The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-02
TALKED BIKE TO SOROSIS.
DIR. KATHARINE TOWNSEND PICKED
or 4 VERY CURRENT EVENT.


rhysieisn. wheel Thyseir-Ir. Good for the
Mesrt-so Inter.auora Marriages May
ne sometimes-Tbc Age or Rush Mar
riage In Haste-No Leisure to Repent In.
Snap and 20 characterized tho programme OF
sorosis In the wsldorf's new ball room yester-
day. Mrs. Helmuth presided. and as she raped
for order q look Of CONSERVATION passed over
her usually placid face.
"Oh, ladies'" she exclaimed with n twinkle In
her eye. TITS the last time that l shall preside
over a meeting Of this kind and my gavel broke
Of Itself"
The annual election is next month. The omen.
II omon II was, did not rune the President long.
Ada Metcalf Brown. Chairman Of the Commit
tee on Current Events, presented the subject for
discussion: Some Recent Events In Their Re-
lation 10 Women In doing 30 she said:
Formerly we discussed business women at
our February meeting. At last somebody has
resented the idea that the business woman Is
something apart, so we've learned to quit talk
ing about her a. II she were n Mahatma or
something OF the kind. In taking up our sub
Jet to-day each member of the committee will
take q different topic. There is ono recent
event that l wish to bring before you. That IL
the effort that Is being made to settle disputes
by arbitration. II this proposed treaty IL con-
cluded 1t will mean the beginning OF the end Of
war. Every mother and teacher should teach the
children to their care the sanctity OF
lie. Let's teach them that 1t is not SO much TO
die for ones country as so to live for 1t that all
other nations will honor us. Let us pray that
the Senate will ratify this treaty before them.
so that England and America will adjust their
differences In the light OF reason and moral law"
DIR. Jennie de Ia NJ. Lozier mentioned In tho
course of her talk that the Rev. Frances l..
Brandt of Kansas was running for the office Of
chaplain OF the Kansas Senate, and that II she
was elected It would be the FIRST time a woman
ever ofhciated In that capacity. DR.. Ellen Miles
corrected her by saying that the Rev. Phoebe A.
Hsnaford, a member Of sorosi., while N New
Haven from 1870 To 1879, acted rs chaplain OF
the Connecticut Legislature.
Ditnies I. s. Denison spoke next on interna-
tionsl marriages. 1t Is the fashion, " she said.
''to sn.er at u marriage for = coronet, but when
we look. at the happy marriages between Eng:
I piaS. a ."n AP psr. ia i ,h lsna' " Wien se Sf 9Rs t dsas Gh%e,s
OF America marry men In other lands they be-
come HOSTAGES and make war more and more
Al last the bicycle has found its way into a
Sorosis discussion. DIR. Katharine g. Townsend
light OF = current event, the bike Id certainly In
asres.lns; IL speak OF the bicycle" said Dr'
woman and professionally y IL has seized UPON
al classes Of society. upon all ages and con-
ditiops OF men. women, and children. II is
who are tired because II rests them. ty tho
rested because II tiros them. by the fat because
they %"A want sa0~ 10 '', ns, ana lat. 0' !ns 'nl Sics ScSsui IS
a favorite in This world, and II has
what Il. makers tsii V %s: and ~"fe' the ss's general Al
opinion OF the medical profession is that It, Is
one OF the most hsAlthful exercises. not only for
the muscular SYSTEM, nut that II Is equally good
affection should ride a wheel unless advised by
hted by the exercise. II also aids digestion.
stimulates nutrition. and cures nervous
f Rsss saddle "a mf hss b Germs made hs tG yet A NO %om psT.
Most woman riae with their saddles too low.
ftho leg does not have full reach the faulty
The erect posture Is the most graceful and nat;
ural. and the only one that allows the heart and
corset on a wheel should be denounced
In the strSnsest terms; A corset waist
q bill In a tight corset is counting death.
Women should learn to glide OF, and not jump
from a wheel; They should not ride when
frequently on long runs. and avoid alcoholic
stimnlants. Wheeling. II ~properly taken. is an
excellent means of mental and physical diver
answers the place OF beer gardens, saloons. and
Rush" began Augusta RAYMOND kldder.
"is about all get out OF current events. Why,
some norrid man says that women are not re-.
them by marriage. In some way We have rea-
son to envy the women OF the olden times. They
came early aud avoided the rush. Even those
to repent In. Why. | know people who 20 to
1t In II week. Like the bumped over bicy.
clist, our one object seems to be to get
s.srtshod RH T rush gam we sHs kim sooSs. rush tla
through papers. gallop over art galleries. tear
through shops. and n we don't pull up there's
going tn be a terrible smash. Go on IA height
and look down at the people tearing here and
there. and sec how senseless they seem. and how
small Is human endeavor at long range. How
like ants they look, sweliering In confusion on
q Tiny hill. They fret, rage, fume. fight, scratch,
hurry. hurry. The very air is allied with this
maddening rush"
Mrs. John 4. Logan OF Washington. ID. g., and
Mr.. Stanton Batch OF England. "a daughter OF
Elizabeth Cady stanton, were among the dis
tinguished guests. Both made short pointed
talks. and Mrs. Batch made an earnest plea for
arbitration. saying that she looked NJ II AS an
Anglo-Saxon, being American born and stu
. Democrat, though married to an Englishman.