The sun., 1897-10-27
1oW EAD1Es ARF JorrU1.
lrs No such ThInE About Their Prophet Not
Believing In tho IHiGher Education or Women.


The Low ladies walked on air yesterday. For
q few brief hours of dclirious joy they forgot
their elcctionoering trials Even the atmos.
phere down I'm the tenemonts" seemed sweet
to them While they sat aud waited for the
people who never come TO their meetings. they
werc not 80 disconsolatc as usual They had
something nice TO think about
II was nothing more nor less than this they
had found a campaign lie, and they Ind nailed 1t!
OF course, that is not tho way they put it,
They said that they had discovered that
rumor was in circulation which was msrep.
rescntation of Mr. Lows real sentiments. and
that they had been able to secure n complete
refutation. However, being Interpreted into
the language of the people. this means the same
thing
The Low ladies, in their joy, seem to think
that they have settled one of the burning issues
OF the campaign The "canard,' as they call
1t, Of which nobody else seemed TO be thinking.
accuses Mr.. Low of being opposed to the higher
education OF women. According to the Low
ladies, ho Is not so opposed. They display, in
proof Of this, a letter from Mrs. Annie Nathan
Meyer, one Of the trustees of Barnard College.
Mrs. Meyers letter is typewriter, but, In
many cases. the big words have been crossed
out and others substituted. Through this kind
ness on the part of the writer even those who
have not had higher education are able to
understand the document. II reads, IN pnrt. as
follows:
"SIR: The person that started the canard Of
Mr.. Lows antagonism to the higher education
of women was either experimenting to find
the greatest possible percentage OF un,ruth that
could be contained in a campaign lie Or else ho
possessed positive genius for blundering."
The letter goes on to state that AT one timo
Mr.. Low was u rustcc of Barnard College, that
in his oillca capacity as President Of Columbia
College he has always taken deep and gcncr.
GUS interest in Barnard. and that ut the pres
ent time Mrs Low i % one Of the trustees OF the
complete that it fairly took away the breath OF
the Low ladies, and they could hardly wait
for copies of the letter. They trcmbled with
arguments. They already had two splendid
points about q nntyins iorce and "thcrc.are;
wheel they now had for their wagon! 4 can.
didate who believes in the higher education
of women! They were sure that Tammany
could never hold out against that II they
could only get fourth wheel, they felt GER
tain that their wagon would positively move.
Hence their joy. hence their triumphant
tread upon the cast side pavcments. hence
those dreamy sun les as they sat lonely upon
their platforms. hence th9se sighs OF deep
GSRtf"' &ss "N''A stirred the silence OF their empty
There is rumor that another manifesto is TO
be obtained from the Prophet of Columbia
Heights, or from some of the personal friends =
who constitute this feminine machine This
manifesto will contain an expression Of Mr..
Lows opinion on lealism in art and literature.
Another burning issue OF the campaign being
thus settled. and fourth wheel provided for
their political wagon, the Low ladies' expect to
ride triumphantly to victCry.
In the meantime the licpubican women are
smiling. ms usual. They had several things to
say on the subject yesterday. A reporter saw
Mrs. Jane Pierce. who is accused by the Low
ladies Of flying the 'canard."
"Wcll," said Mrs Pierce, I'm not sure that it
Is of very much Importance to this campaign
whether or not Mr.. Low believes in the higher
m p' nHs 10 II e hI p"ce
one papcr quoted me AS saying that Seth Low
ascrbcd the increase of crimin@li;y to the
| classes. What | did say was this. and l re-
| peat it emphntically as l said it at first:
seth Low is reported 10 have said that he as,
cribcd the increase OF social disorder to the high
| cr education of women: There was nothing
about crminality or th> lower classes. l
| Low say this. A. for his patronage of Barnard
| College, if we are TO believe accepted and un-
| denied Statements then it is matter OF his.
tory that Seth Low was opposed to Barnard
| College at first. There are plenty OF women who
are his friends and supporters in this campaign
who admit that he is opposed TO the higher cdu-
End Club one Low woman denied that this
| rumor, IL you want To call 1t that was true.
| Another Low woman turned around and openly
said that she knew Mr. Low, and that the report
did not misrcprcscnt him. MIR. Low himself has
not denied it."
There was still another reason why the Low
ladies were so ut peace with themselves yes,
minds to raise $1,000 worth OF the sincws Of
political war, TO to be turned into the Cts cam.
pnign fund. The sum raised is approaching
$4,000, and the ladies expect to make up tho
full amount before election day.
There WAS n parlor meeting OF the feminine
faithful Yesterday AFTERNOON at the residence OF
Mrs. Frances lIcllman. There will lie meet
ing at the rooms OF the Young Women Chris.
tian Association OF Thursday5 evening, when
Prof. Felix Adler and Dr. lain>ford will speak.
This is sort of excursion out into the unknown,
but it is nothing TO what the ladies are going 10
do on Friday night. They are really excited
about that They are going to hayc really,
truly evening meeting. and down in the tcne.
ments at that! 1t il 10 he in Walhalla Hail. ut
81 Orchard street. All the good little Cts who
have had nothing to do in the evening since
bad Tommy Dunn wouldn't let them mako
pretty pictures on a wall. are 10 be all dressed
up again and allowed TO so along. 1t will be a
great event.