The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-11
WOMAN'S DUTY.
Ladies of New Jersey Ran
the State Universal1st
Convention Yesterday.
ONE FOR THE JERSEY CITY MAN
Charity Should Be Observed in
Criticiang the New Woman
Bright Speeches.
ONE FOR THE JERSEY CITY MAN

ton was devoted 10 WoHiSH-
called "Club Day." and all the womens
clubs of the city were represented.
The convention was opened by sing
ing Classification written by the Kew.
r. c. Thomas. His wife. Mrs. N. Louise
Thomas, ex-president of Sorosis, n a
member of the Universalist Chureh, was
the first speaker.
She ~endeavored to show the Worh
which is being accomplished by women,s
clubs, and attributed it in a great meas
arre to Sorosis, the first woman cruz
formed for the advancement OF woman.
'Sorosis'' comes from a Greek Weru
meaning "many fruits in one,' wnlch
the members apply as meaning many
brains in one"
Mrs. Thomas gave the names or enc
presidents of Sorosis in their ORDER anu
also the first treasurer. Phoebe carey.
The presidents have been Ance carey,
Mrs. Wilbur, Mrs. Crowell, known a.
Jenny june and now president OF the
New York Woman's Press CLUB; Mrs'
Thomas, Mrs. Kant, Mrs. Lozler, anu a.
present Mrs. Helmuth. Sorosis IS a cluo
which has no break among it's MEMBERS
is harmonious and parliamentary. fer-
haps the great reason why 1t is 50 mar
monious is that three subjects likely 10
bring disagreement in their tram are
interdicted. The three subjects are
woman suffrage. religion and pohelcs.
Mrs. Thomas said woman Suffrage Was
really not interdicted, because the mem.
bers did not believe in it, for most OIL
them do. but because it might destroy
the harmonious spirit.
MEDICAL DRAWBACKS.
branch of Sorosis has been estab-
,;s,ed in Bombay. she said, by a high
caste East Indian woman VINO came 10
this country to study medicine be-
came interested in it. In India the
women are not allowed to see men phy-
sicians. even if dying, unless closely
yelled. and if he feels her pulse Ut must
he through a covering. 1t was directly
nv the influence of Sorosis that several
women physicians were sent there.
seven years ago, Mrs. Thomas SAID,
Sorosis formed a federation OF Womens
cl,,bs. Since then the clubs have spread
over the United States until now at At
lanta over 700, 600 clubwomen are repre-
scented there, and these are only OF CLUBS
which have been in existence over W
wears and which have a charter.
.erhere are over a million club women
in these United States" she continued.
.HThese million have two million Ieet.
The combined tread of two million feet
will shake down all the bridges IN the
world. The harmonious heart beats OF
one million women bent on doing good
in the world make an influence which
nothing can beat"
Mrs. Thomas gave several instances of
the intelligence of women and their pro-
gress since woman's clubs have been
formed. She described the Woman's
Centenary Association, which is a society
of the Universalist Church.. 1t was form
ed in 1869. and has done much to help
women. Forty thousand dollars was ex-
pended by the association for a hospital.
She closed by urging every Universailst
woman to form a branch of the Cen
tenary Association.
CRITICIZING THE NEW WOMAN.
The Rev. Alice K. Wright of Brooklyn
was ans h in p nRSiskfLliif life" 1T Is, unnse-,
essary'H she said, sin this age and before
an intelligent American audience to dls-
cuss the right OF woman 70 e ah;gi+I pu ond
has a right to exercise it." AS for the
new woman, Mrs. Wright said she
knew there We're some phases apou. nsr
which were bad; that the bold and reck-
less were naturally made worse, put
that it was wrong to condemn all be-
cause of this class which old the same
sea-Weed to the pure waves which wash
upon the beach. Under the general aWak-
ening in women's IDEAS there are more
chances of active development, there IS
a better moral aspect.
Women" she said, twill never be a
power In the world until they not only
originate and invent. but speak n act
Butler. in England, started her crusade
against vice, until the present time, the
rood which has been accomplished by
women is greater than we can
When pure men and pure women unite
there is nothing which can stand before
them"
Mrs. Wright said:-''The new woman
matte rule than formerly. she is able to
speak for it forcibly and work for it
long. Jealousy is disappearing. the
new is as yet a little 300 new;
in his e-agerness, but soon we will have
one stronger and surer. We will have
a woman who is a power in home and
lightfui at all times, and whose children
find a mother firm. yet loving, command
ing alwtays their respect"
GIVE HIM A CHANCE MRS NEAL;
speaker. Her subject was 1.-THE Duty
Of woman" Had the topic been in
stead the Duty Of the Jersey City
Man" she cOuld wax ei0queHt. mere
were many things she said he might
do. pre-eminent among them bring
.pure water quickly"
TAT first l was not able to decide that
the women of New Jersey had duties
differing from those of those of other
States. I could not bring into discus
sion any obnoxious laws that might be
on our statute books, or suggest any
Improvement. because you know that
is not woman's business. The thought
w1s suggested to me of the Importance
to their own State. Our Y. P. c. u.
banner suggested to me also Church
loyalty. Could it be for any lack of
feaIty that now when one looks for the
strength of Universalism they have to
look to another State thar here where it
was born? What is our woman's duty?
Even without the ballot woman has al
ways welded a mighty influence. In
deed some thinkers would put all re-
hinder the injustices we see around us?
Let US rally our forces. Let each believe
in the power of one, and each work
heartily with her own particular talent.
snThlat was a good motto taken by a
High School in the WestEFor value
received ] promise to pay. To The grand
pioneers among our womankind who
edge and broader thought we owe a debt.
TO pay for the value received let The
club woman exhort her sister, let the So
cietv woman build her social functions.
on the rocks 0f-sternnerance and purity
Let honesty radiate from the woman III
business while to the mothers. to all