The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-25
LADIES' LONG TALKS
The Convention of Women's
Clubs at Newark Not
Exactly a Quaker
Affair.
Law, POLITICS AND RELIGION
Mrs. Blackwell on lmmor-
tally, Mrs. Hale on School
Suffrage and Miss Phil
sa brook on Herself.
Mrs. Williamson Speaks of State
Charities and Phoebe Hama
ford Of Mrs. May
brick.
Spscial to the Jersey City Neus.

NEWARK, Oct. Is, 1S95.-The delegates
to the annual meeting of the New Jer-
sey State Federation of Women's Ciups
held in the Belleville Avenue Consresa-
tional Church yesterday and TO-DAY, pre-
scented a different appearance AFTER luhch-
con than they had before. Before luhcn-
con the majority had by way OF decora-
tion the small bow of blue and bun lid
bon. which was the delegates padge'
b,,t after luncheon! There were the
General Federation pin, the State Fed
Grafton pin, the pin or color of the IN
dividual club, and a long SATIN paose
with New Jersey in large letters. The
officers had additional decorations, wear
ing a badge which denote their once
The large room was still more cioseiy
packed than in the morning; chairs
were put in all the aisles ana Ihahs
ladies We're obliged to stand.
Mrs. Margaret T. Yardley, the Presa-
dent of the State Federation, said Woro
had been received from Mrs. Terhune
marion Harland), saying it was 1mpos-
sfble to be present and read her paper
on Country Clubs: Story of a ROCKING
CHAIR The following letter was re-
ceived:-
R TERHUNES-LETTER.
circumstances with which l cannot
contend win make it impossible for me
TO attend the Federation Convention at
Newark / am hindered from attend
ing and speaking by imperative business
that demands my presence I
was never before in all my busy me
so crowded with work and engagements.
otherwise, 1 could not deny myself the
pleasure of speaking again in eWark.
Eighteen years residence there mace
the town n people dear to me.
MARY VIRGINIA TERHUNE."
The Rev. Antoinette Brown BlackWeh,
the first ordained woman minister, reao
a paper on sImmortality." She said
e.Wbv should wisdom n benevolence
establish myriads of possible, bright IN
tellieences, capable of learning, 10 aus
tine1,isb between good and evil both for
themselves and others, only to blot them
o,,t again Just as they began? 10 me
the life that is to come is just as nat
,,ral and inevitable as the life we no"
live. An endless destiny for all lie seems
to he taught by revealing Nature her-
Golf Surely we may all live ana nope
and work as heirs of an eternal inner
;+onca waiting and forever still waiting
for everyone of u.s.
Mrs. Elorence Howe Hall followed with
naner jon "School Suffrage" She
said
.In the year 1887 New Jersey passed q
law that said every citizen OF the oiihleu
States of the age OF twenty-one VIM
shall have been a resident OIL TINS olats
FIR one year and of the county IN Which
he or she claims a vote Tor nve mouths
next before said meetings snail NAVE
the right to vote at any school meet
inc etc. At first sight this might APP
near to give the women the right VI
school suffrage in all our State. but DIS
school meetings are not helo IN cieies'
hut only in towns, women can onis
vote i'm rural districts.
woMEN,S VOTING RIVlLEG
.Jn few places did women avail them-
selves of this privilege at frst. for
so,,a time the law was not generally
known Women are naturally conserva-
tive and when we did finally go 10
school meetings it was because our nus
bands asked US to.
.sJndeed the first time we went we only
ra,+ half way. We went back and
wasted to be sent for II u voses "eie
needed, but we were not sent d;s+r,o+
.sThe new schoolhouse OF our oIstIIce
was procured without our woes, pue tt ne
women of Westfield Were caHed upuaa ~ ~
wore for their new building. raeu1uuasa
the women Of Dur now tn attend school
Meetings and to vote ON school matLers.
aIn Essex county the women nae
shown active interest ds,f IF len fe y townsnipss Thes
csns enforcement Society has ap-
nainied three women from eatH III ia
Who visit the schools an ,sa, rgip Work was
800 ana women were serving on com
uuniiffees the court declared the law per
hitting women to vote as
t'o s.Fhe result of this decision greatly Gis-
couraged our women. as = impiesSS gbt
~ Wae yafe. It was decided to petition me
T.apislature to restore school sunraEe,
ard a circular was distributed ana sis, r
o. 4 sIane nai but BY solid men and Mayors
Of cities. presidents, of school boards, su-
perlniendents Of sche The i SAYS s;u PERM e
fendent of Public INSTRUCTION. A. b: 70
lad was a signer, and this gave power,
as his name had probably great lhiiuehee
VIII! .sThaf body held an extra session in
June and body OF w wane to Web + wa IS
I aseless to atempt to get any, new bust
ness done at that extra session., but az
that was our last chance for five years
session. We gave those poor men no
neace. We laid for them in the corri-
doris. and within five mute OF the
with hardly a dissenting vote. This
will 90 to III people for ratification in
1870 MISS PHILBRooK,s ADDRESS.
Miss Mary Philbrook. LID. who Is
known all over the State through her ef-
forts in behalf OF women lawyers, was