The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-15
a MEETING At MRS sloE,s.
The wife or The MiiIo ,.i-s .. AIDES,
wsn-s'- Rights Advocate.

WsHnss Rights Advocate.
Mrs. Russell Sage il an ardent advocate Of
woman's Suffrage Yesterday afternoon she
opened her house at SOC Fifth avenue for one
OF the parlor meetings which have become so
prominent feature OF the present cam paign.
These meetings are not public They are as
strictly matter Of invitation as . reception or
| any other social func elton would be.
| Yesterday the parlors OF Mrs. HaRe's house
were crowded. chris were placed in the hall.
and some OF the listeners even sat on the stairs
in order to be near enough to hear the speak
ers. Mrs. Sage herself presided. A table was
placed In the opening between the two psrlors.
| and Mrs. Sage sat at II. with Mrs. Montgomery
| OF Rochester. and Mrs. Stanton Blatch Of Eng
land beside her. Mrs Sage presided with dig
| nifty and great deal Of sell possession.
She made few remarks at the beginning OF
the meeting. and. although It was the frst
time she had ever spoken to an audience she
had no notes at all and was not In the least
embarrassed. She made quite q hit by her
reference to the first mention Of woman's
rights which she said occurs In the twenty
seventh chapter OF Numbers.
I'm that chapter" said Mrs. Sage. the
daughters OF Zelophehad came to Moses and
told him how their father had died without
any sons and all the property was to be given
to his brothers; and they asked for share In
his possessions You would think that Moses
could have decided that easily enough. but
he couldn't SO he took II to the Lord. And
what did the Lord say2 Why. He said,
Give the women their rights And Moses did"
Mrs. Sage introduced as the first speaker
Mrs. Montgomery. a Wellesley graduate. who
had never until q few weeks ago spoken on the
subject Of woman's suffrage. She began By
saying that the women present must try to
forget the old conservative prejudice against
the radical
We must get away from the old idea that to
avow . belief in tho right OF women to vote is
to do something TO be ashamed OF. Those OF
| us here to-day represent tho conservative els-
ment OF society. Perhaps there isn't one OF us
who has consciousness Of any need for tho
ballot. But let US see II there isn't some rea-
son why she ought to have it In the first
snashronisn: Military force used 70 be the
q ,b Sso9 As the World Ia: sS
Where men were two Or three esEerstIOn S ago.
ES.n il We her. IN this room. DO no. need
| the ballot; there are others for whom We need
into our L.sI.ssar. Which Would T never o never
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drawn. FOR Of souI:e decent men feel the same |
ws' I. that We do But r + only too true that
the school teachers OF this city IS an example |
Saiet EooEs that the School 81
teachers are sober. moral. Intelligent class |
l. III Simply because they have no votes. Two
Thousand ditch diggsrs are Of more importance |
votes. and the school teachers can send only |
titions il cp66y holes and on shelves and ali
that sort of thing.
made OF what will happen 4 women do get the
ballot. / am reminded by these prediotions of |
anss to T. the chair . MD
" vas .h very much impressed 6y the the numbers
81 s e s:id nS Sou nsr s1nd sell al u tS.s.
ehairsr Never fear. my boy said his uncle;
s0i 10 s SS hat 81 na, zs
snd Loving i,tt is. children aren't going out q
We Sars s'I n.ver .ucess.d ' in G smsndins his
constitution or bylaws, either"
tax and r .sld tSss She o. kns.
thai es:y one had been
tie anscdote," she said. This is from Boston.
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proper time; She hunted up the wsshwomsn
tickets to see Bernhardt As she needed
new bonnet to do proper honor to the occasion
Il Tor herself. Now. we don't Know. You see
how soon washing will be interrupted By eul.
Mrs Sage explained that she had expected
TO have Eizabe,h Cady stanton 70 speak to
town. and had been unable to return on ac-
count Of The feysrs storm; Mrs stan,on's
England. and would speak instead OF her
Just before We landed this morning" said
Mrs batch. we were all called down into the
saloon to be interviewed By q customs oniesr.
day WAS led Dc on By some ' male eo@p.sions to
drink and then TO run 4 race on the DECK. he
stood In front OF me Just recovering from his
drunken dehauch. he spoke very little Eng
IL tai :s; s n% .. Gi T.:
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ssEsd me M ri pane where lived how many Hop
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moved before come again
the gS2H al. q ~ hs.d s Thfh y MT
now Of a subi.et at which have been
hfId nt Tork for the .o lat six months
in England. have made some curious dis
eoysIies iq the course o. my Inquiries. 70.
women are smaller 10 those pursuits which
are given over almost entirely 70 women As
work in the same fields as the .ntrsnehised
man. you md an inereass lon IemsmbsI
SAYS that women are not producers, We have
alVsn ed in thought since then. Prof
for instance. OF Cambridge. Eng |
land. says that the woman who bake bread in q
kitchen Is as much = producer as the man
" no DAkss bread In = bAkeshOp. That IL true. |
but aiasl Prof Marshall did not see quite lar
enough. for the woman who bakes lTeal in
iss also praduesr. There re are two Kind. oi
insoms There is the actual Income. and
ssG se Sc wees That Z Ris Actual
come But suppose that outside Of that
family. That added 10 his actual income. Is !
hls economic value. | believe that womRn's
economic Income Is quite as great as mans
M axes her own mats. her own dresses. peg
maps. cooks her own meals. aud that must all
IA " Toots sit down 10 tables without cloth or
china sssp In beds that are never made. sit In
rooms that are never busted and 20 about un- |
clothed can We say that women are not pro-
duesrA" g.,
At the cloSs Of MIRA Biatch's talk. At re-
csDtlon not Ions age" she said. was talk