New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-17
WOMEN SPEAK THEIR MINDS.
A LIVELY TINE AT THE MEETING OF
THE SOCIETY FOR POLITICAL STUDY.
MISS BARcALow THINKS IT PITY THAT THE
GENERAL. PUBLIC DOES NOT KNOW THE

MISS nARcALow THINKS IT PITY THAT THE
GENERAL PUBLIC DOES NOT KNOW THE
VALUE OF THE s. p. S. DISCUSSIONS
The Society for Political Study had another ex-
citing meeting yesterday in its rooms. at NO i+4
Madison-ave and seems likely TO go on having
them The members have got into the haot Oh
speakinp their minds, and apparently enjoy the
novelty of I. so much that they do not like to give
up the habit
Mrs Lille Devereux Blake was the innocent
cause yesterday OF precipItatng a small tempes.
in a teapot. She wanted 10 call the atten'o'i Vi
tho society she said TO the utterly defenceiess
condition OF women regards the iesis'a'"o
power. ~
Several bills that vitality concern women nav
been Introduced into the Legislature during TINS
brier session" she said land most OF you 90 not
know It, | have not been able 10 ma out '"e''
precise nature and the newspaper reports arc "
INADEQUATE that II is impossible 10 hhd out '"e
to permit a married woman 10 CONFESS Juus''o",
has passed the Senate: the others are sun p'"u
ing. one provides that every married woman no"
.o.ht- ,r tho schools except IN Buralo-which
q axcented for some mysterious reason-shai pe
denrived OF her place August next ms a'
you can see would cause great harushp w VIZ
en- teachers who supporting thtlr Iaiii'ieo on
invalid husbands A third bill would MAKE Gun
non-law marriages invalid unless registered' ana
I have no doubt, though do not RHo"' ''"' '
man is 10 DO the registering
Nrs Mary Holmes Bates, In commeh'ins y" NV
second OF these bills. said that 1t wotio DE ua"
eerous 10 society. for II women were Hiaue ne'p
less they would help themselves. An inVa'iu us
hand was great bur1 m. even when tns WI, ~
ahia 70 supnort him. and II she were ueIl..r ",
,ha means OF so doing Mrs Bates predis,,eu ~, az,
,tbreak OF Oklahoma iivorces rhllilS '''' 49,
SC,shorSs might even be 'Maybrcked. ~.
Sbn had scarcely uttered this last woru VIZ, 80
n,as,dant the Rev Phebe Hanaford, WHO was '''"
pporarv ont OF the chair was on nef iee.' .. .h.,
pItNadann Chairman" she said Il obJect W IN vi,
ovnraseior "a chairman OF the Executive No"'i'''
80 ~ tho MAVERICK Association. A.. .-so
TmmediateIy several other members OF III IT, ,ord
c,ation-Nry James Fairrnan, MITE; lua n,h. rs
t5au u,ho organized il. Miss Ellen Miles Hiiu
go simultaneously and recorded tneir oDJeN.sn,
Nc Rates refused to withdraw me eNpie-J1 ~
,aMayer II was In use she said ana express , W..
~ sba wished TO convey. She added n1"es 49,
49, no one sympathized with Mrs MAY 'lch ~
80 herself and then the Mayor!cktes sasn nc
= rn,nd ~ applause by way OF a peace ott ~, ,
rracad,ng the discussion three papers W., ~
80 ON Ohio by Mrs. Jessie I. l5ogle anu W. @
0Trrren, Topics" one by Miss Beatrice "e0S'e
90 tbe other by Mrs Teresa BarcaloW 49,. cha
"Ni,ss Rarcalow thought II was a ply ILL., -
General nublic did not know that an t'1 Sao,a,,
~. vax humanity had been solved oy VIC Su. .,,s
,nr political study but she said II mus OF ~ an
,oc,on 70 themselves 10 know that WIN VIZ ,,,arsa
20, rsadv 10 turn over the anairs OF tne ~
- +beir management they would DE reaoS ~
sumo the burden