa.k Mr.. Nntonriie Hunt o. i;oston.
Mrs Florence D. Graz Shaw aaI Mr.. Waiter NJ.
Fleming.
SPECTATORS ~ THE GALLERY.
Tho small gallery overlooking the banquet hnn
was filed with people who wished % So" ana hear.
even though they could not Yartak". Prominent
among the member wore David Elwarl Micha't.
OF Tho LONDON World" and David Christ" Nuf-
ray Chopln's Military Pooualsc' was PLAYED los
Mrs Cora l.. Ralors Ia" guests entered me
room and Interpreted with tho fpastf w'f" songs
hv Mrs. Helene Goldsmith and Miss Ernma Es'eli"
Potts The address OF welcome WIS delivered hN
Mrs Lille Dcyorcux Blake In part -n" sa.'.
once again 1t IS my pleasing duty % g.. ,me Won
on behalf 81 The N.u-York CIV Woman Sl0ra+r
Lcaguc t. our annual i.3ei .prc,i "p ,l'
Ro K. on m. bcal shore % Ne~-Enclaul. th.rt>.
tw, women accompanied by siN'y-u4ne men ANA
children II aushteri \ noble band thry were" th"s"
Pilgrim Mothers. and 50 honor them all = frnf
ago Ne M: here VITA high hopes ~ success N"
thought then tina; our dinner MS year ""tI joe
feast Of congra'u.at.on 1ni ihti in-i't' o' ''.'
treated AZ mems feast. tho laughter ana ih' sons
OF the Pilgrims might st side oy SIDE rgta s''i",
ia the i"st.viu"., as III I'.lN'1' N''!F ..,
De as II should be-. FOR w. have no qutff. WIN
mn "" ""uI m -, m, .i','. o,,r t,,s an
men. COD bless th"un. my '''N'' ''' ',
double sorrows daughter. they ar" me in-pI'It
and the cr.ucs % our lives. they ar oar hhrpnr--
oar ANXIETY our ir'tsni"- ana '', '', .''' .t'.
would gladly welcome them 20 our sue" ,N}pluN.''
fiiion which YOU signed here lat year. AMI "l.'u
before u closed represented t-"' lroi' 80 -" i""-'
Mrs Blake spoke Of what the women ~ dir'r"n'
na,lons had done for their poop" AMI related s"'-
cral Incidents regarding them.
MRS. STANTON WARMLY WELCOMED
Mrs. Elizabeth CaIy Stanton replied to the 'oas'.
The Mairiarchaie" Her entrance - the dining nal
was made after IN" other guests "err seated. AMI
storm OF applaus" demonstrated Oh" regard 80
which she H. held. ~ she rose g. speak. h.r open
ing words were almost lost IN the no-" made hy
r..It i'm L.
There has been no subject that ey"n 90" ~is'.'i
men havr treated with le-a comn.on-sense than tn
origin and destiny Of woman tN"iy IAN Iiul ,''"tN
has been promulgated. none OF "hl.h -hn'l -.
s,ier but simply deny me three main assumptions
upon which all thcir absurd argument are htS''..
First deny mat woman "dS Il" III ,I ''.b"'
The creation and assert that. according - ~"
Mosaic record and scientific principle. Sh" wa =
simultaneous creation WIN H"" -, ',' "
has not always been IN Suhjrclioh bi' i'i ''h'ui"
va. the ruling po%cI Snr rr,snri r ,i,
arbter ~ her own d"-l!ny. the protector % "i "
dren the builder OF al thrI" was Of hom" lli" "i
Nri,r,ta,- or Mother Age traces ~ which
n. found al through The Middle Agcs. AMI in "a'if
AMI among many uncriliz-d natives and tribes i'-
dny From thc MairiaIchat" "" passed INTO me
Eff, fuAl struggle suhiugat" woman Ia ~ Will.
but all along fair representation 81 ~" p."'",,'
b"iio"; h'' re ming. men said thry could not do
men discovered Gods Intentions mas always Dee" "
Third Man meyer has been able 70 keep "oi"In
t., ,-hs, la. considers 10 De her sphere ana never
Vim he lie said IL dangerous - ~duca'"
wnneu. they should not g"t hOh OF thr aIlhb"l.
Int yroruru did get hold Of n. and PICTURED IN IN"
nsnuhv and men crowded To- hear them ~" eva
md canon laws Wed with each Other 10 d"HihHr
Nomau In the STATE and church, bat All along
thrnush the centuries motherhood has been w"i-
shipped, and the MagnIncat l. sung. III an ne
c,th.,rals round tie glObr WOmaiis voice va
heard I'm all civilized countries 81 both continents
and i'm the isles Of the sea. over an area OF I|"ppD
sutl.r. miles When f0Trmuthris cam" 10 thl7
country they brought the English - stem 81 lnrI-
prudence and general PRINCIPLES or government an
in harmony with these prccedrHts women N",''i
for nearly POO year, Th, word mall was mo-
found in the constitution OF any or I'D" thlii"
original colonies Although women voted ia Nr"-
York This was the first State 10 inuoduo" IN"
word "Inalc" In the constitution uUs). MhSsdchu-
setts followed I'm 1850. The last states 10 ADOPT u
However. the fathers were determined 10 MP
woman's ambition In the bad. When in"y "St hb-
llshed public schools they would not alWlt fHi7'
hut BY hook crook. the women we're. III Iu"
fine. seated in the schools ana colleges ihey
are there not only IA students. bni also ~ ndch-
crs and professors, preparing futuic fl"-h'nts'
Governors ana Senators for their duties IN me
Then the obstinate fathers sad women Atiou'
not study law. medicine or theology. but f9rth-
,,t, they were I'm the court. the hospital ana IN"
uuiuii over 5000 following ih"@" PROBES
sions In the United States . . .
In face Of all these facts one would tlnh INA
me sons Of the fathers would no longer FISK their
renutatons In these battles against women But
alas, These sons Of Adam do not learn Nv "N-
nc,iepce Like Dame Darlington win her broom.
.r,r,,Ino 10 keen back the Atlantic Ocean. TWO
,n., g., our late Constitutional Convention braced
themselves against tho incoming iie or woman
suffrage