The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-27
She Does Much Better in a
Convention Than the
Steiner Sex.
PROOF IN THE CONGRESS.
A Number Of the Participants Give
Their Views on the Probable
Results.

congresses and conventions differently
from man. The one just ended at the
First Congregational Church shows this
beyond doubt, had any such doubt ever
existed. For instance, unlike men in con-
ventons:
The women meet promptly at the time
set.
They do not recess every half hour
during the day to go out to ''see man."
They stick to text and their speeches
are brief.
They are unacquainted with Colonel
Mazuma and the sack is an unknown
quality in their calculations.
But they do not furnish typewriter
copies OF their papers to the reporters and
some of them write on both sides of the
paper.
But. just the same. their congresses are
successful, and the last one was particu-
larly so. At least the officers think so and
the crowds which attended and the enthu-
siasm displ aged go far to prove that sue
cess. All the ladies were particularly
jubilant at the weeks work and were full
OF the good things that would be provided
for the third annual session year hence.
TO begin with, the session would last for
Miss Shaw several other prominent
workers in the cause of woman would be
present.
AS to what had been accomplished by
the congress just adjourned the ladies
were only prepared to state their views in
general way. All of them were certain,
however, that the suggestions offered and
the thoughts terminated would furnish
the leaven to raise the new home to its
proper plane. Furthermore, some of the
ladies were so enthusiastic over the con-
gress that they confidently. asserted that,
were the assembly in session at the pres
ent time, the question of giving the ballot
no time, and that it was coming surely at
the next session.
Now that the congress Is over" said
Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper, its president,
what do l think has been accomplished? ?
Well, that would be hard to tell, but in
general way l think great deal more
than the officers expected. The ballot for
woman in this State will certainly come as
result ofits labors. will not say shortly,
for we can expect no direct results until
the next meeting of the Assembly, but it
will come. If we could go up to the As
sembly right now it would not take two
minutes to settle the whole business.
"The congress itself has been the grand
est kind of a success. That fact is palpa
BILE from the enthusiasm of the crowds who
have attended it's sessions. l have never
seen anything like it, and our only regret
has been that many who wished to hear
those wonderful women, Miss Anthony
and the Rev. Anna Shaw, were unable to
gain admittance.
Wen try to remedy all that next time.
For the third session of the congress we
have already in contemplation a two
weeks sitting, with Miss Anthony and
Miss Shaw in attendance, if possible, along
with several other noted Eastern workers
in the cause of woman
II think the result of this congress will
be to give women different idea of their
homes and the home needs of the world at
large" said Mrs. Ada Van Pelt. ''There
has never been such an important gather
ing Of progressive women in San Francisco
before, and the people of the State and
county Will have learned that deeper sig
nihcance is attached to the term new
woman than has heretofore been acknowl-
edged. The presence of Miss Anthony
and Miss Shaw has been worth worlds
to US.
''Our women will look back on this con-
gress with feelings of respect and enduring
admiration for its teachings. They will
appreciate their own positions in the
home and that of their husbands as they
have never done before, and even though
the Individual woman in all cases cannot
submit the new ideas she has imbibed here
to practical test in her own home, she
will be better and happier woman, wife
and mother"
Miss Anthony said: 81 never in all my
career attended a convention or congress
of women where there was such magnif-
cent body of my sex gathered. They were
not Of the class commonly termed female
cranks.
'They represented the flowers of your fair
land-your best mothers and wives-the
WIZ q M mo 10 10 f,I hi
ton is to not only improve their own con-
dition but to help their sisters throughout
this fair land to lead happier and more
useful lives. Taken as whole the papers
were the most thoughtful, the most in
tellectual and the best written l have ever
heard read. This is not too strong praise.
Both in thought and diction they could
not have been improved. There, too. was
the earnestness which characterized the
proceedings of the congress from first to
last. All the women who took part in the
work of the week are qualified for the posi-
ton of leaders of their sex. 1t pleased me
also to see the interest taken in the con-
gresS by their brothers, husbands and
fathers.
at is significant fact that the men have
not only attended the sessions, but have
taken part in the discussions. Neither
was this done in a spirit of raillery, as is
too often the case where men find them
Selves III Ill open SaIHerllS OF women.
They seemed to have imbibed much of
the interest which marked the discussions
INDUCED in by the women, and, with one
or two exceptions, their remarks were
germane to the topics under discussion. 1t
has been grand week, and will live in
history"
1.-The success of the congress cannot be
questioned" said Mrs. Bertha Monroe
Kickoff. cit will undoubtedly do great
deal OF good for woma1i's cause. have en-
Ioyed the sessions very much myself, and
have no doubt that all the women who
nave been here during the week would say
the same thing if questioned. All the
papers have been well thought out, and
their teachings, if taken home and di-
gested, will be a great benefit. Mrs.
cooper has done a noble work, and she
cannot be given too much credit. The
women OF San Francisco and California
owe her debt of gratitude that it will be
dlfncult Tor them ever to repay"
The Rev. Ada c. Bowles of Pomona said
IT has been a grand week, one we all
Shouid remember. 1t will no doubt be the
last time many of us will ever have the op-
portunlty OF seeing Miss Anthony. Miss
shaw is young woman, comparatively,
ana may be with us often. Their presence
mas done much for the women of the
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